The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

Cameron. and in fact everybody else " bonn
he thought it worth while to reyile He
never once touched on the issues Of the cam
paign, never once spoke of Mr.. Pattison,
and never but once mentioned the Demo-
General Koontz taffy by telling him that he
had suggested his name to Cameron last
winter as suitable candidate for United
States Senator, and thar Cameron hadn't
taken kindly to the suggestion. His speech
was not that Of a gentleman, and that the
plain words of General Beaver the night
before had cut deep in his flesh was evinced
by the strained effort he made to turn them
to ridicule and the mocking manner in
which he repeated over and over again the
by the wayside.n When Senator Stewart sat
down Mr.. ]. q. 0gle, the son of the famous
Jack Ogle great grandson of the more ia
nous Alexander Ogle, and second cousin
of the still more famous Vim. A 0gle, step
ped forward and read very wordy set
of resolutions, which had been prepared by
General Koontz several days previous in q
manner that only one descended from such
ancestry could. From the self important
look OF the little man and the highly trag-
ical manner one could almost see the bosses,
big and little, fall and die as he acid the
huge Republican party out by tke tail and
shook it. After the reading of the resolu-
tons there was u slight hitch. Every now
koontz. AT this OMNIBUS cry many OF the
older men looked around uneasily and be-
gan to edge toward the door. They had been
attending political meetings forthe past thir-
ty or forty years; they had listened to that
speech year in and year out. patiently and
uncomplaipingly until it had become so IA
miliar that they knew just where the jokes
came in without being told, and as the hour
was late they thought they ought to be left
off, just this once. They would probably be
called upon to hear 1t again several times
during the campaign, and this was an infiic-
ton they were unwilling to bear. But not
withstanding the fact that the greater por-
ton of the audience took advantage of the
iull 10 slip out, and the unmistakable looks
on the faces of many that remained
GENERAL KooNTz
took the floor and went 10 work on that
same old, old speech as though he had Just
been seized with sudden inspiration. In
his forcible style he fought the late war
over again, struck the shackles from the
limbs of four millions of slaves and 80 elo- !
quent did he become that had he been ar
rayed in his gallant uniform one could have !
almost seen him at the head of his regiment !
making dashing charge upon the enemies |
solid lines. We suppose modesty forbade |
him recounting any of the exploits of his |
own command or any of his own deeds of |
personal heroism during the war which he |
pictures so graphically and upon which sub
Ject he becomes SO eloquent. He at one time |
startled his audience by announcing that |
the much mooted problem as to who was the /
author of Uncle Toms Cabin had at last |
been solved, and said with triumphant air
that il was Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
This wasn't III the regulation speech, and |
was new to his hearers, 50 they cheered |
Justify. He said that any person who said !
that the Independents weren't good Repub- |
licans was a liar; that Simon Cameron was 1
liar. and that there had been four millions of /
slaves set free. Then off he went again at /
what you all know. By some unaccounta-
bic oversight the exploits of the bold Bar Z
rons at Runnymeade were not recounted, /
and Magma Charta was nc; mentioned. Some /
intimate friend of the Generars ought 70 ex 4
plain this TO old king John, or at least one of /
the Barrons the first time he meets them 4
Some Of the Democrats thought that the 4
General ought of left out that part of the /
speech that applied to them, and left in the
Magna-Charta, but the knowing ones looked /
wise, having been party TO the arrangement
before the meeting, and the next day the mat
ter was fully explained to the more sensitive
brethren. 1t was II o'clock by the time the
General got through, and when he had lin-
ished the meeting was adjourned and the
crowd quickly dispersed.
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