The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07

condensed. crisp SAID nothing OF any
Importance, being non-committal on all
the great questions of the day. Of
course he arraigned the Republicans and
attributed all the financial and business
difficulties to them, after the manner of
Democratic platforms, but beyond ex-
pressing an earnest hope that Congress
would do something to relieve the tinan-
cial situation, he gave his hearers no ink
ling of what they might expect from
the body over which it will probably be
his honor to preside. Senator Hill did
somewhat distinguish himself by saying
something definite and understandable
about silver, namely, that he should vote
for the repeal of the Sherman law.
: The show would have been an exceed
ingly dull one had it not been for the
presence of the Hon Champ Clark of
Missouri. Clark stirred the Indians up by
declaring that the West had got tired of
having Presidents furnished by the East,
and would demand that the next Presi-
dent come from Missouri. Modesty
probably prevented him from sugg est
ing his own name, but there is reason to
believe that he may be had if wanted.
Clark told the braves, what sswe,' of
the West want. I'VE want" he said,
"that miserable makeshift the Sherman
law, repealed But the Missouri states
man by no means wanted it repealed I'M
conditionally. Not by large majority.
He wanted free coinage substituted, or
some arrangement that shall be practi-
cally its equivalent. He wanted, too,
all the Republican Office holders turned
out and nothing but Democrats put on
guard from Martha's Vineyard to the
Aleutian Islands, and from the Lake of
the Woods to Dry Tortugas. Of course
he wanted the pension roll purged
until it became roll of honor. He
wanted an income tax, too, so shat alb
normal wealth might bear it's proper
tional burden" The money thus saved
and collected Mr.. Clark wanted expended
in digging out the Western rivers, SO
that passenger and freight rates might
be reduced, thus making it less expen-
sive for Mr.. Clark to come to Tammany
powwows in the future.
1t devolyed upon Congressman Hen
dirk of Brooklyn to demolish the wild
eyed Clark, and he went at it in way
that showed he relished the job. 1--WE
will give Mr.. Clark of Missouri" he
said, land all of the queer people in this
section called Populists to understand
that New York city and Brooklyn be-
lieve in the gold standard. We can't ex-
pertinent with this question any longer.
England, France, Germany and other
countries have cecsed experiments. I'm
less our friends will come into Congress
with that determination and with the
resolution to settle this question with
one blow, let me say to them as one of
the gold bugs, if you please-one of the
Wall street sharks if you please,
business will be paralyzed throughout
this country; that industry will be ham
pered and the Democratic party will be
cursed from Martha's Vineyard to the
AIeutian Islands. The voice of New
York in this matter is the voice of ex-
perience, the voice of sanity, and we
believe that what is good for New York
is good for the whole country"
After Hendrix had mataphorically
wiped up the earth with Clark the silver
tongued Fellows gave his views of the
Declaration of Independence, and indi-
rectly informed Gov. Altgeld of Illinois
that his pardon of the Anarchists was
not regarded by his fellow Democrats
who wore kid gloves as polite act.
There was not a great amount of en-
thusiasm developed by the feast of
reason, but it came after when the
corks began to fly and the beer to fizz.