, 1875-10-23

forth sfrebt with tcnosed rgor. Ho tltrectoil
ns M fematka IN opening towards the detection Of
right. he asked tor man eho hrs tried r,
| secure tue nomination OF County Treasurer
ss thu regular. Convention to ho!. the
tjcxot snd rln independent. tcsos Of '.No!
support ths regular uonline,q. Ht,u1s mon
cis'med that tho Irish had M clIanco Lnt ~ 70
o'e!PoTerei by the Gorinans. Wan it 10 !?
Loox = the pameh on tue ticket. and 500 how
enough now: They tried to kill itceing. for-
getting that that man could. kill ayery candidate
winch it's irlu, might bring forward. Now,
kee!ey WA irving TO bring M entering wod5n to
10 found that the 1ftfh vera in erery office, all
sho Eeahon was that they wcro un,tei
"nb tho Germans, lilo hai b.en
1leslng. More htssss and crea.] 1hs Reoub-
l,eans had eont meu into this meeting to break
it up. Would they allow wlss l"So. no,*l lie
would appeal 10 tho 1rishsnen Il Chicago il they
nnate against them. Two yesru ago Mr.. liening
loft the Republican party when that party began
to INT on too much dignity. lie said TO thom 10
90 to tllo devil. 1t had been naid that no left
she parry for ol'ice. Tho fact vas that when hs
iett tho party be was the boss Of It, nod it con-
tsn!Ied all the Offices In the country. In came
ovst TO the Democratic party aud hAtd to tho
l,'st'nen "Take Ill tho Offices j: | want none
e ihc'a. To-day, it was said that Mr..
1I nrahs wero worth anything. then he wanted Mr.
!!es1ng fnr r. les'ier. IT. wAs claimed that Mr..
tiehlug VAS : Liberal. because his son MAJ a
Catholic. and rrcsldcnt of the Catholic Literary
Society," Wan It fair 10 bring in these outside
Issues? What t1Iey wanted II "a, that the Demo-
cratic rsrty should remain Ia powar aud atact
officers III the Presidential election, and Mr.
l1cs'ng could DO that. Tho sEeaker WAS iu IA
yar at Als. M+siNg heeA0se ho MAJ i friend of
national Liberty, and leading man smong a
powerful nationality. Tho spcaxer 1efar,ad 10
Tue hoeier movement at aone length. Aud called
upon tho 1tish TO support Mr.. Iiea,ng IN their
own interests. Ho wauted them 10 DO true TO The
men who placed them in power. m.u
named McAu'ey in that hall a fev
evenings slnce charged tho speaker
With being renegade, lilo wished
from lilo party, nd would vols ior ,ho ticket
presented at tue Convention. Mr. O'I'reu Goa.
cludod by going over the Int Of candidates aud
bestow1nR glowing epcomium upon each.
~ inG eoo thrse eheg1s stS Kren for tho
sounded above tho iumut. ii answer TO tho
repeated demands,
MR.. nEe1xo
stepped forward md naB Immediately greeted
NTH cheers. Whom quiet was restored he
began h1B apeoeh by saJ,ng tha, Il vas With the
q tho largest mAss.meetinss ever gathered in
Chicago. It reminded him OF the time two
rears ago whom he ssood on the sana platform
appealing to the people to help take OF the
there BY s7ashburu. [Cries Of Put him out!"}
H1s tppeai =. that tiuo was not iu VAN, aud
when ho said during that address that the City
OF Chicago would vote by 500 majority III favor
o. Eeraonni liberty he knew what he waa talking
about. And be knew nov, that At .ho present
election tho Gberty-lov3pg people would cast
their votes Tor 1uHtice, and give majority Of at
leset 10000. The question Of liberty had boon
forced upon thon again by the nevhpapeIs. His
hearers bad found in tLeir columns treatment Of
the IabosinE people OF the city that Was fl tor
ash-womeu. When these monopoiiAts of THE
IntBrsE and Times. with tho httle sneak Of a
ShunAn on tho Journal, talked Of respectable
pooplo as yagabonda, scalawAgsr aud tax-csters,
1t ~a8 no wonder that 1000 people were there to
resent such charges. He said to them
two years ago that erory pcrsou, rich OF poor,
had tho nshs to be protected. to I've, and to
Fork. and to do good wherever he plnascd. Yet
tle.o Kuow-Nothnge came forward now aud
called an humble citHen scalAwag hecatl4o le
bad to worA for hs bread and butter. Thank
uou that fhe iAWB were rat on tho atatute-kook
aud The ballot In tho hands OF tho paor man
eonhted ~ much A. ID tie hansla OF 4 Wilbur +.
storey. Thcsc charKea msdo agaiust the houcst
people Of The city, he said, were wrong. Rcandal-
ous. and coud not he made by any decent
ware they ''t 10 be'' Be- tonsd ID IN s'tsss tsos.'
ment housc.. Or among thu grocery hbops
or saloons. No. Look It tho records OF tao
coufts. and they wontd neu that tho tax.hghteFb
were tloae who called shem scalAvagB. But,
taxes. That WA fatse. The MIN who iiEcd iu
humble cottage IAtd ILLS rent. WHICH paid tho
tn1es OF tho honsr. The POOR tnan had to make
np the money refused By thoso n.bobs who
fought thu taxes. he referred to tho personal
attacks mado upon hin, By the newspapers.
Why, ho asked, did they mot do this few years
ago7 At that time he mas gong to Eusone, and
hc Nas Invited to banquet at tho Drigga House,
%rrA knn &Ak kcA4 4rk \ \
per WAS serrad in pretty atyle and when the cot,l
was removed there stood \ solid stlyer aeEvco
for Which thcse men bad paid 81 200 IN gold. 1t
was compliment 10 bis labors for tho party.
1ng which time camo the dse. ac los. great
deal Of property. On tile twent5.ffth anniycr-
eAEy of his Wedding Y team. drtwn by two
black hoIaos, with dsrkeY in frons, drove up.
pFasentsd to hsan BY the Isepubl'cans. aod Norman
r. Judd maae tho presentation speech. They
gave him the "uagur," too. fApplause and
!Hughser,} II he nAs no good \ man in 1870 ~
70 receive solid silver service and : landau.
what had ho doue to deserve the later Indignation
Of these same men liz bad dono one .htng
which IN the eyea OF those men WAS worBs than
the la!he eAths sworn BY tho vice-rreaidsnt Ut
tho United 6tat0s,-a erimo ~ much greater a.
the robbery ot tue poor 1udiaua of tue substance
given to them by tho Government; . crimo
greater than that committed BY Gov. never.dgv
Tor giving saa.'a s1l1ry to tho CIetk at the
House TO ruu the Republican partr. That rtlmo
VAS leaving the Republican party. and In beat
iuE shat Republican ratty out Of it, boots. tIus-
snsuss applause. 0nn man became 40 enthus,-
as!ic thAs hs Insisted ou going w 10 the plat
form anu shaking handH With the npenker.]
Ar. Hesing melt proceeded to speak of the
chsrgos that ha had been an oflce-seeker. IN
lHf4. when Wentworth went 10 Congress, be
onercd to IioBing ths position Of Postmaster.
which ho declined. when Grant wls elected III
1865, 3lr. N. u. Judd wrote saving that Giant
wanted to sppo,nt him to tho office Of Collector
Of the port. an office worth t20. 900 year. Ile
declined. III tb73 whoa tho Convention was
about to taxa place at Sp1iosabid. he was te'a-
graphed to como there, and on going. uas met
By delegation at politicians, who ofered him
tue Lelltcnans- -Goverhorslip. lie ssfused u.
btcause the greatest prids Of his life
bad been TO be Independent. Circumstances
had blnoe chso9od. Neverses had come otos
bin. Yet he was not baukrnpt. Ito could
and would ray his dsbtn No was an AinoEtcau
cltizen, aud had voted for twenty-oae years aud
t'sllsyea TO hsd 4 right TO rmn !oE m office and
BE- elDcted II the people uautcd him. lte wanted
the people 10 voto for him il they cared to have
him serve. lie lad asked Tho Eowsi apere TO
sustain any serious charge against i,!n, and !!
they couid do NO, hs would Withdraw from the
ticket. llo had uot asked for tho office. 1t was
shs psoudost moment Of lis ifa xhoa that Con-
yentton chose hn AZ tho atandssd-beaFor for this