Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-22
DEMOCRATIC sEAncE.
The Hsneoekisn Feast OF Reason
Last Evcning In Gold Hill.

A regular meeting Of the Gold Hill
Hancock and English Club was held at
their headquarters last evening. Capt.
Matt. Canavan. Chairman, presiding
with his usual regularity and efficiency.
And it was a good lively meeting. at
tracing q eoodly number Of Republicans.
Hon. Phil. Roach, San Francisco's
Democratic Cicero with the Angora locks
led of in the speaking. He related the
past slories and good deeds OF the Dem.
ocra,ic party. and contrasted II with the
evil and corrupt Republican administra.
ton which had usurped its place during
the past twenty years. He admitted that
the country was now more prosperous
than ever before. but attributed 1t to the
grand moral influence Of the Dem
ocratic party which, like a guar.
dian angel, still watched over and
guarded the destinies Of our beloved
country. but most eloquently did he dc.
scribe how much more prosperous u
would be under Democratic rule. He
showed how necessary and important 1t
was that there should be q ''chsnge."
and shook his Apgora locks at tn"
hideous phantom Of Republicsnism
which had recently demoralized Ohio
and Indiana and now threatened to
swing its devastating boom over New
York and the rest OF the country. Mr..
Roach Is an impressive orator. but
his e~loquencs would have q much
better effect were 1t not for the
multiplicity OF blunders he continu-
ally tumbles into. For instance. he
pitched uost numerically into "a
paper which Is published 10 this town.
depouucipg its editor NJ q black.hearted
r%ufian, immoral lepsr. liar and horse
thief, or words to that effect. He
meant the Enterprise and Its
editor all the time. and ripped
away under the delusion that be
was in Virginia instead OF Gold Hill. AZ
another point Of his discourse he allu.
ded TO "Mr. Garfield, the President Of
these United States" But oil his blum
dsrs were received as so much extra
spice thrown in. Hs had a well.pleased
and iudulgent audience. and they put In
the applause at regular intervals re-
gardless Of what he said.
Mr.. E. T. Plank, candidate for the
Assembly, aud u sterling gentleman and
good printer, followed with q well writ
ten speech on Democracy in general. and
the necessity that there should be q
change in favor OF the hungry old party.
Mr.. Plank wal pestered with u cold.
which prevented his speech from being
heard to any great extent by his audi.
epce. but they did not fail to put In the
applause at regular intervals. all the
III
Nj. Duffy. another candidate for legis-
lativs houors. also made a neat and ap.
propriate speech upon the change
which was necessary to be made in
both State and national administration,
and was applaudsd at regular intervals.
Mr.. Daniel McMurchy wound up the
seauce with a particularly stirring and
emphatic speech. He stood Sharon on
his head aud split him down like q
mackerel. aud vas applauded most up
r~oariously aud ~irregularly throughout.
Captain Canavan dismissed the con.
gregation with a parting invocation and
exhortation to stand true and work hard
aud they gave three lusiy crows for the
Hancock and adjourned.