The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-04
Thu sand LOT ORATOR.
Dennis Kearney Harangues The Work
ingmen of Jersey City.
REPORTERS AND CHINAMEN
The Walls of the California Agitators
Wrath Inverted Again.

Retweep two and three thousand mon assembled in
vacant lot opposite Ham Eton Park, in Ninth street.
Jersey City, last night, to listen TO Dennis kearney,
the sand lot orator. number OF police were on hand
20 ORDER their services were not needed as
The gathering was orderly, and composed, In the
main, OF sight seers, who had no sympathy with the
wild doctrines the speakers. The volleys OF vltupcr
ation poured bioated bondholders political
b,lks and ssucaking shiny editors and reporters'
we're received with appreciation by q portion OF the
audience, ana mis- frequent illusions to hanging mon
ma then roasting their carcases also seemed
70 find some favor Occasionally he was
interrupted, but the interrupters owing to
the fact that TWO "whiskey orators"
ms Kearney called them, wore ejectcd early in the
meeting toncnted themselves with CALCULATIONS at
long ntcrvals. Once when the speaker asked, SIS
there voice that will raise itself In defence OF down.
sroddeu worKngmcn9 little chap, with mock fee
bieness ot voice. answered, ''Hers am" Kearnoy
brooks no interruptions and pays not tho slightest
heed TO questions asked him. Among others put to
him last night was the following -"wili
you describe what your theory tsp" Be-
Ing adnonished by several thumps on
Tho back that questions were out OF
order the did not press the question. In addi-
Hon to refusing to answer questions, Kearney has
happy faculty, when wishes to make graceful d.
gression OF supposing that questions have been nd
dressed 10 him, as for instance last night when he
wished TO say something about Butler, he broke of
abruptly with voiiey Of superat,ve adjecives and
lett Them without a noun 20 ampiiy. with, "Ies,
Butter, you ask m.p s ss%s 81 su s: aa
parsons arc beyond criticism, Tor he. Hksns
staple things unto others that are out OF the expert
snce OF Ordinary mer. n speaking OF ono OF the
''.rhiskey orators" who intercepted bim hs said.
s.rhese fellows Dob up unexpectedly like boo.tailed
bulls in a clover field"
HK TAKES OFF HIS COAT
On the stand erected for the occasion were seated
iii Ksarney said and dilieent in presenting news
paper men with their cards the crowd here
little room to move around, and as the time wore on
his liberty gradually restricted untii he stood
the edge OF the platform a number OF
aud boys, who seemed Ia imminent danger OF
,ars1s the spe.ke Kea4n.1
took coat collar and necKte on tho performance
bis cuSs With the air Of man who vas about 10 20
work he WAS chcored ngain In beginning
bis finger and thumb UPS in contact, after the man
OF an admonishing friar TO this position. after
eccentric misrations through the ar in
bps the hands returned ever and anon,
md careful study Of the gesture proved
bheme. When he had spoken OF how men should be
hanged then .heir .'carcassss roasted" and
bad exhausted the subject his hands met In points.
ana he began talk OF 'the Iscnerous crew
pf the Shiny shcets.' To this topic he devoted the
pane set gestures that had illustrated the finished
IubJect, and continued until no bade the crowd
yood bye and pocketed the pennies that had been
gathered IN a hat Tor his bsnehL
Several times during his harrangue Kearney took
as 80 nsd Sosn 'a IN ms is
lomplimented himself on the work he had per-
sna saa saa, n had over on. m1on
He asked his hearers " they intended to strike
blow tor liberty, and a general cry Of "YesI" was
should be struck. ave must" said he, ''use the
ballots TO mmenco with, but should the helhound
81 afadh Ihn nd no In
cared, SHINY Ieecherous mnions, the political bum
mers ana organized biIks, stun tho boxes,
in in blood, Tho msa. who stun the boxes
Will be hung tner Internal DC roasted"
gentlemen prssen. rnoss his nguresl would
heed what he said. When no appealed 10 tho
n "sS'"f' of his nsora., and asked, fare
there not 10 900 here S' several vo,ccs shouted,
SAID, "Now, you skuikiDg h,rengs OF the shiny
sheets say there wcrc twenty five persons present
can com, noses he LIE, par. Of sns ousness
run their districts for work they would be told in
effect, II not 10 words, TO go to he'll" These men
bad been running the country, ne said, for ninety
nine years--thc republican robbers ana dem ocratic
thieves. Where, have they run ~" he asked
i.Ipto the ground" some one suggested. Eyes, an
swered Kearncy, 'thsy have il
he'll" He advocated the election Of mon
proved Untrue 10 their trusts, should be taken
out, hanged then roasted. He had no doubt that
many workfngmcn would be ASKED what they would
10 wnom this question was put to answer,
Inn working mcn) viii do with il, The nan who osn
dig clay on, OF the ground and make IL INTO an iron
ship TO cross the ocean is IT. to be 10 tho eabno. Of
Hewitt and his gang Of "cassical consumptives"
and "coege dead beats and asked Il anybody with
them No responses were made He revelled
= such .. sn9'ee adj:ovss as: .Hra'."
o. toby's mon and newspaper reporters. To
bring matters TO the comprehension OF his hearers
70 one on tho body physical, a working
mans wife, and said that as the physician cut
workpgman cut out the other He announcer
tbat all tue s'slimy internal sheets sold by the
'They would" said he. 'scli oody, anu was
i had money could %, own every
enough 10 modify his views concerning reporters,
whom he last night declared were hard
working, poorly paic men, but evidently
~ removing opprebrium from some one he deposited
ibouders on the editorial ones, and said that the
"sOu' was cut out OF reports by these editors"
II was about This time, for tue newspaper topic was
losing interest," that the speaker imagined some ono
raid something concerning Butler, and maoe
uetesmsn was good man. specialized
German eaa,e oe; sSct,caent by suggesting III in;
back dem spoons' This horeiica foreigner ad-
monished TO Keep his peace and he SAID no more.
POLITICAL CAUSES
lie reiterated tho charges mado against SeDators
and Congressman Mt Newark on Monday evening,
and sadded them win me responsibility OF caus-
ing the present great epidemic in the south. an
said he. 'fbey had made an appropriation to build
tetties the South would not have been flooded, and
whom the tao went down all the garbage
and--apd"- tHere the speaker iaerci for want
Of words and come shouted, "Rcad
tho HERALDi'') He explained how the fever had been
generated by decompospg vegetable aud animal
matter eft low levels by reeedipg tioes and said
be would explain these things to the work
insmcD Of the South. ~ intend TO 30 down therc--
when the frost comes" said Kearney, and an Irish
man in the reuorter'A Vicinity remarked-"Hc's
damned cute--'when the frost comes-d,ve
mono." '.Who suffering from this awful
fever7" asked kcsrncy. and then answering he
satd s.rhc " .sAll the he.boun nd crew of
bopd-hoding thieves" he continued. ran away iron
A.. ana only the workingmen remain TO 49,"
THE GKEgSBACK
Before proceeding to expouDd this issue the sand
lot orator took n copious drink OF water and .xpec-