The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-10-30
LOCAL tNTELLfcEMcE.
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
Ash Imposing Array of Public
Speakers.

speakers.
Anyils made the welkin ring, bon
fires blazsd in the streets. and the
Brass Band drew up in line at Centen-
NAL Hail and discoursed sweet airs last
evening, the occasion being the Repub.
| lican rally, at which half dozen noted
The hall was comfortably filled, Demo-
Gratis Is we'll as Republicans turning
ont in force, as Alex. Wise introduced
| HON. X. NJ. DAGGETr
| To the audience. The speaker un.
turled the bloody SHIRT and tried to
make it appear that the country was
still engaged in civil war. He referred
/ to the Hlmiltonian aud Jeffsrsonian
| theories OF government, and said the
federalists subsequently, became Wings.
and more recently Republicans, aud
thought that the danger lies in dis
sipatiOn instead of traIizAtion of
power Ga the financial question, he
sad the d smocratic party In this State
| Il pledged to hard money, but Ia the
E!st they are baud and glove with the
| Green0acders. fhey made war on sill
YER. while the greatest drawback to the
country is the discount on silver. TIE
| people had very many grievances III
! Nagtdl-the iii sd0ws OF B1nauz. rings
aud faiIfoads--but the Central Pacific
! Railroad Is the worst grievance that
ever aiil ,eted people. He had to pay
/. csut n glass more than he ought to
for Chicago beer. by reason of discriui-
b.lon ia freight. A voice in the au-
dIenes asked why he nd not drink
hunboldt beer He wanted to insert
Ia tue Republican platform,
"Reso,ued. Taat cent pound bs
Charged ou freight, regardless OF dis
lance. BAT 1t was ruled out. We want
! the right to take ton OF freight ten
! miles tor ten csnis. Ii they can't build
railroads on that priaciple, don't let
/ them build them at all
I Relating to the Chinese, be said the
Deinoeratlc platform contained a resell
uiion charging the Republican party
! With being res D0nsl5ie for the Burliu-
game Treaty; but he claimed that the
/ Republicans had done all that had been
! done to suppress Chinese immigration,
The Burlingtms treaty Was regarded
! as great triumph, but he is now will.
ing to abr0gate 1t aud stop them at
! once.
! The Rebel war claims he said amoaut
to 81 800 900. 900. $40, 900. 900 of which
! was claimed for slaves. DR.. Ford. OF
! North Carolina, proposed scheme for
| getting Congress to allow these claims,
aud OF course the waDle Democrats
| party Is Responsible for the vag4ries OF
| Dr., Ford. The rebsls ask pensions
AMI l6J acres of band each. Toe Mary
| land constitution contained an article
demanding compensation Tor hb srated
slaves, aud OF course Deal his oppo.
nent. who lived in N.v4lt at the time.
Is responsible for that clause, He pre-.
tended 10 have great sympathy for the
worklnsmen, apparently forgetfal of
the fact that ia the audience were
half dozen men that he. through tue
columns of the Elterprl3e denounced
as rufii aud adyo1 tied their prose-
cation by tue U utel States courts for
! endeavJriog to prevenr Chinese from
getting foothold in the mines,
lie informed his hearers that he was
born IN the gloom of western forest,
where the wolves howled and the IT,
dams VIII oped; but be loved Nevada
aud had disged his sepulchre nndsr the
shadow of Mount DlVids III. La con.
casiou he appealed for support, not
| as partisan, bat AS patriot. because
there is trouble in the air, forgetful of
the fact that when there was trouble ia
the Nation he kept respectful distance
from the cBuhIct.
There was faint applause as the
speaker retired ana the Chairman
introduced