The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-31
TIE MEETINGS LAST NIGHT.
DIR. Starkloff, Major Calkins and Others
Address the Germans.
The Colored Voters Rally at the Park Theatel
--Forcible Speeches by Hon. Frederick
Douglass and Others.
ADDRESSING THE GERMAN CITIZENS.


&speeches by Hon. n. II. StarklOff, Major W.
ii. Calkins and Philip Rappaport.
The meeting held at Masonic Hall last night,
owing to the late arrival of the speakers, did not
get fairly under Roadway until a quarter after
o'clock, the waiting interval being lightened by
several atirring songs sung with fine effect by
the Central Blaine and Logan Glee Club. The
meeting was called to order by Otto Stechhan,
who introduced Jacob L. Bieler as chairman,
Hon. Philip Rappaport, George c. Krug' Dr.
Theodore Wagner and others occupying seats
upon the stage.
The first speaker was DR.. N. IL Starklof, Of
Missouri, candidate in that State upon the Re
publican ticket for Lieutenant governor. The
Doctor is a gentleman of fine presence, his feat
ures strongly resembling those of tho late Sena-
tor Morton as he looked when war Governor Of
Indiana. The Doctor spoke in German,
and after paying his respects to the
peculiar and absurd position of Carl
Schurz, which he mercilessly dissected,
made a graphic and vigorous comparison
OF the policy Of the Democratic party, contrast
Ing it with the Republican party, which has ever
been the party of progress, the party of ideas,
the party of humanity. In the matter of tenn
Rerante ana poTSOndl Hberbyt Oillh ;" -
State where the candidate for Governor on the
Democratic ticket is an ex rebel general, and
whe has declared himself in favor of prohibitory
legislation, he created a sensation by the man
ner in which he showed that question was in
VOWED in different States.
As he was speaking a delegation of about two
hundred soldiers filed into the hall, seating
room for whom was made, but not without con
siderable difficulty. and crowded the hall to its
fullest capacity. A reference of the Doctor to
John A. Logan brought the boys to their feet,
and three cheers and a tiger for the great volun-
teer general were given with a vocal volume
that fairly shook the building. Tn Doctor
concluded his speech with a glowing
eulogy of Mr.. Blaine as q man of
broad and comprehensive craftsmanship,
the leader of a great party, in whose hands the
destiny of the Nation was safe and in whose
guidance its glories would grow brighter.
Major Galkins was the next speaker, and as
he stepped forward the veterans rose to their
feet, and, assisted by the entire audience, gave
their cemrade three rousing cheers, followed by
a royal Bengal tiger. The Major said he rather
liked that yell. 1t was inspiring to an old
soldier. He had heard it before, when it came
from the other side, and when it was
far from inspiring or comfortable. He said
he knew that it was getting too late
to discuss the issues. The verdict has been
made up, and the people are only wanting for
the bailiff to bring in the jury and tho verdict
He did not believe the people were yet ready to
turn the Republican party out OF power, not
understanding Mr.. Hendricks demand for a
change. He then proceeded to show what that
change would involve. and the dangers of trust
ting 10 the promises of a party whose past record
had been VIGOROUSLY bad, opposing at every
steT each great reform advocated and carried by
the Republican party. The people must not,
like Samson. trust to their enemies, to be shorn
of their ~strength-must not sacrifice prosperity
brought about by twenty-three years of protec-
ton. Their strength may come again as in the case
of Samson. but when they put their strong
arms around the pillars of the temple and the
14fAple falls, destroying their enemies. they,
to. like the strong man of Israel, will be found
crushed under the ruins
Major Calkins then talked particularly to the
veterans and fought the battles of the Union
over again in the Army of the Tennessee, that
great army which, under its gallant leader John
A. Logan, had never lost a battle nor lowered
its flag; and MS he named Donelson,
Shiloh, Peachtree creek, Vicksburg, Resaea,
Atlanta and the march to the sea, the veterans
listened in breathless attention, filling up the
pauses with hearty applause. He concluded
with an exhOrtation to stand by james q.
Blaine and John A. Logan, by liberty and law,
by justice and truth, and protection to every
home, every workshop, every interest of human
ity, of virtue and of labor, which would be rep
resented in the next four years of Republican
administration.
Philip Rappaport followed in q brief speech
in English, in which he paid special attention to
the recent speech of Judge Stallo, which he
showed to be a production filled with malice and
misrepresentation. Mr.. Rappaport showed the
Republican party to be as free from interference
with personal liberty as the Democratic party;
that that question was not an issue in national
politics, and that the question of protection to
American industry was the paramount policy of
the Republican party, being best for the labor
lug man and for all the interests of the people.