Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER ., 1875.
The Democratic Convention.

was some rumor that the galyanic action I
Impaired To the corpse. last November /
might continue on till the fan and cause
few witches. Either curiosity or devotion
brought to Hancock Hall last Thursday, |
some eighty familiar friends, the same
that have been seen for so many years past.
They congregated in the back part of the
Hall. in solemn silence betting the
uournfll occasion. The ordinary greet
in-S WEI e made in hushed voice..
There was evidently an effort to haye
things done decently and in order. 50 that
the Republicans should not have their nsu-
al laugh. There was the humble. devout
Young. Ike Cincinnatus. just up from his
Trenton farm. with the hay seed still cling
iu- to his hair. moving about among the
faithful. merely suggesting YOU know.
He had no local habitalion, and 20 had to
move about. There was the demure Pet
cr>With bashful mien and the a>tutenesS OF
his ewes carefully vel. d. Bartlett with
preoccuried air. and far off look. as If he
merely strayed in. Joy put on a very piou>
Eamis, look. suitable Tor the occasion.
SpoH'ord made desperate Efforts to draw
down hi, face to the requisite length. but
il was too CHEEKY by nature. Wiswell only
wore that innocent. candid expression OF
countcnauce he puts on when addressing
jury.
Il was evident that no occasion was To
De- given Tor any charge that the conycn-
r.on was run by a few leaders. That
charge was only 10 be made against Re
ushiican conventions, To be sure. last
YEAR. the yodles> Ellsworth American had
poles>cd to see signs of Ellsworth iufu-
cucc, but this year, the eyes of the uusodly
Should see nothing OF the kind. Accord
iu-iv Hamilton Joy OF Ellsworth called the
convention to order. and nominated Chas.
A. Spofiord of Deer Isle. for temporary
chairman. Spofford ia the rear OF the hall
seemed not to hear, and when told of Iii
nomination succeeded admirably in
mounting an expression Of surprise and
almost establishment. Charles, We saw
you, and must say il was well done.
on taking the chair. Mr.. Spo1oId CON-
meuded his hearers Tor their constant al
tendance At these conventions. lie had
been pretty constant hie'sclf. lie was very
lad TO see them. and lie didn't want them
20 forget ii. lie declared and insisted. he
was glad TO see them, whatever they might
think to the contrary. He streuuou,ly de-
MED that this was = form of words merely
or piece of bnncombe. aud strongly as
serted that he was really, truly. honor
bright, glad to see them. lie then spoke
of The comfort it was 10 them all to meet
together in the dark DAYS of the Democra-
the days that Niehsburg was taken, that
savannah was captured. that Lee surrcn-
dered. etc.
Now that the war was over. he looked
over the country, and saw its present con-
dtion. and would saw to the world like
81. Paul. thou cans't not say we did il"
We should rather think SO. Rebellion pun
down; Slavery abolished; peace restored :;
the stars and stripes waving over thirty
eight states. We have never heard the Dem
ocratic party accused of doing it. He furth-
er comiorted his hearers. by telling them
that the Democratic conventions had been
Obj Cts of scorn and ridicule, to their po-
lHical opponents. objects of amusement
rather. Charles
The speaker went on to say, that in
former times he was a Wing, aud during
that tihe IN 1919. he heard HamliE say
that the Democracy was to rule the coun-
Try. That prophecy had been a great com
fort to him ever since. " hen the Demo
crats beat the Wings in 1872. and then the
Free soileIs in 1876. he thought ii must be
trne. He had been rather shaken by events
since. but still hoped il might be true. Why
bless you. Charles The Democracy that Ham,
I'm meant, the party of freedom and equal
rights, the party of national honor aud
unity. has ruled and will rule the country.
OF course the hard times caue In for
comment. and here the speaker made
some sport Of an article in the American
last spring, suggesting economy, and stat
ing that a Chinaman could live on five
cents dav. lie made considerable fun
out of it. in a pleasant way. so that all en-
jOyed 1t. He then spoke of Gen. Grants
table, and how much il cost him - live.
The speaker omitted to state whether
Grant liked his beef well. or rare done,
and what kind of pie he usually ate. Up
Oh so important a matter a. Grants table,
that being we suppose an important issue
in this campaign, the people ought to know
about the beef and pie.
Another topic of the speech was stealing.
and here he begged his audience to believe
that when he meant stealing he said steal
ing. The audience pricked up their ears.
as if this were an unusually interest ting
topic. Paper Credits. Credit Mobilier.
were again exhumed and paraded in their
ghostly cerements. but as these We're
chances defuDet and gone. they did not
startle the convention much. When the
speaker said it was possible to steal $4,000
from under the eyes of old Spinner, and
that il had been done, the audience were
evidently curious to know how. He told
the story of the farm hand, who was asked
by his employer if he drank liquor and
about how much? The hand said that he
usually wanted a cocktail when he first
got up: then he wanted little whisky.
strait after he had washed himself. Then
he wanted another cocktail before break
fast, and then whisky strait after break
fast, and then he didn't care how fast they
brought on the liqnor. The story was not
exactly in keeping with the solemnity or
the occasion, but it was well told and the
Democrats enjoyed It, They looked at
one another and winked and seemed to say
..that is the kind of hair pins we are" Mr..
Spofford attempted to make an application
of it TO Republican love of plumber,
but the Democracy laughed again and
winked at one another again. as if to say
''only give us chance"
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