The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-10

piece Of SILVER and guaranteed Il should
| De "a dollar, II meant that the coin as a
dollar was equivalent to 100 cents In
gold IN the markets OF the world Mr.
| Sovereign stated that England and the
| United States could never nErce on a
monetary Hysiem because OF the differ.
ence IN form OF government II this
country were 10 have the same policy aa
England Americans must have mon
| nrrhial form Of government But, na
the United States and England have both
been under gold standards for many
YEARS past. and hs IN former is still a
republic and the latter a monarchy, no.
body surely paid much attention 70 the
speakers assertion.
ie 'Jollied" the fishermen on the strike
and said he knew they would win. He
said further all the fishermen must 10
on big strike al the polls In June ana
help 20 break away from the awful yoke
which bore them down To called the
fishermen you boys" and they evident
ly liked IL, for much applause followed
Then Ar Sovereign said the voters
should forEake thcold parties. and told
a story IN which he iikencd the old party
men 20 the principal In ;he tale.
lie said Presbyterian lady once In
ylted another lady OF the Methodist faith
to attend the Presbyterian service. The
Invitation was readily accepted, and to-
gether the two ladies entered the house
OF God on the following Sunday. In the
the Mcthodint church. recited the speak
er' the faithful may emphasize good
point by the pastor with Amen" or
HhllelujahH This custom is not prac-
uccd In the Presbyterian church. The
A4IhaNNNaN NnAgs
terested In the sermon, and when the
pastor brought a truth out quite forci-
bly,, showed her appreciation by an
amen" The good Prcsbyteriann ,Iarea
nj her Ia amusement But the old LADY
was unconscious Of the sharp glances
and again burst out with a fervent
"Halieiujah" Then The others looked
upon her with hatred. Finally the pas
tor. getting warmed up 10 his subject.
drew beautiful moral and this time
the old lady was delighted beyond meas
urc. vigorous "Amenl HalleluJahi
Bless the lord!~ was the result, ana
then two deaconH went over to wher,,
the lady was sitting and carried her
bodily out OF the church.
While they were carrying her out the
lady shouted al short intervals, "Oh. l
cannot stand the honor" Placing her
upon her feet. they asked her what she
meant. ana she replied:
Our good Lord rode into Jerusalem
on one donkey. and now two nrs carry.
INK me out OF His housc. Oh, cannot
stand the honorl"
The hiherVnts to the standards Of the
Old par7acs are like unto the old lady,
they are being carried away by two don
Keys" said the speaker Then ne told OF
the Democratic and Republican puraes.
There was really no difference between
them. While the Democrats were In
power In Washington the rcople would
suffer and he warned tho voters not TO
succunb 10 the tarin dose ef the Repub-
lcanH There was but dittcretcs OF
onc-s'slf OF one perc~1t between the VIII
aon and Mckinley Mills. ~ the one was
AS Injurious AS the Other. The Demo-
crHsA took the tarin on spool tluead ana
put II ON skein thread; the Republicans
tuck the tsriu on hoop poles ani placed
II upon hop polcS Non a linn OF dIfrer-
'~V
The people, continued rhe spst ker, have
stayed with the old parties 81 long that
suitesmcn any yoars behind sne masses
m siatcsmanshtn and Hfty years ahead
IN rascality are now IN power in WASH
mgton just think OF such honest. up
right energetic. capable ana brilliant men
TIs Hobo Coxey and 1,e Renegade wea-
YER running around the country when
they might ne making laws Yin Washing
ton! But TIllrnan, 5ris'tt, shining star,
is there, and with Kim Titchfork, 40
matters are not so bad M they might
be-. Yet the South Carolina freak Is
almost alone. and This nM kes matters
tho less satisfactory
t..ta a..
their lives were hang crushed out by
the despotic doines OF IN milllonaires.
They must revolt. He hi not doubt
but what the old thme patriotism az the
Revolutionary man was still in the
breasts OF the American people and he
said he knew this spirit would soon be-
come evident fIs said aots OF hard
things about gold standard advocates.
Nll'of which was vociferuusiy spplaudei.
The applause wuild have been much
more hearty but for the fact that a re-
hnrsal was going on In the hall below
and request was made that cnthu-
siusts only clap tht'ir hanihA
James r. SOVEREIGN was n disappoint-
men as lecturer. While his manners
are those OF a gentleman and he uses
language that is not vulgHr. he cannot
speak. His gentlemSzlly tI1lits, legitimate
language and modeSty give him a big
advantage over the other ThDpuists who
20 IuDout the country like wild Indians.
But MIR, Sovereign rs not what can be
called good speaker; in fact. he Is not
as gosi talker as 0ne migAt expect 10
nnd at Olney or SkamplcIwn, tie speaks
SLOWLY, but not deliberately and fire.
lncntly repeats his wSrds; ami at times
siammeed like a man who was simply
"A "A
by someone else for him. Neither is he
or commanding appearance. TO look at
him one would never think he ruled the
knights of Labor with 80 firm a hand
and In So excellent a manner, rhe fact
hat Mr., Sovereign Is gneat labor lead |
,r cannot be denied. but ne positively Is |
not a speaker. His discourse last even
ng was composed largely of funny sto- |
les. which would insist upon popping |
nto my head" and these tales served |
yreatly to keep the audience In GOOD
lumor.
After listening to such an oraturicul
as Weaver, 1t was pleasure
o hear Mr.. Sovereign iiscuss the same
ubject. even II he cannot articulate.
The latter will meet with a much better
eception in Oregon than did the former.
ie says he is going to stay in Oregon
Ill he carries the state for the Popuhsts
o he probably win have committed his
pecch to memory by that time, and thus
long suffering public will eventually
~ relieved from the poorly .reclted and
tereotyped harangue he delivered last
vening.
There were enough persons present last
vening to elect a candidate at the coun-
Y election in June-that Is, enough SYM
athizers-or Popullsts. Now watch the
'opulist vote.
LARGEST EVER TURNED OUT.