Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. OHIO REPUBLICANS. A Monster Rally in GarfieIds
 State. THE HERO OF IMPORTATION. The Republics First Citizen in
 the Chair. Why He is a Republican. A Powerful Address by Sena-
 tor Conkling.
POLITICAL.

l of the Republican mass meetings of the cam 1 paign in this part of Ohio is now in progres l at this place. The business blocks and pri l decorated, and flags, banners campaign car ! toons and notices are profusely displayed. 4 fine wigwam capable of holding 10, 900 peo 1 pie, has been erected on the public squar, and three stands for speakers in different sec tions of the public park, it being designed tt have four meetings in progress at one time | Senator Conkling arrived here last night by 1 special train from Buffalo, via Ashtabula, an6 General Grant, ex-Senator Cameron, Genera | John A. Logan and others came by specia train from Cleveland and Chicago at r Y o'clock this morning. Senator Conkling came ' quietly. The other distinguished gentlemen | were met at the depot by bands, polite a ! companies and throng of people and escort | ed to private residences, after which Gener a Grant reviewed long procession. There 1 are probably thirty thousand people in the | town, and the trains arriving are heavily | loaded General Grant and party met witt quite an ovation while en route from Cleve land to Warren and in several cases the Gen eral was obliged to step on the rear platform to bow to the enthusiastic throng. He made no speech, but was loudly cheered.
 Although the weather at the opening of the day was unpropitious, the sky soon became partially cleared and there assembled alto gether from B, 900 to 10000 people this fore noon to participate in the demonstration The roaring of cannon ushered in the day, and special trains with long lines of loaded coach es soon began to arrive over all the lines ot railroads running through the town.
 At 1:3O o'clock the principal speakers were driven to the mammoth fine board wigwam on the principal street capable of accommo- dating 10, 900 people. The interior was ap- propriately decorated and inscriptions of va rious kinds were prominently displayed both within and without. This structure was filled with people at an early hour, and there were thousands gathered around it. On entering the building General Grant and Senators Logan and Conkling were greeted with an ex- traordinary outburst of applause. few minutes later John M. Stull, chairman of the reception committee, introduced General Grant as the presiding officer. He went to the front of the stand and read his speech. He was loudly cheered and the noise was so great that few in the vast assembly heard what was said. General Grant said
 Considering the character and ability of the speak CT today and his long public and associations the leading statesman of the country it will be 
 But it may be proper to tell you why am 3 Repubh at this first occasion of presiding at Republican national party seeking the greatest good great est number of it's citizens There is not single Re- lot and not have it counted cast No matter what it s he can proclaim his opinion without fear and without prescription on account of his politics There are fourteen States where Republicans cannot vote their sentiments without danger The Republican the payment debt of the United States it control affairs The Democratic party does not promise this If it does it has broken it's promise to the extent of hundreds of millions dollars many Northern Democrats can testify to their sorrow. Republican because it is the party that fosters the production of manufactures the general educa- tion of the poor well the rich and allows polit in trying to better their condition and wants to cate their children to enable them to compete fully with their more fortunate associates. In fine it entire equality before the law of every citi zen. matter what his nationality previous ditfon It tolerates no privileged class Every one has the opportunity to make himself all he is capable of
 Ladies and gentlemen, do you believe this can be said of the fusion States of this Union to-day where the Democratic party controls absolutely. The Re- ciple prevailing wherever it has footing The Dem ocratic party is also party of principle and that principle to get control of the government in all it's branches. It is for internal improvements at the pense of the government for section and against it for another It favors repudation of the govern ments obligations for section, and is for the pay ment of it's debt for another It favors fiat money at opposition all of the Republican par ty in order that it control of the govern
  parts every State lately in rebellion during the past year was most respectfully received in every place where went. My receptions were not by the ignorant class but by ali classes. I had talks with many who against us in the war and who have were 9 aii nsanees pleased at Inv visit believe of them anxious to heal sectional strife and confidence between all sections. They want to break away from the slavery which binds them to party. ku-k -kluxism did. When the break comes you will be astonished how many of our Southern friends have condition only be obtained by the continued de feat of the Democratic party system
 Ladies and gentlemen, now have the honor of presenting to you Senator Conkling of New York Great cheering).
 Senator Conkling began his speech by com plimenting the State of Ohio and it's citizens. Not Ohio alone, he said, was represented at the meeting, but Pennsylvania, Illinois and other States. It was indeed a grand meeting. Its presiding officer the most illustrious citizen of the. republic, and the gathering was held in State which was to give the country the next President. The raftsrs pointing toward the interior of the wigwam, which were being rapidly occupied by active climbers and the woods were full of Ohio people, all of whom shared the prosperity of the great State. Ohio was seyenty-seven years old this year. and it's growth since it was a child of Virginia was eloquently de- scribed. To-day the State had 3,20O, 900 people. Geologists said of Ohio that more than On0-uaII or IGS SOIL WdS UOfu0 1TOu 1df distant regions. This was typical of the people who inhabited the favored State, which was the rendezvous of men of all na- tionalities Ohio, although the child of Vir- ginia, had not fallen into the fallacious ideas of that State. Regarding labor in Ohio the people believed in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The State respect ed the dignity of labor and believed honesty of labor to be the passport to all greatness. The effete character of Virginia, which had upheld contrary system ln that labor, was portrayed and the course given that led to the rebellion and the drowning of slavery in its own blood. Virginia aided in the efforts to destroy the government, while Ohio sent 300, ,OOO soldiers to save the country and help crush the rebellion. The Buckeye State had prospered until it was to-day one of the most glorious in the Union. Pennsylvania was complimented in briefer terms, and the ques- tion was put as to why in the midst of such prosperity 8 change was wanted. Was not the national debt melting away ? taxes Sdisap- bearing the currency solvent and honest i? Why should the South want a change if 1t was growing as the census returns predicted. Daughter and applause Special refer ence was made to South Carolina, and sta had been an almost general decrease in products for the past twenty years and no emigration, hence there could be no such increase in population as was al leged Politics had been too largely king in South Carolina, he said, to use the words of Clements L. Vallandigham. MT. Conkling said he expected to be accused of reyiying the sectionalism of war, but wished it understood that he is in no sense rejoiced at the dis tressed condition of the South. He would be very reprehensible if he was. The sena- tor spoke in emphatic terms of the magnani- mity of the people of the North in their treat ment of the people of the South at the close of the war and inquired what could ner in which Grant behaved toward Lee at Appomatox. Other nations had treat ed their foes differently, and so had the Uni ted States when it conquered Mexico. The oldest and most honored citizen of Ohio had never been freer to do his will and pleasure than the people of Mississippi since that State was reinstated Had no Northerners a right to go South, and why should they be