The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-06-10
ABIG MEETING.


The Masonic first door hall was filed
last night 10 hear the joint debate be-
tween J Adam Bede, Of Minnesota, and
John P Fay, OF Seattle. -
Hon W 3 Dilyeu, of the union com
mittee called the meeting to order and
Mr.. Newport, of the republicans, took
the chair and introduced Mr. Bede. Mr.
Bede 10 what is known as gold demo-
crat, being republican nox. He is q
versatile talker and gooJ story teller,
and did his best on the gold argument.
The best thing be said, some declare, was
his statement in fayor OF the income tar
and savings vanks, both in the Omaha
platform. OF eourse the DRxocRAT is
not expected 10 puff up.Mr Bede, ,butthis
10 aboRt the size OF IT,
Mr Fay proved himssl: one of the sbiestI
debAters who have spoken N Albany this
year. The union forces have presented
the public four great speakers, z Sow
efeign, J Fl Davis, John Lentz and
Fay. aud Of these Mr. Fay is certainly
not the leass.s He is . splendid falker
and an able reasoner, and the union
forces were proud OF the shoEing he's
made for the cause Of free silver. Hie
snswer to Bede's gold arguments were
complete and satisfactory and he pre-
sented an array Of facts that have not (
been answered except by Irrelevant
stories. His srraigument Of the bond is-
cue business wss 20 she point. az well a.
nis eritaeism OF the Wall street plan OF
government. de 10 fair and gentle
manly speaker and yet remarkably for
chile, elineh'ng his arguments in . man
ner that impF eesee the hear~r.
Bede said Bryan and free silver we're
dead Mr., Fay answered this in this
eloquent way.
Bryan 10 typical OF that same sublime
courage which Won for MeDonaid. Nap
oleon'e Marshal. the title Of the brasest
OF the brave In years to come l see
pos,eri.y peering into the past and lift
ing the wells from the marble statues OF
the heroes OF the l9sh century. ! see
the fair daughter OF France gather from
the sun-kissed hills the violet, and With
fingers def and quiet With love, faeh- |
ion that gentle flower that on the primal
mora, uf.en chaos rolled axsY, caught |
and held ,he smile OF Hssven in 'iis
dainty petals, into wreaths and crown
lhe bros OF Mcdonald, the bravest OF
the brave in wsr. i
I zee onr brave daughters, children Of
the fAirest land that swings in the emile
az Heaven, wresthe from giisteniDe
skeias OF sitter, crown decked xish the
brightess gems OF gratitude, and place L
as . laurel THAI cannot die, upon the
brox OF William Jennings Brvsn. /
hear generations yet to come tell 20 their
ehildren the heroic struggle OF Bryan.
With equRI iervcr and eloquence, as does
the Ere1eh peasant recount to his child
rem, londly clasped in his arms, the be-
roic deeds oil Marshal AcDonAid. as he
led the Is 600 Freneh soldiers over the
Aips in the dead Of winter, mid ice and
snow, up through the Via Mala, deep,
dark defile, formed by the Rhine. flank
ed With lofty over hanging mountains 4
600 feet high. Along the face al thee
mountains. which stoop over the 4sful
chasm below, q marrow path is cut IN
The face OF the solid rock, now hugging
the moans&in-side like . mere thread,
now crossing in . single arch the ehasm
below. Strangely silent, snoT capped
me meunsains pierce the Heavens in every
direction. Fierce snow storms haa fIl-
ed the path. The guides sent in advance,
stuck down long black poles 10 mark the
course OF the path beneath. Fearful
and terrible xas the assent before the
eyes Of the soldiers, but AcDonald's de-
| termination Was iron. Forward,
eause the commAnd iron his stern lips
The first column pressed forward and
had advanced half way to the summit
when o low meaning vas heard among
the bills, like The voice Of the sea before
q storm. The guides knew too well its
meaning and gazed on each other in
alarm. The ominous SQUAD grew loa6er
and TIE next moment the fierce Alpine
blast WITH whirlwind Of snow, bfokS
oyerthe7 breast of The mountain and
howled like an unchanged demon thro-
ugh the gorge below On eerried eol-
lumn and Struggling line IL thunde-ed
with reckless power, while over all, the
sne snow blown in . cloud, was whirled
! lxnd scattered like an ocean OF mist.
1.-The very Heavens were bloteed out.
The frightened soldiers sto0d and listen
ed to the raying OF the tempest that
I4hreatened TO tear up the rock rooted
pines that shrieked above their heads
. IRON theic places and bring doSn tbs
? very Alps themselves.
Suddenly, as Hadley tells Us another
) and flnorerterriic sound was heard. "Ar
Avalauce. an n-avalanehe shrieked the
4 guides, and the next moment an awtu
white form came lesping down th,
:. meuntain side AMI striking and strikinI
full against the column, struggling alonl
the narrow path passed st-aight through
: IL into the absss below. For sasEpomen
: black steeds aud their riders we're seel
lsuspended la mid-air, aud then they dis
appeared into stse ice and snoEr be
meath" One poor drummer boy, car
y ried over the precipice, escaped death
and, crawling out from the ice and snow
began to beat on his drum the wildes
o charge that ever made the blood OF
soldier leap in his veins. Up the side
Of the avful precipice the martial note
came struggling, the ,tendefest appes
that could be made TO q soldiers hear
vet no hand could reach him there an
: inspired by the music notes oil "Onwars
n March" the soldiers left him to his deaf
!" and the solemn requiem OF the Alpiu
+ blast, and resolutely climbed, with cou
r. age sublime, the mountain beights az
Of t-dsftletf the sun.loved hills OF Italy belo'
a This sublime courage OF Mcdonald, NC
NJ him the heart of every EreQchnan
i. long as mankind ehall love the brav'
te Not less heroic, not less courageous,
+. the fearful march and awful struggle
a Bryan against the solid ranks OF repu'
Of lisanism, and so like the American peS
3. pie will enshrine MIN in their hearts.
Of The County Canvass.