The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-09
For Representatives to the Legislature
CHARLES MCLAUGHLIN,
JOSEPH A. LOCKE,
ISAAC JACKSON,
REUEL 8. NANCY,
LYMAN N. KIMBALL.
The pemscratic Rally,


The final Dsmocraticic rally was held in
Mar ket Square Saturday night, and was not,
eithar in point of numbers or enthusiasm, a
distinguished success. The only enlivening
part of the performance was furnished by the
Yarmouth Band. Even what small audience
there was had its attention disturbed by the
soap.man and the vender In jewelry as good as
gold (ft parody of the Greenback movement)
who put up their torchlights in the Square and
advertised their wares.
The crowd was s'rallied" BY a sickly process
sion of the Zouaves, christened Greeley, and
having the name changed by special act of the
Democratic convention to Tilden. These, some
thirty-fve in number, and all wearing the fad /.
ed liveres of 1876, marched about little, and
then vanished into the darkness and were sue
ceeded by Mr.. Fl. W. Swasey, who introduced
Mr.. S. c. Andrews as s'the president of the &C.
casi0n." Mr.. Andrews came to the front of
the platform Quilt of Trailer through less an
cient materials than Democratic platforms us
usally are) and thanked the audience of three
hundred or less for the honor conferred upon
him. He then went on to make a speech,
mostly inaudible. He did, however, 90 Gen.
number of unemployed starving people in this
land is two millions. The misstatement is
glazing, but not further out Of the way, per-
haps, than is to be looked for in Democratic
speech on the last night of a campaign. How
ever, if Mr. Andrews didn't say mach he as
sumed some very handsome pastures and real
ly looked rather grand and fine.
Mr.. Andrews was followed BY Col A. W.
Bradbury. who made good speech. Col.
Bradbury is too sincerely attached to the tradi-
tions of the OLD Democratic party to approve
of the soft money doctrine which SO many of
his comrades in the Democratic organization
have openly approved or tactly acquiesced in.
He frankly told his hearers that the subject of
finance could not be mastered in a day; that it
called for years of research and thought, and
that in its consideration we are to be guided by
the rsasonings and deductions of men who,
like Ricardo and Adam Smith, have made the
matter special subject of study. For the
rest Col. Bradburys speech was rehash of
the stock Democratic arguments. It is 10 be
regretted that towards the close of his argu-
ment be felt called upon to make an effort to
excite the prejudices of the naturalized citizens
in his audience. To do this he was obliged to
review the history of the Wing and Know
Nothing parties, parties happily long since
dead. He could not srraign Republicans for
any distinction as to race or color. Certainly
to Irishmen, to whom COL Bradbury especially
appealed, the Republican party has grudged
nothing. His complaint comes with an espec-
ial bad grace from the orga nization which is
pooling issues with Dennis Kearney, which has
allied itself with the hoodlums of San Fran
cisco, and is shouting 'Down with the China
men,"
The Hon. L. D. M. Sweat closed the tedious
and Improbable business Of the evening with
speech which was mostly long wall over
'fraud." Mr.. Sweat made mention of the f.
nancial issue which is engaging the attention
of all men in this state to-day, thus: Il do
not propose to discuss the financial question to-
night" Then be went on to ask Greenbackers
to vote for Anderson, putting to them the ques-
ton whether Anderson's speech of the night
before wasn't good Greenback speech. But
he took precious good care not to endorse that
speech. Evidently these shrewd old Demo-
cratic leaders do not propose to roll in the mud
for Greenback votes. They leave that dirty
work to Anderson. Indeed, the heartiest ap-
plause of the evening was given to Col. Brad
bury when he declared for ga dollar that is
worth dollar the world over" One man
cried out, and was cheered. "We don't want
ninety cent dollar either."l
Then the meeting adjourned without hearing
from Gen. Anderson, who was advertised to
speak. Apparently be was exhausted by his
magnificent effort of the night before.
About half an hour after the meeting closed,
the band, followed by crowd of boys, went up
Free street. stopped before the ancestral man
sion" of Gen. Anderson, "the friend of the
poor man" and played dirge The General
did not appear. He preferred to postpone the
wake to this evening" How could the band be
so cruel as to play funeral march before a
mans door on the day preceding his execu
tOn