The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-10
UNHAPPY DEMOCRATS.
The City Hall Meeting Last
Evening.
CARY AND GROVER INSTEAD OF
PLAISTED AND ANDERSON.

The attendance at the meeting at CITY Hall
last evening was very fair at the start bu.
thinned out rather fast. On the platform was
j. +. Turner, John NJ Todd, l. F. Ouimby,
DR.. j. H. Buzzill, NJ. G. Dow, and S. A. Ber
ry of the Greenbackers; and Col. S. R. LYMAN.
Cap'n Chase (he sat on the steps in truly
Democratic way, George W Smith, B. F.
Andrews (who will be candidate for sheriff
today. John SWEET and Charles Fling of the
Democrats Mr. j. f. Turner called the meet
ing to order. and introduced John M. Todd as
presiding officer, who at once, without extend
ed remarks, introduced Gen. Sam Cary of
Ohio, as the first speaker. Gen. Cary says
that he got up his voice for public speaking by
driving three yoke of oxen himself. He has
got quite voice, and understands hoy to put
his hands on his knees in a thrilling manner;
but while his voice, for an ox-team voice NAV
be all right, it Is no more to be compared to
that of the terrible Fogg, than is a summer
wind to Rocky Mountain blizzard.
Gen. Cary said that he had been Whig and
had expected to have died Wing but it so
happened that the Wing party died first. He
had been bitter against the Democrats. SO
tIuCh 81 tiidt OUT Ill OulO ne naQ once had his
doubts If Democrat could be saved, but he
had got over that. Gen. Cary then drifted in
to general discussion of the financial cues
tion He declared that the fact that the Gov
eminent can borrow all the money it needs at
at four per Gent interest is an evidence of
national hum liation, and that the fact also
shows that all business is PROSTATE, and that
the laboring men are out of work. He thought
resumption was due solely to abundant har-
vests In this country, famine in Europe, the
stopping OF the retirement of greenbacks by a
Democratic Congress and the demonstration
OF silver. ut was the act of God and the
Democratic party" shouted the speaker, land
it was fraud anyway"
He then discussed the money question in the
widest Ohio initiation Greenback style. and
an essential to good money. He thought re-
demptlon OF paper was cheat and humbug,
thus showing thatshe is in conflict with Cen
Plaisted, who has several times announced his
belief in this cheat and humbug. He read
report from the national bank of which the
Democratic candidate for Vice President was
but recently President. He didn't nwant to
be understood to say anything against Mr..
English, who had done no more than any man
would who had a chance to take advantage of
the people. The report by Mr.. English showed
that his bank had averaged profit of fifty
per cent year. 1t seems not to have oc-
Cured to Gen. Cary that such a profit was not
the result Of the right to issue bills.
lie said that the Democratic National conven-
ton OF 1876, when the proposition to remone-
tie silver was presented, fairly howled it
down, but that the same Democratic party
went into Congress and at once remonetized
silver, showing that that party is always true
to the people, and he was strengthened in his
impression by the fact that Weaver, De La
Matyr and other Greenbackers were given an
opportunity to ventilate Greenback ideas in
congress by Democratic votes. He had thought
Gen. Hancock was the hero of Gettysburg
land the Democrats present cheered the gem
erals reference to Gettysburg recalling Gen.
S. j. Anderson of the Hancock Veterans) He
thought there was no hope of reform from the
Republican party. He attributed the rebellion
to the fact that the Democrats thought that
man would reach his noblest crown by making
somebody else earn his bread for him and to
dissent on part Of the Republicans from this
view.
Mr.. Todd then announced that Gen. Plaisted
was absent-he thought he might he sick-and
introduced Hon. A. J. Grover, of Illinois, who,
he said, was an old abolitionist. This an
nouncement caused general stampede from
the hall. Nothing dsmayed, however Mr.,
Grover proceeded to eulogze the founders of
the Republican party, and pitch into the
southern bpildozers and negro murderers in
way which caused Col. Lyman and Cap'n Chase
to VINCE He said his quarrel with the Republi-
can party was because they had not protectedthe
negro enough. After discussing the condition
Of the negro at some length and engaging the
democratic part of the audience, he threw a
sop to them by advising the GreenbackeEs to
vote for Gen. Anderson, telling them that An
derson was Greenbacker at heart and would
become an open Greenbacker if elected to
Congress.
The absence Of Gen. Plaisted and Gen. An
derson was great disappointment to the audi
ence, who went there chiefly for the purpose of
hearing them. 1t is said on credible authority
that Plaisted was advised by leading Green
hackers not to appear on the same platform
with Gen. Anderson, and that Gen. Anderson
was given similar advice. Both took the ad-
vice given and staid away.