Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-11


esd milwaukee.
A Milwaukee special Of Tuesday 10 The
New York Times says: Carl schurx re-
turned from La Crosse at 4 o'clock thus AZ
te,noon. lie was csc ,rted 10 the residence
of John r. McGregor, where he dined with
a number OF invited guests and Their had
a rest before the grent independent de-
monstration this evening. The meet
inc al L. Crosse last night was monster
AFFAIR. and It Is estimated that 10000 peo-
ME listened TO Mr.. schurz's address. A
s,ecial dispatch says: "His speech
was received with great applause.
In no recent presidential canvass
ms such interest been taken, the Ger
mans almost to man docking TO Cleveland.
There are also q great many Irish voters
here. and nearly three fourths OF the N are
snnportjng the Democratic ticket. Mr..
Sci,irz In bis speech gave bis lessons for
not supporting Blairc, and urged the H.
denendcpts TO cast their vote, where hon.
csty was the true motive. The population
OF Northwestern Wisconsin Is composed
PRINCIPALLY Of Germans and Norwegians, and
they are betting the Republican candidates
10 a man. This has been wholly unlocked
for by the Republicans, and unless some
thing should turn the tide Wisconsin will
give Cleveland 10000 majority"
MFR, schurz, in speaking about the matter
10 the 1imeSS correspondent to-day, said
he was never accorded more ilattering
reception in his life than during his pres
emf visit 10 Wisconsin. The demonstration
io-pIpbt ut the WestSide Turner Hail was
one OF the most remarkable known in the
political history OF the West. The meeting
was held under the auspices OF the English
speaking Independents oil milwaukee,.
The doors OF the hall were thrown open
Mt 7 O'Clock, and In half an hour 5000
people had crowded in and taken seats.
This was the capacity OF the hall, and az
soon as IL was full admittsnce was refused.
The streets for blocks around were so
crowded that IT was impossible TO effect
massage through them. II In estimated that
The crowd around the building numbered
from 10. 0CO 10 $1,000. A stand was hastily
constructed near the hall, and several good
spenkeTs mounted IL and kept the vast as
sfmbla2e in good humor while Mr.. Schurz
was making his address. Among the gen.
tlemen who spoke to the crowd on The out
side were ey Congressman Thad &. Pound,
n. &. Murphy, and NJ. l.. Rocder.
The audience that listened 10 Mr..
Schmz's address was made up OF the rep
resentatlye Englsh-speaking people 81
Milwaukee. The Ladies' Democratic
Club, one hundred strong, occupied seats
Immediately in front Of the speakers plat
form. There were probably i've hundred
or six hundred Democrats In The audience.
The remainder were Independent Repub-
licans-the very best membes OF the Repub-
hcan party-who are just now strenu-
ously opposing the election OF Mr.. Blaine.
The audience was By all odds the most
intelligent and discriminating TINT ever
gathered in this part OF the country
TO listen TO a political address. The hall was
eayly decorated. 4 he national colors were
gracefully draped on either side OF The
handsome stage. There was great pro-
fusion OF luxuriant tropical plants and bios
somiDg flowers at the rear OF the large
Stage. which was occupied by hundred or
more distinguished citizens who had been
invited TO act as vicc-presidents. At 7:ij
O'Clock Cander's orchestra began playing
patriotic air. A few minutes after
O'Clock Mr.. Schurz. escorted 10y half O dozen
prominent citizens Of the State, entered the
nal and slowly made his way to the stage.
As soon as he entered the audience r.
rINfilNllO lbht w lI'tl itAtf NhNfA NV
cheer rent the ar. and il was n quarter OF
az hour before quiet could be restored, 80
that the orator OF the evening could he in
troduccd. President John i. McGregor
made few happy remarks in Introducing
Mr. SchurZ. lie said il was doubtless well
understood that the distinguished gentle
man who was about 10 begin bis address
had been Invited TO milwaukee, by the In
dcrendcnt Republicans who opposed the
election 10 the presidency OF James u.
Elaine. This was meeting OF Re
publicans, not OF Democrats, and in his
estimation was the finest gathering he
had ever been fortunate enough TO pre-
side over. He referred to the fact that
years Ego he and Mr. Sclurz were young
men together in Wisconsin, working with
might and main for the success OF the Re-
party, and it was a melancholy
duty al this time for them 70 meet on po-
liical platform for the purpose OF fighting
the party they had so long worked for.
His position, in nutshell. WAS that he
could not support the nominee OF the party
he loved, because that same nominee had
been charged with accepting hribes and be-
ing guilty OF other acts Of Off ,lal corrup-
ton. After the applause that this blunt
spec oh brought out had subsidized, Mr. Nc
Grcgor introduced Mr.. Schurz.
The speaker Logan by asking the kind in
dulgcncc Of the vast assemOlage. lie cx-
planned thst he had addressed thousands of
reopIc at on open-air meeting the night be-
fore, aud when be retired at midnight he
was thoroughly exhausted. He vas COM
PEELED at an early hour TO take long bus
r de TO catch an early train, and then.
owing to washOuts and collision. was
iostled around for whole day IN railway
caboose. The speaker then made long
explanation OF the causes that led 10 the
troubles. At biz first meeting, he de-
nountcd the interruptions ~ 4 part OF
the tactics OF the Republican mana-
gers II the present campaign. In the way
o, on int oduction, he said that three CT
the men who took The most prominent part
in the proceedings Of the evening Mr..
Schurz, John L. NcGregor, aud II.
CTocLer-were delegates TO the convention
that nominated Abraham Lincoln. These
three men were foremost in the movement
that opposed the election of Mr. Blaine.
at is a most significant fact,' he SAID.
Z" hat the men who shouted for hon st
Abe Lincoln were never heard to shout for
honest Jim Blame. 1t was my in
tentiOn," he continued, "to deliver
an address this evening different
from any have given this season. |
have been fairly besIeged since i made my
address in German on Saturday night TO
repeat It in English this evening. Rcluc-
family. | have consented to do So" The
speaker then launched forth. and for an
hour or more spoke most cloquently on the
subject Of the Mulligan letters. His ar
iaignment Of Blaine's corrupt record was
simply terrible. The familiar letters were
J cad, one 10y one, and their contents were
discussed in a manner that made the Re
lublicans present fairly vince. Mr.. Schulz
summed up his remarks, after reading
the letters, by saying that they bore
the most damning evidence that the
man who held the second highest Office
in the United States had not only accepted
but had asked for a share in an enterprise
that meant nothing less than the bartering
Of On official position for valuable personal
He put his political power in
the market to trade on. and used his posi-
ton as Speaker OF the House Of Representa-
tivcs for purposes OF political prosti-
tuition. Mr.. Schurz then arraigned
Blsinc for lying to Congress and to
the people TO deceive them. Would those
present, as citizens having the interest
Of their country at heart, place such man
in The highest position in the lind! His
friends would say that these things were
old. Were they not true? II they were
new, they would be no less true. II they
were new, his friends would say they were
for the occasion In any