Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-29
Barracks struck by Lightning.
THE CAMPAIGN.


 candidacy of Cleveland and Hendricks at the
 Academy of Music tonight was one of the
 | largest and most enthusiastic political gath
 erings ever witnessed in New York. Long
 1 before the hour announced for the opening
 of the meeting the streets adjacent to the l Academy were thronged with people and in
 less than ten minutes after the doors were
 opened the large building was packed from
 the orchestra to the gallery. The stage and
 boxes had been tastefully decorated for the
 occasion with flags and banners and across 1 the front of the stage were suspended two
 mammoth pictures of Cleveland and Hen dricks. A large number of the boxes were 1 filled with elegantly dressed ladies and their l escorts. Among the prominent persons who | occupied seats both among the audience and on the platform were: Congressman P. A. 1 Collins of Boston, John Boyle O'Reilly, the l popular poet and orator of Boston, Hon. Daniel Dougherty of Philadelphia, Lewis 0.
 Cassidy, attorney general of Pennsylvania, 1 Judges Brady and Donohue of New York, ex- Mayor Grace, General Thomas F. Bourke, | Hon. John Mullalyy Colonel James Cavanagh, | Senator James Daly, General Martin T. Mo
 Mahon and Colonel William R. Fellows of 1 New York, Colonel Michael c. Murphy l James Redpath, Colonel John Tracy and over a hundred other gentlemen equally well l known in politics and public life. O'Dono- | van Rossa also occupied seat just in front I of the platform, apparently representative 1 of the press as editor of the United Irishman 1 Before the meeting was called to order there
 was display of fireworks outside and from 1 the platform the Sixty ninth regiment band l poured forth interesting strains, selections from numerous well known Irish patriotic 1 airs James H. Coleman, chairman of the l committee on arrangements, called the meeting to order shortly after 8 1 o'clock and the Hon. Eugene Kelley was 1 chosen to preside and opened the meeting with brief address. Colonel John 1 OByrne read long list of vice presidents 1 and Secretaries and as he read over the un- mistakab1y Irish names bursts of applause and laughter rolled around the house. Col onel O'Byrne wound up the list by announc- l ing that there were about one hundred more 1 Macs and O's. Prolonged applause followed. l The list was unanimously adopted and Chair
 man Kelley then introduced the first speaker of the evening Senator Jones, of I l speaker said that it had gone out that the 1 great Irish party of America had become l turncoats No word was more inappropri- 1 ate to the race, The Irish had stood un- finchingly by the Democratic party. (Ap- ] plause) They had been upbraided for it by 1 the dudes Qaughter), but had always been
 ready to give reason for the faith that was
 in them. They had seized the spirit of Dem ocratic principles as suitable to their liberty | loving genus.
 1 At this point Mrs Parnell, the mother l of the great Irish leader, appeared in one of 1 the boxes, and on being recognized was l greeted with rounds of applause to which she | gracefully bowed acknowledgements. Senator | Jones continued his address by reviewing the ] Democratic party's history and deeds from l Jefferson, the father of Democracy and of | American liberty, to Cleveland, who now embodied those principles still dear to the
 popular heart. (Applause)
 1 Senator Jones' defense of the Democratic 1 party from the charge of being an Eng | lish'' party and his warnings against being l beguiled by such talk into going to party 1 opposed to true freedom aroused much ap- plause, but his style was too heavy to suit | large part of the audience and good deal of
 uneasiness prevailed before he closed, es- 1 pecially at his references to the prosecutions l of the Irish as Catholics and an unfortunate 1 | iberty-loving Virginia in respect to the atti- l tude of the public men of those sections on l this question. His closing eulogy of Cleve- | land and Hendricks restored good feeling. l The following resolutions read by David Nc l Clure were then unanimously adopted
 Resolved, That the national Democratic party has always maintained the dignity of ! citizenship irrespective of creed, race or ! place of birth, and has never failed while in power to insist upon due recognition of of ] American citizens at home and abroad.
 l Resolved, That the official record which | Governor Cleveland has made is ample | guarantee that President of the United | States he will not fail in his duty in support l of the principles enunciated in the platform ] of the national Democratic convention and in | the protection of the rights of all citizens. l Resolved, That the opposition to the l Democratic party under whatever guise or l name it has been known in the past, from l the days of the federalists down to the days | of modern Repubhcanism, has been against the extension of citizenhood, indifferent to | the rights or wrongs of it's adopted citizens, proscriptive in it's policy narrow and illiberal | in it's views and notoriously since the expira-
 ration of it's original mission, the abolition of 1 slavery, insecure in it's claims and preten- sions. It has claimed, to the prejudice of | the honor of the American people, that it as l a party suppressed the rebellion; it has claimed, to the detriment and insult of Dem ocratic soldiers, that it organized, made and l led our armies and it has failed to uphold | the rights of injured citizens abroad, thereby
 bringing the name of the United States into | discredit. l Resolved, That James G. Blaine during 1 twenty years of official life never interested himself in the welfare of American citizens | who while abroad were deprived of their l liberties and rights without authority of l law, and while Secretary of State not only | failed, but refused to interfere and exert the | influence of the United States government I in behalf of such citizens. Resolved, That believing in the extension 1 and protection of citizenhood and in the | principles set forth in these resolutions and | holding them to be of high importance to the ! l American people, we earnestly recommend to 1
 eur fellow citizens the support, as fitting ] representatives of the party which has al | | ways asserted and maintained these princi- l l pies and made American citizenship respect ed at home and abroad, of the nominees of l the national Democratic convention at Chica- go, Grover Cleveland for President and ! l Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President ! After the adoption of the resolutions cries ! of "Collins Collins!" were heard from all | | parts of the house, and when the popular I young Massachusetts Congressman appeared ! great shout of applause went up P A. 1 Collins arose amidst the p1audits of the as- |
 semblage, and after thanking those present | for their kind greeting, said he was pleased |
 to see such large gathering of Irish !
 citizens and others to endorse the |
 ''I am here,'' he said, without any
 fear or favor, without any apology to offer. The Democratic party is the party on this | continent which has made human freedom 1 possible. It is party that has seen the l birth and witnessed the death of every party l l save one and for that the grave yawns wide in | November" The speaker then reviewed the |
 history of the Democratic party and those l of the various parties from the Whig |
 party down to the Republican party l of to-day. The speaker indulged in an elo-'
 quent eulogy of the doings of the Democrat
 ic party and scathingly arraigned the Re publicans for their deeds in office and the theft of the presidency eight years ago He 1 charged them with corrupt practices and as
 serted that they only gained control of the government in the last election by the purchase of the State of Indiana. The speaker next referred to Parnells ! visit to this country and said that, although
 MT. Parnell had been invited to attend and participate in some of the meetings that were |