People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — OUR EUROPEAN COUSINS. [ARTICLE]

OUR EUROPEAN COUSINS.

Dr. Chrysander, the private secretary of Prince Bismarck, who passed his examinations in January, last week took his medical degree in Berlin. A village in Algeria has been named Uze-le-duc, in memory of the young duke of Uaes, who died a few years ago on reaching the coast after exploring in Senegal. Pere Hyacinthe, the distinguished priest, formerly Abbe Charles Loyson, will marry Laura, daughter of the late William Bueknell, an American. Pere Hyacinthe is 68 years old. Felix Faure, president of France, recently remarked that the most unpleasant feature of his recent advancement was the fact that as president he found no time for bicycle riding. Queen Victoria is going to confer the Order of the Garter on the crown prince of Denmark and the Grand Cross of the Bath on his brother, Prince Charles, who is to marry Princess Maud of Wales. The prince of Wales does not take as much interest in his wardrobe ns he did some years ago. He is still one of the best dressed men in the world, and his influence on men’s fashions is as great as it ever was, but those who have charge of his attire complain that he has lost his old enthusiasm on the sublet of dress.

AN OVATION TO GOV. ALTGEtD. The Chicago Inter Ocean, the leading republican paper of Chicago, a stalwart of the stalwarts in that political faith, describes the welcoming demonstration to Gov. Altgeld and the cause he advocated at the Auditorium on Saturday night, as a remarkable scene. More than 5,000 people crowded the Auditorium notwithstanding the downpouring rain, and the vast crowd wildly applauded the speaker and the sentiments he advanced. The following is the Inter-Ocean account of the meeting: (Chicago Inter-Ocean, May 18th) “Seldom in the history of the splendid hall in which Gov. Altgeld spoke has any person received so warm greeting as that accorded to him when hie pale face appeared amid the distinguished men who sat upon the stage. No thrice-honored genius of song was ever more enthusiastically told in nodsy report how highly esteemed he was by his auditors. When Gov. Altgeld came in view of the people the great throng cheered. Men stood in their places and shouted, waved their arms, swung aloft their hats, and made the vaulted ceiling ring with their cheers. For minutes this salvo continued. At times It would quiet down partially, only to be renewed again and again. One section of the audience would start again the cheering and soon the whole house would join. One man in the balcony cried: “What’s the matter with Altgeld?” and with a roar that sounded like a volley of artillery came the response: “He’s all right.” “At Intervals during the deliverance of the address this scene was repeated, but not with such force or length. Every telling point in the speech was applauded. When the governor quoted from the Chicago Tribune the statement that those who could not see the effect of the demonetization of silver must be blind as a bat in the day time, tlie audience alternately laughed and cheered, while the speaker had to pause before he could resume his speech. The magic name of Blaine, who was quoted in defense of silver money, was received with great applause. Secretary Carlisle’s name was greeted with mingled cheers and hisses, the latter for hte present opinions on the currency question, the former for the extract from previous remarks of his quoted by Gdv. Altgeld. “When the governor declared that “the most dishonest dollar ever given to man is the gold dallar; it has blood upon it,” the audience approved the anathema with a great shout. When he said “an organized and desperate effort is being made by the federal administration and its adherents to perpetuate the single gold standard,” the crowd cheered again. When he said that “the great newspapers had been bought up by the gold Interest” the audience applauded to the echo. When he attacked the Chicago paper which most bitterly scores the free-silver men, the crowd cheered and a man in the balcony shouted: “Let the Chronicle take that, too.” When he denounced the banking interest as being Inimical to the -welfare of the people at large his auditors yelled themselves hoarse in seconding his proposition. “For once and all, Gov. Altgeld settled the question of where he stands on the question of the ratio of coinage. “I am in favor,” he said, “of the immediate restoration of the free coinage of silver at the old standard.” A dozen times during his speech he described the old standard as 16 to 1, and that may be accepted as his view. “If Europe could go it alone, we could,” said the governor, referring to the proposition of an international agreement on silver coinage, and the people shouted indorsement of the statement. There was no doubt, either, as to how the audience stood on the question of ratio. Every time the governor alluded to 16 to 1 the great house trembled with the applause of the thousands. “Not a point in the long address was missed or overlooked by tsie audience, all of whom seemed to be quite familiar with the argument, pro and con, on the silver question. Every argument advanced seemed to be understood by the audience, and this was demonstrated by the fact that the applause came not at the close of some catchy sentence, but on the statement of sound, abstruse propositions of finance. “It was a great audience. It filled the vast space of the Auditorium, except for a few seats in the top and the galleries. Not a few ladies were among the thousands who listened for more than two hours to a discussion of financial problems usually considered too dry to interest the fair ones. But the ladies who heard Gov. Altgeld last night appeared to be deeply interested in the subject he was discussing. Nearly every box was occupied by ladies, and the house resembled not in the least the conventional idea of a political meeting. It was an audience widely diversified as to the social conditions of those composing it. The banker and the mechanic, the capitalist and the laborer, the professional man and the artisan, rich and poor, high and low, met in a common cause. It was an assemblage of the people. “The crowd began to pour into the Auditorium as early as 7 o’clock. A squad of police kept the people in line, and a large force of ushers directed them .to their seats. Long before 8 o’clock the entire main floor and the main balcony was filled, and all the late comers had to ascend to the higher galleries. The people waited patiently. At last the strains of music were heard, and soon the committee appointed by the Altgeld legion to escort the governor from his hotel to the Auditorium marched onto the stage. With them came the band, which took its place on the stage and played inspiriting airs. “About 8:15 o’clock Carter H. Harrison stepped to the speaker’s desk on the front of the stage and called the meeting to order. Then he introduced Judge William Prentiss as the chairman of the evening. Judge Prentiss made a brief speech. He alluded to the blessings showered by Providence on this nation. He eulogized Gov. Altgeld, whom he then presented to the audience. Then came a torrent of applause that swept In cataract after cataract over the tremendous audience. The governor waited until the applause subsided and then began his address. “When the governor concluded his address the cheering that marked the opening of the meeting was repeated, but was not so long continued. When I he bowed his thanks to his auditors lie i turned' to the stage, where hundreds | stood eager to shake his hand aud congratulate him on his effort.” ; i The goldites will probably soon bo- | gin to direct their efforts to getting up a war in order to-divert the attention of the people from the mouojr question.