The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-23

toward Us Women IN the audi4ucs tit
tered, al Il 10 ked as if an outbreak OF
rudeness CO nd II It be avoided. Everybody
seemed ready not o ily to cast tue first
stone, but many OF them.
BEFORE that audienca, inimical and pre-
par 20 al 5, MIR. Beecher woa one of the
.eatest trilmpls OF his life. | shall never
torgst the scene. He pulled eff his over
GA ana without even a LOOK If a ger
lure" IL asl ts- Thr wing back his long.
SAo"-white locks, revelh lg q high fore
mead and a AK, determined face. he
walked upon the platform. TIE chairman
coIdiy SAID: Mr.. BsAcuer, ladies' and GER
,ieinel." The orator stepped 10 the
ITO Il OF the platform and began his
sc Gu Ia clear, ringing voice, that
instantly hu'hed the sIppre ssei mur-
murs and jssrs. From that me until
Ne n closed he great audience was with him.
odcA nlgn of oratOry, bursts OF elo-
q fence and keen, irresis iOle hu nor, never
heard from his III S before. Tears, laughter
and round after round of applause greeted
nun, and W en- he ceased the audience re-
hained, as II 1t could MT depart. Tue per-
oratlpn that the great orator delivered
ought the people to their feet. He walked
oeh nj the Gene and picked up his owe at.
The audience would t go, but liug, red to
catch a glimpse of him. Tnrowing d lwn
MS overc at, he stepped Int thu auditorium.
Womsn and men sho k him by the ha ID;
some wanted to touch his garments, if notn
lug els, and for al hour ne talked to lem
soc ally, and they reluctantly parted from
him.
We went to our hotel and had lunch of
cracke S aud cheese, which he was in the
habit Of taking in the evening after a lee
ture. he remarked:
We'll, Pond, l never had greater reason
to talk than tonight. / feel that what |
SAID will do soms good AMI convince my
hearers of errors they labored uader.n
Ole day after an OK % ienc9 vita mob,
ne happened to pick up a Chicago paper and
glanced over it, Il lding it in MS hand,
poin lag to headlines of slang and vitupe-
ration, lie said:
mo wonder the people are so rough and
vulgar when daily fed upon such sensational
nastIneSs."
At that time the Chicago papers were
rot refined, l must coLfe,s. Now the
Wlady City has B.owllug ub and tie
citizens ave discussions ABOUT Sa)phO, all
OF winch Indicates progress.
Going from Daven JOr5, a., to Musca-
the, on toe cars, a llutia incident occurred
that sao 'ed Mr.. Beecher's polite1ess a d
genial disposition. Two ladies, refined and
well dres ed, sat behI d hin in tue cars
he Was leaning back reading novel aud
site to him and could see the ladies. They
discovered on his ogercoa5 a few
hairs aud began to quietly pick them off TO
keep as souvenirs II felt and kle evil
IDENTIFY what was going on, for he said:
Pond, are there any flies in thi, carg'
Tnen turning he saw what the ladies
were doing. They begged his pardon, a ID
said they saw gray hair or two on his
oveccoat, which they brushed way With
a twinkle in his eyes he replis1, that his
wife vas never so careful about taking
away his hair
At one time Mr.. Beecher lee led twice a
day for two wesks, at Sc 0 per day. We
had to maks quick time in order t. meet
engagements. Unable to hire a special at
Ri coming Oh to 60 to Decatur, we did the
next best thing by going on freight train.
We occupied the 10 BOSE, q pri nitive af-
fair, not constructed for luxury or too
much comfort. This caboose ID two com
partments, connecting with each other a id
the plett rmi by narrow aisle. A
zig salaman1er stove in one part
kept us warm. The train had TO be sid -
tracked at a town for a plsse lger train to
pa S. A wiling mob gathered aroul nj tue
caboose and demanded to see Mr.. B9echer,
in loud and insu ting terms. Tne doors of
the caooose were fas ensd. and we were
regularly besieged. l tho ght only of
keeping the mob t b y until the train
passed and we could get away. The only
weapon of defense Ia the caooose was a
lo0g iron poker, which | stuck in the stove.
In a few minutes it was red hot, and
grasping it l ran through the aisle
toward the door of the caboose, which at
that ms ant had bsen knocked 0 70 by the
yelling crowI. As | rushed forward IL
10 the conductor tat we would be killed if
we did not get the train away. On came
the mob to meet me; fl punished the red
hot poker in their faces and they bega t.
retreat pel-mell. In a few seconds the
cab ose was cleared and the crowd seemed
contented to yell and boot on the outside.
When went back to the stove MIR. Beecher
was laughing heartily and enjoyed the fun
m lch III re than the mob.
Wendell Phillips was another broad
gauge lOVable Character. / lscJured with
him in many towns, and the more l saw and
he ara him, the more | admired him. He
preferred to lecture u a small and apprc-
ciatiye audiences in town rather tlan to a
large and cold one in a city. Ol4 day
met him on the streets of Boston. He WAS
z ing along faster than usual, and said he
was on his way to Fanuel hall, where there
would probably be very exciting meeting.
President q ant had called out the
troops in New Orleans to suppress
riots. There was a great democratic
crowd in the old historic hall, and
it appeared dangerous for a repub lean
to attempt to SPEAK. l entered in front aud
Mr.. Phillips Just as | cast my eyes on the
platform, began to ascend it from the
speakers entrance. A dem 1cratic orator
wa; speaking, but no sooner had Mr.
Phillips heai appeared above the platform,
than the psople began to shout. 'Pnillipsp
'Phillipsp Very soon he as addressing the
audie ce and underworld to c0nclate and
pacify his heare-s In all cases where great
peril exi,ted to citizens, he said, il was the
duty of the government to pro ect them.
No sooner had ne finished the sentence than
a number of men began - hiss. The great
orator paused and in gentle way, more in
sorro y, tina anger, he said.
st nth thrown into the cauldron OF hell
would make g noise like that"
IL had wonderful effect, and from that
moment until he finished ne was not inter.
rupbei save With 70 lnds of applause.
John B. Cough was the great war horse
of the lecture platform. B aecher said of
him that he lectured against intoxication,
but he int * Gated his hearers with his elO-
que ce. In his earlier lecture days Cough
was delightful man to be with aud never
grew tires Ime. He did not like small
audience, and scarcely concealed his peJu-
lancy. He was a & nod story -teller, and
seemed to live entirely for those around
him.
My manage nent of Ole Bull, the vio-
linist, was most agreeable and | recall his
perso lal cha acteriStics with pleasure. He
was one of the most popular artists that
avar stanna1 TnOn a conc ri platform.