The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-06-06

ner, and the Outburst from south
and North alike, almost lifts the
roof from the Hall. A few taps OF
drum and before we know II the
tune has changed to Dixie, and the
applause redoubles. Presto change,
Dixie has changed to Yankee
Doodle and we are again set off in
thrice hearty cheers and shouts
and brandishing of whatever comes
handiest.
THE THERMOMETER OF THE CON.
vENTIoN-FoRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS ON THE SPOT.
Remembering that the Prohibi-
tionists had only about $4,000 for
the Campaign Of 1884, let US see
what they can do for 1888.
Rev. J. J. Evans of Illinois took
the platform and proceeded in reg
ular Methodist style. He said,
eve want $4,000 here and now
to carry forward this campaign for
God and Home and Native Land"
The subscriptions open and the
Convention is thrown into the
widest enthusiasm by a gift of
81, 1000 from B. f. Sturdevant, of
Boston. r. s. Mcdonald, president
of the Pacific bank, San Francisco,
gives another thousand. The en-
thusiasm rises, and we make him
stand up that we may see him and
cheer him. J, P. Hobbs, of Chi
cago, gives another thousand. We
have to see him and cheer him.
Half as much already as the whole
national campaign fund was four
years ago! The enthusiasm is
simply uncomfortable. Now they
come in fast in five-hundred-dollar
and one-thousand- dollar subscrip-
tions. VIM. D. Wardwell, N. Y.
gives US $500; Fred Schumacher,
Akron, gives $500; W. jennings
Demorest, of New York, $1,000.
How we cheer him, John G. Rose,
New York, gives $500; J. X. John
son, Eagle hotel, Grand Rapids,
Mich, $1,000. We give him an
ovation. Harrison, harrington &
Co, Minneapolis, give $500. We
put Harrison on chair to look at
him and cheer him. We have
missed one thing in the Conven-
ton thus far. A good-looking man
mounts a chair in the rear of the
hall, and now listen-"In behalf
of the richest and best country on
this earth, and for the state which
bids fair to be the most densely
populated of any state in theUnion,
with finest climate on the footstool,
for Portland, Oregon, I subscribe
$1,000" We cheer at least thous-
and dollars worth for Portland,
Oregon, and for her representative,
J. G.. Warren. Missouri delegation,
through DR.. Brooks, gives another
thousand. We must now have
nearly $4,000. Now we come
down to $3.50 and 5000 and 500
subscriptions, and they come in as
fast they can be recorded. A fever
of enthusiasm is created when
Chairman Dickie announces q SUBJ
scription of 500 from Father Mar
tin Mahoney, of the House of the
Good Shepherd, st. Paul, Minnesota.
His salary is only $500. Chair
man Dickie announces it as the
greatest and most significant SUBJ
scription of all.
But the very climax of enthus-
iasm is reached, when Chairman
Dickie announces that A. W.
Wheeler of Chicago, in memory of
his deceased mother, co-worker
with Miss Willard in the Prohibi-
ton cause, gives $1,000, and before
we can take breath from this out
burst of applause, Mr.. Dickie, who
is busy on the floor, sets us off
again by announcing that B. f.
Sturdevant, the great windmill
man of Boston, who started the list
with $1,000, has authorized him to
bLow IN another $1,000 And so it
goes on, subscriptions of $1,000,
$500, and down to 800, come in
as fast as the Secretaries can re-
cord them, till about $4,000 is
footed up then and there. Blanks
Az4z i II