The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-23


cans under obligation to him for some three
hours of amusement Saturday evening by in
ducing the expiring Fogg to address the citi-
zens of Portland on the subject that will,
probably, always fire the heart of the Cap'n
as well as cause him to open his pocketbook--
the Tabulation. 1t is just as well to say that
the Cap'n never does things by halves. For
example, when he furnished lemonade to the
Hancock Zouaves, the lemonade held out,
which was because there was more lemonade
than Zouaves; and Saturday evening he did
his best to cheer, comfort and encourage his
brother Tabulator, and to brighten the last
hours of his political life. "This isn't very
warm weather." remarked sinful consump-
tive to pous friend, who replied, "Never
mind you'll soon be where it will be hot
enough and it was similar consolation
that the Cap'n gave his guest Satur lay.
The meeting was presumably held in the ill.,
terest of Gen. S. j. Anderson, but that gentle
man did not attend. In fact, most of the
prominent Democrats were conspicuous by
their absence. Charles Ell. Fling and B. f.
Andrews were present, and gave an eminent
ly respectable air to that portion of the plat
loIui Oh WLtOh why ode' vi bHO pfOulluOut
Greenbackers there wero but few out. Elliot
King was not on the platform nor the venar-
able John M. Todd. This was mistake as
the presence of the philosopher might have
had restraining influence on Fogg
As has been once before remarked Cap'n
Chase is not in the habit of doing things by
halves, and so Chandler led his famous band
to the platform at half past seven o'clock, and
fhn i'm ,t,nrn
ployed to take in full the speech of the eX-
piring Fogg came forward, but still Fogg
fingered Cap'n Chase was busy as His Bad
ness, the original tabulator, is supposed to be
in the midst of the strife of the elements. To
say that on his massive brow fingered the signs
of a noble resentment would be to strive too
far after the romantic. To say, however, that
he watched the hall with anxiety of a careful
housewife looking at a pan of biscuits that
don't seem disposed to "rise'' would be to get
down to hard pan, solid one-hundred-cents on
the dollar facts in the case. At last the ex-
piring Fogg came out of the inner ROOM and
stood near the door side by side with the Cap'u.
Fogg wore, besides his hair, that look of
reason why the late A. Garcelon, M. D., put
the Cap'n on the committee with him. But
all was not ready. Cap'n Chase stepped for
ward and consulted for a moment with Mr. S.
Chenery, and Mr.. S. Chenery went to the top
of the stairs ard waved his hand to Mr..
Chandler who led his band in playing s'March-
ing thro' Georgia." which was appropriate
considering that Sherman's army like the
Tabulators took all they could. Then Cap'n
Chase, the expiring Fogg, Rev: W. F. Eaton,
others came forward to the platform 1t had
been said that the Rev. w. F. Eaton was to
preside, but Mr.. Eaton didn't seem to see it,
and Mr.. c. I'll. Fling was the fore-ordained in
dividual Who was introduced by Mr.. j. M. Ed
wards as the presiding officer. Mr.. Fling ad-
vanoad t0 the cd up Of ha Mo nd
reckoning, to some invisible spirit probably,
said that the three parties have already NOM
mated their candidates. The statement didn't
seem to surprise anyone and Mr.. Fling added
that the parties are alive, and then he backed
away from what had become position of
danger, and added that the cry for constitu-
tional government, was about to begin in Cali
fornia with the Sand Lots patriots perhaps)
and passing over the Sierra Nevadas wander
around Cape Cod, call on Gen. Butler, mix it.
self up with the lumber region and unpro.
nounceable lakes of Maine and finally lose
itself in the Atlantic about the 9th of Novem-
Der, when, according to Mr.. Fling, there is to
be an election (strictly private) that will result
in the only Democratic victory of the cam
paign. Mr. Fling here introduced Mr.. Fogg
and then waved his arm over his head as
signal for cheers that came, not like unto the
cheers of former Democratic meetings, but as
if coming as George Francis Train said the
cheers given at one of his meetings did ''from
ts
Fling was not satisfied, and added that Mr.
Fogg was the Democratic candidate for Con-
gresham in the Second District and then he
waved his arms some more with just as little
result.
Mr.. Fogg, the only and original Fogg, came
forward, and for once did not begin by saying:
Fellow citizens of the town of Thomaston -
He commenced by referring to Senator Blaine
and then got mad because the crowd applaud
ed Cheers for Blaine Fogg evidently regarded
n of nrln I 10 han odp tod hat
election of last year was "close" and that the
Republicans elected their men by s'shavng
majorities." As in Portland, for instance,
where the average majority was GO. Fogg will
probably call Frye's majority, however large,
a shaving majority."] "Whe1 the Governor
and Council met they found their desks loaded
down with atfidavits that had previously been
published" land proved false Mr.. Fogg] "in
the Boston Globe, Eastern Argus, Bangor
Commercial, as we'll as in some papers outside
of the state, from which it would appear that
we have "unbeknownst' annexed Boston to
the State of Maine. Fogg at this point men
toned Mr.. Blaine's name, only to have it ap-
plauded, and that made him .get mad and
charge that the rank and file of the Republ-
can party could be bought at prices ranging
from 25 cents to $5Cc0. He charged that the
Republicans had threatened to take the PEN
sion away from crippled soldiers if they would
not vote the Republican ticket. Mr.. Fogg is
respectfully requested at his earliest CONVEX
transactions.] He added that seven-eighths of
the soldiers in the rebellion were Democrats a
statement which will serve to throw good
deal of light on the following remark made by
Gen. S. J. Anderson after the battle of Gettys-
burg, and at the Democratic state convention
of 1868:
"When Gov. Seymour withdraws the New York
troops, then pledge you that Bion Bradbury will
withdraw the Maine troops But we do not ask that
our troops shall fight their way through New York
other states till they reach their homes in
Maine.'
Gen. Anderson wanted to save votes 1t is
safe to say that he did not then represent Mr..
Bradbury any more than Mr.. Fogg did Satur-
day evening when he said that Mr.. Bradbury
acted as general counsel for Garcelon and
Council all the way through, as we'll as special
counsel in the case of Prince A. Sawyer.
Mr.. Fogg here referred in truly affecting
manner to his interest in the cause of temper
ance and paid what he said was deserved
tribute to Joshua Nye. Mr.. Fogg remarked
mournfully that the Republicans couldn't send
a speaker into this state whose record isn't
bad He added that if he shall ever take
pleasure in anything it will be in sitting in his
out. which would indicate that Fogg, like
Nasty, is one (which hopes to be postmaster"
Mr.. Fogg then went over the tabulations,
making no new points. His attempt to draw
out applause by defending the counting out of
the vote of Portland, was failure. The
P-SA' AAosA wv oOil-iO-
spect to cheer the men who disfranchised
them, and Capt. Chase's face told plainly that
he saw and feltit. Fogg did one thing, how
ever; he read an alleged letter from the Hon.
George Walker said to have been written
while Mr.. Walker was Mayor of Portland, ad
vising the Governor and Council that
the action of Mayor the Hon. George
Walker) and Aldermen of Portland
in the amended record matter was
illegal. From the general tone of Mr..
Walkers conversation all through the count
out, as well as from other circumstances, and,
from the extreme improbability that a gentle
man Of Mr.. Walkers standing and ability,
would have written such letter, we expect to
see him come forward and deny the anthem
ITCHY of il.
The speech of the expiring Fogg had run
ming through it a vein of sadness, as when he
said that if the Democrats and Greenbackers
could only have moved their men around last
year, they could have carried every senatorial
and representative district in this state. But it
was in this little outburst of poety that the ex-
piring Fogg revealed himself to his admirers
in a new light If, in the rest of his speech,
he reminded one of Eli Perkins, so in this gem
he recalled to mind some of the early poems
of the ''Sweet Singer of Michigan"
s'we'n hang Daniel F. Davis ON the sour apple tree
As go marching on to victor-ie
In November and December