Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-26
REPnnL1cANR RALLY.

K ER UBAICAN kBAAAXe | Another Big Meeting fin the Tenah
 Ward WIgwam-EIOquence and Wit l
 Great Enthusiasm-TywO Old SOls
 d1ers Talk.
 The Tenth ward Republican wigwam on sperry street was crowded again last even ing. Many ladies were present.. Hugh Daley, president of the Tenth ward club, presided over the meeting. Several of the vice presidents of the club occupied the plat form. The speakers of the evening were el- oquent and interesting and gave fair state l ments of the issues before the people. They l were General John l.. Swift, of Boston, and | General George ". Carter, of Louisiana l Both were soldiers in the late war, the former | on the Union side, the latter on the Confed- | crate side. Every mention of the Republi- 1 can candidates was the signal for instantane- | ous outbursts of applause The audience | listened for over two hours.
 General John L. Swift, of Boston, was the | first speaker. He wore silk skull cap and | excused that occurrence by the cold with | which he was suffering. He said that he l had been reading Carl Sehurz's speech and | been made very sad thereby. He had sup posed that one of the worst things that could l come to a republic was the denial of the prerogatiye of suffrage to the people, or the frequent up- heayal of the industries of the people, but Carl Sehurz tells us that nothing worse could happen for the republic than the election of James G. Blaine. But we must remember that Carl Schurz is a variable sort of statesman, political pendulum which swings back and forth from one party to an- other This is his Democratic year. The is- sue before us is who shall be the twenty fourth successor of George Washington and the Republicans have nominated it's great
 statesman James G. Blaine (Applause)
 The speaker referred to his former visits to New Haven and said that the only difference
 between the parties then was that the Demo crats said that we couldn't free slaves and we said we could and we went along and did it. The mention of Abraham Lincolns name was greeted with tremendous applause. He said that his friend who wore gray for years (al- luding to General Carter) and himself, who wore blue, were standing shoulder to should CT to put the old flag in the hands of James G. Blaine
 At this point the Blaine and Logan veter- ans marched in, over one hundred strong commanded by Colonel Barton They were
 
 his speech. He said Blaine would be elected by the largest number of electoral votes ever cast for President. He said he lived in l nest of Independents in Boston He de- scribed them as young men who spoke four or five languages and spoke them all with l lisp. They wear pointed shoes and pants so l tight that it seems as if they couldn't have got into them without the aid of a pile | driver. They part their hair in | the middle and draw the line right | there Their peculiar consciences won't 1 allow them to vote for Blaine, but will allow them to vote for man like Governor Cleve- land. When you see man who looks as if | he had lost all his friends and had swallowed | something disagresab1e, you can know that | he is an Independent.
 General Swift spoke briefly on the tariff. which he said everybody knows is the great issue of this campaign.
 In regard to the record of Governor Cleve- land the speaker said: 'tHad I the time I | could prove to you that he has prostituted his office as no other official ever did It is silly to call him the Reform candidate
 The record of the Democratic party in Con- gress for the last two years was briefly run over and criticised. The meaning of the present uprising of the people is a protest l against that Congress which never did but one good thing and that was when it ad journed. If a change is necessary, as the Democrats at Chicago said why not give the Republicans chance in Kentucky where they have been out for 34 yearsa There are more Democratic of1ce-holders in the coun- try than Republican.
 In conclusion the speaker said: q wish to ask why this response comes at the mention of a certain name, why this crowding of peo- pie from farms and villages to see the white | hairs of one man and give him popular l ovation? It is because the people resent the put upon a great statesman. 1 When Grover Cleveland comes along they tell him to stand aside and make way for the Republican chieftain of Maine as he marches forward
 General George w. Garter, of Louisiana, was given a tremendous ovation when he arose to speak after President Dailey's brief ! Three cheers were led by the veterans. He said he was an ex-Democrat and ex-rebel FI have been politically born | again, he said, land I haven't found it a very pleasant process, but it is something l every Democrat has to pass thorough before he is of much use. I was taught to believe l in the constitutional right of secession and believed it religiously. He went into the war and if any man outside of hell ever felt worse than did after the war I'm sorry for him. It shook my faith in God and religion and everything else. But don't think that way new I've learned something since then. The North 1 was generous and just in it's legislation 1 And am not ashamed to admit that was wrong and you were right and I am glad for our sakes that we didn't win in that fight. am now Republican because in my iudg ment the Republican party is the party that the dominant and supreme .senti- ment of the people. There is no reason why party should go out unless it has become useless. The Democrats were in power fifty two years and finally failed to represent the sentimentaof the people and the people put them out to stay out. The only thing to do with the Democrats is to regenerate them l And think they would all be willing to be born again if they were not afraid of being born Republicans"
 The great works accomplished by the Re oublicans in saving the Union and recon 'tructing it were alluded to. And the work 'f the party has not been accomplished. It is building for the centuries The Democrats lave got an idea that they know how to run government and that Grover Cleveland | would make good President They are sad y mistaken. Although Cleveland wears a wenty-two inch collar he don't know enough l o be President. He is second-rate lawyer md made good sheriff. And his party lasn't got sense enough to run government ] Us good opposing party. Its object is to Ieep their eyes open, stir up and criticise f ls
 The speaker nrged he tRepublicans to york right and vote right and carry the { 'tate for Blaine
 During his speech an uproarious Butlerite lad to be ejected by the police After the aeet1ng the veterans marched to their quar- (