Jonathan P Dolliver Late a Senator From Iowa Memorial Addresses Delivered in
Jonathan P Dolliver Late a Senator From Iowa Memorial Addresses Delivered in
2d Sess United States 51st Cong
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The State first became acquainted with him in 1881, when, at llic aiiiuuil convention of our party, he introchiced l^imself to the consideration of the people in a pliiiippic of sucli marvelous effectiveness that it is cherished yet as a masterpiece of controversial litera- [1031 Mkmorial Adoressks ; Sknatoh Doi. Livkr ture. A mere boy, I listened entranced by his fascinating eloquence, and cheered myself hoarse in the tremendous applause which approved his transcendent periods. It was a day of... political delirium. Blaine was a candithite for the Presidency, and his adherents, overwhelmingly in the majority in Iowa, were inspired with a passionate abandon which has never since been equaled in our party contests. It was an epoch when extreme partisan convic- tion announced itself in extravagant public expression. One of the picturesque phrases in that wonderful address is in my menioiy at this moment: "When slavery died, the Democratic Party was too old to marry again. " The dramatic scene which ensued is as vividly before me as though it had been enacted yesterday.
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