The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-08
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0fyenurg, August 7.-Sunlight at
onautauqua and welcome indeed after
5he two days rain which has tarned the
assem- bly in to big house party. This
mas peen political day an observance of
wnloh has brought the citizens OF the
surrounding towns in large numbers.
Inc morning, as usual, was given to
GLASS work.
The botany class spent their hour In
analyizing fine specimen of pooynac-
| eal-apocynum. Androsaemifolium-or in
plain Language the dog bane or Indian
hemp.
lr. Honey gave an interesting talk
on the Cambrian and lower Sllurian
era with especial reference to their de-
yelopment in this country.
Prof. Roberts and DR.. Cummings gave
the physical culture class d thorough drill
ending with stationary run that would
have taken them to Jockey Cap with a
lair neld and no favors.
Ihe Latin beginners have completed
the first and second deolensions and fln-
1shed the first book of Caesar.
Mr.Newman and his pupils appreciated
to the full the rsappearanoe of the sun,
although they have sketched industri-
ously from the windows Of Normal hall
Turing the rain.
Silicon, titanium, sulphides, sulphates
were the group experimental upon by
the mineralogy class
The entomology classy studied flies III
general and particular.
Miss Silbey conducted an interesting
round table, subject, The Parliament
of Religions.
AFTERNOON.
large audience was gathered in the
Auditorium at four O'Clock to listen to
Hon. E. @. Plummer of Bath, who pre-
sented clear able and oonvin cling argu.
ment in behalf of bimetalism. The story
OF the panic and hard times caused by
the contraction Of the currency follow
ing the "crime Of '75'' was retold and
used as an argument for the restoration
of silver to its old place and make it
money par Sc, as proposed by the Demo.
cratic party. The right of the govern.
msnt to pay it's bills in silver, and the
united fight Of the bankers against it
WIS touched on. The various objections
that gold will leave the country. that our
national honor will be furnished, etc.,
xray All
ions were asked the speaker which he
promptly answered, but which showed
that his audience was not greatly in
sympat ny with bimetalism.
4 The speaker explicitly denied that the
Democratic party proposed to pay it's
debts with fif ty cent dollars, but to raise
the intrinsic value of the dollar by the in
imitable law of supply and demand by
putting one hundred cents into the silver
dollar. The speaker closed with brilliant
peroratlon setting forth the glories of the
party of the people.
Patriotic airs by the orchestra enliyened
the exercises. MIR. Plummer is the guest
of DR. 8. O. Gordon, member of the
Democratic National committee.
kHHon. Seth L. Milliken spoke on the
worlds standard of money, arguing
that we could maintain only that kind
of currency which the great commercial
nations regarded as standard money
everywhere.
Mr.. Milliken is the guest of ". Il.
Tarbox at Elm Hurst in the grove, Mrs.
Tarbox baing a former neighbor and
follow Citizen.
Saturdays programme is very attractive.
The W. @. 7. q. day always brings a
large delegation this year they are to
stay over night, In the evening Rev. J.
j. Lewis of Boston, who is one of the
Chautauqua favorites will give his new
illustrated lecture in the Passion Play
of Oberammergau as witnessed by him
at it's last PRESENTATION In 1890.