Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-30
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. REPUBLICAN ORATORS. Eloquent Discussion of the Cam
 paign lssues. Secretary Evarts in New York. Five Thousand Republicans in
 Cooper Institute. Senator COnkling in Ohio. Thousands Listening to
 Him at Cleveland.
Senator Conkling in Ohio.
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
 | Meeting with Garfield-EIis Exposition
 of Republican Principles.
 | CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 29.-The National
 Club executive committee returned last night from Mentor, where it paid it's respects
 to General Garfield. The committeeman present are Franklin McVeigh of Illinois,
 chairman; Thomas Nichols of Wisconsin,
 secretary; c. A. Boutelle of Maine, J. Guy l McCandless of Pennsylvania G. w. Gardner of Ohio, Charles Case of the District of Co.,
 lumbia Charles Kahlo and Caleb S. Denny of
 Indiana. Beyond continuing the organization
 and passing few resolutions of no general 1 interest little was done at Mentor. The committee met in the library and were intro l duced to General Garfield by Chairman Mo-
 Weigh, who explained the purpose and work of
 the recent club conventions. In reply General
 Garfield welcomed the committee, and said
 that while established usage and good taste
 forbade his touching upon political subjects
 on such occasions, he thought it would be fol 1 ly for him to assume an attitude of indifer-
 ence to any proper efforts for the increase of
 the intelligence or strength of the Republican
 party. He was not ashamed to say he sin
 cerely hoped for the success of the Repubi- | can party, even if it has chosen him it's Presidential candidate. He desired it be-
 cause he believes in its principles in it's spirit l of liberty, of justice and of progress, and in l it's answering fidelity to the Union and to 1 the spirit of the Constitution. He heartily endorsed the work of the committee in its | efforts to bring all Republicans into
 harmony and closer organized relations with | the practical public duties of citizenship, one I of the most essential elements of real Repub | icanism. Even where no special indifference | IS felt by the people we often find, through 1 carelessness of many, that the management
 of public affairs often gravitates into bad hands. Any organization to promote greater watchfulness of public interests on the part l of the many, if wisely prosecuted, must re- 1 suit in good. Without being fully appraised l of the plans and modes of organization he could say that with it's general plan as stated
 by the chairman, he is in hearty accord.
 Senator ConkIing at CIeveInnd-Greeted by a Splendid Audience.
 | CLEVELAND, Sept. 29.-Although the wealth CT was intensely disagreeable and rain was l frequently pouring in torrents and heavy l sharp gusts of cold wind blowing frequently, the Cleveland Armory Hall was packed to | overfowing by 7:30 this evening by fine
 an audience of ladies and gentlemen as the ] Republican managers and Senator Roscoe | Conkling could have wished to see. Many persons came from neighboring towns and
 some from long distances throughout north | ern Ohio, several special trains being run on ] the principal lines. There were numerous I bands of music and long and imposing ! torchlight procession, while the throng of spectators the streets was considerable. At a few minutes before o'clock Senator Conk- ling appeared on an elevated stage shaped like a pedestal and was greeted by tremendous outburst of applause. He was introduce by Hon. Amos Townsend, who had been appointed president of the meeting after the decision of General Grant to return to Chicago this morning in company with Gen. l eral Logan. Senator Conklng began his speech by complimenting Cleveland, saying | so prosperous a city should especially set it's l face strongly against a change. Financial topics with reference to political change ! were touched on, and while on this subject | the speaker gave much that was in his New York speech.
 The Campaign Issues-Secretary Evarts Heard From-Addressing an Audience of Five Thousand - Cooper Institute Filled With Enthusiastic Republicans. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Thele was great Republican rally at Cooper Institute tonight. l Fully five thousand people were present. The great attraction was speech from W. M. Evarts, Secretary of State. The meeting was presided over by Hon. Hugh Mccullough, ex- Secretary of the Treasury who introduced 1 the speaker of the evening in a few brief re- l marks. Mr. Evarts commenced by saying I that the great question is to which of the two parties might the conduct of the affairs of the l nation for the next four years be most safely l trusted. Twenty-four years ago the people 1 trusted to Pennsylvania Democrat (Buchan- an). (Hisses.) To-day it is proposed to you 1 that you shall restore the government to an- l other Pennsylvania Democrat. Twenty years ago the people trusted the government to the Republican party, born of patriotism and de- ! voted to liberty. (Applause.) If next No vember the Pennsylvania Democrat is placed 1 in power it will show that the people are tired of patriotism and weary of liberty. But the people will answer again as they have answered before, ''Never No, NeverI" Dur | ing the war every coward and poltroon in the whole North was found in the army of non 1 fighting traitors, but the Republican party
 had decided that liberty should prevail if it
 took the last dollar and the last man, and the | people said when the war was over the party ] that carried us through the war should con duct the government. Now the Republican party will keep the government so long as 1 the Democratic party presents the same front l that it does now. That party expected to | gain power no longer by the arts of war, but by appealing to the generous, confding
 nature of the people. But the people see that | the candidate of the Democratic party is
 better than the party itself, while they know 1 that the Republican party has made liberty universal. Referring to Mir. Tilden the speaker declared that in his case history had repeated itself, for in record and in temper | Tilden and Buchanan were alike as two peas. | The speaker next dealt with the solid South, which he condemned unsparingly as an ene- my to the peace and prosperity of the North. l Then he alluded to General Garfield in terms ! of warm praise, saying that he had 8 larger 1 and more varied experience, more com prehensive mind and tender heart and better | appreciation of his country's difficulties than l any candidate that has been presented ! to the people since the nomination of Gener- I al Grant. The speaker spoke next of the | prosperity and fertility that prevailed 1 throughout the country. If the people, he | said. had known President Hayes better four years ago, he would have had a larger vote | The people feel about Garfield now as they felt about Hayes four years ago, and four 1 years hence they will think about Garfield as ! they think about Hayes now. In speaking of General Hancock NIT. E.Var5s stdo ne aouli6Seo
 he was great and faithful general, and no Republican seeks to obscure or belittle his fame in that regard. But he cannot come up | to the standard of party like the Republican which can boast of such men Lincoln and Hayes Mr. Evarts also spoke of the free dom of the South, and asked if all else against 1 the freedman is the federal executive also to
 be against them? There was 8 wide gulf, he said. between the principles of Abraham Lin
 coin and his party and the party which Gen. eraI Hancock now represents. General Ar
 thur was praised by the speaker as man who never had an office but what came to him by the free will of the people In the remaining part of his speech MT. Evarts spoke of the great questions now before the people and strongly condemned the Democratic party for it's action on these questions.