Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-17
A Big Mass Meeting.

meeting was held in the main hall OF
the Academy of Music this evening
which was largely attended. As Gov.
jackson, arm in arm with Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, entered the box reserved
for the orators of the evening he was
greeted with a round of applause,
which broke out afresh and was long
continued as Representative w. c. p.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, entered
and was warmly welcomed by Sena-
tor Reagan, of Texas, who was early
in attendance.
the meeting was called to order by
Gov. jackson, who expressed his
pleasure and thanks for the honor
conferred upon him in being chosen
to preside over such a large DEM
ucratiu assemblage and who presented
Gov Lee.
! Gov Lee rendered his grateful acknowiedg-
ments for the applause with which the an
nouncement of his name was received. He
paid n hearty tribute to the Democracy of Bali
timore and expressed his love for that State
which was affectionately known rs :. Mary
land. My Maryland" He alluded to the pro-
| ceediugs of the convention, and said that the
members of the Democratic clubs had shown
by their actions that they were going TO do
| their whole duty towards storming the Repub-
lican entrenchments and placing the banner OF
| Democracy upon the ramparts of Victory. He
| congratulated the young Democrats before him
| for not having to contend with the great ques-
| tion rs to the right of State to withdraw from
| the Uuiou. The decision of that question had
| been left to the sword and by the sword the
question had been decided, aud to-day Virginia
Joined all the other States OF the Union In the
single, sole desire to promote the glory and
grandeur and growth of the Americal Repub-
| lie. fApplause.l He eulogiZed the public ac-
tions of Grover Cleveland. and ut the mention
| of the Presidents name the large audicuce
broke into loud applause, which was repeated
| when reference was made to the action of the
st. Louis Convention in making stronger d
ticket already strong by the selection of the
Z" noble Roman" for the Vice Presidency. The
| name of Gen. Robert +. Lee ns II fell from tho
lips of his relative was received with tumul-
tuous applause. Gen. Lees saddle, said the
Governor, was not stained with treason, MS
| charged by John Sherman, for Gen. Lee had
fought, as others had fought, for what he
Thought to be his constitutional privileges and
| rights. Referring briefly to the tariff issue, he
denounced as untrue the charge that the Dem
| ocratic party was free-tradc party; and de-
clared that the Mills bill was the embodiment
| of the Democratic doctrine of protection to the
many, and not of the enrichment of the few.
AS he concluded the band played
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia" as
a compliment to him.
Col. j. +. Fellows, of New York, who was
| the next speaker, was heartily welcomed. In
| this compaign, he said, the Democracy was not
|
| Republican ndversaries. The Democracy itself
would present the issuc and compel the enemy
to attack 1t on the lines of It's own SELECTION
The fight would be on living issues. There
would be no cropping amid the smouidering and
dying embers of past hate and bitterness. lap
plause.l Mr.. Ingalls, might couch his black
guard utterances In grammatical phrases and
that creature In Ohio who vamped himself as
| IL he were n continent instead of being the
miserable Foraker concern he was. GApplause
and laughter.1 The Democratic party would
4 f.n.d dfve rfadf he Inn mt husfnRaa
which demanded its attention and invoked its
| best efforts.
| Referring to the ancestry of Senator Har-
rison. Col. Fellows paid n tribute to the mem
ory of William Henry Harrison, but suggested
| that grandfathcr's fame was sometimes like
a grandfather's clock, which stopped short,
never to go again, when the old man died.
| Laughter The Democratic party, he assert
ed, was opposed to trusts and combinations
and subsidies, and supported the principle of
equality to all under the law and 1t was going
to fight for this principle. knowing that a vic
tory in November was n victory forever. tAp-
pause-l He denounced the system of high
protection and contrasted the wealth of the few
manufacturers with the poverty of their work.
| ingmen. Twenty-Five years of protection had
resulted in 525 0OO, 600 to Mr.. Carnegie in lord
| ly professions over the broad moors of Scot
land. and in crushing ignorant, helpless, hope
less workingInen. out of whom, under this In
famous system of taxation, Mr.. Carnegie had
in i wsas Nsw
take care OF the coming fight and would deter
mine the struggle, and she would cast her cleo
toral vote for Grover Cleveland. tAppIause.1
| A cordial reception awaited Representative
Breckinridge. of Kentucky, when he stepped
upon the platform. The first necessity, he said,
of political reform was the defeat and disin-
| tegration of the Republican party. To this end
| the whole labor of the Democratic party ought
| to be directed. It was no easy victory which
| the Democratic party was about to gain and
| IL the Democracy went into the battle under
estimating the strength of the enemy IL might
meet with defeat He felicitated himself that
he had lived to participate in a canvas which
was free from sectional hate and sectional feel
| ing. fAppIause.l The barriers of section bad
| been torn down. The miserable personalities
| of politics had been driven with the whip and
with scorn into obscurity, and out Of the con-
| fusion of politics had came clear and dehnite
| issue upon which statesmen could argue and
about which gentlemen could talk. [Applause.I
| The doctrine of the Democratic party was that
every man should bear his share, and only his
share, of the public burden. tApplause.l He
severely criticized the Republican party for
what he charged TO be Its class Legislation, for
empires of the public land. He ealogized the
administration of President Cleveland, and said
that never in the whole history Of the American
Republic had there been an Administration TO
which the epithet could be more wisely applied.
that it was a safe Administration. fApplause.
He warmly commended the Presidents mes
sage, which he declared to be a chaIlenge cast
| in the face of every trust, syndicate and mo-
nopoly in the land TAppIause.l The Dem
ocratic party worthy of such leadership
and the leader was worthy OF the Democratic
party. tAPpiduse.l The real question be-
tween the Democratic party and its dd yersdries
was, had the American people to tax them
selves, should the combined protected in
dustries tax the American people for their in
dividuaI benefit? [AppidGsej The Govern
ment must be run for the benefit of the people
and not for the benefit of a c1nss. The wealth
of the nation would be divided according TO
the rule Of honesty, industry and economy, In
stead Of according to the rule of vicious legis-
Iation. God give the conquest TO the right
Amid the burst of applause which
greeted this speech the assembly dis.
persed.