New-York tribune., 1922-07-12
BY Arthur c. Staples

49, for more than ! paid for en-
-, shrunk IN value q, ia,, a
they grew I bad lost az of ihs hsy
and grain I had put into them II |
lad bought government. bonds vcsA
have saved the hay and grain. for !
wouldn't have had 70 feed EN-. And !
would have 20, ny interss. ard zsts
beside something on the inersas n
price Of bonds Nov ! ssk whsrs *
that hay and grain 20 except into as
dollarl Who got the hsY that ia
them s,eersi There's too much ia
in the dollar"
Them Steers" caught on. rnsa
solon drove from town 20 town besi'l
them. He spoke from the tail Of 'h
ox-cart. New York was TOO preTirss
to accept a provincial genius, and hvs
three years before Uncle Scion rs'sA"
Cooper Institute ard spoke % m
platform with Peter Cooper, vseH u'
Yankee farmer had made nominee 'H
President Of the United States ca ~
Greenback ticket. which never s''A
have been a ticket hsd !. net ss''
for solon Chase. BY this tine N'i''
was politically dlsin,egraiet sHe s'.n '
Chase had been able 70 pol ~"
votes for Congress against Niliiis
Frye's 1900, whereas IN u" -
Greenbackers polled over "ee' W"
for Governor and we're able " ,"
Democratic Governor. who lstF "
the historic "eount.out" whieh -"
made civil war in Maine. Froa sss
20 Texas. IN every state in the e,~
went Uncle Solon "carryin' rsls'-
no put il. In 1850 he had siF'V''..
votes for nominee for Presiden'
national Greenbsek eonysnsisn' ~
Wendell Phillips. who was . s''','
20 Uncle solon, was msd bssss" y
convention did not have sense s''.'
10 choose a nominee from the s'''
tier. -,
They came home together ara 49,
in Fapeuil Hall. Boston. a, an sdni's',
price Of 80 cents head. They n'o"
5000 people TO hear them, the s',. s','.
going TO the "eause." Uncle 80 ~
used TO say Of this meeting; .,... &
sOt in Funnel Hall after ~ '' =.
and after Wendell Phillips. D's '.,. \.
mcrnin' paper said mex, day ,s,s s.s.
solcn's caow.hides and wendsn -
lips's patent lu,hers both he'd 'a'
squeak" .v.a
Mr.. =. P. Mitchell, Of "rhe Ne" ,.s,. ,s
Sum- wrote Of solon Chase % w..
"r heard Solon Chase speak IN ps ...
after Wendell Phillips. the ps'n'.,
demagogue, the IOnIan orator, uns' !,
perhaps in our time in eIo'h'h. 49,
dignity the mos, passionate. t'ns',ss s.,
and erroneous ideas; but even ., ~
Mr, Phillips Uncle sOlon, Win J. !.
twinkle, his grin, his eo"n''' .,a
and his homely. pilhy style sons' "a.
: oro.l audience even unusually O. w.
ical, for Il had paid to get IN a,
will not attempt 10 say wa'eh -,
better orator. IL is frnitles
pare methods so different" "a.
The party died early IN Wv n n
Fusion with Democrats Aillea 4
Maine, Uncle sOlOn said 'as' y. !. :
ceased TO be q cause when On. -. IA
read. again in The Tribune, nav ...,,, n
supreme Court OF the uni'ea ~,
had declared gresnbaeo to % ,ssx
,sns.r ru sor all debts. public and vf,ss~ ~.
lie retired to his bees and n' 49,
sugar, He wrote poetic letters 4,
chases Mills TO the new'psper' n
dreamed over again the days Ir
was a national figure. ne dl'a. o. !" !
inc the Lord. He was re" s,,il,
man worth having; a clean arc .ssc .
figure in that mask OF ns W.. !!
called politics the opening rsssJs
which arose Atty years ago ~
Mills. Turner. Me- ~