The Portland daily press., 1885-10-24
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN.
Eight Thousand Enthusiastic Repub-
lcans
Attend the Ratification Meeting in
New York City.
Stirring Addresses by Judge Foraker
and Senator sEdmunds.

New YORK, Oct. 23.-Madison Square Gar
den was filled to suffocation tonight at the
first great Republican mass meeting held in
this city to endorse the State ticket and at
the hour the meeting opened fully 5000 per-
sons were present. Among the vice presi-
dents were ex-President Arthur, Senator Ev-
arts, Senator Warner Miller, Alonzo B. Cor
nell, John Jacob Astor, j. Pierrepont Nor
gan Chauncey M. Depew and Cornelius
Vanderbilt The platform was crowded
with men eminent in the Republican party,
and among others were Senator Evarts, Jo-
seph III. Choate, Governor-elect Foraker,
Senator Edmunds, Gen. Joseph B. Carr, Ira
Davenport, Cornelius N. Bliss and others.
Mr.. Bliss called the meeting to order, and
nominated Joseph Fl. Choate for permanent
chairman.
After brief address by Mr.. Choate, reso-
lutions approving the platform of the Sara.
toga Convention and pledging the support Of
all Republicans to elect the State ticket, were
read and adopted The chairman then intro
duced Governor -elect Foraker. In the course
of his remarks, Gov. Foraker said:
when the Republicans went out Of the
national offices, they went out with bands
playing 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 be-
cause the colored race had been enfranchised
and specie payments resumed. John Roach,
that poor old Irishman, is broken up. and the
Democrats have broken down one of the
leading industries of the country and thrown
$500 men out of work. While the Republi-
can party was n power they invented e !6 the
printed in one corner, but our Democratic
friends changed all that, and have issued
new cards with the face of Thomas Jeffer-
son, the author of the damnable resolution
which has caused all the trouble in the coun
try since that time. ThereIis no room in the
Democratic procession for the Goddess of
Liberty.
Senator Sherman and myself have been
charged with waving the. bloody shirt in
Ohio. did not talk about it to make trouble
South does not want any fight. They got all
they wanted twenty years ago. Voice,
"YOu betty There was time when they
claimed South Carolinian was four times
as good as any Northern man. We chopped
that out of them with the sabre and punched
it out of them with the bayonet. The speaker
concluded as follows: "Give us re-
sponse from the State of New York in No
vember similar to that we gave in Ohio in
October and gallant John Wise in Virginia
will break the back of the Solid South so we
can say we have not only Ohio and New
York but we want the whole earth, Virginia
included.
Senator Edmunds of Vermont was then
introduced amid the cheers and shouts OF the
multitude. When quiet was restored he
such noise tonight will only wait until
next November you will then have a chance
to shout yourselves hoarse over the great
Republican victory in the State of New
York, (Applause) | do not intend to re-
peat the argument already advanced by Gen.
Foraker. / have only this to say, that nearly
every Democrat in the Senate twenty years
ago voted against the doctrine of equal rights.
What kind of Democracy is this? If there
is anything here in this country worth pre-
10 ho richf m fbinly on6 cnaak a
one pleases. If a man wants to be Demo-
crat, let him be one; / am willing. Let
every man be true to himself and allow
others to do the same. | am glad to hear
that in this great State the name Of party
is losing largely this year its significance.
Men are beginning to think without refer
ence to the considerations of party. | want
to say few words about a live service. The
Republican party in its last platform had
civil service clause inserted therein. The
elastic character; it could take in everybody
and yet have ROOM There is | suppose, a
hundred thousand offices in the United
States The President cannot himself select
men to fill all these offices, and he must trust
to the advice of those who are his COUNSEL
lors. Members of his Cabinet are expected
to act in this capacity. Ii Mr.. Cleveland
had selected seven right men for positions In
his Cabinet, there would not be such an up
roar of discomfort against him among those
WuO WlSuCu w cCCulO LILO ClCCbiOh d1ANt oAO
dissatisfied with the manner in which offices
have been filled Are we to have this great
country filled with workingmen contented
and happy and busily employed, or are we to
let the, evils of free trade hold sway
here, shutting up our shops and
factories and bringing misery and
want to the great laboring classes e;s
l believe, and majority Of the workingmen
of this country believe with me, that t., far tai
munds closed his brief address in a voice
scarcely above whisper.
Cries of "Evarts, Evarts," were heard
from all parts of the house, and the Senator,
after moments delay, came forward and
bowed to the sea of faces before him when
somebody yelled sHurrah for our next Pres
ident." The great audience took up, the
cry and cheers echoed through the building.
Mr.. Evarts at length found chance to
thank the people for their favor and said
as he expected to make a speech next week
in this city he would not burden them with
any remarks at this time. Mr.. Evarts had
barely taken his seat when there were loud
cries for Carl Schurz, but he did not come for
ward and the meeting then adjourned.