New-York tribune., 1885-10-24

air before the multitude consented reluctantly 10
leave the bulldink
Tie front seats on the fag-draped platform were
occupied by senaior William NJ. Evarts, General
Joseph b. Carr, Alonzo B. Cornell, Cornelius y.
Bliss Charles Watrous. Theodore w. Dwight. and
Others. Seated on chairs about the platform OF
standing near the railings ex-Speaker Galusha
A. Grow, George Bliss, the Rev. Dr. j. i. Newman,
William DOwd. Joel B. EHhaTdt +. II. AmmidOwn.
General +. A. Merritt. Edward Larned, Uuy H. Pei
ton Charles f. Ulrich, ADsOn g. McCOok, General
Wager Swayne, Chairman Hackett OF the Executive
Com nittee of the Republican Sta G Comm ttee.
Secretaries Vrooman and ChckerIng b. r. Mani
crre, IL. G. Leask, John L. Baker, and Charles
Hauselt.
The boxes were principally occupied by ladies'.
Among the persons to whom boxes assigned
were Governor WetmOre. of Rhode Island. Edward
Mitchell, Captain G. s. Cole, of the State
Committee. Cornelius Van Cott, Senators
Gibbs and Lansing, General Jardine Z.
ii. Knox. Colonel j. W. MarshclI. j. X.
OBeIrne, John WInslow, Schuy Ter Crosby, Richard
Marcy. Titus Sheard, S, T. Maddox, r, g. Nc Cord
occupied sears on the floor. General j. W. iusted,
Edmund stephenson and large proportion OF the
members of the Young Republican Club were
among the other persons present
MR. CHOArE'S OPENING REMARKS.
The meeting was opened by Cornelius n. Bliss.
who introduced Joseph II. Choate the perman-
ent president, In these words La lies and gen
tlemen: have the great pleasure Of introducing
to you the presiding officer for this evening, MIR.
Joseph II. Choate." Loud and prolonged ap-
plause Mr.. ChOate SAID
FELLow-CTnENs: We are met tonight under the
happest auspices The full of the OF victory
Applause. Look around you and see who are here.
Geutenrn everybody is here. In the first place. the
Republct women OF New-YOrk Icheersl, waving Tor
here Our gallant stanoar bearers,
e b
lnwe Will put them III by-andby as exhibits 10 prove
our case. The GOvernorelect OF ONO chcerSI, with
laures OF great triumph fresh upon his brow, Is here
TO show how that mighty field was won The honoed
Senator from Vermont lcheer' the champion and the
lifelong exponent of honest administration in the pub
s oae Is Tit e % M M ram S4nn S &
We have assembled to ratiiy the Nominations
vention for officers indorse platform;
but in these days OF loosene1 party e' when there
when parties must be judged by Their practices
and no longer by their professions. they mus
EXPECT to hold and to retain public oce the judges O
England d0-only during good behavior. The ticket
itself the best and only platform And for the integ
rity OF nominees Tor their strict allegiance to the
spirit of practical reform, challenge for them the
pStriotc voter IAppadse.I When look around upon
this vast assembly composed not only OF veteran Re-
in defeat aud in triumph alike, have adhered
% tbs Ss' hdSre and hoSsuds dR' oo %no
were lately esranGed from u.s. thnA We may well call
Republican party lAppianse and voice " Three cheers
The fulblOOted lions Of the party and the hLlfnrerd
hois the party nave kissed each other. Applause
laarhter and the stawSrt in hi. bloody shirt Laughter
they are lying In the same bed together cc mOr",
pro gs Of oar party have eFed to the
family board Tney found no com ort or consolation In
the cold Into which they had shut themselves. Laugh
teri Let us hope that no one OF them
swine did ieed aughter Tor alas, II any OF them ever
hoped for IT, there was nothing but disappointment IN
kill for them the.Iatted calf put best rob.,
upo them. To give them the chief seats at the family
ciaice and we congratuate them and ourselves lhaI
they stand the places where they always
belonged and from which would to God that they had
never departed [Appause.l
Aud now fellow KcpIbli;ans fellow Independents.
fellow Mugwumps. fellow Stalwarts, fellow Breeds
fellows ALL we may well consider the canses which
have brought about this happy fanny reunion. is 1t
the first fruits OF what many Of regarded the
gretl anu GROWING disaster OF the last year The Re
publican party mas had an OUTING. and II turns out that
healthfnl remedy is for jtlcd
by the corruptlohs of city lfe IL - returned once
virtue aud. carnsst Of reQJm Slinn rs T. q te
sens u the PsSpe Of state TOR Their ~nfases candl-
dates Ti and whose records drc-rvcry one
HnWIa,.ej Ief ms nor mistake nv fellow ieplDIlcans
the real aud causes that have called those
dercrs home. viii not do the twenty or thirty thousand
Republicans OF this city who allowed them elves to be
run away with by their cOnSciences last yeaI-these
Cons Rp hllcans, a. they love to c' them eve'
Il Will not believe that they have rejOned ranks
because they have rcpcnted OF that act OF last
Column G' 10y any attempts on tSe part Of RepaTc
oraiorsor Republican paper TO hettlehe services
of Civ Service Reform. lApplanse.l Nor is
it because, they doubt MS personal fl iehty
half But 1t is because they have TO recog-
that the great masses OF tnat party with which they
joined TO elect hiL furnish not only sap.
opposi,ion to ali his movements in that dir.cti5n
or, candidate. Mr.. Davenport Iapp ausel has 50
happily expressed IL in his excellent letter OF accept
auce. at is bec they have found that the
worthy el~ments are determined to do nothing but re-
sst and hwdrt the honest efforts OF the President In
good faith of the principles to which he is committed"
In truth, gentlemen may b. said with strict accuracy
veopnent of Cvil Service Reform, is DOING his hest to
this city lappauseb because his own party
is in open AMI defiant revolt aginst
Nor gent eneu, II you will allow to say so. has
TINS reunion heen OrOuHht about by the eloquent ana
ardent efforts Of great advocates among the Re-
pubcans of the doctrine OF Protection lappausel
valuable and important as that Is REGARDED by the vast
masses OF the party; but there always has been ami
there always must he wide and honest difference aud
q. iheTe are ainnI al DcI,9cpats and NJ" ariw ,Glc
aspires embrace within its own me nbers
majority of me people Of the United stat,
among is members. IArpiaHse Let US sdvocae Pro,
lection we may, and each according TO bis light hut
asunder
HOW THE TWO PARTIES STAND IN NEw-YoRK.
And. again. II you will allow say sO this remark
able and happy change has been brought about by
the outcry against the suppression OF
honest suffrage the South. (Applause
That. gentlemen is not new question
True and just as tho complaints today they have
been Just true and just crying In time in the
last ten years There IL vast and burning EVIL TO be
dressed and every man. Democrat Republican, knows
81 well, aud the people OF tie United are, he
nevc in no mood 10 the results and rlumphs Of
great To- deny TO cit Of the Uni ed
States. whether his sain be black white whether his
creed be Protestant or Catholic. matter what his
opinions matter what his condition, the absolute
aud untrsmmelle1 freedom OF the ballot Loud
applause. But. geutlemeu whatever question there Ia
in that-aud great question II isis question
and it is that ncb has hcd all these benches and
hal rh vii of
Republicans But, believe me- II rightly n derStand
th~ situation OF to-day the thing that has brought an
together mOre-pevcr let hope 10 be separated
the great bond Of union to-day amt for the future is be-
the two great political parties OF the
STATE OF NowYOrk Arrayed by the avowcd