Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-26
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Governor Allen on 'he stump In Pitt
burg Nineteen tuouEand Work
iuggnCu ASsrmbIctI To Hear
Him.

PITTS BURG October p 1t = esti-
mated that al least L iurteen thousand people
b-seIn bed o. The souLn side Tonight to listen
- the speech OF Governor Alien, OF ohio.
That pO.uOn OF tue cay - largely pOpu a ed
by wo klnslngn, aud 10 Vas to this class that
Mr.. Alien CilecJyd tn principal part Of his
speech. After reviewing and explaining
Tue right OF suffrage and showing
The supreme Importance Of every mao
acting al the polls according 10 hls
own Judgment, Mr., Allen showed tue
necessity ia this republic OF a representative
COVE rnTneUt, aud dwelt at some length
me care which should be Used in the sslec-
ton OF TepTes entaIives. He tnen sp Ike or the
way taxes were lifted, and showed how fraud
hau Crept II among Otfics-hUlIers, and Sc
veIely criticised Jue admin tratiOn. Mr..
Allen said tuaJ This COVE nmenL for many
years has Leen run solely Tor thc bene1i ~
The rich ana solely 10 The crushing out o! Tnt
liberty and life OF the many. [CHeersl Itls
that which mas brought tuCse vast multtDdeS
tDEether; IL Is the consequences OF that TACT
which CAUSED two bundled and nineiy-tro
thousand Demo .ra.s 10 cry out by the ballot
Tor the re ief OF the poor from the ruin TO
which they mad been consigned. mean In
OHIO eignty-two thousand more men cast the
Democratic ballot on the second Tuesday OF
October han did they two years before for the
SINE candida e.. tCheers.l NhS@ Because
eyeIybJCy felt there, except n few iaukeIs
and lev oilicehOlders, anu no few, C4tuer,
Laughter and lew doiauiteiS, no
lew Oh them, either, renewed laughter
{ e-ybOdy ielt there thai there was something
wrong; I n IN a country OF such trcmsndOus
energies among its people, with soil fertile
and with a bosom teemipg vita the richest
minerals in the world; that IA this state OF
things want would be impossible in the ca
OF The poor IabUring man, If his wages we've
what they ought 10 be. [CheeTs Every
farmer felt IN I the government was taking
100 large a part of mis- corn, his wheat, ms
horses, MS hogs, everything That his farm pro-
duced, and leaving him at the end OF the year
with a very little more Than little
tacOn and cOrnmeal. 1hev came up ana
manifested their sense of the iii cOndit on by
the suferingS which each one told II his
neighbors, including the manufacturing re-
giuns OF the State. Mr.. Allen then reverted
l. the result OF the Ohio election, and claimed
due partly to the large sums of money brought
into the State two weeks before the election
and used for corruption and bTi cry, and part
~ TO the illegal colonization al voters by the
Republican party. Mr. Allen spoke OF the
currency question, and claimed that The
promise of better times made by the dOmi-
nant party was simply a political de-
vice TO catch voters, and said that
a contraction of currency virtually meant n
contraction of the workingman's stomach.
he was frequently interrupted during his
address by cheers end laughter. He was fol-
lowed by Hon. q. II. Hopkins, who made d
brilliant speech, eliciting a good deal of ap-
plsuSe. State Senator Wood als) addressed
The meeting. Governor Allen was requested
TO speak at several other points In western
Pennsylvania, and would have accepted but
was this evening recalled to Columbus, his
presence there being required for otiici al busi
ness on the constitutional vote, and IL is I'M
drfstood that General carey Will continue The
canvass in his stead.