, 1876-09-07
gogucs ever saw.--hls dcnlhg0gutsm being Of
TINT preclse sort that completely tisarms t,,s.
ptcfoil. But, rl,cu fc came tn speak, It was np.
that m In Strt h:<

during TIM canvass to famlliartze himaelf With |
them, he didn't know what to do with, md finn
b!ctfavcr in Hiost helpless faehiont "hc httnl-
ts ss NJ Soy a;qE W.T. n s ' s9s' s2ff tar ts sfnk n @
credit that the fragments Of his speeches M ptlf
1fsl!cd by yarinus nf tho Democratic newspapers
were evcr originated BY him. Thcy, were wit.
to sat M Tie; te,n a Of t q. wrien Rnt 1 neyitsby @ e
must hare failed, as he did hero In Ills effort to
Ect-off some Of Tic anecdotes credited to him
III print. Ills talk was
WITHOUT CONFERENCE on Coxs1srEnCE,
md frrcsiatlhly reminded nc Of the .luarl Of
tic school stutnhng nutl stuttcriuE thtaugh his
recitation Of something he hadn't kalfcomm!t-
tcd to memory. Il fs not tho speech that has
about such resemblance to IL NJ indicated. Tho
burden If IL Is, that tue Democratic pnFty Ia to
70 trusted With the Administration, besanse II
l1as snt down THO appropriations fog carving On
ga!sed from Bis s:ate,neat t!!at. IS thc il nipro:
session, therefore they might l'aye brcn, cut SO
.ae as. tor s ~ ~ M ysars Ea't which wold va, haye
amounting, a:s ho put IT, to :$lSoWooW.-
though any scfiool',oy cau figure It ont that this
interest sti the $50 t00o, 0ol eas'. year cut-oI
wonl d. lmye ny; been but $1,000, go, ipstcatl of
topic. Mai!lfcstly he wan 60 unfamiliar with #
that, with the documents and figures prepared
for his use before Him, lie
COULDN'T MARE Use OF THEM.
Thcr, OF Cuir8G, hU attempted to discourse on
tho retrcnchlnent effected by his Committee On
Accounts. 1lcru he betrayed no less ignorance,
and, with tle facts and figures prepared for hin
gent account Of what the Committee had re:
trenchesl. Instead, lie went back q number Of
ycnrs to find fault with q big purchase Of pen
knives, which he insisted were hardware, and
cSt - e a,,G saea an On t' sae
pens as hardware. hut tho ludicrous feature
tits hardware ought not to !iave been
paid for, because the law allowed tbs Clerk Of
n,anIfest'y Williams Idea Is, that the hardware
was stolen Ivy the Clerk, instead OF bctng for
the use OF the htctnbcrs.. Certainly that l. The
impression he gvcsout in hts talk nbout It,
His only approach TO tfucney waa
WHEN HE TALKED Or 1i1MsELr,
nutl boastcd that 1t Ind remained for him to
poke about fnto thu accounts Of tho House, and
save tic cnof19ous AMOUNT Of sl7,oo0, which is
ttecrcd clear Of, In u way TINT showed tint he
was not equal to even gctttng-oft the cheap the
orics Of the Grcetbackcrs. Hut lie. arraycl
himself with them, BY hoasting that he voted
for tile repeal Vi tile Resumption actl
Thu effect of his speech was apparent. The
hundreds Of farmers who, Il siUrt tilnc before,
| had been filed with enthusiasm for 'sUne.c
JiminY''. listened ut fist In a.1lazclneilt, an'l
UNQUALIFIED DISGUST.
There were dozcns OF tl.cn WHO could have
nIadc Infinitely better speeches Gtl-llai1d n''d
knowledge of current politics WIS l,ut superior
| to Ills. But, II there Ii anything they dcn,aid
% the Indispensable qualification Ut candidate
iu Indiana, il IL that lie t,c MI c1cctlvu stump
orator. Here, ,uorc than anywhere csc III tic
country, does Il politicians fta1,ulng with the
n,ass--1liore especially with tho iusi,crs, WHO
will ride halliday to attend l,as..nertt,,gs-..
| depend u:oi1 hts bucecss upon the stump. Cotlld
hn hero to-day I'd ycntlrc tim: ,l!ncty y-t,ine ort
OF Il hundred would Iu.sc said, '.ucss mt th,,
man NC want for Goycr1or, though, ol course,
as he's on. tic ticket, wu will yutr for hlu,.'
But, h, fatt, they are asu1nctl: OF him; md, II
al lle Democratic farmers In lhdlana could reo
him OF, tho stullp, at,d hear lin trv
to speak, such Is tu dlspluy o makes Of Ic,ot-
ranee and iuea,a.cty that I,o would Inevitably
| rim behind lii ticket, The p]nin truth H. that
nli there Is Vi lin il tic b!nc-Irut,.. AitiTrd
iikr uny other maj, M Its iucxus and positiols,
lu wc.ill b. lIul,lc to 10
Iilss.u DOWN !
oven witt, the buv-ieaus Il, help him o,t.. 4