Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-06
THE CLOSING RALLx.


 A Housing MeetIng-Able Addresses by Hon. J. l.. Barbour, Wallace
 Bruce and Rev. pr. Reed-The TIp- PecanOe Veterans Out i'm Force and
 Seated Upon the Stage.
 The last Republican rally of the campaign before election took place last night at the Hyperion and was rouser. The speakers were Hon. Joseph L. Barbour of Hartford, Wallace Bruce of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Rev. G. A. Reed of this city. Hon. Joseph Sheldon of this city presided and made some very pithy remarks in introducing each of the orators. Some idea may be gained of thesheight to which enthusiasm had been raised, when, after the large audience had listened nearly two hours to the speaking, during which time very small number had left the building, and when the meeting had been dismissed by the president with three cheers for Harrison and Morton, 8 song was called for and over half the audience took their seats and listened to and applauded several selections from the eolored ouartette. It surely attests the fact that the citizens arc wide awake to the issues of the day.
 The reception of the veterans of 1S4O at the Republican league rooms just before the meeting was one of the happiest and pleas- antest features of the campaign. The sight of over eighty gray-haired old gentlemen in the pleasant parlors seemed to please greatly the members of the league and a large num- Der called to view the gathering. As for the veterans themselves it is doubtless if they have enjoyed anything so much in many years as they did the meeting in the league parlors. Old men who had not seen each other for many years shook hands and for an hour or more told stories of old days and re- newed their youthful campaigns.
 SJa,,k ,e T the honors and helped everybody feel at home. It was an inspiration to all who were present and several prominent politicians were heard to agree that it was one of the best parts of the closing campaign.
 The veterans afterwsrd marched in body to the theater and took seats on the platform as officers of the meeting.
 The meeting was opened with singing by the colored quartette, which was enthusiastic cally recalled several times. Mir. Kel1am, secretary of the Republican league, called the meeting to order and at his suggestion three cheers were given for the Young Mems Re- publican Glee club, which has attended every Republican rally during the campaign and sometimes at great sacrifice to them> selves.
 The cheers were given with a will and to the question, ''What's the matter with the Glse club?" from somebody in the audience the answer came back, 'They're all right" The club has lost none of the popularity with which it was favored at the beginning of the season, and last night the selections were heartily received.
 Chairman Kellam before introducing the president ot the evening called the attention of the audience to the fact that the officers of the meeting were men who voted in 1S40.
 Hon. Joseph Sheldon being introduced as the president of the meeting offered few re- marks, during which he said:
 "The great school of American politics is drawing to close. The doctrines that have been set forth have come down to us from former generations and I have no doubt that when the votes are counted your standard bearer will have been successful"
 Mr. Sheldon then paid glowing tributes to the candidates, especially to General Merwin, Mir. Lines and MT. Benton.
 MT. Barbour was cordially received and though he spoke for an hour and half, it is noted that he held the close attention of his audience.
 His speech is pronounced by some to be one of the masterpieces of the campaign andwas fitting effort to 8 long-to-be remembered campaign in this city.
 He has the faculty of placing dry facts in an interesting and ineligible way before an audience so that the most stubborn can easily see and comprehend. Then, too, his fund of humorous stories is inexhaustible and each one had point that convulsed the house again and again.
 Mir. Barbour said in opening: ttWhen the Chicago convention had finished it's work and adjourned, we knew that it had nonoi- mated gallant soldier, former Senator, for it was not until he had made series of won drous addresses in which no objection could be found by bitter opponents that we realiz- ed how broad-minded statesman we had selected in the person of Benjamin Harrison. (applause).
 The candidate for the vice. presidency is worthy the support of every American citi gen. A man of such kindness of heart that when vessel lay in the harbor waiting for cargo, he sent it across the sea upon an errand of mercy for the relief of starving Ireland. (Applanse).
 I need not speak to you of Gen. Merwin. (Applause) You all know him better than do.
 But I should be untrue to that warm and affectionate friendship if did not speak of that man whom the vilest paper in the State has slandered, who as patriot enlisted as private in the late war, as @ business man is at the head of great company, as an execu- tive in eight years of unrivalled service of mayor of the capital city, in personal popu- larity, in manhood, in integrity and charity that in it's exercise knows no religion or sect; my dear friend Morgan G. Bulkeley is fitted to receive your votes.
 The personal qualities of H. Wales Lines were also highly spoken of and then he paid u voices were uplifted and whose votes were cast for Henry Harrison (applause).
 "The snows of many winters have drifted upon your heads, but your presence here has shown that patriotism which burns in your breasts. Your presence in such large num- beTs is harbinger of victory for us. As in 1640 you voted for old Tippecanoe, so in plause). As in 1S4o you saw a gallant gene- ral of 1872 receive the votes of 1, ,250, 900 peo- pie, so in 1888 you will see a gallant general of the rebellion receive the votes of more than {, ,000, 900 (applause).
 want to say a word about the disapper- ance of tine mugwumps from politics. am not here to abuse the honest mugWump for the honest mugwump is back again in the Republican party.
 The men who said four years age they left because they thought Grover Cleveland, the apostle of civil service reform, are back again and we are sure they appreciate the Repubi- can party for their temporary vocation.
 For those who still remain out, admitting that MT. Cleveland has trampled their idol of civil service reform in the mire of parti- san politics, we have nothing but words of reproach, not for their action but because they did not tell the truthl They went out because they found in the Republican party nothing but devotion to the principle of pro tection. These men who advocate tariff re- form ought to be thankful for the Mills bill as refuge for their restless soulsI" [Ap- plause.
 In discussing the tariff the speaker first called attention to the composition of the House of Representatives which passed the Mills bill Of these 172 Democrats 105 came from the slave States; having majority by far in the Democratic caucus, they put forth as candidate for Speaker of the House Mr. Carlisle from one of the ex-slave States. To him belonged the power of appointing the ways and means committee. What we com- plain of in the complexion of the ways and means committee is that of the eight Demo- crats of the committee five were from slave States, one was from West Virginia, which was carved out of a slave State, and two were from northern States.
 The speaker then took these five States, which were represented by southerners on the ways and means committee, ,and contrast ed. them in manufactures, in wages, in manu- factured products and number of employed men with five northern States and showed how much greater value protection is to the northern States.
 This was especially striking, when it was shown that in New Haven alone was more products and wages than in the whole State of Texas, Efrom which MT. MilIa comAa