, 1876-07-04

Tho GrocnbaclS OF Independent party held q
miniature mass-1ncctInE III Farwcll Hail Inst
evening, tho uudcncc being exceedingly limited,
not numbering over 150 persons all told, though
q band Of music held the sidewalk for about ii,
hour previous to the meeting In order to gather
crowd. Ignatius Donnclly, Of Minnesota, aud
Gen. Tom Ewing, Of Ohio, werc announced as
the attractions, hut neither Of them appeared.
The platform was occupied by the following
named gentlemen: Sydney Myers, Colnmis-
sioner l,urtlick, D. W. Q. Cuat'c, ]. 8. Whit
CONT, d. ]. Murphy, r. Springer, John Nc
Gilcrny, md several othcrB.
COMMISSIONER nUHDlCK
called the meeting to order, and stntcd thnt
they hnd come together under call from thu
Independent party Of Cook County tn consider
great parties haA failed to consider In the plat
forms. Tic said the financial question was thu
great ong df the Northwest, and II left to tho
people would be decided In favor Of grccnbacks
hLy ut least three-quaTters Of the people.
md succeed, II not IN olactlng President, Ut
least 1arge number Of tnenbGrs Of Congress
from the Northwest. T1c then introduced
SYDNEY MYERS,
Iaeks, md sald that Il tl,ey expected t6 ss sus-
tain and improve the institutions given to them
by their furefatllcts they must not bo con-
trolley by professional politicians, wlloso only
oloet OILY aS H. to ,o ain ar and scan r. olss
tests and contests for the Legislature
represented in the making Of onr laws. lie
then went on to say that that was the night Of
can Independence, and then tracsd out in IrIat
the great progress which liad been nudc since
that time.
A tlispatcl, from Gen. James ". Singleton, Of
Quincy, Ill.,, was read, in which he regretted not
tLs4}h n JH
and said hc WINS with them In Judgment, duty,
md common Interest. Every conviction OF l,ls
mind, every impulse OF his llcart was ngutnst Tho
SUCCESS Of either Presidential candidate in the
wus material to tho country, and evidently de-
tated from tho ealno standpoint.
lEs8E HARPER,
OF Danvtllc, ~, WIS next introduced, and lc
went Into . bit Of history, alaudlng to tlle
the ancient, but nov, lnppIly, almost extinct,
alll,sion to the Wing party, which had also, lo
ssaisl, bowed to ,slaycry, IS they did, at thts
saofsa ss iiss''niy i,tie SsrRats. R'atts' .dn. w.
ting tlsat the speaker had at least read bis Bible,
Of some portions Of II. IIo expected tn tIe vim
dieated tn fow years for voting this full for
Peter Cooper for President. Tic speaker bud
father was ridden Oh rasl for tloing the autno,
United Status Consultation. The ErconbaclcrR
intended TO mike 1t hot for tho fct-
lows who hai1 mnslo thu platform for the
other parties, and did not Understand them.
The speaker took q yury, hopeful
view 0f the situation, anil said
good word for tho lnte CINCINNATI Convention,
and then went for the platform, and said that
haby and tho other that It meant hard money,
aud that tho party intended to llIra Doctor of
Divinity and shu1nl-scrcw editor to write com
Inentarics upon 1t, une side tweedledum nl,u tho
other tWeedle-tlct, or "noW yDu don't sea 1t and
now you DO" lie sailed tor tho Democratic
platform. and some of his comparisons Were
rather ulorU f0rciblethnu polite. The speaker was
gazing to stay with tho country, which he did
not believe was going to tho devil, Or any place
Wl!erc he did not casu to folioW. Ilo wanted
them to grasp thu country by the to}lknot, AS
lots oi Erconbaeks. He wanted Tue Greeneack'
ern States. The speaker went for the courso nf
the Chicago 1b,sa and Cincinnati Enquirer. IIo
held that tho Resumption act waz unlawful,
and denounced the act which had demonctixed
etlycr. lIG went for the Democratic party tor
having denounced the Republican party for
eleven years, and now bnly say that Reform wRt
necessary. The currency question, he held, was
tue great question of thu nineteenth century.
!1ehcld that all the legislation of this country had
been IN favor OF the British boudholders. They
were oppoac1 to selling goll.bearlug bonds to
and the National nank act abolished,
and national currency abollslled.
Ihe speaker was exceedingly }ong-win1ed,
and tired bis audience by his linrangnc, whirh
occupied nc2rly two hours In It's delivery. At
10 CONCLUSION tlt meeting adjourned.