New-York tribune., 1888-08-31
DEMOCRATS YELLING FOR RETALIATION.
YELLING ALSO FOR FELLOWS. BUT HE is NE

YELLING ALSO FOR FELLOWS. BUT HE IS NE
GLEcTING HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES
Tho County Democracy held meeting at Cooper
Union last night to whOOp things up for the Prrs-
dents retaliation message. in accordance with instruc
tlous from hralgtarers that twisting Hons tail'
Is better issue TO fight about than tho Mills bill or
the Presidents protection message 1t was $3.50
before the meeting got started, Bayncs Goth Regiment
Band ..Icanwhc succeeding I'm amusing the audience
CORPORATION Counsel Bcekman said that In the absence
OF Police Commissioner VoorLs lie had been asked
TO preside He introduced Senator George Gray, OF
Delaware. as the first speaker
Senator Gray had primcd for long speech
and dlsmay was depicted the faces Of the speakers
who expected follow him when lie started In with
general eulogy Of the Democratic party. Then he
acklcd the Mills bill. He thought II would not do
much harm If the wool Of "a few sheep in Texas
had to he sold for less money that the working
man and his family could got their clothing little
cheaper. lie talked for three quarters OF an hour
before liz got down to the retaliation message
In 1871 he said General Grant had made a treaty
with Canada giving her T5.5O0.O0O and free fish, anh
saying nothing about The ten American vessels that
had been forfeited That treaty abrogaed Ia
1850 and when the Canadians resumed their inter
crrnce with American vessels and three of them had
been forfeited President Cleveland protested like a
brave man. AMI in 1857 said to the Canadans :
see here now this thing must stop and We must
either settle this matter you must take the con-
sequences The Canadians "abated their prcfen-
siors, treaty was negotiated. which obtained from
the British Government concessions that wcre never
obtained before Iiut the Republicans rejected 1t
and kicked It about, while the President sat
silent and bit his lips with Just Indignation The
retaliation act Of loS1 was confined In the main u"
keeping out Canadian hth. II was sort OF prohi
bItion tariff on f>hr lift the Republicans proposed
when The Fisheries treaty was rejected and the
President was left with this little petty retaliation
act7 to fire of at the Canadians he did not want
merely TO keep out Canadian fish for tho benefit OF
a few trusts aud combines in Gloucester !ie said
10 the Senate: 81 don't want to tease Great Britain
and nag her and make fares her I want to do
somc,hinc that will rc. and want that power given
nc that Wien there shall be occasion can strike
blow that Will be felt
Then followed a frco-tradc infusion. in the shape
Of a song with banjo accompaniment py tho great
Johnny Newton Quare'te Club the leader OF whfh
announced himself as "A follower OF Henry George"
some peorle hi,srd. but more appauded, and lie sang
some do,rercl about low tariff and reform anu
putting Grover In tie chair to carry out the things
our fathers vrOte- lie emphasized references to
Thurman by waving dirty rel handkerchief as the
banner 'rcaih whi'h we'll hghi,' which, OF course
broubht down tho house
The crowd then began 10 howl for Fellows Mr.
Beckman sa.d that Colonel Fellows was chasing the
enemy of the field IL Maine. lie might have sad
but ne didn't that he making stump speeches
there when he ought to bc attending To criminal prose
culions in New-York, for which purpose he was
elected District Attorney. =, W,
The resolutions read next commenncd inc frrsi-
de,,,,s massage for .birahng a spirit Of patriotic
GOAL intensified hy the absrEcc OF rhetorical display
and announced That the people, " irrespective Oh
partyp had already received The message " as an
honest exposition Of Just cause o. complaint OK
foreign trrs pas upon their rights The resolutions
which were carried. conclud with general IN
durScrcnt o. the .hduulsiai.oE. but contained no
distinct reference thc tariff issur. Assistant Dis
irici-Attornrvs Fitzgerald aIi Goh "ouhd UP Inc
sueech ch-rl.