The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-18
GREAT REFORM MEETINGS.
WARMING UP ON THE APPROACH or
TbE DdY or ELECTIOH.
A Gicr,oss Meeting iu Richmoud Co-nty-Thc
Grant rarv Asked. ~ they Desire Rcforn.
wiz did they Turn Out dien Bristewt


1900 torches IN line. The bearers w,re from
seventeen Tden and Hendricks clubs, "om-
trising 5000 members, organised IN CaStieton,
Port Richmond. New Brighton, Stapleton. Cltf-
ton, 0rsnitevile, Four Corners, Elm Park. End
Rim Park Centre. The brewers Association, u
non attisan organization. Joined In the parade
with fifteen immense wagons.
National ooIors eniveued the interior OF the
hail, and at the rear Of the platform were ex-
cell, mt portraits OF Tilden and Hendricks. Dis
tinguished among those on the stHpe were X ID.
writtemore, the Hon. Era-ius Brooks, A. p.
Stokes, X. ID. Minturn. VIM. Davdee. Geo.
] nssen, Geo. W. Campbell, Abraham o. Wood,
Jnu. ID. vermilve. J. II. vanCtef, ST.. the Hon.
Jno. Decker. the Hon II. Is. Mstcalfe, tile Hon.
Dwight Townsend, c, ut. II. II. Robinson. WIN.
mcfarland, Jno. 8. Neville, Frederick White
aud others.
J. II. Van Chef, Jr, presided, and introduced
Ii eut.- Gov. DOisneimer. VINO said that men
were interested In elections this year never
before. either in peace or in war. because fac
tory wheels are stopped, and capital and libor
both 20 unrewarded. There Ia no famine, yet
husbands and fathers cannot keep starvation
from their dear ones. The cause lies par ly with
the people. who. after the war plunged into
specul tion, but mainly with the Republican
Administration that set the ruinous example.
The per cen Of anation's savings Is seven, but
the Government has taken, and Ia taking. ten, or
three per cent. more than IL saves. an the face
of th,s the R.rn' licsns sk for further Lease
OF power. "a Voice. "They can't nave it."l
Tue speaker cDntrasted rrs the men rilIen
and tayes and afterwsru the parties. He nd
Just returned from VISIT To iyrs's Immediate
neigl. bors. but he hadn't reall, he rd much
about Hayes. tLaushter.1 He mad come away.
yet he hadn't ascertaiDed what Hayes amounted
To. Ohiu Democrats had he rd that Hsyes nad
been to Congress snu had wanted to nnf some
OF mis- utter ,nces to att ,ck. hut he .dn't said
anything. He had been Governor OF OHIO for
nv wears ana hson't done anything; had been
Perhaps Gov. Hayes wa,
-smute inglorious Milton.
but he hadn't been found out. Turn % Samuel
h. was 90 years od VISITING MIN % aftsl H'S 10 D" ar
utatiOn he found Uncle Sammy on u three
legs. stool lookin! iuto the books, and In
March next he will ex mine another set OF
SSn SSnNs: . tInesrs sHotty ,h si,sTsaTd Coy III
r.a Ing OF which DESTROYED ne rotten Canal
Ring. whereby he saved YOU two million three
huncred thou u.and dollars. tRedouoled cheer
Ing The Ies IN the last year OF my admin
istration," Gov. Tilden had said to the speaker.
will be one bali what Il was when Gen Dix
was Governor OF tue state and they were.
lhat .nnoys the General. and no appears on the
stage in the character Of boy one hundred aud
Ave we're olo ana saw, 1t WIS he who reduced
tue taxes fhsv had been paid on before, no
Sa how SO .SdS SS Se "a no Si
J. 11lden has kept safely In Jour pockets. lire
Tnss ssy sss, seform /. tn. d..r... r,.n
their hearts; out how bout honest Bso Bristow, |
a wbo .ho owed a,spos,too .I. ~ to ntroduoe reform
tim, lie II den, tho Democratic reformsr. |
he so-sker. IN closing. contrasted the parties. |
The Republicans we're divided into Inf Il onists,
aud Anti lnfatI"nists while Democrats we're !
united Tor ru money ana home rule
Gen. James Ihayer and senator npton OF Ne |
IL" /. i"wed In speeches au sntively listen d |
to and sppl"uued to tue echo. An ovefn w |
meeting ninug the street from curb to euro " T. |
a listening audience wa addressed ny ARernon |
- al Nla ham I'M l..
There is no longer need OF appeal to tho
Democrats In this campaign. who united |
sUd fun of enersv. our entreaty to them is.
d" not pull down the pillars that sustain the |
s"prems bour Of danger. for your own honor, |
Tor the sake OF the Union and OF IN |
liberty that Is insepsraOle from 1t, with |
draw ana denounee the pending military |
interference viii the elections In tue States Of |
t"e south. That the use Of the army IL hence
form TO be factor In pohtical calcul tion-, IL
spectacle whict has associations Of tyranny all |
about II II tends to destroy In the minds Of II |
Against whom II is aimed any love lor the Gov
eminent, and even they IN whose behalf It Is
used used lose respect for freedom wnils
It Is doing more than all other party acts to al
feet the Democra with dlstrust ana al .rm ut
tue thought OF continued Republican power IL
Is ntrary 10 the genius OF our institutions,
anu. as we .ull' believe is contrary To the Con-
siitn 10Y md law of the land. II iuis act
Of of ,ns s.e'SSs hsrs.tsr s ,S'r.ns:
anu navy. In order to prevent tne
EVIL consequences, not oni, Democrats. but
hepu,eans ar Should dsn9snce u. To rescue tue
Urviees. aud the Democr cy are happy tu re. |
ce,ye the tru.t. rney will proudly aud faith
tuily discharge It; but IN patrioiIc spirit |
transcendlng all party purposes, they call uuon
tue wiser and purer Republicans to Withdraw
from al participation In aud cOuntenance OF
tnis iniq itous and ruinous policy.
An armed anu organized b,ttalion OF sol
snail removable At tho pleasure Of his cnief, who
hinself holds once at tue will OF tue President,
divide. a lew States ana few localities In those
states, hold the deciding balance OF power. A
p, r., President can, unuer sucn circum stances,
absolutely c'ntroi the oiections so as 10 make
hem SIMPLY ike machine. record his viii
=" DO not ,et as pause to ask whetoer It would
tedOne. History too vi iny tells uS, and the
course Il tue Caseys and Packards and Cnam
beilains painf.lly lus'r to 1t. In tue virtoIy
wuian IA to come will the better portion of the
Repubnc n party IL We to us the unshar d
gluryf We re TO win honest and hnrd
money, revenue reform, free trace, honest
~ honorable discharge oil oniclal du v,
equalization or t.xes and reducing them,
iir aiai,s. Viii the better portion Of the Re Re
buOlican party leave TO us the unshared gl'ry
Of 'ns e'nss''s 1h dord6., II '"Sy 6no n.T they
still within the rsach Of their party, and
lney leave 10 alden and Hendrcxs and the
Democracy not only the work II admins ra i've
reform IN our shamefully mlsgoyerned countr ,
but he singular renown which belongs to those
iDorty OF the people"
Then, IN closing. MIR. Sullivan siigmatized as
ufpoCinCs tue pfOiossiOus VI tno HoDuOUCan6 |
tn tney mean reform, for President Grant
himself Is entering into the canvass and work
lug for the kepuUlican party, using mis- high |
office to push their Interests. He confessed
tn troform Ia tn party Is n sbsm nrst, wen
no Congratulated II yes In a form al letter; sec
ond, when he paid rtyt ToI ~ per cent. into
tine Republican cam palgn fund thiid, when no
held interviews Win newspsper representatives
aud denounced Gov. ilden fourth. wnen he
continued Iacn Chandler In ONCE wuile Chair
NJ NJ n OF tue Republican National Committee, Tut
chiefly wneh, conterIng with his Attorney Gen.
eral nd Secretary Of War as TO the feasibility
OF >endinH United States troops into tne South |
TO remain during tho November elections, he
allowed oh Chandler to be present aud t.ko
part IN tn Sc important deliberations.
Tue Democratic nominee for Congress, Mr. |
j dihes II. Covert. ulso addressed tie overflow
meeting from the balcony uf Library Hail.
WORK IN THE SEVENTH DISTINCT