Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-08
Scion Chase at -SebagO Lake-He
Speaks His Mind about the
Democrats.

Uncle Scion said that he liked to come to
Standish because he had the blood of the
Cape Cod Indians in his veins. Uncle Scion
then made a vigorous attack on the republi-
can party and the face of Capn Chase wac,
in peaceful contentment, like unto the face
of the angel of cOntentment, and the eyes of
Col. LYMAN had far off look as if he were
gazing backward to the time of Andrew
Jackson or forward to the yet DINNER and
more distant time that will witness demo-
cratic Presidential victory. Then suddenly
without warning, Mr.. Chase observed that if
the greenbackers of this State disliked the
republicans they also hated the democrats.
"Just remember that will you?" said Chase,
and several voices replied, 'we will" And
then he proceeded to carry war with vigor in
to the democratic camp. Then it was that
| the face of Cap'n Chase lost the peaceful ex-
preston that it had worn, then it was that
Col. Lyman Strengthened up and looked lin
terested'' ''Them steers are ready for
work and don't you forget it, shouted Mr..
Chase. ''and you won't have to tie their
tails together to prevent their pulling
through the yoke either. The repub.
licans of this State don't fear the demo-
cratic party. Applause. It's them steers
that they are afraid of. What you want to do
is to hitch them steers up with the wild ass or
the prairie and let EN- do your fall ploughing.
Here a disguised democrat remarked rather
audiby that he didn't want to see bigger
ass than Scion Chase.) The democrats
havn't made convert from the republican
party tor twenty years. and won't for twenty
years to come. Applause. If the demo-
Gratis will let us alone the rag baby that was
born with a sledge in his hand will hammer
the republican party out of existence. We
have got the trap set and the democrats can
do some lubber lift but they must not touch
the bait. Applause. If his cry of fusion
is carried out we must wait till a generation
of better men il born before our principles
will become engrafted into the organic law
Of the. land. say to the democrats as the
colored individual said to the hog who was
roofing around ladder on which he was
white-washing, ''Mr. Hog. keep away from
dare or you'll make mischief shure." Loud
applause. We want their votes but we don I
want 'em roofing around and trying to man.
age things. Laughter The democrats
don't dare to NEEDLE with the rag
baby. They don't like to hear his
cowhide boots. Laughter They're afraid
of his marching. never took much stock in
them. Two years ago the democrats were
pretty fair greenbackers; now they have &C.
cepted the republican settlement of the finan-
cial question to be the finA settlement. We
must have the silver dollar: it will cut its
bigness through debts, and the Weaver silver
bill sleeps in the democratic Senate chamber
the sleep that knows no waking. The demo-
Gratis don't dare to stand up and lock horns
with the money power. il takes them steers to
do that. Applause The nomination of
Weaver was a butcher knife stuck in the
bowels of the republican party. We green
hackers know more than we used to, we don't
put all we believe in our platforms now, to
scare the people. fCries of good And
them steers are bound to haul mighty big
load this fall. The democrats think they have
a chance at last. but they will find that Han
cock will run as Gen. Scott did. (Mr Chase
here INDUCED in a little historical excursion
back to 1852, and predicted that the demo-
cratic party of 1850 would have the same fate
the Wing party of 1882 The Wings
didn't make their platform in 1852 as much
anti-slavery as they did four years before, and
they got beat, so the democrats havn't got as
much of the rag baby in their platform as
they had four years ago and they will be beat
Il Portland Press.