Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-05
FAYETTE'S FAILURE.
RADICAL FIZlLE AT RUSH oITy.

lSpeclal Telegram TO the Globe.
Rush CTTy, Oct. A grand Republican
rally was held in this village this evening, an
nouncement of which was given in the after
noon by the few Republicans of the place and
the postmaster. Fayette Marsh, ,iths lawyer of
Saltwater, was to deliver the address and did
so, making a decided failure of it. At an
early hour the Democrats commenced to gather
at Flynn's Hall and when the speaker arrived
with the few struggling Republicans the hall
was very well hlled. Your reporter took es-
pecial pains to ascertain the politics of all
those present and the summary showed
the following result: Forty-nine
Democrats, sixteen Republicans and ten ladies.
Mr.. Pratt introduced the speaker, first an
nouncing that Hon, Mr.. Dodsou, of Minneapo-
lis, would speak in the same hall on Wednesday
night next. Mr.. Marsh took the floor and COM
menced by likening the Republican party to
the monarchs of olden times, inasmuch as they
both represent the wealth, the brains and the
power of the country. He also supposed that
common sense should be used in politics the
same as in business matters, and that now, un-
der the present management, the government
was prospering a private enterprise in
successful hands. Therefore the present
managers and their clerks should still be left
to hold the reins. He should make but q few
remarks upon the personal qualifications of the
candidates. he had a.short time since received
q little book, entitled "Hancock's CongIession-
al Record" containing two covers and one
blank page. He said that his record as states
man was as blank as the page, but he did not
say that he received it from the Republican
central committee as portion of the Republi-
can political stock in trade. At the first men-
tion of General Hancook's name, the audience
commenced to cheer, and the applause was so
loud and prolonged, the speaker was forced to
stop until it subsided. The speaker then dwelt
nj h hi 1;t@
filings, as he called them, upon Mr., Garfield
about theOredit Mobilier and;the DeGolyer Job,
and quoted from Jerre Black to substantiate
his statement. He said that any person going
TO Congress could steal if he wished to. There
was an opportunity to make money by any
Congressman who chose to. Gen. Garfield had
been IN Congress manv years and was still
have made millions, but he was
Fure and honest man. His being poor proved
his honesty. Gen. Hancock after being pressed
by the Republicans had finally come out in a
letter and claims that the fifteenth and other
constitutional amendments are permanent fix
lures of the constitution ana could not be an
nulled. Long and loud applause.)
The speaker then went on with long har-
rangue about the celebrated order No. 40, to
show how Hancock pandered himself to the
hearts of the Southern people and that if elec-
ted the country would be run by the Southern
Drlgaul6re. IQau t0OueanQ6 OF
lives were lost and slaughtered
by the Democratic mob during the three
months that celebrated order was in force. He
claimed that the State of Alabama was Repub-
lcan, but that in the last election over 90, 600
Democratic votes were counted and only $50
Republican, and then asked his hearers if they
did not believe there was not fraud in such
count. 1t was evident they believed the story
by the loud and long cheers for Hancock. He
then raised the old Republican yarn and
faunted the bloody shirt about the rebels being
paid and asked his hearers If they
believed Gen. Hancock to be a safe man to en-
trust the government to. (Cries of yes, yes,
and loud cheers.
He said there were $50, 900, GOO rebel claims
already on file and before Congress to pay, and
if Hancock was elected he would not use his
veto, and they would be paid, and the gov.
ernment treasury would be depleted. He
then tried soft-sosp on the Irish
and told them they were a part and
parcel of the Republican party; that
the homesteads they were now enjoying were
gift of the Republican party, that the Dem
cratic party were always opposed to and had
always voted against the homestead act, and
great deal of other nonsense, none of which
was swallowed by the Irish voters.
The speaker wound up his lecture by saying
that if the Democratic party were victorious he
wanted to float upon the ocean in a boat loaded
with stone, and leaden sails with no port in sight
but hell. The whole lecture was decided
failure, and no enthusiasm could be started by
the Republicans, the crowd leaving the hall
after the lecture cheering for Hancock and
Sibley.