Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-19
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Hon. Grove L. Johnson's Able Reply {,
John p, Irish.

Hon. Grove L. Johnson's Able Reply to
John p. Irish.
The Clunie Opera House was packed last
night with people who went to listen to
the address of Hon. Grove L. johnson in
reply to the speech delivered in this city
two weeks ago by Colonel John P. Irish, of
San Francisco. Many ladies were present
and standing room was at premium be-
fore the meeting was called to order. The
stage was handsomely decorated with flags
and banners. The First Artillery band
rendered several popular selections in front
of the building between half past and
o'clock.
1t was quarter past o'clock when the
meeting was called to order by J. O..
Funston, of the Harrison and Morton
Hat Brigade, who made brief but stirring
opening address, full of patriotism and fire.
He urged that the same party that had
been the backbone of the conspiracy
against the Government in 1861 was
to-day the advocate of free trade
and was trying TO place the labor
of this country in competition with
the degraded and pauper labor of other
countries. He then announced the follow
ing officers of the meeting:
President, Ed. F. Taylor Secretaries, T.
w. Jennings and Ed. G. Humphreys; Vice
Presidents Richard Dale, A. J. Senate, w.
f. Peterson. John Gruhler, T. D. SERVER,
Charles E. Phipp, L. P. Anderson, Thomas
w. Humphrey, Louis Montgaillard, c. P.
Nathan, A. Meister, d. A. Lindley, S. Was
serman, VIM. A. Fountain, A Menke,
Llewelyn Williams, Adolph G. Becker,
Herman Fisher, Paul Vanzetti L. D. Jones,
l.. Lothhammer, A. D. Christianson, Dur
ham Sprague VIM. Hook, D. w. Higgins
J. H. Aiken, John Hurley, Rev. Mr. Sum-
mers, g. w. Ficks, VIM. G. Men eeley, L. G.
Montfo-d. Geo. Weissman, T. L. Enwright,
L. T. Crum, Chas. Z. Wright, E. F. Wood
ward, John Haberkorn, David Lubin, John
Klees, W. c. Hevner, S. S. Nixon, T. C.
Jones, ]. A. Weldon, Richard Kimbrough
VIM. Mitchell, ]. F. brennan. Geo. New
man, ]. NJ. Avery and II. Wachhorst.
In assuming the chair Mr., Taylor ad-
dressed the meeting briefly and thanked
the Harrison Hat Brigade, under whose
auspices it was held, for the honor con-
ferred upon him in selecting him 10 pre-
side.
A double quartet from the Harrison and
Morton Glee Club Division sang a cam
paign song and received a round of ap-
plause.
L AC L 4COAACAt tA4Cl lulIOQUCtu Ine
speaker cf the evening, who was warmly
greeted by the immense audience. Mr..
Johnson spoke for two hours and was
listened to with marked attention, being
frequently interrupted by storms of ap-
plause. The lateness Of the hour at which
the meeting closed renders ii impossible TO
publish the speech in full this morning
and it was of such character that no
synopsis would 90 il justice or present any
thing like fair idea of it. 1t was steno.
graphically reported for the RECORD UNION
and will appear in full in these columns on
Saturday morning. Itwas an able, carefully
prepared and mastery presentation OF the
political issues OF the day, as well as reply
TO the speech of Colonel Irish. At times
the speaker INDUCED in flights of elo
quence, and at others told funny stories
that convulsed the audience with laughter.
He set out with the proposition that there
were four parties in the field seeking the
suffrages of the people-the Prohibition
I'the American, the Republican and the
Dem ocratic parties-and he would give rea-
sons why every Prohibitionist, American,
Republican and Democrat should vote for
Harrison and Morton. His speech was
mainly devoted to the tariff question, and
was full of facts and figures
made up mostly from Democratic
sources, and used to controvert the
position taken by Colonel Irish and
other Democratic speakers. He took up
the Mills bill and pointed out where it re-
duced the tariff on luxuries more than on
the necessaries of life, and claimed that it
was an attack on American industries, and
that those who favored it were attempting
to destroy the country by law, having
failed to do it by force
During the course of his remarks Mr..
Johnson said AS citizen of Sacramento,
proud of its women, proud of Its name, l
return my thanks to Colonel Irish for his
chivalric defense of the women of Sacra-
mento." The remark was greeted with a
round of applause which lasted several
minutes and indicated the feeling in this
community in regard to the late scurrilous
attacks upon Sacramento and her citizens
by San Francisco paper.
At the close of Mr.. Johnson's eloquent
address the Glee Club sang America and
the meeting was closed with three cheers
for Harrison and Morton.