Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-25
A Democratic FizzTe.

errited for mass meeting in this city,
and the time fixed for the same was Monday
Of the present week. Mammoth posters
were sent all over the country announcing
ton, candidate for Congress in this district,
Hon. b. s. Bragg, candidate for Congress
in the 9Th district, and last, but not least,
Gen Franz Sigel. With such tempting
bill Of oratorical fare it was hoLed
by the Democrats and feared by the
Republicans that we should witness dem
onstration eclipsing by far that on the &C.
cason Of Carl Schurz' visit to the city on
similar occas ion ia 1872 Judge Of the
CONSERVATION of Democrats and the surprise
of Republicans, however, when they found
on the day of the supposed great event that
the masses forgot to come, the enthusiasm
which was expected was not visible, and
the whole affair was seen to be q most stu
pendous farce and fzzle. wo bands of
music had been engaged to lead the Demo
craic hosts, but unfortunately the hosts did
not put in an appearance. On the arrival
of the train from Madison, band followed
by few struggling men and boys were
there to receive Hon. H. S. Ortou and escort
him to his hotel
The committee, consisting of Hon.
Vim NJ. Dennis, Henry Mnlberger and F.
P Brook, at once took the orator in charge
and. seated beside him in carriage, pro-
place on the arrival OF Gen. Bragg from the
north. Gen. Sigel failed to arrive. While
all this was going on the local committee
was active in arranging for the afternoon
and evening meetings. Personal appeals
were made 0 people to have them al tend
and give eclat to the affair, and by dint OF
persuasion aud the inspiration OF music,
they succeeded in getting some 200 or 800
in Turner Hall to hear the speakers in The
afternoon. 1t was cold and melancholy
affair, however, having more the appear
ance of funeral than anything else. The
speakers went through the motions and
that is all There was 40 warmth or
heartness in the meeting. The
speeches were generally conceded to br
fiat, stale and unprofitable :" Finally the
benedicton was pronounced and the exer-
cses closed with an announcement that
there would be Il torch-light procession III
the evening and more speaking. Evening
came and with it the promised street parade
and most mise rable fasco il w as. Torches
had been inprovised for the occasion, and
the next question was where they could
find persons to carry them. Boys from to
service, some willingly and others on the
payment Of fifty cents each for the service,
and finally the immense (?) crowd moved
off 1t was one minute and half in passing
Il given point, and by actual count the
torch bearers numbered exactly 90 persons,
4 of whoni were boys. Arriving at the
hail, good number wss in attendance.
hoping, if not expecting, that more salts
factory turn might be given to the affair
than had characterized the performance in
the afternoon. Gen. Bragg led off in a
twenty minute speech, but did not warm
up, and showed none Of the old time vigor
and him with which he is accustomed to
speak. A German whose name we have
not been able to learn but We are quite
sure he was not Gen Sigel) followed, aud
hen came Judge Orion. The latter gentle
man made ''pretty" speech-that is, he
rounded his sentences nicely, talked sweet
ly, all for stage effect, but said nothing
We heard a gentleman who was present
remark that he never knew any one to talk
so long and say so little as did Judge Orion
upon this occasion. He dealt in general
platitudes, talking around and about every
thing but coming to the point on nothing
His speech mainly was on the finance ques-
ion, but aside from the frequent "digs" he
gave ire OOnOnOIQerS ana mOn1e0 interests
Of the country (which we suppose were
hugely enjoyed by Mr. Dennis, Col. Jones,
Henry Mulberger and other coupon clip
pers) no one can tell which side of the
money question Judge Orion is on.
''He wired in and he wired out,
And left the people still in doubt;
Whether the snake that made the track,
Was going South or coming back.
His clap-traD talk to the laboring classes
was mere bosh and must have disgust ted
them. They know that he never earned q
dollar in his life by manual labor, and yet
to have heard his talk, one would have
supposed he was horny handed son of toll
who knows what it is to earn his bread by
| the sweat Of his brow He talked of hard
times, and paupers, aud hungry mouths,
and starvation staring everybody in the
| face, and attributed it sll to the hard
money policy af Grant, but he did not say
| that Tazden favored the identical policy achich
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