Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-22
A YEkY FEEBLE RALLY.
orators from Abroad FAN to Arouse tht
Gnthnsi asm of IltY kepnblIcann

AOrOAn Eatl Arouse rho
Entnusiasm OF city kepublicans.
The Republican Central club, composed
OF the high toned members of the party,
having fitted up their club room in Shultz's
building, opposite the Grape hotel, and
flung TO the breeze portraits of their caudi.
dates, slgnalizsd the occasion by calling a
great mass meeting and announcing tha,
the red headed and hopeful Thomas Y,
| Cooper, OF Delaware county, aud CharlC
| Emory Smith, of the rat" subsidy organ
| Of Philadelphia, would address the meeting
The Young Mems Republican club com
posed of the lesser lights of tho party,
met ut their headquarters in Excelsior hall
and, with a baud OF music at the head of
the line, marched down East King street to
Centre Square. and up North Queen street
to the Central club room, where the two
clubs united their forces and marched to
the railroad station to meet the dis
tinguished speakers and escort them to
the place of meeting.
The cars came in in due time with the
speakers aboard. They were taken in
charge by the club, and amid the banging
OF bass drums, the clanging of cymbals
aud the footing of horns, were escorted to
the club Ioom, which was crowded.
A motion was made and carried to ad-
tand called the crowd to order and intro
duced j. II. Brown, esq who mounted q
store box, congratulated the masses on
the excellence OF the Republican nominees
and the Central club on their elegant
and comfortable club room, to tho
hospitality of which hearty inyi.
tation was extended to all-svel those
hardened sin ners the Democrats,
The club room is certainly very prettily
fitted up. IL is about so by 80 feet in
dimension, occupying the entire second
story Of the Shultz property. 1t is hand.
somely painted, papered, carpeted and
furnished with chairs. sofas, pictures aud
piano.
At the close of Mr.. Browns speech, Hon.
ThOs. V. Cooper was introduced aud made
rambling address interspersed with
commonplace anecdotes. He failed TO
create any enthusiasm, aud one disap
pointed Republican being asked by
another why it was that Toms speech
didn't stir up the boys, replied because
there's nothing in it,"
Charles Emory Smith, Of the PhiIadel.
phia Press, followed. He declared the
Republican skies to DO bright in all sec.
tious Of the country and tried to raise
laugh in the crowd by describing tho con
ulIlou ot tno pollIlcil weather, somewhat
after the manner of "Old Probabilities,
but his wit was not appreciated by tho
crowd which rapidly thnned
out and sought consolation In the
neigh BORING beer saloons. Mr.. Smith said
he didn't like Cleyeland's letter it was
empty; it contained too little about the
tariff and Mormonism, and too much about
the rights of the workingmau. Mr..
Smith could not of course be expected TO
like that part of Governor Cleveland's
letter, because 1t is in direct conflict with
the principles and practice Of Mr. Smiths |
paper, tho Press, in which office the repu- |
table workingman is displaced TO make
room for the undermining rat" aud where
protection to monopoists is advocated in |
consideration of $50, 900 subsidy.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Smiths |
laranguc, the meeting dispersed.