Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-09-17

DEMoCHATI c MEETING. IF the demon
straton at the Court House last Wednes-
day evening on which occasion our citi-
Zcns and strangers attending the Court
and Fair were favored with Il speech
from Hon. l.. c. Kline, of lama county,
is Il fair specimen of the logic and oratory
to be expected from the Democratic
stump this fail, Republicans have no oc-
casion for fear of the result We firmly
believe that dozen such speeches in this
county between now and election, would
add several hundred to the Republican
majority Mr.. Kline did not lack for
words, in fact, he would be called fluent
speaker but for Il drcary waste of tlatness
and inanlty, unrelieved by single posi-
tive idea or intelligent allusion to the is
sues of the day, we do not call to
mind parallel to it except it be the
drcary harangue of l.. l.. Ainsworth last
fall in the Congressional campaign
Mr.. Kline, who was announced as a Lib
eral Republican, could fint nothing more
appropriate to tender his audience than a
stale rehash OF Democratic newspaper de-
nunciation and SANDER against the Repub-
lican party, accompanying the same with
more than the usual amount of misrepre
sentation of facts, and wilful ignorance of
current events and statistics. There was
not single idea in the whole speech, from
beginning to end, that has not been used
and reused and worn threadbarc in every
seven by nine Democratic sheet in the land
months ago. 1t was drcary, flat, stale
and improbable to the last degree, and its
effect upon the audlence-which was very
patient and long-sufiering like that
of wet sheet utterly repressive of every
symptom of enthusiasm. For over an
hour we listened to the drcary tide of
Grvcl, and can truly say that during that
time, save when the speaker related Il
smutty story, there was not the slightest
manifestation of applause or APPROVAL
As we have said, the audience was very
decorous and patient, but human endu
renee has Il limit. One by one the listen
ers began to file ont, sigh of relief and
the remark, 'l'vc got enough, rising TO
their lips as they reached the door. This
dropping out, of course, was annoying to
the speaker, and he announced that he
would break off the speech until all who
wanted to go should have The opportunity.
| This was fatal concession Instantly
more than half present, as some estimate,
and two-thirds others say, rose to their
feet and left the room, the orator mean
time ruefully witnessing the exodus. 1t
was Il pretty rough thing, and we pitied
the speaker from our heart. He attempted
| to resume, but after few minutes gave it
up, saying as he closed, that this was his
first speech in the campaign, and it would
| be the last.
Mr.. Kline was brought here to enlight
| en- our citizens In regard to their political
! uutlSS, "ltI solilctIIiuE VI VI
trumpets. His failure to make an impress.
sion was therefore all the more remark
able. We judge that he is Il man of con
siderable talent, and that the fasco on
Wednesday evening is not due so much TO
his lack of brains as TO the weakness of
his cause. The campaign marked out by
the Democracy of Iowa this year is not
one of principal and candid discussion of
welldetined issues, bat a crusade of per-
sonal defamation, Islander, falsehood, un-
scrupulous demogagueism and political
rascality generally. 1t is necessary that
their speakers adapt themselves to this
programme; but it is to Mr. kinnc's credit
that he is already tired of it.