St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-24
FUSS AND FEATHERS.
Republicans Indulge in Grand Walk
Around and Exhibit Their
Heavy Weights.
The G. o. P. Gathers in Madison Square
Garden and Gets Very Red
in the Face.
Foraker of Ohio and Edmunds o.
Vermont, With a Sight of
Evarts, the Attractions.
How the President Stands Politically
--Beecher's Preferences--Big
Votes for Hill.
Ha1cyon and vociferous Time.

AMaIcyon and V0ciGer0Es Time.
New YORK, Oct. 23.-Madison Square
garden was flied to sutfocation tonight at
the first Republican mass meeting held in
this city to indorse the state ticket. From
an early hour crowds began to pour into
the hall, and at the hour the meeting was
opened fully 5000 persons were present,
among them a large number OF ladies' and
among the vice presidents on tie program
were ex-President Arthur, Senator EvartS,
Senator Warner Miller, Alonzo B. Cornell,
John Jacob AstOr, j. Pierrepent Morgan,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Cornelius Wander
bilt, Edward Pierrepont and nearly 100
Others The platform was crowded with
men eminent i'll the Republican party. Mr.
Bliss called the meeting to order, and nom
mated Joseph NJ. Choate for chairman.
After some Introductory remarks by the
chairman and the appointment OF long
list of vice presidents, resolutions approx
ing the platform OF the Saratoga conven-
ton and pledging the support OF ali Repub-
licanS to the state ticket were read and
adopted. The chairman then introduced
Governor-Elect Foraker, who, after few
introductory pieaSantrleS regarding his sur
roundingS, said in part:
am not concerned in your matters of local
character, but l show the great qualification
of the Republicans of the whole United States
that the character of your candidate for gov
ernor is of the highest order, and makes him
worthy of the Republican party. Every man
who wants reform will come on Nov. to the
support Of Ira Davenport and Gen. Carr. We
have had a victory in Ohio, and I'll tell you
why we won that victory; because the Ohio
Republicans were determined they would
plant themselves on a platform that gave ex-
preston to sound Republican doctrines.
When the Republicans went out of the na-
tioual Offices they went out with bands play
| ing and flags flying, and every man standing
| six feet high and looking the world square in
| the face. Nobody was finding fault because
the heresy of secession had been shot to death
| on the battlefield, nor because the
| colored race had been enfranchised and
specie payments resumed. John Roach,
that poor man, is broken up;
| the Democrats have broken down one of the
| leading industries of the country and thrown
| $500 men out of work. While the Republican
| party was in power they invented postal
card with the Goddess Of Liberty printed in
one corner but our Democratic friends
changed all that and issued u new card with
| the face of Jefferson, the author of the
| damnable resolutions which caused all the
! trouble in this country since that time. There
| is no room in the Democratic procession
| for the Goddess of Liberty. 1t don't make
any difference, speaking of Grover Cleveland,
what kind of a man is president, but it does
make difference what kind of party and
| policy there are benin d him. / was greatly
! surprised to find, in coming here, that the
| best way to approve President Cleveland was
| to vote for Ira Davenport. / have heard q
| great deal of his file appointments, but those
! of the last six weeks, in quantity and quality,
| would be enough to damn any Republican ad.
| ministration. You can ceye some idea Of the
| herculean labors of Mr. Cleveland when ne
| had to take all his appointees from the Demo
| cratic party.
Mr.. Foraker then paid tribute to the
Irish and German voters in the Republican
ranks, and said, that if Parnell with his
tariff views, lived in the United States, he
would be Republican. The speaker con-
cluded as follows:
| York on Nov. similar to that we gave il
Ohio on Oct. IA. Gallant John Wise in Vir
ginia will break the back of the solid South 81
that we can say we have not only Ohio anC
| New York. but we want the whole earth, Vir
ginia included.
SENATOR EDMUNDs OF VERMONT
was then introduced amid the cheers ant
shouts of the multitude. When at length
quiet was restored, he said:
If you gentlemen who are making such
noise tonight will only wait until next No
vember you will then have y chance to Shou
yourselves hoarse over a great Republican
victory in the state Of New York. Applause.
| do not intend to repeat the argument!
already advanced by Ju dge Foraker. hav
only this to say: Nearly every Democrat il
the senate twenty years agOvoted against tn
doctrine of equal rights. What kind of
democracy is this? If there is anything il
this country worth preserving it is the righ
to think and speak as one pleases
If a man wants to be a Democrat, let him bt
|
true to himself and allow others to do tn
, same. l am glad to hear that in this grea
state the name Of party is losing largely thi
year its significance. Men are beginning t
think without reference to the consideration
of party. / want to say few words abou
civil service. The Republican party in il
last platform had the civil service clause il
serted therein The Democratic party had
platform Of a most elastic character.
could take in everybody and yet have room
for more. There are, or / suppose there are
100000 offices in the United States. The pres
ident cannot himself select the men TO fill a
these Offices. He must trust to the advice O
those who are his counselors. The
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
, , are expected to act in this capacity. If MI
Cleveland had selected the seven right me
for positions in his cabinet there would nc
be such an uproar of discomfort against hil
} among those who wished to secure his elet
ton and are dissatisfied with the manner
which the Offices were filed. Are we to hav
this great country filed with workngmeI
contented andhappy, busily employed or ar
we to let the evils Of free trade hold swa
here? shutting up our shops and factorie
and bringing misery and want to- the grea
laboring classes of this country" Cries c
mo, no." II believe, and the majority c
the workingmen of this country believe wit
me, that fair protective tariff is what W
| need.
! Mr. Edmunds closed his brief address in
voice scarcely above whisper. There wa
: loud calls for Senator Evarts, and when b
: appeared on the platform, some one in th
: audience cried, ''Hurrah for our next pres
1 dent" Cheers followed this rally, and tn
senator excused himself from making
speech, as did also Gen. Carr, candidat
for lieutenant governor. The meeting the
: adjourned.