Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1876 — THE DEMOCRATIC AND INDEPENDENT RALLY. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC AND INDEPENDENT RALLY.

To-day was hold the “democratic and independent grand rally” aa the demonstration was advertised to be on the show bills. The morning was inauspicious, being rainy and threatening. Compared with that us yesterday, the demonstration was small. It is, perhaps, a large estimate to say there were more than one-third as many peo pie present as on. the day before Hon. George W. Julian had been advertised to make the principle but did not come. However three speakers were present, and .did their level best to encourage jmd warm up the enthusiasm of 4beirf arty friends, first to epeak was 4DoL Stoughton, of Illinois, an old time abolitionist who it is said, wan defeated in a republican convention a few weeks ago for the congressional nomination in

Mr distriel aod immediately learned of UwanSMMMta corruption of the cepnWmaa party aud—Mr Tilden’s bw’l o’money. Hie speech didn’t esthete the old veteran’s ot Dodd’s jtimy of the Iroquois nor the! tppiwod heroes of Pogue’s ran to W intense degree. Meat came Hon. John E. secretary of state, and candidate for reflection. Although a queer medley of viraperation, exhortatinn, pettifogging, slander, falsification, tiwudky and braggadocio, Mr. Kefs address, considered «e an oratorical effort, van tbe beet ofahe day. To republicans the moat significant passage of this guatlemau’a epeeeh sraamhan he said he would hare no doubt of the result of the campaign If the republican oratorsand papers would discuss what ho termed tbe real question at issue. This wee at least * negative admission that the democracy are anticipating a defeat in Indiana in October. Mr, Neff did wefl. He so properly classed Among the beet speakers in the f,3nks of India* »democrats. Rcpub-

lioaua writ be mere uiiii*«u to con cede thia when they learn that he waa suffering from hemorrhage of the throat and- constantly apittog blood While talking. Hon. Marvin H. Bo vow, «f Wisconsin, quite extensively known throughout the country for hie anti-capital punishment views follows I Mr. Neff with a forced attempt at witiciam, which amused some of the boys but disgusted the more intelligent portion of his democratic auditors. At night thia g» nil am an addressed 80 torch bearers, three bauds of music aud 400 or 600 people from the Austin House balcony. Our democratic friends are not especially happy over their demonstration, or its promised effects. It certainly will not add to their party strength iu this county. And, inaeed, thr apoeobes of Mr. Bovee at Remington, at Egypt school house, and at this place, certainly weakened the democratic influence with what few independent-greenback men there are in Jasper county. Il is a republican misfortune that Mr. Bovee did not make five or six more speeches here.