, 1880-06-01
THE OTHER SIDE.
THE GRANT AfEEr1Nc


THE OTHER SIDE.
/, TIE GRANT MEETING.
MoDEnA7H Ar.rESpAscE AND A SorAuLx LACK
OF EHriiuatAs,t.
The Grnnt meeting In Dcarhurn l,ark. while
fnirly successful numerically, wis anything but
bslllinnt plccp Of work from IL campaigning
point Of view, nud It Is only tho truth to stuto
tnat but for tho really cltslucht speech mnto by
cx-Liout.~dov. Stewart l.. Wnodrord, of New
York. tho gathering would hnrc brukcn up very
cnrly md gouo home the Victims Ut disappointed
curiosity. 1t bcchme evident very shortly nfter
TIC opening Of the meeting TINT tho moving inl-
pulse which hna lrawn the n,ullouee together
WIS u dcslrc tU sce nut IlcMr sentltor CunkllpR.
THO first one tr two speakers wero heard very
1Mticntly, md though they failed to ,lrUt.se any
enthusiasm, their efforts did not mcot with tho
responsive dlsnprruvnl which was tho ILL fortune
of those wllasc plnces cn,nu Inter down in tho
proRt7'Hi 1t wna not polttu OF tic crowd to bu
w oiitspokot Ill thoir preferences, but 1t mist
nevertheless 10 recorded thIt tho speeches ot
those who spoko aftcr Gov. Woofiurd were lost
u largo cxtont In tho ctatnor for "Conk-
lEnRP "Conklngi" Even tho son Of "n,y
1ate father,' maktng m llnstsunily STRENUOUS
ouort TO betomu tho animated echo or Judge
Settle, failed TO cntch tho fnncyor tho au dlonce
WHO. longing for word Or two from tho nd
vcrttsod SenHtur from Now York, declined 10
listen to III elaborated comparison Of "sfy t,c.
publlcnnisln," anu With "Sly ruynrc,l fnthcr'a
Denlocralcy," by tic tln,ldvrrttscd dc!cgntu-lt-
largo frnnl Illinois. Tho u,.liunec suruled to
louk upon tho late Seuntor Do,,glAs us II t1c,ld
lssne, and upon his son rs Il by ITO menus
particularly live ono, ind tho young mut,
str"lncd his lnrylnx In vMin In his nttolnpt to
save MS voice from drowning III tho cries Of
"EoAkling!" "ConkliuFl" "Cunkltng!".
~ ftn~
oo,osoS ,.r",, esu .s weto p1ooaoy 8oo people
nat been erected npor tho Michigan avenue sie
ol tne phfk faclng to tho west, but III tho crowd
covered only uhout half Of tho mrk's surfeco It
concentrated chiefly In front Of tho so,,thor,n,cst
ptntIoril. which was occupied by tho speakcra
ol tho evening, lndlds 1nd gentlomu1, ind tho
stn for Ton IN I'd 9 Of a1is hut
nrc,nr,., ~ .v". ,.,,. t,sa, ,,ts, nau peG'l
prs1at.1s ptuhaeeu. le was 4 httlc hard Oh tho
abroad and inclined to bo Observation-Disclosures
thoy ouly scccclce, In seeing ,hoir way IT, vri.'.
by tllnt Of burning up thoIr spare copy. pnper M
anu such fugltlve nclfcr-t matches US they could
borrow from the bystandprs. nut thor dIscou,-
w ,ho I,nS s ~ "u m,an. s. M tao ev'ls cansed
com,n,,,ca ~ ..on rsa,,s,aI,, y" .no pafl OF mo
uotten to 1 VINO ea n'so FOR
upon tho northor,f n,atf,,ru and n scep.n ,,'.'
adyerts{5i Coukllur rnr tho enJ,ot,,, r., -, ..e
the southern ono.
1t must Do acknowledged that some distance
re,,tly et,ltcd TIM s,,n,Iv was ,or. ,.-,o ..s.x
were to be soon i, n,,,or or NV
,,nt,nD,,,., Az, , @ . ~ t".o..l'",''saA7 Wv
sha., ,po,, su"y ays secmeu 10 10 1arlIg 3ust
und to snbse ut tho very moment @ w,eu 'eu, = sas
en,lncntly appropriate Tor thcm to % ,luro. W. at
tho interesting Instant when the hon',soo ,n., ~.
o1ocutonhfy young lNdy was hoiStetl upon tho