The Portland daily press., 1884-11-10
INCENDIARY UTTERANcEs.
Meeting of Alleged Business Men
Of New York.
WIAD ENTHUsIAsM MANIFESTED
AND WILD SPEECHES MADE.

NEW York, Nov. 8.-The merchants held q
meeting st the Academy of Music tonight to
celebrate the election of Cleveland and Heu-
bricks. All the exchanges aud trades that
we're represented in the parade of November
1st sent delegations. The BUILDING was
packed.
Carl Schurz met with the widest kind of a
reception. He and Samuel j. Randall sat to-
getber on a sofa near the chairman, August
Belmont. Mr.. Belmont In his opening ADDRESS
said that the Democratic party had won the
victory and nothing would be allowed to inter
fel with Cleveland's inauguration. Every
time this sentiment was expressed during the
evening the building shook with applause.
When Carl Schurz was introduced there was
another tonado. Mr.. Schurz said; ~ am here
to exchange congratulations ss one of the In
dependent Republicans who felt il to be their
duty to turn their backs upon the candidate OF
their own party and support Grover Cleveland
(2reat applaase) as the exponent and represen-
tative of integrity and Administrative reform.
Iapprehend that this is not mere party tri-
umpb, in the narrow sense of the word but is
emphatically the victory OF honest government
in America, and of national honor in the eyes
cannot be measured by the size OF our own
majority, for that majority is not very large,
but it may pc measured by the power we have
had to overcome and the greatness of the result
it has accomplished, and 1t is still destined to
accomplish. (Great cheering) Tam candidly
OF the opinion that If we had failed this time
the powerful interests clustering around the
ruling party, under the leader they would
have had, would in few years perhaps have
been strong and daring enough if not to COR
rnpt 10 defy public opinion and perhaps to re-.
sist and to battle the peaceful expression of it.
repeat my prediction that as long as you and
and our children and their children live, no
political party in the United States will dare
to nominate a man for the presidency whose
hands are not cleaD.
MIR. Schurz concluded by extolling Gov,
Cleveland and WAS almost continuously cheere
Hon. Samuel j. Randall, who was received
with great enthusiasm, was the next speaker.
He praised Gov. Cleveland's character and
ability, and predicted beneficial results from
his administration.
Ex.U. s, Senator ]. B. Gordon of Ca, next
spoke. He said that for the first time in q
quarter of century he could greet his hearers
as his fellow countrymeD. For the first time
since the hostile guns of the North and South
ceased to thunder, feel that am your equal
in our common country, and can stand be-
fore you tonight and salute your flag as INV
own. The same blood comes through your
veins as mine, We love liberty, we love good
government and by the Gid of our fathers We
intend to stand with you in the future for it,
| To you this triumph Is new birth and to the
South it is a resurrection. (Great cheering)
Hon. Daniel Dougerty of Phiadelp phia,
made an address in which he said Grover
Cleveland has been elected and by the living
| God all the power on earth aud in hell shall
never tear the purple from his shoulders"
Mayor-slect Grace, +. r. Candert aud A. S.
| Sullivan also made addresses, and resolutions
we're adopted coDgra' ulating the business
men of the country on the election of Cleve-
land and Hendricks, aud expressing the opin-
| ion that the nation was now assured of four
years of pure governments by capable and hon
\ est men.