New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-14
NOT A WORD FOR HILL.
THE OrFIcE-HoLDERS' DOWNTOWN MEET
ING IGNORED HIM.

ING IGNORED HIM
SECRETARY FAIRcHILD READ A SPEECH. BUT
LEFT our STATE IssuEs-srEAKEn CAR
Isle AND THE OTHER SPEAKERS
DID THE SAME
When Governor David d. Hill awakes nom MS
slumbers In Indiana this morning. and reads the re-
ports Of the Democratic meeting in wailst yes
terday, he will realize the bitisr truth which The
Tribune has endesyored TO impress upon his nina "r
weeks, that between him and the Administrator
great gulf Is fixed He may not grasp the isct a.
once, Is no carefully peruscs the addresses OF the
different speakers tho sbored arguments OF secretary
Falrchd and Speaker Carlisle and the shorter ciios
OF Messrs. o'ponohus, Lawrence md Body, ana
finds not the slightest slluson to his candidacy. be
will feel Of last that all bis masnanmous work IN
Indiana for the National ticket has boon lost 90 the
Administration.
The ignoring Of Hin was so complete - 10 mako
II conspicuous to every one. In vain did his f1eho'
wait and hope for some mention of his name IL
was never mentioned All was Cleveland The
President had the meeting entirely and not single
Hill had tho tomcrity TO interfere with the pro
grsmme by reminding the audience that therc were
candidates for Governor In this State. SO cerefu
all the speakers to ignore Hill that each OF tncm
through fear that In an ubguarded moment no might
be betrayed into saying something about tho stare
ticket, prepared his speech beforehand. and read
As carefully Is q schooIboy reads his first compost
ton
The meeting has been referred 10 - Democratic
gsshsring, but q matter OF fact II would Dc more
properly termed Joseph J. O'Donohue's meeting
He was It's author and fnsher and the results OF his
abors can scarcely give much encouragement TO those
who are looking for q Democratic triumph IN Novem
her. The big parade, of Z" at least 10000 mon,'
shrsnk dreadfuly. BY actual count less than 300
men passed the reviewing stand and Of these at least
% per and boys hired for tho OCCASION
clerks under twenty-oue years and Custom House EN-
poyes, who turned out In force. Tho Custom House
was shut up at noon, TO allow theH 10 take part In
the affair. That great Cleveland Dry-Goods 'iub'
which have 900 men I'm line, turned OUT
loss than 500. II the largest body OF
all. The exchanges had out about 1000 men Al
together. The reviewing was done by such business
men Roswell +. Flower, Controller Myers etate
senator McNaughton, assisted by surveyor Beatue'
Dairy Commissioner Van Valkonburgh and q NUMBER
of other public officials. Collector MsSono WAS about
the only man In the Custom House not present
The meeting was supposed to be called to order oy
J. ]. o Donohue But 1t did not BY any means come
to ORDER and his eioQucnce, we'll Is that Of f. n
Lawrence, whom he introduced ~ the presiding Of
fcer was lost the crowd For that matter so WAS
secretary Fslrchilds, who read his long speech-and
Insisted reading every word OF 1t, too-amid con-
slant interruption, now caused By the passage OF
part of the procession, and now by the sheer I'M
runess Of the impatient Democratic mob Mt
Fairchd's address dealt strictly with business, being
almost wholly devoted to defending the policy OF the
sence OF reference 20 local that the Hill
men in the crowd grew extIemey weary. ..
flu; in holding the attention OF tho people than was
any of tho other orators. lie extoed the Cleveland
administration for the benefits that had conferred
en- the Nation. among the principal OF which nc men
toned the establishment OF closer and moro harmon
Gus relation, between the North ana soT.n nemo NC
cratic reduction of the tariff. and OF the good that
d. A. Body madc an orthodox spreadeagle ora
ton, and probably stirred the hearts OF the half
dozen so who heard IT,, ,....,s
democrats yelled No But the band began to
PLAY, the BOulsnger March, and the crowd precpi-
A great deal Of complaint was made yesterday
about the way IN which the Custom House was handled
meeting Before O'Clock the Government business
practically Suspended Mist 10 a " Os as s mp o 10
unite With the Coffee Exchange Cleveland and Thur
Club Sc as to p, hide d., their H SsD was the
Of Wild excitement for nearly two hours by dec
s ssd S ns DSss hs
into pS ar. @ees cpo scs into
The rotunda, cheering and shouting and mad. noise
enough for a dozen clubs. The Brokers Harrison
s@S 10 ons and xSen the young
that the Custom House had sssn gwen , over en ~
some campaign work there, too. They went to the
Custom House In large numbers and filed me broad
steps leading 10 the rotunda There they s,ood Wav
Ing flags singing good Republican songs ana cheering
az Ioud as only young men can cheer for Harrison and
Morton and the Republican candidates on the State
and county tickets. To the answering cheers OF the
Democras was hurled back the cry Of " No No No
free trade.- Following this came groans each time
when Clevelsnd's name uttered, and when some
enthusiastic Office holder asked whats de matter
wd Cleveland ?, the answer came: He in the soup
This brought out loud cheers and much laughter from
the Republicans and IL exaspcraed the office hold
ers who were already forming In line in Wall Street
preparatory to marching up to Broadway where they
and donned the badges OF the various clubs In
line that they charged the Republicans with their
canes and for few moments there was lively com
bat Not beng armed the Republicans retreated TO
the rolunda where they made stand. Here the
combat renewed and IT kept up until Deputy
Collector McClelland mounted q desk and shouted
for order His followers and " heelers- obeyed him
and enuad Of uoice which had been sent for arrived