Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-25

more easily imagined than described,
TO survey the large audience who We're
soon to hang spe1l-bound, so he humbly
ventured to hope, upon his eloquent ut
terances.
After the brief preliminary remarks
of the chairman, which We're received
with good-natured demonstration, as
If the audience at least bad assembled
themselves together with the best In
tentiops Imaginable, whatever might
30 said of the speakers, and meant to
applaud and hurrah, whatever hap
pened, tall. solemn man made short
address in which he said great many
sensible things IN Q very tiresome,
mourpfpl, utterly un1mpassioned wey
which had soporifc effect upon the
audience and set even the best-inten-
toned ones to yawning surreptitiously,
he was listened to unresponsively until
he closed his remarks with the an
nouncement that she would now yield
the floor to others who would occupy
it more acceptably." Then the audi
tocium rang with the loud applause,
which might have been Construed either
.as hearty Endorsement Of his final
statement or as the involuntary ex-
preston of the self-congratulation Of
| the audience for two separate and dis
tinct causes, to-wtt. First, that the
gentleman's remarks had been brief
and, secondly, that the gentleman's ne,
marks were now ended
He was followed by several other
| speakers, of that class SO well known
to long-suffering public; orators who
with nothing at all to say, talk en- for
ever in the blind belief, perhaps, that
this American republic Is to be pre-
served and perpetuated through the
same agency that once saved Rome. AL
the elements that ordinarily enter into
1 q heated political demonstration were
| present there-the rant1ng denunciatior
of all opposing parties; the "magnetic
enthusiasm" that caused the audience
to howl with patriotic fury; the glow
| ing tributes to national heroes dead atlC
gone, whose illustrious careers hat
about as much to do with the local cleo
lions of X as the great men them
selves would have had, if they had beer
living; the heavy thunder Of the biz
guns and the rafting fusillade of thu
lighter artillery which was brough
into use for the first time in the presen
duly set forth in various styles Of ora
tory-the ornate, the spread-eagle, tn
laboriously off-hand, and, rarest of all
the plain, practical common-senses style
and, as North listened critically t.
every word that was spoken and note
the effect upon the audience, he gath
cred many valuable hints for his owl
! speech, which he was quick to appropri
ate and apply.
Then as the last speaker, one of Olli
| North's fellow-candidates. sat 6owr
flushed with his enthusiasm and the ez
hilarating effect of his eloquent ges
lures, the audience settled themselve
with On air of expectancy for tho chic
event of the evening, their future cit
attorneys address.
There was a brief interval betwee
the acts, during which the orchestr
played choice selections from "P;
tience'' and MARTHA" and other wei
) known light operas. interspersed wit
) popular sentimental and patriotic air
the whole forming q pot-pourri adapte
to the various tastes of the audienc
, A hum of voices filed the house. tt
) gentlemen in plain view on the stag
, conversed together decorously or sat
; grave dignified silence gazing up at tt
} glittering lights or down at their re
pective and highly polished boots as
they fully appreciated their conspicuo'
position and wished to set the publ
an example of behavior worthy of i'm
tation; while North, leaning BAG
: languidly in his deep arm chair, quiz
5 hidden from general view by the port
\ figure of the chairman, conversed in
tantalizing way with his friend Warne
who had taken advantage of the ter
porary lull in the proceedings to urs
s upon North with stern vehemence IL
4 necessity of dropping all levity and ri
l ing to the occasion. ALI of which a
= parently had no effect upon North; al
q Warner was in despair.
S The marble pohshers of st. Louis W:
o go on strike in few days. They d
!. mand q nine-hour work day and tt
q hours pay.
= Admiral Gherardi, with the Unite
i States warship. Baltimore, Charlesto
q San Francisco and Yorktown, arrived
= Fort Monroe. Va, yesterday.
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