The daily gazette., 1880-10-22
lfIap aIi ~ ~ "a AUB u n
BIRD ON ThEITARIFF.
HIS SPEECH AT TILE OPERA HOUSE
. HOW MARSHAL MCNULLEN RE-
3 POPTED IT ...,..., ..,y

HIS SPEECH AT TILE OPERA HoUsE.
Y HOW MARSHAL MCMULLEN RE- !
Po1TED IT. iglo) cEi 5h2.ra1 |
+ Levi G. Bird, Esq, repeated his |
tariff speech at the Opera House |
last evening, to quite a large Re
publican audience, about fifteen
hundred, white and black, male and
female. . being present. His speech
was mainly arepetition of pis Fourth
street address, and was delivered
with vim and energy that were
nothing less than remarkable. The
roomy stage was none too. large for
him. He pranced from one side to
the other like Gagged lion. He
bent almost double at times, and
otherwise twisted and distortedehim-
self in manner that a professional
gymnast could not have eXcelled.
Stockett Matthews was nowhere, ~
His attire was pertinent To the oc7
casion and the cause, and made him
look every inch the noble working
man that he is. His "swallow tail''
coae, showed that he had just efner-
ged from the workshop, and modest
diamonds proclaimed him to be q
humble member of the working
mems guild. Thus attired he came
forth to speak from his life long ex-
perince in honest, manual labor, of
what is best for the workingmen of
this country. .u.t. ahI....
"A table full of books and documents
WAS at one eLd of the stage, and table
st,,f. p,.H tlaaG d nfh
er. From one to the other he rushed,
occasionally turning around 10 talk to
tie President, w ashjDgton Jones, Esq,
anI a number of other business men
who occupied seats upon the stage
Though furious effort, his speeSh was
failure, aud disappointment was writ
ten ON nearly every counter ance. 1t
lasted over two hours, and between nine
and ten O'Clock people begaB 10 flock
oar. They rose almost under the speak
er's nose aud thas attracted his attention.
"Be pa5ient," he said, al will not keep
you n uch longer" A few voices cried
ego on" and he went on to the end.
il was proposed by Mr.. Bird, to have
stenographic reporter to take down
his speech, but the charge for such ser
vice was deemed too high, and there
was no time to send over to England
for ''cheap pauper labor" to compete
with this line of American industry
It is presumed, however, that Marshal
:. Nom ullen supplied the deficiency in this
respect, Judging from the following dis
patch TO this mornings Philadelphia
Times =
OFFICIAL REPORT OF ZIG THING.
Special dispatch to the Times.
, MILMINGToN, Del', Oct. 81 Levi c.
Bird, Esq, delivered an exhaustive
speech upon the subject of tariff in III
relations to the industries of the city
and State This speech was made il
compliance with an invitation from the
! Republican League of the city. The
! opera house was packed and Mr.. Birt
was AT his best. He spoke nearly tw'
Q hours and . half. The speaker intrc
b tinced his subject by saying he woul
n discuss no other question. | have aske
j. that the business ard workingmen o
!. thiS city give me hearing. 1 shall keel
. nv word. shal knock at your door,
= shall see your-wlves and yOar children
= | shall stand m yOnr path as you com
from your work. It needs no hilosophe
S or logician no Solomouhere. / deman
It only pateut hearing of plan facts. H
Is then proceeded to demohsh free trad
il | and tariff for revenue. This hits at MI
s Bayard and General Porter Postles wer
N particular enjoyable to hisaudienoei an
= | very eflectious in the demolition of thei
:; sophistem and was greeted with grea
'" applause. ii. ii. MCM uLLEN,
O (79 paid) U. s. Marshal.