The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-27
NORTHPORT NEWS,

Mr.. Charles Drinkwater of Maiden, Mass,
IS visiting his many friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Currier of Camden
spent Sunday as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. e. Patterson.
Russell Holt has had relapse from his
lllness of last spring and was taken home to
Boston by steamer City of Bangor Tuesday
night. He is in critical condition.
Mr.. Norman White accompanied by two
gentlemen friends from Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. R. I. Herricll's. Mr.. White brought
down two more dogs that will be added to
his kennel that has just been completed on
the farm Of William Flanders.
Mrs. n. B. Smith, who was taken so sud
denly i'll last week, is now gaining slowly
and it is hoped by her family and friends
that she may be spared to them still longer
DR.. Ellingwood of Belfast is attending her,
and by his prompt and efficient aid she is
able to sit up, which is great consolation
to her husband and son and other members
of the family.
The Demopopolists of the Cove opened the
campaign here last Friday evening by rally
at Union lower hall. The attendance was
not very LARGE there being present about
sixty men, women and boys. Mr.. F. A.
Dlckey presided, and introduced Mr. G. E.
White of Belfast as the first speaker. He
spoke about twenty minutes, which he used
up mostly in denying the soft impeachment
of being an orator, telling the audience that
he was young man of an average intelli-
gence, no more, no less, and making no pre-
tentions whatever as such, which was fully
realized by his hearers to be a fact quite a
while before he finished He spoke very
briefly upon the issues of the day, and never
alluded to the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. 1t was a very stale speech, and the
only real information he impaired to the
| audience was that there were only two Demo-
cratic newspapers in the State, the Belfast
Age and the Bangor Commercial, which
produced a tremendous grin upon the stolid
| countenances of the Democrats. Mr.. A. L.
Blanchard of Unity followed in rather an
| elaborate speech upon the banking system
of this country, how it was operated and
conducted by the Shylocks of Wall street,
n Y, and of Lombard street of London.
1t was terribly Illuminating picture he
| presented to the audience, but he failed to
| tell us how by the election of William j.
| Bryan and the adoption of the free and un-
| limited coinage Of silver we could relieve
us from the crushing grasp of the ShyloCks
| of Wall and Lombard streets All in all it
| was very tame affair The speakers utter
| ly failed to amuse or to enthuse their hear
ers, therefore, everyone who kept their
| seats sat still and motionless as a Quaker
| meeting, and would all have probably gone
not cried out, "H IS traitor to his country, .
which awakened the drowsy audience to
realizing sense that there was one man in
the hall wide awake. Soon after Mr.
Blanchard pronounced the benediction and
urgently urged every man to be sure and be
at the polls in November and cast their vote
for William J. Bryan for President, but
never mentioned the name of Sewall or
Watson for second place, thinking perhaps,
the voters would take their choice Of the
two evils and vote for Watson, "a Sewall
being a president of bank he couldn't have
the gall to recommend him to a Populist,
who hates a millionaire worse than the devil
hates holy water. The meeting closed as it
began, in silence not a ripple of applause
greeted the speaker at the beginning, in the
middle, or at the close of his speech. 1t was
a cold unresponsive audience, and the
young man labored hard, and we We're glad
that his labor was rewarded by bringing
forth a mouse that somehow got mistaken
in the crowd, thinking perhaps, it was so
ciable held by the ladies of the Good Tenn
plars society, and was on hand for crumbs
that fall upon the floor from the table, and
he skipped by our feet he seemed to have
very lively feeling that it was Ii chances
to / that he would get killed before he
reached his hole in safety. But let us hope
he still survives, as we all do who attended
the first Demopopo rally of the season at the
Cove.