The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-08
S0L0N CHASE In MISSISSIPPI.

Pupucan party ID mean enough to be do5ed
to death on unshirted hail columbia. TVo-
I'M. ciferous applause The more hail colum>
bia Sclon gives it the more he tickles me.
Applause. But Solon's hog proposition
ar. [laughterl impresses me as too far fetched
. for this latitude. 1t may suit New Eng
land and the hog ties of the West. But
IL for the hog eaters Of Mississippi it appears
he thin. Laughter and applause. What
of has he come all the way from Maine to try |
he to convince these colored men of Missis-
nd sippi, the constitutional pork>eaters of
the nation, [laughter] that the government
le al policy of squeezing the largest amount
a OF hog into dollar is detrimental to their
o.. interests Applause and laughter ]
i appeal to you colored men and women, to
l. say If this is patriotic view of the hog
,y question! You know as we'll as do, that
the most hog which the Constitution allows
!. to be squeezed into dollar is the true doc
= trine for you. [Thundering applause
Why if Mr.. Solou had lIs way he would
make hog as valuable as a horse, OF
mule, or bAle Of cotton, and then bow
, would the poor darkey or the poor white
man get any hog meat to eat ? ['Dats so,"
from the Ethiopian side of the house.
You know, my dearly beloved colored fell
low>citizens, that it is hard enough to sup
ply the larder anyhow-so hard that it has
grown unhealthy in this State for hogs
laughter from Saxony]-even after the
amount of hog squeezed into a dollar has
been increased. am opposed to any ma
tional policy which lessons the amount of
hog squeezed into dollar. Laughter
and applause. The more hog you can
squeeze into dollar the better it is for us.
"The gentleman from Maine has applied
his hog argument to Mississippi, but it
won't go down. 1t may be the thing for
Maine-I expect it is-but for Mississippi "
it hurts the tenderest ssnsibilities of a "n a..
large class of our voters. LaughterI w. w.
am surprised that he would press an obiec~ i
ton to the low price of hog on Southern ''
audience, and mixed one at that. don't ~
+ :. it's
trick. The fact is am beginning to be- 'n'
lieve the old man from Maine is trying to 'ne
perpetrate huge joke on us. I don't be- ON.
lieve that he is the venerable Solon Shingle GU
we have read about, no how Laughter. 'ne
My opinion is that he is the vertable old p"'
Maj. Jack Downing that came out from Wv
o,uo,, ao,,,,, r.at =; a. ol..a - 49,: Gus
d..;,. o., roa,.au., -: rr,.I-7 she
He is the identical Maj. Jack Downing, re- ~ ~
dtctUus, and all this onslaught of his upon -Ao'
the hog eye>dea is intended for sarkasm. Wv "
[Vociferous laughter. He don't mean it. J.,
He can't mean it. 1t is imp ossible that any .-,
man with his seven senses properly equi-
Ebriuma5 shor,5 bo ,,;,t,, oe +bo fou,, - for
trvino to win votes in the heart of Miss;s- ly C
sippi, before an audience largely composed U"s
of national pork-consumers, by adyocat- WI
ing the horrible policy of decreasing the ope'
amount of hog to be squeezed into dol Ia
lar! Wild applause. ever
n see
g. And suppose we investigate the true oh;,.
inwardness Of Solon's hay problem. What ho-
is it to us, let me ask this large audience, hooo
VIM .a' LIS n"y mas ne ooh-e all Tue Vox,
way down from the frozen -out corner of her
America to put the question, who has my plott
hay3' to Mississippians? How does he ex- hold
pect me or you to know who has his hay? Gyin
Laughter If the government mules tried
nave eaten up all his nay am sorry Tor dodg
it, for he appears to be very excellent evel
md amiab)e old party, but he must not lead
'Apec' Ine people OF MlsSisSlPpl 70 80 Oh at thu
nto tantrums on the dry question, Who and
las Solon's hay?' Laughter. Politically older
peaklng we don't care anything about morn
nat. 1t may be hardship upon Solon pullet
o have lost his hay, but it don't rise to about
D the dignity of a question with u.s. 1t literal
ont affect us. What we want IL cheap I we,
og meat [Laughter.] Hay is a very wben
Bn' Issue iu ooun'fy "neie we oan leeu the
COWS Oh 0o''on Seeu' Fnence' say color- that
l men' 'nA' 'ne only way " save your lio> and RI
rites and preserve the noble inheritance WAS q
squeathed to you by Abraham Lincoln, is imme,
vote the straight Democratic ticket once
1ntnusiaSLc applause from tne galleries. yard
"And az for the remarks of my friend Gen. uicke,
eS'' niAy SaielJ say tna' never su" 'na' self v
'oenent gentleman so much excited before. child'E
ne don = learn 10 control MS emouons her ba
'tser' tne nrst tning ne knows the enemy and g
III find out where he is. Laughter. draw
Is charmed with his eloquence, but much and al
is s0o'nins ene0' was ues'roye" Oy INC along,
AZ tna' III hlS rearing anu cnafsinB blasted
ound he might stumble and fall on the ma, !
Itional Greenback party sitting behind fsstane
N, and mash him into a pancake. IRE bopsa
,ndous applause and laughter Gen. the bs
est is a man Of weight and momentum, rrsbad
Il ne ever 0oiiueS VIII 'ie NA'lohai 1t was
pay WV '-a' WIN. Wv 'iOi'i when
zine, or accidentally falls on him, or sud -,
nly sets down on him, there is a wreck of -,
tier or a crushed party! [Uproarous -,
Dlause. There isn't enough avolrdupois So,
this National party to stand the weight
this Mississippi Greenback giant. ou' in''
applause.l oA' !"
Fellow citizens, there is only one work. no'e ~
day between now and the election. Go ione 81
work Rebuke this hostile movement Hie ~
Solon upon the hog. CLaughter.l If Deen us
don't want the price of pork to 60 up n0efu y
- n. rsacb Of the moor man mi fragmer
II foot down on Soions programme, 'nA' cat
vote tie straight Democratic ticket Ios
T n.-...;, - :, over th
iged to oppose any tAmPering with the DOs' ''
icy of squeezing the greatest possible
,unt Of hog into dollar. Laughter.
lfes no s~n o'0n " 'ns "ullAs VI United
ng the squeeze on the hog. tAPplause the Lei
oes not tolerate any such sncrOachments some of
~. ,;,.-,i.s sns yisbts ,f the color.s terprise