The anti-monopolist., 1878-05-23
RALLYlNC FOR THE RIGHT.
Creenback.Labor Mass Meeting at Cooper
institute, New York.
Eas. and West Come Together.
Speeches by Or. Sturgeon. of Toledo, Scion
Chase. Of Maine. and Alexander
Troup, Of New Haven, Ralph
Beaumont. ard
Others.

The National (Greenback- Labor
party of New York city held Il mass
meeting at Cooper Institute on Fri
day evening, May 10. and thus gave
formal public reception to the mem
bers of the Executive Committee of
the National party who had been in
Hardly more than Il days notice
had been given Of the meeting. yet Il
very large audience was present. On
the platform sat Dr.. B. Sturgeon, Of
Toledo, Chairman Of the National
Executive Committee; Alexander
Troup, of the New Haven Union;
Solon Chase, Of Maine: Ralph Beau
mont. of Elmira: Hon. T. V. Powder
ly, Mayor Of Scranton DR.. z. p.
Miller; George Blair. James Connolly,
John Ennis. Christopher Kane, Of
Rochester; Thomas Ryan. w. d..
Mahoney. Messrs. O'Flynn. Mcguire,
Collins, McGuckin, and many others.
Mr.. James Connolly called the
meeting TO order. and said that the
party had no atliliatiOn with oher
bodies bearing It's name, and which
were gotten up by political strikers.
Poor men who had served faithfully
and disnterestedly for years in the
cause Of reform constituted the nu-
cleus of the new party in tire metr0p-
Oils, which would one day destroy the
rings-Tammany, Anti-Tammany and
Republican-which had cursed us so
long. They would go it alone; if they
pOlled but 100 votes in this county
they would be honest votes. Mr.. Con-
molly then proposed DR.. f. =. Miller
for chairman and John Ennis for
secretary of the meeting.
Dir. Miller read a lengthy address on
the financial question. at the close of
which he introduced Mr.. Alex.
Troup, of New Haven.
Mr.. Troup reviewed the progress
. of the new party throughout the
country, and particularly i'll the
Eastern and Middle states. In Penn
svlvania it had chance to carry the
State. and was certain of holding the
balance of power in the legislature,
thus retiring Mr.. Don Cameron to
private life, and putting some one in
his place who would not be controlled
by monOpolles III rings. In New York
also they would hold the legislative
balance of power. Roscoe Conkling
has been told to pack his carpet-bag.
We propose to take his political scalp.
Parties are so evenly divided in Con-
nerticut that the new party would
hold the balance of power there also.
In several districts III Maine present
members of Congress would dose
their seats through the Greenback
vote. Peter Cooper had 4 little over
$4,000 votes. all told. in 1915. but this
year in one State. Michigan. nearly
that many votes were cast for Peter
Coopers principles. The Nationals
meant to pay particular attention to
all those States where United States
Senator's were to be elected next Win
ter by the legislatures. Workimgmen
need expect no relief from this Con.
gress. and the only way to remedy
things was for them to elect men to
Congress to carry out their views.
Mr.. Troup addressed the latter part
of his remarks especially to the work
ingmen of New York city. of whom
ne was for Il long time Il leader. and
counselled them to unite for action ut
the ballot-boN. but on no account to
allow themselves to be drawn into i
riot that they may be shot down like
sheep.
Solon Chase. of Chase's Mills. Me-.
was the next speaker. Mr.. Chase was
clad in threadbare homespun. and in
every respect was typical New
England farmer. He told how the
rag baby had grown in the Pine Tree
State. From 500 votes in IS it had
increased to 5000 IN -. and this
year town elections showed that il
would reach 10000 next fall. He
wanted the idle bond. the idle real
estate. and the idle laborer to be gov
erned by the same law. He wanted
things fixed so that all the values
should shrink together. and then the
lahorer would have chance. Weare
robbed by shrinking values. Take a
few plain facts. | had a man cutting
wood for me whose only pay was his
board, and vet neither | nor the
woodchopper made anything: the only
one who made anything was the
bondholder who got his wood for 50
a cord. | bought pair of steers two
years ago. and paid Sl00 for them.
Now they are twice rs big. but | can
only sell for 500. The bondholders
had taken the growth of those steers
out of them by the Resumption act.
Here is another story, with 4 point
My neighhor bought farm for $4,000
two years ago. A few days ago. the
man who sold it bought it in for S2.-
600. raking clear thousand and two
years work of this man. tLaughter.l
Who has got hurt theres Congress
has robbed the country by shrinking
values. Mr.. Chase gave the national
banks shot by showing. as he claim
ed. how they got double interest on
their money; eating their cake and
keeping it too. Laughter.) He illus
trated the Resumption act by the
story of the man who sold an egg for
q darning needle; got the seller Of the
needle to treat him to glass Of wine
with the same egg in it. and then got