Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-21
TRYING TO BOOM ARTHUR.
KID-GLOVED NEW WORKERS
HOLD A MASS MEETING.

New YORK, May 20.-A great mass
meeting of citizens and business men,
called to express approval of the admins
tration of President Arthur and urge his
denomination for a second term, was held
tonight in Cooper Union. A more orderly
and intelligent audience than that which
crowded the great hall was never before
seen in this city. At 1880 O'Clock every
seat in the building was occupied, and
half an hour later, when Cornelius NJ.
Bliss, of Bliss, Fabyan & Co., called the
meeting to order, not another person
| could find standing room in the hall.
! ThrOngs still continued to pour into the
! doorway until, at $40 O'Clock, Capt. Me-
! Cullough, who was in charge of
40 policemen in the hall, feeling
that there might be danger in allowing
too many persons to crowd their way gave
orders to close the doors. Among the au-
dience were large numbers of ladies'. Seats
were provided upon the platform for about
sixty people.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
Among the prominent persons who oc-
cupied them were Cornelius NJ. Bliss,
Frederick S. Winston, Henry Ward
Beecher, Benjamin IL. BristOw, Edward
S. Pierrepont, Assistant United States
Rollins, DIR. &. r. Agnew, Legrande b.
Cannon, Jesse Seligman, Salem FL. Wales,
Samuel Sloan, President of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Will
liam Dowd, Silas B. butcher, Julius Hall
garten, Leonard Haselton, DIR. A. Haw-
kins, Parke Goodwin, David Milliken, Jr.,
NJ. e. ID. Borden, Jacob Wendell, James
Otis. j. bingham, FL. n. Camp, J. X.
Herrick, Josiah NJ. Fiske, +. ID. Sa bin, j.
d. Vermilye, c. S. Smith, j. N. Phelps,
Seth b. French, Charles E. Miller, James
d. Smith, Dock Commissioner Laimber,
Fire Commissioner j. j. Morris, Henry
Clews, John Austin, Mr.. Stevens, Edward
III. AmmedOn, W. A. Gellatty, V. NJ.
Brown, Charles F. Chandler, NJ. w.
Cooper, DIR. S. o. VanderpOol, and others.
The band, which was stationed at the
right of the platform, discoursed popular
airs.
CHEERS FOR MR.. BEECHER.
When Mr.. Beecher made his appear
ance the audience gave three cheers and
the applause continued some time after he
took his seat. The Siamese Minister. who
is visiting New York, came in just before
the meeting opened, and with the men,
bers of his suite was given place on the
platform. At O'Clock Mr.. Bliss called
the meeting to order and in brief speech
stated the object for which it was called.
He said that it was an unusual thing for
business men to have voice in choosing
candidates for the Presidency, as this was
the work of those who were supposed to
be better versed in public affairs.
BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS.
Political papers had endeavored to de-
preciate the efforts of the business men
in the present Instance, and had insinu-
ated that at the present time, especially,
it would be better for the business men
to attend to their own business, and look
after stocks and bonds and merchandise
instead of meddling with politics. They
would take the liberty, however, in spite
of these unfair comments, to express their
views in the matter, and urge the renomi-
nation of the man who, although he came
into office under such trying circum-
stances, had proved himself so worthy the
great charge intrusted to him by the peo-
pie, and whose administration had met
with such signal success. Applause.
ARTHUR AND NEW YORK.
President Arthur was certain to re-
ceive the vote of New York State, which
could not be said of any other candidate
and it was only right that his fellow-citi-
Zens should meet to express their ap-
proval of his course and urge his renomi-
nation as the one man who possessed the
entire confidence of the greatest business
community of the new world. He con-
cluded by introducing Frederick S. Win
ston, of the Mutual Life Insurance Com.
pany, as Chairman of the meeting.
Mr.. Winston was received with ap-
plause as he stepped forward and thanked
the assemblage for the honor conferred on
him, ard said that the meeting was called
to discharge a duty which, as citizens,
each man owed to his country.
''THE MAN THE PEoPE WANT"
He characterized President Arthur as
Of iphn int
every way worthy of support. Men of
all classes were centering upon President
Arthur. Efforts were being made by par
tisans to make the workingman believe
that the meeting had been called in the
interest of a certain class. He denied
that it was class meeting, and asserted
that it was mass meeting of all citizens
Every one felt the Importance of having
a good candidate in the present crisis,
and he felt certain that their efforts would
be crowned with success in November |
next.
The list of Presidents was then read,
comprising several hundred names, in
cluding nearly all the principal merchants
and bankers, and pr OCCASIONAL men in the
city.
Resolutions in the full spirit of the
meeting were then read by eX-Judge
Horace Russell, and unanimously
adopted. Parke Goodwin, editor of the
Commercial AdUertiSer, made a short ad-
dress.
BEECIIER's SPEECH.
Henry Ward Beecher arose amid great
enthusiasm and was loudly cheered. He
said:
A most excellent evening paper in Brook
lyn, whose editor / esteem very highly be-
cause he esteems me very highly laughter
not long ago. in playful assault, said that
Mr.. Beecher used to be very much opposed to
President Arthur, but he had come around
and become a great friend OF his, and
that that was just like Mr. Beecher.
TTaughter.l / am here to verify every word
of that. | was not prejudiced in Mr.. Arthur's
favor. | was, on the contrary, displeased
with him, and | regarded the success of his |
administration as being very uncertain. but
have been won from those prejudices by the
steady progress of his wise and prudent ad-
ministration. Applause | am therefore
Mr.. Beecher, and hope that it VIII be to the
day Of his death, that when he finds himself
on the wrong side to get over to the other.
Long continued applause.
HIS POSITION.
am here not as a clergyman, but as a
business man. have a right to speak what |
think on all questions respecting the public,
and to give forth such views as / think will |
cOnduce to the welfare Of our nation, and if
what l say conduces to the party all the bet
ter for the party, and If it does not all the
assemblage OF business men and not of capi-
talists or monopolists, or bloated bOndholders
as we have been termed, by, was going to
say raving madmen, but / will be charitable
and call them ill-natured men.
A TICKLER FOR THE BUSINESS MEN.
| hold that the business part of the COM
munity represents, in many respects the best
interests of our whole country, and the busi-
ness men, perhaps more than any others, re-
quire a stable government. They don't care
much about policies, because they can
adapt themselves to policies, but they do want
to be able to look forward to a stable and uni
form policy Of government. A vine-a morn
ing glory can adapt itself to circumstances
1t can creep along a stone wall; it can climb
up around piece of twine or wire, or, like a
charming woman about ugly man, about a
dry stick. Laughter.
STABILITY NECESSARY
But If you are going every day to entwlne
and put in a new stick it will give up by and
by. The business community can adapt
themselves to almost any condition, and all
they ask is let us alone when once we have
established ourselves in any one line We
will take care of the consequences. We have
met here simply as voice to suggest to the
convention at Chicago what is the will of the
Republicans OF New York. together with as
many Democrats God has made rational
and intelligent. Applause and laughter.
NO THREAT INTENDED.
We are not here to inveigh against any
been mentioned, nor make threats that if oar
express our wishes, and then the minority
submits itself to the majority. Who is Chester
A. Arthur He is a man who has proved
himself under irving circumstances one of tho