The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-09-04

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at no time, perhaps. IS Ear as Somersc
i~eouuty is concerned, did the remark o
that sage old Duichman, Hans Brett
man" prove rs applicable as it does at III.
present. Il will be remembered that ht
begins oil his poems with the assertion
that.
'TuE DEMOCRATS HAD BARrY
ani then asksthe naguessehle conundrufa
tyRERE 1871 DOT rAgTY NOW p
Prior 10 the meeting on Monday night
lasi wc we,e under the impression that
they had a party, bat by the time Hay and
Coflroth had finished their speeches, in
conjunction with The remainder of the
audience, we aimlessly repeated Brett
mans famous line,
WHERE Isu DOT BARTY now"
Geo. W. Benford. (be it remembered
he was President of the closed doors, open
mouthed convention held here when Cot
froth and Croft were nominated, and Hay
so ANONYMOUSLY retired) called the dele
gates into n OF the jury rooms, and the
remainder of the unwashed organized by
~electing Levi Lichliter of Salisbury, Pres
idcnt. Levi evidently had not been posted
as 10 what the programme was 10 be and
was afraid TO trust himself to speak. So
after the organization had been completed
by the selection OF Vice Presidents and
Secretaries, Mr.. w. w. Hartzell. arose
with all the confidence of having been one
of the ''Contero-s" who disgraced the
country by nominating Cofiroth, and an
nounced that the meeting was called for
the purpose of opening tue campaign and
introduced
VAL. HAY, ESQ.
Poor Hay, we pitied him. He looked
so wilted, 50 dried up, and his financial
ideas were so wild that we no longer
wondered why he had been taken from
the political field and safely slowed away
on the NOW. His views on the currency
were wild enough TO disgust MoStoller
and make that staunch ~Greenbacker, L.
4. Turner, smile in derision. 1t was not
for his financial heresies, however, we
piiied him. To him had been assigned
the dirty work of the meeting and the
manner in which he pandered to the
whims and oddities of any and all that he
he thought might be induced to support
Coflroth, was disgusting. He had no
word of commentator for the principles or
policy Of the Democratic party, but was as
ardently in love with, and Rugged to his
bosom the illegitimate offspring OF tie To-
ledo Convention with as much tenderness
as a mother her child.
EoBLEsT ROMAN OF THEM ALL.
Gen. A. II. Colfr0th hex took the floor
amidst the most profound silence, and the
crowd, evidently thinking that one such
dose as Hay had given them, was enough.
commenced TO leave. A careful poll OF
the audience showed nincty-three persons
present, of which number at least one-half
were Republicans attracted thither by Gu
riositY. The General was as mild as a
sumner morn and meek as a common
drunk in the hands of ''Ycpser." lie,
TOO. had forgotten the existence OF q Dem.
Ocraiic party, and spoke only of the n. 6.
L. party. The financial situation was his
theme ard 'Spoford's Almanac" his au-
thority his statements were all right,
had they been founded on fact, and the
driit OF the whole thing was, vote for me,
The address was short and weak and, al
ter The Great Niogul had taken his seat, the
meeting adjourned. There was no enthu-
siasm, 40 cheers, no democracy. no moth
ing, save a dirty. craven appeal TO the
Greenbackers and sore-heads. Let the
curtain fall TO slow music.