The sun., 1878-08-13
KEARNEY'S DASH AT HEWITT
UHfT HE SAID 10 1HE LYNN SHOE
MIXERS ~ THE CfTIS COMMON


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Auotber Fiood or Nnud-iots Ipithcts'
LYNN, Mass, Aug. II. Kcatney, of sand |
10, namo and fame. visited Lynn. ti" city Of /
solrs. tonight to address tho shormaScrs and |
o,hers " the laborng cass Th. wa his /
second appearance as a public speaker In Lynn /
in tho interest ot ahor and great preparations ,
had been made TO have the Wr"iiug su'ccss- /
ful one On tho occasion Of his previous visit. I
last Friday night. he was prevented from
spenking in tho Common hy terrible
thunder shower and only made half
hour speech from tho front of the Saga
moro House. To make good his promise
10 address all who desired to hear him. he camc
tonight TO speak ON the Common. II tract large
enough to accommodate all. Tho meeting was
held at the band stand. Tho committee had
made very elaborate arrangements. which werc
successfully carried out. AtGi. the Lynn Cor
net Bard was stationed Mt Pleasant Hall. and
rendered somc very acceptable selections while
aproccssion composed OF tho shoomakcrs and
workingmen Of Lynn WAS forming. This
procession contained about six hundred mon.
representing all trades After rcc'ivlng tto
aEitator and committee Of arrangements at
the Sagamorc House. the column headed 10y
tho Lynn Cornct Band and platoon of police
men moved up Market and Common streets TO
tho Common escorted 10y large crowd. AT
Common although the meeting had been called
for ~ tho crowd was very slow in gathering,
and Mt O'Clock scarcely II hundred persons
wero present. The evening was n very beau
tiful one. and the sand lot hcros favoritc, the
old man in tho moon bcamed down upon the
multitude. lighting every avenue nearly
as brightly MS his competitor Old Sol.
Tho gathering Was truly gathering
OF worklngmen. although on tho outskirts of
the crowd wore large number who had owl
IDENTITY come from nero curiosity TO hear and
SEQ this new-nedgcd wonder Of the Pnciilc
slope, Kcarncy arrived upon, the ground
shortly after o'clock. tho band playing ru-
tiona airs and medleys as 1t marched on to the
common. As soon as the speaker and commit
tee had taken their seats upon the platform. uie
crowd closed in upon tho ropes surroudln- Il
md for n time the crush was fearful fair
estimate places the number at four or i've thou
and. After another potpourri OF national AIRS
BY the band. the Chairman of the committee an
nounccd that. IL accordance with Mr. hcarn"y
dcnt ~ ihe mcet,ng That rnnilemnn then
came forward and spoke as follows
rsttow wosnsesfS 90 lrSS nm haGDy 60 arrcar
comSiilcc Lynn usrpS b, ,Su,c youare 10 .eNugd
nsrs 10 aa'cg1 @ ggg,t'n, m % "a, N, M ns1 m n 'e ne
and purpose tn break th laws ui unus tEhuuh ~hith
called ,oscihsr nder the 6foad canopy OF heaven to d.
GUS questions treasured IL Your memgry-mo-e prng.
beautiful state.
Tho speaker then urged his hearers TO vote
upon tho side Of justice, right. and equity. 20
use especial care in their choice OF Congress
men. and to drown those who have h"rotulOre
misreprcsented the workingmen IN the halls oi
Congress IN oblivion. He then introduced
kearney. Tho sand lot orator was received
with roars OF deafcning applause. He spoke as
Mn. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW WoRKINeMEN
AND WOMEN OF LYNN: Let me rctcrate What |
have said on previous occasions here in Massa-
chusetts in behalf OF the workingmen and work
Ing women Of the, Pacific States. thank you in
this occasion. This is the first gun Of the cam
paign--the first shell thrown into the camp Of
longed applause Before the middle OF next
November the opponents OF labor will receive
a. many II n9, IN more: oiaeh eyes tnah ths
opponents in America. don't make 1t prac-
tice TO reply to newspaper articles. but on this
in the Herald tnis morning iHisscs j Tho "' very
name OF Herald ought 70 meet with demon
for that Shiny sheet. THE groans were
present this administration would frcczc
the marrow, in his miserable bones. Ito
stated that was an Qrangcman. II there
is any society in tho world that hate It Is the
society of Orangemen. don't believe in fight.
ing battle that occurred 900 yoars ago. | ten
you the workingmen Of Lynn have all the battle
iCries Of " Hear. henri and applause. have
no quarrel with religion, Thisis a free coun-
reared a Catholic. My mother pays for Catho:
lie pew in the Catholic Church in Brighton.
married. a OatnOllc girl anu 4 nave ltuicN my
children by the Catholic faith. Here tho
speaker quoted verse OF poetry TO support his
position.I SO much for foreigner | noile d
in the Ere1.ing GiObe q despatch from New York
in which a celebrated character named Hewitt
vigorously attacked me at Drlmonlcos rca,au-
rant whit drinking champagne, ii tho baiher-
skite politician and lccherOus bondholder re-
fcrrcd only To- me would not reply 10 that
article. We're II not for the disgrace that II
casts upon California would not disgrace my
character by noticing u nan ike Hewitt. man
g. atiark me- must iavea reputation ~, pure ns
fNfVr ia tlt. D ff, lp lpr Alr
K"Arncy played his usual card and pullei oil
hs roat.l lie lHewiui said that the California
wnrK ,ugm"n c!eri men VINO cOuld neither read
lnr write. ! hHd rather have men Ike that
nan q thousand men like Hewitt 10 reyise a
Institution. But II II llc-an internal lie.
Il" men elected were Intelligent. industrious
nl"chanics. /! you want 10 ilnd anything about
the character 81 those men you must not 20 into
u whlskcy saloon; YOU will hay. to gu
into tho workshops. Those men meet iOr school
twlr" woek-not 10 learn 10 rrad and write
but Ia learn TO frame Constitution. TO he pre-
lar 'd To- meet the hellhOund thieves elected 10y
q" u"ll hloodsu 'Kers OF labor next September
tell You, workingmcn. and women too, must
Aa'B around the wCrkinEmen OF Mussachu-
s'iis and select men to represent you. See 10 it
lew years it viii 6c all right. II thi-
agitation should nag. the mon you
would seiecl would hc moved 10 yield to temptl-
Ion. II these meetings continue yuu Will 81
frEhtcn your Own cana dates that tu"y won't
uare 10 20 back on the platform they are elected
upon. II man IN California soDS hnfk ON }. &
platform. he gracos the nearest lamp post. o.
Io,erty oi earu that men DO deeds mat ei',
nirc in few months. The worknemen ar,
practically alire now, Tho m,wspap~rs vii
Massachusetts Will he all ailro hotwecn
now and next November, The wOrkingmru
are going to elect their soldiers 10 mnks the
House IN 1880. lDrcs oi Butler.l Hear III,
name OF Butler All N favor Of .bui'er Tor GOV
crnor, hands mp lCheclS.l The H,rdd r9-
porter pl"as" To put fifteen hands W; ais
io'NI y - On @ @o,'iuIhH prs nv lher' arc q,