The Republican journal., 1876-08-31
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tor, and an Enfidel Ranter.

corning The radical gathering CT last Sat-
urday, its progress. events and termina-
ton. This duty becomes the more imper-
alive from fear that our cotemporary of
the Age may have little bias in the mat
! ter
To begin at the beginning, then, it is
surmsed that Blaine, with his forecast
ing chances about the State, decided that
spontaneous uprising Of the people was
needed in Waldo county-;l demonstration
of the working people in favor of a third
term Of Grantism under the name of
Hayes, SO that they might continue to re-
alize the plentiful lack of employment
which they are now having. How much
| this general order had to DO with Capt
| Boardman's recent circular to postmas-
ters, we can't say, but doubtless some
thing-ior public halls, posters, brass
bands and that kind OF enthusiasm, is an
expensive article 1t is safe to presume,
therefore, that the postmasters shellcd out
The train that bore the distinguished
party was waited for at the station by one
six pound cannon. 4 brass band. two
horse carriage, a state committee man,
II county committee man. and a sort of
| improvised and tragmentary Hayes and
Wheeler Club. 1t occurred to US that the
reception was rather stinted and contract
ed, when it might rs well have been broad
and generous, and in proportion to the
magnitude Of the occasion. If the Cap
tain had only assessed the country post
masters sl3 apiece, instead OF the beg
ga;ly $3.50, there might have been two
cannons, Il four horse carriage and a dll-
plication generaly-resulting OF course
in Il doubling up OF the spontaneous en-
| thusiasm of the occasion. As money
makes that particular mare 90, it ight
as we'll have made her go twice as fast
aud lar, by striking a gait that had more
fun in it.
The gun that saIuted the approaching
train appeared to be well served-as it
made a good deal Of noise, ami nobody's
arms were blown off 1t seemed proper
enough to salute GOV Conner, who was
on the train, and by a stretch OF etiquette,
perhaps Senator Blaine-but what had In
gersoll to DO with seeking reputation in
the cann0ns mouth. unless it might be
to exchange it for his already terribly bad
one i'll matters OF pety and ycracity?
When the guests were i'll the carriage.
the raw recruits Of the Hayes &c. Club
were brought into u line ahead thereof,
as an escort. and in the form of process
sion crawled slowly up the hill, to the
music OF the band. The procession SEEM
ed to adjust itself like mariners teles-
cope. drawing out to a laughable thin
ness, and then closing mp to an amusing
brcyity However, it arrived at the
American House, and delivered the party
safely
The speaking was expected to begin at
about two O'Clock in the afternoon. About
that time the band took its station near
the hall door, and played briskly some
patriotic airs. We calculate that these
professors of harmony, in course Of the
dav, blew through their brazen instru-
ments IN entire years salary of Il country
postmaster in getting together the throng
The ladies came in crowds, while the men
were scattering. In bordering why this
| ~ A. 4 =:
in rs reason No. Then there was the
pale and interesting young Governor, with
his SCATTERING wound-and the ladies adore
heroism. Blaine was also there the man
Of repnte rs an Intellectual gladiator, and
the leader who just missed the Cincinnati
nomination. Female curiosity, like Islander
and death, loves il shining mark. But
what attracted them to the low clown and
butloon, lngersoll, who reyiles alike Deity
and decencv? 1t is hard to tell There is
something in the female mind that loves
to contemplate, at some distance the
personal abode Of wickedness go
periously near 10 the haunts of Satan but
able at any time to draw back. They like
to know how he looks These were the
probable reasons which suifced to ill the
hall with one-thirl men and two thirds
women. There was certainly Il very small
proportion Of voting material present
Then the band used up some more post
masters salaries within the hall Collec-
tor Marshall called the ladies to order, and
moved Seth L. M!iiken for President. He
introduced Gov. Connor who spoke in a
dgnilied and calm manner for fifteen
minutes, discussing the general issues of
the campaign. Then came on the stage
Nicholson, .he great master OF harmony,
and administration song writer from Wash
ington. Nick tuned his pipe to some song
Of the John Brown order. Then the band
played out another postmaster's assess
ment
The next thing in order was the intro
ducion OF lugersoll, the insulter Of re-
ligion, and revier OF sacred things. He is
physically a Daniel Lambert sort Of a
man, heavy, tleshy and rotund, with a face
correctly lndexing a greater regard lor
dinner than Deity, and a mouth with an
immense capacity tor stowage. Ingersoll
is bald-headed-one Of those polished,
shining ostrich eggs, with u band OF hair
at the base Of the skull This billiard ball
he caressed and fondled a good deal, and
at every allusion to mind or intellect,
would hit the top Of his head Il slap, which
sounded like 4 blow on the shaven bullock
Of Il market hog. The speech itself was
low bul1oonery and abuse. unrelieved by
a single argument i'll rhyme or reason. a
circus clown would have been just as eff
fective, and raised the same laughs from
the unthinking 1t had no effect save to