New-York tribune., 1880-10-28
~ ADDRESS BY W. W. AsTOR.
sPEAKING IL GERMAN AND ENGLISH TO WORKING
MEN on THE EAST SIDE.

sPRAKING IL GERMAN AND ENGLISH TO WORKING
MEN on THE EAST SIDE.
A worfngmen's mass-meetlug was held last
evening at Conc0sd!a Hall. No. 80 Ayenue-A, for the
purpose OF ratifyiDg thr Republican National STATE
and county nominations. efore hour for
meeting. nearly thousand members Of The various
workIngmeu'- campaign clubs assembled at the head
quarters AZ Forsyth and HOusionss and marched with
torch. TO the hall.
Justice jacob NJ Patterson. jr called the meeting 10
ordor and D L. Enscin was nominated 10 tho char.
William Waldorf AstOa, The Republican candidate fnr
Congressman from the NIIh D.sr.ct was then intro
duccd MANY of the in the audience were Germans
aud NJ Astor began his Spcocn The German language,
thanking ui- hearers ther presence not only In the
hall bat IN the Republic party. He referred to the
support which the q .ruans had given him when a can
dlGate heretofore aud hoped that they might feel as
Kindly toward HIM again. and he cxh0red them all to
work for Garfield apd Arthur and by doing to work
for their own Then the speaker dropped
The German aud spoke in English. relnarkBg that
lie coud say more ana might be better understood
by the majority II he should DO the rest 0: bis talking
IL Englisa he said hai ne came 10 address he au"i-
tIc political situau not a. Repubcals nor as
Democrats nut cItz OF the R"pub Ic. an OF whom
had interests ana OOie,tS IN view "Hcn NOIn De
affected IN way another by the TesIt o the ap
preaching e,ectl,i E'o"t g" Je'SS VIZ" i 70 I 'i
same toa we're prosperity AT hoinr hoh9I ABROAD ana
equal rgJt- t. al. Government must b. able 10 pro-
tcct its interests at home, and 70 make It's nag respected
all over tie world must DE- strong enough do that
10 command respect IN All parts ot Its own territory.
cussed. Bad laws. TIE speaker SAID. have a
bad effect upon tne community ami uroD
business, and deprive many people OF thclr
rights The pIcsen, Excise law Is an lnstancc Of this
II IS effective that NAV give power 10 corrupt men
10 nuuder the people. aud to impose upon them very
heavy u tdst haDlt. .
Speaku. Of pres nj prosperity OF the country Mr.
Asor compared Win he cplti0n of Affairs six years
ago Then business suffering from great depression
Iscsuiup upou tarn protecting Amer can Industry
were TWO elements ihat did much 10 Ofng a'Out tnc
present happy condition. and by Inc gradual payment
public dtbt The country had the best Of credit
a
the tariff confused by designing men that
many voters ola not nave clear
idca OF what il was when they
went polls III TIE past. But the issue bad
come up iOrcDly Is al present. The question
whether not AmeI'cIn labor should bc protected
acaiust foreign labor: whether the wOrkmcn should
make iui time with American wages. or f time
European rate OF wages AS for protective lanii Il
was clearly led In
cred wears conditions mgnt he different, but nov,
II the tarf abolished the factories must close
The workmen AID tner families must starve. A
man who could advocate sucH consequences was not
worthy 10 be called au American citizen. The interests
of thc yorkIngIneu were to be guarded; the public
school were be guarded, aud their advantages kept
open 10 all. 49,, . .-. 49,. =,
Aston satd that he should represent class, but
ali the interests OF n district and above ali, lac would
eudcayOr 10 represent al the interests OF ihe whole
CITY IN the best manner. ne undcIftOOd tbcn. i9
thOug.t had claim Upon the German cltlZens,
es own family Of German descent ana had been
identified Tor thau eighty years WIti tuo pros
pcrIty and growth of New York city.