The Portland daily press., 1879-03-03
THE GRERNBACK RALLY.
A Blast ON the FOg-Horn.

Some seven or eight hundred citizens at large
and about one hundred and fifty colonels and
a small sprinkling of Democratic assistant
colonies, followed Chandler's band to City Hall
Saturday evening, and once in stayed there until
the inspiring strains of "My Grandfather's
Clock" attracted many mora colones s'with
their cousins,a their sisters and their aunts,"
and some privates. The leading colones filed
in and took their places on the platform, the
others taking their seats on the floor and Civ
ing quite military and rather fsrocous aspect
to the aucience.
Colonel Nash called the meeting to order,
fscetiously remarkug that he was addressing
an enthusiastic meeting He then called COL
onel Parker to the chair Colonel Parker call
| ed for cheers, then sat down, then remember
| ing what he Was there for, rose to introduce
| Mr.. Solon Chase. Mr. Chase, who is no lag
gard, had however got tire of waiting, and be-
| gan his speech without waiting for the dilatory
chairman. He contented himself with a repe.
tition of the arguments advanced last fall, SET
| ting forth in his rugged, picturesque language
| 'ths evils of contraction" the misdeeds of
the Money Power" and the shrinkage of
steers While he was talking the colonels
scene was to come. that Colonel Fogg was CO.
ing to say something about the Press, which
would cause this paper to curl right up and die.
The Press, it was sad wouli never dare to
report Mr. Fogg's words. It was given out that
Mr.. Fogg had prepared recitative with horn
accompaniment which would be quite wither-
ing. He had, it was darkly hntsd, adapted
the curse-scene in "Leah' to the needs of the
occasion and blended it with the familiar de-
nunciation in the first act of the Black Crook.
While these ominous whispers were circulat-
ing some one was vigorously at work on the bel
lows. and the wind machine on the STAGE dis
guised for the occasion in dress coat, white vest
and gold chain (the last eildea taunt at the
Money Power) swellad visibly before the vast
assembly. The colouels pointed to hm with
pride, and spoke in ulufiei tones Of the doom
that was to come The late Colonel D--r
was especially demonstrative. Ths great ma
jority of the audience however failed to get ex-
cited, listened attentively to Mr.. Chase, and
seemed sorry when he got through-for they
knew Fogg was to follow.
The worst antlcipatons were, happily, not
realized. Col Fogg vas rather more amusing
and rather less vociferous than usual. His
tive, but it was pitched on a lower key. Com
lug TO the front he gave the dress.coat, that
gaIb of the laDorng nan, witch, toyed with
the chain of the Money Power, aod turned the
crank which set the machine a-going. There
was some Confusion Ga the stage Colonel
Cashman attempted to get under the table, he
beiog ia the more immediate vicinity of Colonel
Fogg, and therefore 10 the most danger; but he
was unable to accomplish h,s object. as Colonel
Maxwell aud two other colones had already
seizsd upon the place of safety
Col. Fogg began his Grafton 10 tnesa words:
"If gentlemen, he said, your shipping is safe
by being Well out to sea, if your doors are all
secared, and your blinds all hung, if your sick
are all we'll out of che city, (aypl4use) and If
the editors and reporters of the Pre- IS have
their ears tapplause) we'll stuffed great
applause) with cotton, Cloud continued ap.
plause) if gentleman all this has been done,
I'll, FL endeavor, [ say I'll try, yes gentlemen
FL say, and | repeat it, will say to the
editor of the PRESS, that was never connected
with the Credit Mobiler scandal, aud that
never voted myself ansincseAse of salary. Yes
gentleman, L think may venture to speak"
Having thus well begun, he continued to get on
swimmingiy. He said he challenged the
editor of The PRESS to rspublish his leading
articles for 1868. Would he do il? be thought
not, which considering that the PRESS is
newspaper, is a very probable supposltion.
But he Sal the PRESS was kept on file at
Augusta, and there was paper published
there ia which he (Fogg) should republish the
PRESS leaders for 1868. (It might be we'll to
copy the local items, marriage notices and
general news from the PRESS of that year in
order to give the readers of ths Greenback
organ somo fresh as well as instructive reading
for once rhe PRESS had lied abous hfm when
he was here before. Hs had voted for Hayes
and as soon as the Oaio general Was declared
elected he had bscome disguised. He had
remarked then that slll some party nominated
an honest man for Office he (Mr. Fogg) should
vote for Frank M. Fogg. AS FOOD, however,
as the Greenback party nominated Smith
he bolted Fogg, aud ipdulged in the laxary of
again voting for an honest map.
He then remarked thst eyen as the Press
abused him, SO did the Jews abuse Christ, and
that the PRESS was ones a coed religious
paper. "bus now said Col Fogg sadly, sit
lies as bad as the Lewiston journal" He
closed by telling story Of the Intelligent
scholar (since dead) of his Sunday school
class when on being asked to state how many
kinds of men there were replied, "a thing,
big thing, and devil of big thing" the
PRESS being the lasE He sat down, and Mr.
Chase remarked that he told that story once,
and it seemed to him that the roof would come
down.
There were various other jokes, all directed
at the PRESS in this lively lecture of Col.
Fogg's. Toward the end he hoarsed up, to the
confusion Of Col. Montgomery, who, seated In
ths Leader Office in ths Fluent B ock, was
taking Vel batim report of the speech.