The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-11-03
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
A Great Ratification Meeting
Good Speeches.

Presidential campaign was held by the
gpunty Democracy Thursday evening in
and around the Cooper Institute. The
outside stands, covered with japanese
lanterns, the calcium lights, the sky
rockets and Roman candles-in fact, all
the implements and paraphernalia of a
r0uSing political meeting were there,
and two Iusty bands of music drew con-
stant accessiOns from the neighbOring
streets. The square in front of the hall
was in blaze of glory fully half an
hour before the speaking began. At ten
minutes before eight it was next to i'm
possible to find standing room in the
hall. The decorations of the stage were
simple but striking.
The desk was wrapped in the Ameri-
can flag, while the cOlOrs of Germany
and Ireland did service in the back
ground. The audience which scanned
these preparations was the finest, most
representative and most respectable
gathering of Democrats that has been
seen in New York for many day. No
"halls" were represented there, and on
the other hand, there was an element in
attendance which has not, under past
auspices, done service at Democratic
mass meetings. +. Ellery Anderson pre-
sided, and speeches were made by eX-
Senator Clingman, John r. Fellows, ex-
Speaker Randall, Gen. Faulkner and
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others.
SPEECH OF SPEAKER RANDALL.
In the course of Speaker Randall's
speech, he sai0 / read in your plat
form that you renew your demand for
the refunding of the national debt.
You have struck here the keynote of q
general anxiety over all the country.
At the beginning of the FOrty-sixth
Congress the necessity was presented of
presenting refunding bill. The mat
ter was agitated and good deal of
work was done, but it went over to the
short session, when the bill was passed
and sent to President Hayes for his sig
nature. We provided in that bill for
the issue of $400,OO0,0O0 of five twenty
bonds and $300,O00,OO0 of Treasury
notes, both bearing three per CENT, and
in the discussion over the bill the Re-
publican party was constantly de-
CRYING the credit of the cOun-
try and claiming that America,
with all its wealth and resources,
could not borrow money at the rate at
which England could, but the Demo-
cratic party stood firm on the rate that
prevailed in England. Mr.. Randall then
discussed the financial features of the
bill & great length. He spoke of the
powers of the national banks as the
most nefariOus ever welded by any cor
pOratiOns in a civilized country, and he
then said that President Hayes vetoed
the bill. Hisses.) He had no more right
to do il, continued the speaker, than L
have to cut all your thrOats; but he COM
mitted great public wrong for private
interests. That is, perhaps, strong
thing to say, but l received the original
message of veto by President Hayes's
own messenger, and the eraSureS and
changes in the manuscript of that mes
sage proved absolutely that the veto
was written two days at least before he
received the bill. (HisseS) Time has pro-
we'd the accuracy of the Democratic pO-
sition at that time, and we need to pass
that bill again. Why, in the name of
God, should not a young, growing
country like America equal in credit
Great Britain country winch Is on
the decline? The quickest way to en-
force frugal expenditure of public
money and return to the administra-
tive purity of the fathers of the Republic
is to repeal all the laws imposing in
ternaI taxes. 1t is bold step, you may
say, but it is the best. Why should we
collect $360,0O0,000 when we only need
1926, 100000, and hoard up the balance
in the treasury We have no right to
collect one dollar more from the people
than is necessary to run the Govern
ment. As to civil service reform don't
know whether we are to have it from
this administration or not.
don't know what kind of an adj
ministratiOn it is going to be,
excepttha it is third term adminis-
tration.9 A united Democracy is the
only thing that can ever enforce civil
service reform, and 1 therefore call on
you to pun together for the objects stat
ed in your platform, and we will start on
a career of prosperity such as the his
tory of no other country has ever shown.
COLONEL JOHN R. FELLOWS.
Colonel John R. Fellows, being called
upon by the Chairman, came forward
and said: "When some ten months ago
when there was a demand from all the
Democrats of the Union that there
should be better methods and better adj
ministratiOn among the Democrats of
New York, meeting took place in this
hall, and an audience was then cOnVen-
ed to take measures which would be in
accordance with that demand. There
were then, as now, representative men
of the party present; methods were
devised and, though the appropriate
machinery of committees. submitted
to the people and we saw the results in
the convention at Albany, as well as in
the convention In this city. For the
first time in a period covered by my
memory we nave m6GnOu WHICH allows
each individual Democrat to express his
opinion at the primaries, and to see that
opinion carried out in the court. ZAP
Dlause.) For the first time the people,
Sdnd not the bosses, own the Democratic
party. (Cheers.) This is auspiciOus of
a bright future, of greater triumphs
than ever before. A. Democrat has a
right to express his opinion, and the
convention has opened wide the door, so
that any man may walk in-that door
which is not closed and cannot be
closed by Tammany-(his shut
by the lesees of Irving Hall. Hisses.)
We have a Democratic party now in
which the people are the sOvereigns,
and please God we will keep it so.
(Cheers.) We come here tonight to rat
ify the platforms and indOrse the candi-
dates of the two conventions, and judg
ing from the appearance of this audi
ence we do ratify and indorse them.
Cheers and applause)
THE HARMONY OF THE REPUBLICANS.
ga few words will not be out Of place
about the platform and the candidates
opposed to us. A few weeks ago the
Republicans had meeting in the