The sun., 1888-06-13
TAMMANY'SRED RANDANNAS
COZ HILL ADDRESSES THE BIG RATL-
EICITION MEETING.
The Crimson Wipes Go Mighty Well with
tho American Fiar-The Academy Ahane
With Them-Soiid Democratic Sentiments



with No Free Trade Discev-rabie.
Vast was tho assomblage deafening the
voice OF its enthusiasm and lurid the reflected
glow Of its bandannas at Tammany's ratinca-
tion meeting in the Academy OF Music last
night. Hardly more dense was tho thronR that
filled the great building on the evening Of the
late State Convention. Every seat was occu-
pied, not only in the auditorium. but upon the
enormous stage, which was thrown open to Its
fullest practicable extent and filed with chairs
almost from the footlights to the back wall.
And tho lobbies and asles wera packed with
standing men. In the proscenium boxes were
number OF ladies'. but mono could be noted In
tho seething multitude OF men who filled all
the rest of the building and even packed the
sidewalk before it.
The decorations were simple but effective.
confined mainly To- voUninous folds Of Amerf-
can tiagS masking in tho fronts of the
prosccnium boxes and n liberal Introduction
of red banaanuas" to the knowledge Of the
New York public. The bandAnnas supplied
by the committee we're hung like strings OF
small flags from lines that crossed, high In air.
the prosccnium arch, between the outermost
pillars OF the boxes with other lines that. also
starting from the pillars. ran up to a central
point in the inner line Of the arch.
But the audience had supplied itself with
bandannas by tho thousand from the street
venders. who infested the sidewalk about the
Academy for an hour before the crowd began
to assemble. These badges of individual de-
votion to the memory Of TIA" noblcst Roman"
were danEled over tho fronts of the balcony
and the family circle anl the galleries, away
up to the dome. and retained there us extem-
pori2ed decorations by their owners through
the meeting, except at such timn as dire eS-
preston of enthusiasm demanded that they
should be waved.
Somewhere back Of the stage somebody had
bestowed n lot of loud voice game co cks that
kept Growing all through the proceedings.
The Hon. John Cochrane. rs Chairman Of the
Tammany Hall General Committee, presided
and opened the n proceedings with some peril
nent and effective remarks upon tho unusual
circumstance of Tammany holding a ratiflca-
tion meeting anywhere outside its own hall.
The Chairman's speech was interrupted by
the entrance of Gov. D. b. Hill, who. accom-
panied by n committee, with the Hon. Michael
Norton and J. j. Sevin at their head. marched
down the central aisle and up llight of steps
to the stage. where seats had been reserved for
few of the most distinguished and the lucKiest
among them. 1t was triumphal march From
the moment when the Governors shiny head
was seen, until long after he had taken his seat
the roar of applause was deafening. and at last
it ended with three formal cheers and a
MIR. George II. Forster read the long lists Of
Vice Presidents and Sscre; aries, and the short
formal declaration OF TammanyS adherence to
tn" platform and candidntes offered at st.
Louis. 1T commended such tariff revision as
wages, Of iahor"-" the rrotee!ian Of home labor
public expsnd'ures. reduction Of Of the o cost *
what the laborer needs. and the protection Of
bis wages and his elevation and betie ier educa-
ton" Sympathy win Irrland's struggle for
freedom was also reiterated,
! After the resolutions had boen ndonted tho
| ill-restrained in mpatienc. OF the crowd burst
forth IN sien,orinn calls for HIM" Hill"
enthusiasts, demonstration by which he was
| received. When at length silence was obtained
| he said:
! GOV. HILLS SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIZENS; Tho gallant Dcmocracyof
the Empire State, send their greeting to the
nations OF the, ST. Louis Convention enthusias-
ITALY nnitsdly mi and a9rm3gog.,y and NAV.
turnci , loward he common enemy. '' Jul ''0''
/ This night the assurance, can be confidently
al vor m new 3ar IS sae or ha ahe
di!ntes The Convention has been held. tho
ticket has been fairly nominated. thc, platform
and care. The lines Of hntto arc being formed,
and every true Democrat will now march under
tie old Dem.rratic flag and loEally sustain the
party of Jefferson. jackson. Tiden. and Sey-
mour- names over ilustrious in our country's
history, and the mention OF which stirs every
, patriotic heart.
=, IN this contest tho conservative and business
| The INDEPENDENT press Will lend our. national
! ticket n helping hand. The Democrutic press.
d mud a1 Tv hs ntef9 c9 the as
that il, ,wth!nus.' The busy ,Ne'.s will earnestly
sHiFIeal 0Hr fahs for public favor the StSr .
| World will reyoye with still greater Democratic
enterprise and THE SyN. although vigorously
the head Of the ticket. will again shine Tor
s sIGP Gipse
/ The country is to be conGratuiated upon the
vision and patriotism which characterized
Whence comes our candidate for President2
! The President Of the United States Senate, MIR.
I ingalls, Ia storm of hissesl. recently said:
Te nonns,on M and ,o election , Of Grover CIevsand
country Whose ignSranSr profound Whose onscur
a Nomination" INA 10 & he he 6cm"srai,d s! p.rty ~
Mr. ingalls, is right but not in the sense in
which he desires 10 be understood. Intending
II personal insult to the President and u rciicc-
%% DS@ S not 9@rK to "q ns n1s
dent and the party, but T. our American insti-
Iutions, i has always been the pride, the
most humble citizen was eligible to The highest
position in the land It Is to our our credit that
nnkSown W MS so rrendess ST. that he may not Under
the benign institutions OF our country; aspire
tion within the gift OF a free PEOPLE The viru-
| lent Senator fOrGets that there ara no heredi-
| tnry claims upon ohcos under our republican
| form OF government but that any honest man
| who poasessoS the qualfcal ions required by
our Corstltuiinn may proporly and hon norably
II after what nis anlecedcnts may have been or
who was his father mother, "sister, cousin,
or aunt" li"spectaDility does not depend upon
family influence or wealth obscurity has never
been considered d crime: and a long line OF
| aristocra'ic ancestry Is not requisite to refute
the charge of degradation when an nnpreten-
tious or humble citizen Aspires to distinGtkoo
| and renown iAppause.l
Tho rank is but the guinea's stamp
The mans the gold for a'ihat
| II Is true that our candidate cones from the
I plain people. and we do NOT attempt to pal
II. 4 poor boy. the son Ol an umble clergy
! man he fought the battle Of life alone, sue
cessiuy courageOusly. and pluckily, retarded
by poverty. haIdships. and adversity. and II 10
TO tho houor of the Democratic party that 1t
delights to elevate such candidates and that
| with Open arms II welcomes TO its places OF
leadership those who have risen from the
| ruuks pf tho unDile v tn er own rti inna nd