The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-02

such speaker before such an audience.
! At last he thought that common
sense was just as good in Music hall as
anywhere else. I've got something to
say and I'm going to say it.
Nerved with his purpose, fired with
his theme, ne flung out his banner of re-
form and hurled his thunderbolts against
old prejudice for an hour and a half,
completely capturing there, as elsewhere,
his audience.
Mr.. Phillips, at the close of his own
remarks, had excused himself to Uncle
Scion and bade him good night saying
that illness in his family prevented his
remaining to hear Scion speak.
But after the latter had finished his
address he happened to look down, and
there sat Wendell Phillips listening to
the final word
A Boston paper, in alengthy discussion
of him, the next morning, said: Gwen
dell Phillips French kids and Uncle
Solon's cowhides had the same squeak. "
During the first Bryan presidential
campaign, in 1896, Mr. Chase was on the
stump for free silver, using his steers
argument over again, for he said the
story was just as applicable in one case
as the other, free silver or free green
: backs amounting to the same thing. He
was seriously considered as the peoples
candidate for President that same year.
In later life Mr.. Chase became active
in politics as prohibitionist, and there
was some talk of making him the guber-
material candidate on the prohibition
ticket in 1907
After the passing of the greenback
agitation Mr. Chase withdrew from the
popular eye, but as editor and publisher
of Chase's Chronicle, a weekly organ, he
continued for many years to voice his
opinions forcibly and he was often heard
on the lecture platform in New England.
! Three sons survive him: Carroll, Lieut..
James j. and Isaac, all of Chases Mills.
/ CRAsE's MILLS, Me-, Nov. 26 The
funeral of Scion Chase was held at his
home this afternoon. Rev. Howard A.
Markley of the Universalist church at
Turner officiated.
The home of ''Uncle Scion" was
crowded to OVERLOOKING and many were
unable to gain admission. All business
was suspended in the town during the
funeral and the flags were everywhere
at half staff Every town within a
radius of 10 miles, including the cities of
Lewiston and Auburn, were represented
in the throng that gathered to pay the
last honors to the venerable sage.
1t was an often-expressed wish of Mr..
Chase that there be no music at the flu
neral, and his wishes were respected.
The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful and included, among others,
one from Mrs. Inez G. Thompson of Bos-
ton and the Turner w. G. 7. u, of which
he was an honorary member.
/ The bearers were four of his nephews,
Frank Chase of Portland and Arthur
Chase of Chase's Mills, sons of his
i brother Ohio, and Roswell Chase of
Turner and Charles Homer Record of
Bucktield. Burial was in the cemetery
at Chase's Mills, beside his wife and
daughter.
Among the relatives present We're
Sewel Phillips of Auburn, DR. Isaac Irist
of Bowdoinham and J ohm Chase of Stand
ish, Russell futile and Ralph and Ma
thaniel Morrill, of BucBield
Mr. Chase family has received many
letters and kilograms Of sympathy dur
ing the week from men of prominence
throughout the union. whose acquaint
ance Mr.. Chase made during the days
when he was making speeches about the
country in the interest of the greenbact
doctrine.