Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-06
GREAT rs KEARNEY.
The Apostle of Labor Vents His Eloquent

The Apostle of Labor Vents His Eloquence
III the Cradle of Liberty--An Immense
Gathering of Horny Handed Sons of Toll
"A Characteristic Demagogueical Speech
From the California Chieftain-- Unbound
ed Applause.
BosToN. Mass. Aug 5.-Dennis Kearney was
formally received at Fenueil hall, this evening,
by one of the largest gatherings ever heldswith-
in and around its walls. Not one fourth of the
crowd could gain entrance and during the
proceedings an overflow meeting of immense
proportions was in progress in the square.
The crowd was noisy, enthusiastic and reckless,
but withal good natured: Within the hall
example of Kearney, majority of the au-
dience were soon in their shirt-sleeyes. L.. G.
Brophy called the meeting to order, and E. NJ.
Chamberlain presided and made speech. He
regarded the great gathering of laboring men as
presaging the overthrow of the power of the
capitalists; said the gubernatorial Office was
within the grasp of the laboring man. Some
one cried out ''Batler" when there was a loud
outburst, and three cheers for Butler were Civ
en-. The speaker, pleased at the demonstration,
requested the audience to shout again, and at
the name Of Butler still louder applause ensued.
Concluding, the chairman said: Though the
| capitalists are hitting us now, the time will
soon come when we will hit back with righteous
vengeance"
Dennis Kearney was then presented, and re-
ceived with uproarious cheers. He said
Mr.. Chairman: (Three cheers and tiger for
Dennis Kearney.) MIR. Chairman and fellow
workingmen and women Of Boston, On be-
half of the workingmen of the Pacific coast
thank you for this grand, enthusiastic recep-
In tn neat n
lar will and expression that went up from this
meeting tonight when certain man s name
was mentioned, l feel like bringing message
of greeting, of love, to man VINO
is lesser than Macbeth, yet greater
to that fiery and Incompatible hero of
debate; voice good boy;'l to that chival-
rous and that white-pumed Navarro of the
rostrum, the gallant, gifted, glorious Butler.
Great applause and cries of SAY it again.
We bid him take heart and hope, and hope he
will receive reward from the workingmen of
Massachusetts, he SO justly merits for his bold
den humanity. Applause with the remark,
'It's getting hot, MIR. Chairman" Kearney
at this point took off his coat and
loosened his cravat amid loud cheers
and laughter. Continuing, he said: Il am
sorry, friends, we are not rich enough to be
| able to hire Beecher to knock the bottom out
of hell. Laughter. What is the matter with
the country that workmen arising from
| North to South, from West to East, to do what
To take charge of their own affairs. Applause.
/ ask you, does it not mean death to railroad
[, robbery and the lecherous, thieving land
holder? [Applause.] And does it not mean
| political oblivion to the
rancorous, villainous political
bummer?" Applause,] Kearney then alluded
| to the method in which the meeting had been
organized as contrasted with the manner of the
far West. where chairman was nominated by
the people present, thereby depriving the Shy
! lockian vagabond who spends weeks with wet
cloth around his head studying a speech with
which to psychologist his hearers, then on the
following day scheming and planning to rob
the men he addressed the previous evening.
Applause and laughter. my fell
low-countrymen, as representative OF
the poor working classes l appear before you
no CLASSIC language with which to fool my hear
ers (Applause) believing the English language
contains in the neighborhood of $4,000 words,
/ am in possession of a few hundred of those
Words and use them-my humble plain words
to extol virtue and condemn robbery" ZAP
plause.)
The speaker then paid his respects to the
associated press. Newspapers from the ear
lest days of printing had been in
the interest of cutthroats, political bilks, day.
light thieves and midnight assassins Great
| applause and cries of put that III print. }
For reporters of the press | have great respect.
They are workingmen like ourselves-working
for bread and butter. Great laughter.) But
for the villainous, serpent-like, Shiny imps of
hell Qaughter) that own these papers, l have
the utmost contempt--a villainous, thieving
band of scallawags Qaughter) that are
trying to control the public opinion. If the
workingmen of the United States possessed
within their breast single spark from whic h
the fame of freedom could be famed, they
would not permit such monsters to live in
their midst. They would control these tele-
graphs; they would have to hurl these internal
lying scalawags from power, and select honest
men to transmit plain a,n+ unv warn ed
course, how look. That's my business
and nobody else's. daughter and
| applause.) As to my ungrammatical sentences
| and speeches, for 3d. can always hire man
to write grammatical speech. daughter
But it takes millions to buy an honest man, be
/ he ever so ungrammatical. (Applause.) The
country is run to perdition by band of classic
thieves and legal thieves. (Applause.) What
| the workingmen want is common honesty
and common sense. better guides than
| classic attainments. Kearney then read from
the Sun Francisco Chronicle a dispatch which
he attributed to the associated press
not one word Of which was sent by the associ
ated press.
Kearney looks like an average Irish working
| man. He said he was an American citizen
| had been here twenty years; brought suit 81
clothes and head full of brains with him tt
help develop the country; would like to see ;
single American who brought SO much. Cereal
applause and laughter.) In the train which
brought him here rode no despotic aristocrats
That was the only truth n;the dispatch Gaugh-
teri, but in democratic smoking-car enter
tanning dingy clay pipe'-(s That's lie.
never smoked tobacco OF drank whisky in m,
life.'') Fellow-citizens, mention these fact
fho
reports, and particularly reports sent by tn
associated press, band of pirates. Laughte
and applause.)
Kearney then spoke of the Workingmen's
movement in California that drove the Demo
cratic thief and the Republican robber out o
the State. We were vigilant, energetic ant
active, allowed no one to address our meeting
but honest, hard-fsted men. Zap
plause, 'That's good.'D We elected to th
constitunal convention poor, obscure artisan
over the heads of Senators and ex-Governors
millionaires and bank smashers. Now l Cal
say what l please in California, despite tn
hell-hounds that infest it. hope you vii
profit by my advice, which is to pool all you
issues, put all your senses into one pot CAR
plause), and on next November you will b
able to announce victory for the honest work
ingmen of Massachusetts. All in fa
hands" All hands were raised. "a
opposed by the same sign. Now hope no on
will state tomorrow this is not an unanimou
, meeting. Kearney continued in this sam
strain some time, advising the workingmen
cut loose from all parties, as alike unreliabl.
, , and take charge of their own affairs.
He concluded: ''We have got the power to d
with this government please. We pro
pose to take advantage of that power and us
it from this day forth. l know the workin!
men of Massachusetts will succeed. wal
8 the earth at midday. I find vast expanse
, blue heavens unrelieved by the sparkle of
single star, but I know that Mars sti
' holds his course, that Venus still whee
through space, that Jupiter and Uranus a
e flashing in the heavens, that the blazing be
: of Orion and the bright guiding CLEAN Of tt
North star are all there, and it is by this NOV