The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19
LEVI MAKESAB BAD BREAK
THE PEOPLE OF a TOWN COM
PARED TO SAVAGES.

A Few Torchlght Clubs Spoken OF
AS a Sight They Had Never Seen
Before-Then He Goes On and Talks
About Harmony in the Party-The
Tariff Incidentally Alluded To.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Oct. 1S.-There
was an immense demonstration at Rhine
Cliff tonight, the occasion being the visit
of various republican clubs to Levi T.
Morton. Fully 5000 persons were present.
On arriving at Mr.. Morton's residence the
clubs were massed on the lawn. Mr..
Morton spoke as follows:
Friends and Neighbors of Duchess and Ulster
Counties.
Illuminated demonstrations of this magnitude
are OF rare occurrence in quiet country towns,
and the surprise OF the people of RhinebecK can.
think, only be compared to that OF the red
men of the forest, when the pilgrim fathers
landed on Plymouth rock, or when
Hendrck Hudson made his first trip
up the Hudson river. However,,
have great pleasure in greeting you with
cordial welcome and beg to assure you OF my
grateful appreciation of the honor conferred
upon me by your visit this evening. Beyond
welcoming you here IN the best terms at my
command do not see that there is much to be
said.
ALL OF ONE MIND.
You are all republicans, and no argument is
Inere1Or needed TO convert you 10 tnOSe pr1ncl-
pies or to strengthen your unwaverng faith in
them, and 1t so happens that within the party
there are no questions upon which republicans
differ: There is nothing in our platform which
calls for guarded explanations or diplomatic eX
cuses, and there are in our party
no cliques, sections, or factions. If, there
fore, we have no politics to talk about this
evening, we can at least felicitate ourselves and
one another upon the harmony which pervades
the Republican party and the element of
strength which such unity of sentiment and
purpose so clearly betoken.
ALL NOMINATIONS SATISFACTORY.
From the nominations made by the Duchess
county convention last Saturday and those
made by the state convention at Saratoga, there
is no dissension, and the platform adopted by
our state convention is supported in its entirety
by all republicans. You probably know that
the republicans of every other county in the
state are working in as complete harmony
as in this, With this harmony and
this unanimity of sentiment and action what is
the result that we may reasonably expect to
achieve at the polls. There are among you
many who spent the flower of your youth in
the battle for freedom. and you can practically
estimate Che value of close, compact masses
when entering conflict
POWER OF THE CLUBS.
Your experience will teach you that organiza-
tions such as the large number present tonight
are effective and powerful agencies in political
campaigns, but my friends industrial and per-
sonal work is equally important Only a few
days remain for effective work before the YER
| dict must be given, which will. in my judg-
| ment, have far-reaching effect on the
future prosperity of the country. The
| absorbing question at this moment is whether
| that verdict will favor continuance of those
principles Of protection for which the Repub
| lican party has always contended and which
| have placed this country at the head of indus
| trial nations. With such complete 10 mony in
| our ranks, with unison in sentiment, in action
| anh in expectation we may await that verdict
with confident assurance.
The streets of Rhinebeck and Mr.
Morton's grounds were brilliantly illumin-
ated and there was large display of fire.
works.