Show POPULIST SPEECHES A series of gloomy forebodings ex el pressed there were twenty six people including one lady at tho ilia populist held last night at the sixth ward meet ink ing housep housa on west fifth street streel S it B smith opened with nith a characteristic acter act latic populist speech picturing the th sad condition of the country and en an dea vered to show allow that thai the only salvation to be looked for or was waa from rom his party warren poster foster who mho followed spoke much la the same vein the only alt d fi ference fere ho he said between a congressman and a hog hoe was that fare far was waa required to transport the latter while the congressman Conff ressman could ride free he eulogized hogan who the speaker said boro bore the ei cadence dence of 0 honesty in hla his tace face and clowd closed by v ashing the two old parties partle fl had existed during noahs time and gone w tah the majority john smith one of the populist candidates for the state senate came tor for ward and predicted a revolution unless hla his party should lie be successful in the future james thompson made a brief closing speech after the tha usual collection was taken up |