The morning call., 1890-10-26
BUBBLING OF THE
POLITICAL POT.
George A. Knight HumOrOuSly
Describes Ponds Position.
The Boss" Given Crown Of Glory by ].
Rogers" Slippery Tom" Ciunis Talks
About Himself Before the Iroquois.

The mass-meeting at the new Wigwam
last night was attended by an assemblage
that packed the large building r. ii. Lloyd
presided.
When Blum's Orchestra had played an
overture, procession from the Fifth Con-
gressonal District marched up the center
aisle headed by Eugene F. Loud and band.
Before dispensing. the paraders gave three
hearty cheers for their leader as he took his
seat on the platform. During the evening
campaign songs were sung by the Sipperly
sisters and William FL. Barnes, and w. Z.
MAR gave good recitation.
When George A. Knight was formally in
troduced by the Chairman and advanced to
| the reading-desk, he was greeted with
whirlwind of applause and the waving Of
| small flags. For text, as it were, he paid
a glowing tribute to the progress of the
| United States during the last thirty years,
and said it seemed like a fairy dream to
him when trying to comprehend it.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
mo people," he said, "are better housed
or better clothed than those living under the
shadow and protection of the American
| flag. nation that lives upon labor cannot
degrade labor and expect to remain peaceful
and prosperous; yet, although the only
black spot upon the pure face of America
i mean the spot OF slavery-was placed there
| by Democrats, they have the assurance now
| to boast of their friendship for labor and
their design to legisate In its favor. [Ap-
plause. Fortunately the laboring man and
mechanic are graduates from our public
| schools, and have the intelligence to under
| stand that free trade-the Democratic pol
| icy-means the support of pauper labor in
| foreign lands and tho necessary pauperizing
| of labor in this country"
Dealing with the candidacy of Buckley's
| Pond for the position of Governor, he told
| the following anecdote:
&" a man who owned band Of sheep had
pet lamb n med Little Billy. He tied
blue ribbon around the neck OF his pet, and
to that rit bon he hung a silver bell. He
! had two sons, one of whom was scallawag
and the other Sunday-school boy. When
! the ola man died the scallawag son divided
the sheep, putting all the best ones into one
corral and all the NANCY, scabby ones into
another corral. lie thought he acted cute
when he placed the pet larab rs a decoy
among the NANCY and scabby sheep, and
then brought his brother and offered him his
choice of the bands OF sheep. The good
brother picked up the pet lamb and, while
| petting it tendPrly, said:
"Good-by, Billy; I'm sorry to part with
you; but you're in too bad company to suit
THE APPLICATION WAS APPARENT.
1t was not necessary to explain the appli-
| cation Every one in the assembly knew
that Billy was another name for Buckley's
Pond, and they gave the point thunderOuS
applause
MIR. Knights arguments in favor of the
Mckinley bill and the policy OF protection
met with intelligent appreciation after he
| had proved that if all other nations are sunk
to the bottom of the oceans the United
| States would still exist, and also that while
| rauper competition threatens the home in
| dustrles the policy of protection will always
| be necessary to maintain them.
| Eugene f. Loud followed Mr.. Knight with
an eloquent and impressive address upon his
| candidacy and the assured success of the
| Republican ticket, and the meeting dis
persed after giving three cheers for Mark
ham and the Republican party.