The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23
A TwIoE-ToLo TALE.
The Rev. Gilbert De LaMatyr at CITY
Hall.

The Hon. NJ P. Frank. the Rev. Gilbert
De La Matyr. D. D. and the "Hon." A.
Tanner the Greenback candidate for Governor
of Connecticut (Mr. Frank introduced him az
the present Governor of one of the original
thirteen states) entertained respectable II nou
strictly speaking large audience at City han
last evening. Mr.. Frank repented his speech
delivered last Saturday before the Plaisteu
Club. and told the assembled mixture of green
and gray all about ''the supreme executive
He took his seat after introducing the great
statesman who commenced bis congressional
career by proposing to have the government
print the trifing amount of $10,000,0OO,o oo'
greenbscks in order to help forward sundry
little internal improvement jobs.
The Rev. DIR. De LaMatyr took the stand
and endorsed Gov. Plaisted as sort of prelm
mary tribute to the Fusion spirit that is sup
posed to be abroad in the State, and then SAID
he proposed to state facts, and in proof OF tnls
observed that he could not be called hama
some man. 1t was personal reflection per-
haps, but a just one. He then. wandered OIL
into his speech of two years ago. Then as
now he was just from the mountains OF Colo
RADIO. Then as now the farmers of the west
were going to ruin, add then. as now he favor
ed his hearers with a job lot of talk about
Victor Hugo's devil fish, the Gresnback party,
the banks, and the late war, the fact being OF
course stated that he served as q chaplain.
Last evening, also, as two years ago he had
child, an interesting boy Of II, who would get
the tallest kind OF thrashing if he is ever un-
lucky enough not to know more than the lead
ers of the Republican party. He observed
that the farmers of this State, started free oil
debt seven years ago, and after five years Oh
labor (they spent the remaining two years 1t
is fair to presume, considering the result, in
listening to Greenback speakers found them
selves bound down under the burden of debt
imposed upon them. He looked around and
saw the Shiny devil fish of monopoly extend
ing its arms down to embrace the laborers
present, and the Hon. William Emery OF AL
fred vas observed to slightly turn pale. and
several nervous gentlemen left for the open
air. After several appeals to my countrymen,
my countrymen,' he sat down satisfied that ii
the American eagle didn't scream it wouldn't
be because he hadn't had a brilliant example
set him.
The "Hon'' A P. Tanner was the next
gentleman to come up to the great work Of
saving his common country, Mr.. Tanner de-
voted himself to PIaisted and Arab Bey, slid
ing off near the close of his eloquent address
into figures, remarking that there are farmers
in the West who own farms of $50 900 900 acres
each. 1t is TO be hoped they keep at least oAe
hired man to milk the COWS and do little jobs
about the house, while they get in the "crsp.
Mr. Tanner is natural Greenback orator, and
if man happened to like his style, then he'd
very probably be pleased with him. There
were outward and visible signs last night that
Mr. Tanner is toe patriotic to patronizs Chi
nese laundry, and that there are none in his
immediate vicinity, except those kept by the
moon-eyed yipers who must 60