Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-12
MARK TWAIN. ON THE .sTUMR.

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Sam Clemens made his debut as
political orator at Hartford, Conn, oD
1.-THE evening Of September 30, as chair
man. The meeting was To he addressed
by Gen. joe H.wley. 4 part OF
| MARX s. speech is reported as fol-
lows: .
Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens MARX Twain
! made his first political speech on oathr'
day evening 1t was as President. "f
Republican, meeting At Hartford. Conn,
which was addressed by General haw-
ley. We quote below portions OF his
speech:
Our present civil system. born OF Gen.
Jackson and the Democratic party, IS SO
iiiotic. so contemplate. so grosesqnee
| that it would make the very s"vages OF
Dahomey jeer and the very gods OF SOL
| emni.v laugh. We will not hire a black
smith who never lifted II sledge. We VII
not hire school-teacher who does mol
know the alphabet. We Will not have
man about Us in our business lie, I'D
anv walk of it, low OK high, unless lie
| has served sn apprenticeship and can
prove that be is capable OF doing the
| work he offers TO do. We even require
| a plumber to know something laughter
and a pause by the speaker), "b""t DIS
business. that he shall at least kno"
wich side of the pipe IL the INSIDE.
(Eoars Of laugbter.) Bat when you
come to our civil service, We sereneIy
fiji great numbers of minor offices with
ienoram muses.. We put the vast business
Of a Custom House in the hands OF fiat
head who does not know a bill OF ladine
from a transit of Venus daughter and q
! panse) never having heard OF either OF
| them before. Laughter.} Under
Treasury appointment We pour oceans OF
money and accompanying statistics
through the hands and brain OF an ign0.
rant yilager who never before could
| wrestle with two weeks wash bill
| without getting thrown. tGrea'
laughter Under our consular SYSTEM
We send creatures all over the world who
speak no language bnt their own. and
even when il comes to that, go wndlne
all their days through foods Of moods
and lenses and flourishing the scalps OF
! mutilated parts Of speech. When forced
to it we order home foreign ambassador
who is frescoed oil over with-with-
| with = indiscreetnes- (lsughter)- but
We Immediately send one in his place
! whose moral ceiling has perceptlble
shady tint to it, aud then he brays when
We supposed he was going to roar. We
| carefully train and educate our naval
officers and military men. and We ripen
and perfect their capabilities through
long services and experience, and keep
hold of these excellent servants through
q just system of promotion. This is e1.
actlv what we hope to do with our clvil
service under Mr.. Hayes. tApplause)
General Hawley being comparatively .
stranger (laughter). l will say a single
word in com nendation of him, and 1t
will furnish one of the many reasons
why am going to vote for him for Con
gress. l ask you to look seriously and
thoughtfuliy at just one almost incred-
IDLE fact. General Hawley. in bis
official capacity as President OF the Cen
tennial Commission. has done one thing
| which you may not have heard COM
mented upon. and yet it is one OF the
most Astounding performances OF this
decade. an act almost impossible. per
haps, to any other public officer in this
nation. General Hawley has taken as
high as S121 300 gate money at the Gen.
tennial in single day (pause and ap-
plause). and never stole cent OF 1t.
(Great laughter and long continued ap-