The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-28
GENERAL GRANT
MAKES TWO BRIEF SPEECHES AT
ROCHESTER,, n. Y,
BY Way ycrIntroducing senator CoukIlnE
and asouthern Orator-His Charae-
teristie rerseness Does Not Pre-
vent HIS ExpressIng Some
weiEhty Thoughts.

ROCHESTER, October 27.-Fiity thousand
people were out to-day to see Gen. Grant.
Alter reviewing the.procession OF the Boys
in Blue Gen. Grant presided at mass
meeting in tent where 1900 people had
gathered. Gen. Grant made speech and
was frequently interrupted by the crowd
pressing forward 10 see him. He spoke as
follows:
GEsrLRxES OF RocHEsrER:-I esteem IL
high honor TO be called on TO preside
here to-day. [Here he was interrupted
by the turmoil and pressing Of the throng
TO get nearer, so as TO catch every word.
l sm listening TO you, gentlemen, and l
cannot understand you when you are all
talking at once, neither can you hear one
word OF what am saying unless you let
me do the talking for minute or two.
{Cries .of "iouder, We want to- hear"
When other speakers come on hope you
will keep order. l have told you II you
all talked AT once could not hear q word
you say [Chairman Bull, intsrrupting,
Gentlemen, beg OF you no 10 be soseltish
In trying to crowd out others and thus
making such disturbance as to drown
the Generals voice." General Grant con-
tinued, Gentlemen it is very encouraging
for the cause which you and come here
to foster aud advance 10 see such earnest
ness manifested in. spite OF the bad roads,
and bad weather. Since this campaign
opened have been
FROM ILLINOIS TO BOSTON,
passing through your own State of New
York, and I find the same enthusiasm
everywhere. Thisis convincing evidence,
to my notion, that the people understand
the questions before us In this campaign.
II seems to me an additional determine
ton OF the people OF the country that the
Southern generals who fought so recently
10 destroy the Union, and who have since
then experienced no change OF heart,
shall not administer our estates In the
North, but that we are going TO look after
our estates ourselves. 1t is gratifying to
me 10 observe tina. there are
TWO TOPICS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
On which the people have made up their
minds. First, that they will have loyal
Government and an honest ballot and q
fair count, and secondly, that all classes
are convinced OF the fact that tariff is not
a local issue, but one OF benefit to agricul.
laborers, manufacturers and all
classes alike. The farmer understands
that without employment In manufactures
there would not be purchasers for the pro-
ducts OF home markets. Now, gentlemen,
not being able TO hear word OF what you
are saying, l will stop aud introduce to
you gentleman, who can give
S2S REASONS WHY THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY
SHOULD De SUCCESSFUL
in the coming election. That gentleman
is Hon. Roscoe Conkling. Tremendous
applause.
Senator Conkling spoke for two hours.
Gen. Grant again spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GESTLHMES:-You have
heard as q plank OF the Democratic plat
form laid down here just now that 1t was
the work OF the Democratic party to till
the gap between the aristocracy and the
laboring classes in the United States, and
youihave been rightly told that we have no
aristocracy. That gap was closed Is years
Rgo when slavery went out OF existence in
America. The only aristocracy that ever
existed in this country was an aristoc-
racy OF the Democratic party, and it had
its lie in the
OWNERSHIP oF HUMAN BEINGS.
Inow introduce to you Col. Pitkin, OF
Louisiana, who knows what that aristoc-
racy was, and will tell you the disaster
which It wrought in the South. loud
applause.
Addresses were also made by Corporal
Tanner, OF Brooklyn, and others. In the
evening there was torchligAt procession,
reviewed by Gen. Grant.