The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-21
LARGE DEMOCRATIC MEETING In
PITTsBURG.

The PiEtsb1rg Post says: One of the
grandest, most enthusiastic and sue.
eessful political demonstrations that
has ever taken place In Western Penn
sylYania was held by the Allegheny
county Democrats on Saturday night. II
was procession and display that will
long be remembered, not only as an
| event that opened out the Democratic
gubernatOrial campaign in Pittsburg,
but ss remarkable manifestation Of
Democratic enthusiasm from all classes.
Certainly more popular gentleman
and inspiring Governor never paraded
PittsbuTg's streets than Chauneey +.
Black, judging from the spontaneous
and lusty cheers that greeted him from
thousands of men, women and children.
1t must now be admitted that Lieuten-
ant Governor Black is man Of the
| masses.
he speeches OF Governor Black and
other gentlemen were able and telling
The following is the concluding portion
Of Governor Blacks:
Now don't imagine that you can stay
at home on election day, because these
things look this way now. Talk about
staying at home puts me in mind OF
client Of my fathers, who came and
wanted him to bringa suit for him.
Father advised him not to do it, and
said, he had better not, that he thought
he would lose 1t. The old mt n then
said, Jeremiah Black, didn't come to
get your advice as to whether | would
win or not, but for you to bring the suit.
| only want to know II 1t will go tight" y"
My father said yes he thought 1t would
90 tight; he said then II 1t would, for
him 10 fetch her." Now your election
might 20 that way If you don't take care.
There are many good Republicans, who
are going TO vote for US, there is host
of wOrkingmen, good, honest working
men, who will be with US, and there is
an army Of farmers whose lands have
deprecated, and whose markets have
been taken away from them by unjust
discrimination who are going to vote
for us. You would feel very mean after
all these nOn-partisan men
and Republicans voting for us
that we should be defeated
because the Democrats failed to perform
their duty as citizens. l hope, there
fore, that every Allegheny county Dem
OcrBt will be out at the polls to do his
duty on election day. There Is no OK.
cuse for, failure on that important
particular. We vote sometimes for fun,
sometimes for Cffice, but we never fight
among ourselves about principles, and
our votes only increase our number, 90
that we can fight the common enemy
We are likely to have little quarrels In
the party, but we always adjust our diff
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one more thing to say: l found as l
came into this city, a Pittsburgh paper
with a dispatch dated Cleayfeld, but
which was manufactured In the office
This know because there Is not man
in Clearfield county who would dare IT,
write lie like this. 1t says that in my
speech at CleBTtlel6, arrangements had
been made with the Knights of L. Dor
whereby was to receive the larger psrt
of their support, and that l had pri-
Vately made that same statement to
somebO1y In the town OF BelIefOnte.
have only to say this: that never In any
public speech that | ever made in my
life, until this evening made use Of the
phrase "Knight of Labor" except or
one occasion when l addressed, by their
Hpecial request, the Knights Of Labor of
my own home. l know too well that
the Knights of Lab1r sre non-political
organization, and that the men who are
at the head Of that grand organization
had no notion of ever degrading 1t by
dragging 1t into partisan politics.
know they would resent and ought to
resent such an affront as the speech i'm
Duied to me would have been and
know that they and their friends ought
TO resent the imputatiOn that they could
6e imposed upon by so base falsehood
as this. | say that the story contained
and published in the paper is false.
hood, or in the language used up in the
mountains where was born, 1t Is bald
headed lie out Of the whole cloth. That
Is Rll have to say to you tonight, gen
tlemen, and | thank you very much for
yOUr kind attention.