Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-08
A POLITICAL BOOMERANG.

A correspondent at Calf writes politically
be lost-an interesting interlude at a Dem
ocratic meeting held at Gait Saturday even
ing, September 18th, at which I. J. Clunie
and Mr.. Armstrong, Democratic candidate
for the Assembly, addressed the Democratic
host The organization was completed by
selecting Mr.. Riley as Secretary, who was
pronounced Greenbacker, but the knowing
ones thought to betray said Riley into the
Democratic camp by this promotion to pub
lie favor. General Clunie led off IN an ex-
hortation in behalf of Hancock, claiming
that every act of his life and sympathy of
his nature had been and would be extended
to the laboring man, clarifying his military
achievements, and waxing now and then or
dinarily eloquent over his patriotism and
loyalty in the late war, as though he might
and possibly ought TO have done otherwise
over and against whom for the Chief Mag
istrate of the nation was the corrupt and
corrupting Garfield, unqualified by every
sympathy and act of his life to serve the
laboring man and tie people. MIR. Arm
strong long and loudly exhausted the whole
greenback subject by delving into facts and
figures reaching up into billions, be-
sides reading long portion of the
literary productions Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury to show how atrocious every
other financial policy was but the one now
advocated by the Greenback party-that the
present policy was wringing the substance
and daily bread from the hardy sons of toll.
Both speakers lboth attorneys at-iawl were
gushing with tenderness and sympathy tor
the laboring man, both claiming to have been
born and brought up with the honest sons OF
all l,,& g, 1afaot would
still be following the same honest vacation.
The above-named gentlemen having con-
Guided, Mr.. Riley was called for, and true to
his colors Ia Greenbacker and a real son of
TOLL, came forward and handsomely accepted
the apologies of the preceding speakers tor
abandoning their former honest calling and
associates, and becoming attorneys-at-law.
Mr.. Riley's faith in, and ready knowledge OF,
the whole greenback theory, and with the
Democratic platform staring him in the face
deadly hostile to every feature of the green
back system), enabled him to make a savage
dissection of his associates on the stand, and
before he was called hence by the Chairman
of the meeting (amid vociferous cries of the
multitude ego on y, he had literally skinned
them alive. He then denounced in unmeas-
ured terms any and all attempts of the Demo-
cratic party to identify, shield or intrench
itself either in front or rear OF the Green-
back party, for otfica. plumber and spolis, ana
that he was not to be caught with any such
chaff No amount of Democratic oratory in
the present campaign could counterfeit the
pungent thrusts and wholesome effect of Mr..
Riley's speech among his associates and the
laboring men.
The Republicans are wide awake at this
place One of the largest and most enthusi-
astic meetings ever held here came off few
evenings since, addressed by DR.. Harvey and
the Hon. II. F. Page, who made one of his
stirring and telling speeches. Though close
vote heretofore, set down Gait for Repubi-
can mainritY