Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-16
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"Did yoa ever hear about Mccarthy
Thought Eschangc'Y- one % . group
asked IN q restaurant the other day.
who's Mccarthy somebody asked
why. John u Mccarthy. senator
stanford's private secretary aid the
frt Hes an old genius. and - handy
that the California millionare gives him
his own salary Of $500 year In adj.
ton 10 the 81 day allowed by tho gov
ernment 10 attend Ia his affair TN
reminded of his Thought Exchange by
reading the story ~ Ciyatt. the London
reporter. who hal witnessed 30 eSecu.
tons
The gentlemen present said they had
never heard ~ the "Etchangr."
swell" saii the first speaker. "Mc-
Carthy usei 90 b. newspaper rporter
lie has worked IN New York and In san
Francisco. and q gooi many towns b>-
tw-n them. Before be bccame Stan.
ford. --crv,ary he was In Washington. q
reporter on tho Old National Republican.
lie complained tina, life was ~ dull sun.
day nights that N wasn't worth living.
so b. organized Oh. Thought Exchange.
n. printed notice In The Republican
tha, such an exchange had bccn organ
irci. AMI ,ha, all people who hal any
views on any subject would h. wclcome.
and inyite,i 90 .I-'ak. lie rrntei . hall
on Tenth s,r--t. anl the bert Sunday
nigh, about fifty were prc-.nt
There wcrc Spiriiualists who wanted
90 give eihibrions % their powers
There wcru labor agitaiors. There werc
socialists and tempcranc. workers.
Everybody wa. allowed 90 speak. The
following Sunday the attendance wa.
larger and the speakers 10 about 'hs
same SORT The hall rrn, was eight dol.
lar an evening. Acollection was tAkcn
mp which usually amounted 10 dollar
az two m0rr than that. and that was
clear pruht The thing went along until
the owner refused to r-nt the hall. and
~ the Exchange was about to move out
to a little hall near Twentieth street and
Pennsylvania avenn-; but 10 did not
make tho changr.-
what has this a. DO with q man who
hal sen DO some one asked.
"As said. Mccarthy usci 20 h. .
newspaper reporter. lie had SEEN hang.
ings In dozen states. about forty In all
is hi. recori. l think. lie saw Gui,eau
ctcut~i. and had bcn prr--nt at
lynchiugs In Missouri and elsewhere.
On the last nigh, the 'Eichangr' was
,o meet IN thu Tenth street hall no
speakers came forward. Something hal
10 - done. AMI Mccarthy was equal to
tho occasion lie went upon the plat
forn and announced that ho would give
lcctur. Ills subject would L. The
Comparative Merits - the Long and
Short Drop n, Eiecutions.' lie went a'
IL and discussed the subject ~ ooolly as
Que would discuss whether Washington
or Sapolcou were the grrater general.
lie talked fOr two hours. lie cited ssy.
sral executions be had witnessed az
showing the merits - the two systems
"iIe Described one or two horrible AZ.
fairs whev q rOI-. anil q mob. and .
brilgc were th. principal accosSories
The ladies prrscnt got M and went away
i that. anil tho others Of hts audience
were either dAI~l % charmed with his
sudaciiy. After talking for two hours,
he announced the change In place Of
meeting fof the next week. aud said he
would deliver another lecture on the
same subjcct. giving ~pcciAl attention
tn lynchings
'One of the hong haifri men present.
came to him after tho lecture and aid.
-Of course your lecture was very tine,
ind u certainly shows you have had
some remarkable 81. rriencrs, but dont
you think u would b. wis. Tor the neti
time 10 take something tn which We
could all H. inicr,siolY Nett week
there wa. no audience. and the Though,
Exchange was dead II liwasn't long aft
er that that Mccarthy was appointed
priya,. -criary by Sir. stanford
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