The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-25
THE FUSION RALLY.
A Show with Jumbo Left Out.

won't he a popular one with the fusionistS, who
for some reason, perhaps dismal anticipation
of what the future may have in keeping for
them seemed to object to the state of the at
mosphere, and when the distinguished demo-
Gratis took the platform last evening they
looked down upon calm and impressive sea
of empty benches in City Hail. Had the
hall been filled it is probable that at least
5000 persons would have been present; had it
been crowded there might have abeen more
The Hon. f. w. Hill who didn'twan to be
the candidate of the fusionists for the Office of
State Senator, DIR. ?. Dyer of Pennington, d.
Ell. Thing, ESQ, Congressman Ladd and other
gentlemen took the platform, and S. G. Strout,
ESQ, was announced as chairman, but the long
list of vice presidents, etc. published in the Ar
gus of the previous morning was not read. MIR.
Strout made a few remarks about the eight
governors and introduced DIR. Dyer, who ex-
planned that Gov. Plaisted was far too sick at
the hotel to appear, and Congressman Ladd
was requested to make the first speech He
said that the tremendous crisis through which
the State is passing seems toirendersit necessary
for the Governor to make speech, but as he
couldn't do it, he was ready to step into the
gap himself, salthough he admitted that he
didn't known so very much about the aforesaid
tremendous crisis. He proposed to speak be-
fore it was too late. (He evidently felt he'd
got to speak mighty quick or it would be too
late to affect his audience much) He could
assure his hearers that the little band of green
hackers in Congress had done wonders, they
had brought the Republican party on its knees.
(some more of the audience here retired) and
had saved to the country some $500, 100000 of
money. (The announcement was received by
a most earnest movement toward the door.) AT
this point the doctor said something about
John Sherman, and then glided into an easy
and perfectly natural discussion of the curren-
CIV question He wanted his hearers to remem-
Der that in two years the banks will ask for
permission to bank upon state bonds, and that
within five years the Republican party will adj
vocate the assumption OF all the state bonds,
he believing that the existing national debt
will be paid within two years. 1t must be
gratifying to the Republicans in Congress to
hear that Congressman Ladd has SO gooo an
opinion of their ability and Willingness to pay
the national debt.
DR.. Ladd then wandered about Egypt and al
most got lost amid the shifting sands OF the
Desert of that interesting country, butsbe got
safe-for it will take q mighty smart desert,
tuozBduuS Oh WulGu Gall Sllllb uulOACk tlA1tA IhO
representative lin part) from Maine
At this point he concluded it might be well
to say something about the silver question,
and said he was the more willing to say some
thing inasmuch "you havn't got here in Port
land single paper that dare tell the truth"
and the audience remembering that they were
in the habit of reading tho Argus, applauded.
"Who wants gold?" yelled the Doctor, and not
a man applied. The Doctor here argued that
~ the whole money question is a humbug ~
t,aS
there's any danger of it, is fool 81 that while
no one wants silver it is necessary to coin it in
order to set the wheels of business in motion ~
that while no one wants gold, it is necessary to
dig $500, 900 year in order to keep BUSH
ness active.
The Doctor had an idea at this point that it
would be well to say something about ship
building. In the first place he proposes to
have the interest of Maine attended to, and II
attended to, he expects to see the people OF
Maine building all the SHIPS, poTn OF WOOD ana
iron that the wsrd needs. 10 begin, the
state will take the shipbuilding business OF
England, because this is a working climate
"There isn't day in the year here, when
man can't swing broad axe in Maine. (he
would have had a nice day with that imple-
ment Yesterday He had been down South of
late and found it prosperous. Why? because its
gold and silver were buried not lost, during the
war. CMetal money has its use it seems) de
concluded by declaring himself a Greenbac k0r,
and said "thank you,' and retired without
even hint at applause.
Mr. d. Ell. Thing here took the stahd, ana
proceeded to make speech TO The nara hand,
ed lawyers on the platform. He first carried
them back to the days when innocent boys
they drank from the old oaken bucket, from
the old well. and it may be that some OF the
veterans were aim ost able to recall the taste or
the beverage of their fathers The audience
became considerably reduced before Mr.. Thing
got through, but he was evidently relieved by
the delivery of the speech. He wanted to see
the department of agriculture attended TO-
The Republicans once had chairman OF tne
committee on agriculture who weighed 20
pounds and parted his hair in the middle,
1elect Mr.. Thing and he wont tip the scale at
more than 40, and if he parts his hair in the
middle it will be after he invests IN a Wlg).
That chairman he said, the ladies called too
pretty for anything they wouldn't cay that
of Mr. Thing. The above was the best hit
that Mr. Thing made in the course of his very
amusing speech, although he told story OF a
Dutchman he once knew who had mule
trained to sit down. He did say ne would not
discuss the tariff, because some Republican
might hint something about the tariff commits
sioh He closed by saying something about
the resurrection and Gabriel.
The "Hon." H. G. Baldwin OF Connecticut,
was introduced, and, despite the fact that the
people had about all departed, he took the
stand He didn't propose, itseemed, to hurt him
self with the people by dressing up" His
shirt might have been worn by the Rev. Hen
nv Clay Dean, and that gentleman not have
been disgraced. Cuffs, there were none to be
seen, and necktie he didn't care to assume,
for fear that he might be mistaken for Mr.
Vanderbilt.
In the course of his mastery address, the
distinguished speaker (who proved himself
cross between the Hon. Frauk M. Fogg and
Mr.. T. j. McIntire,) managed to pronounce
the speeches of the others the worst kind OF
nonsense The tariff, that Mr.. Ladd had been
attached to. the gentleman from Connecticut
blandly observed, "never had foundation at
all, save in the ignorance of the people,, lie
turned up his nose at the commercial and agrl-
cultural theories of both Laid and Thing, and
said that it isn't mere wealth, but better dis
tribution of what wealth there is at the pres
emit time that is needed to make all right be-
low, and finally, in order to make the occa-
sion eminsntly happy one for the Democrats
present, he insisted that it was the plain duty
Of all to Immediately join the Greenback par
ty He closed, and Mr.. Strout made the clos
ing speech of the evening, remarking: Gen
tlemen, this meeting stands adjourned
We regret to observe that the learned speak
ers did not touch in the course OF their re-
marks on the great questions of evolution, OF
original sin, and of who struck Billy Patter-
son. but as about all other questions were
touched upon, perhaps we have no right to
complain. Mr.. Ladd took about 500 persons.
all told. He delivered 235, by actual count, to
Mr.. Thing, who passed over less than 100 to