Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-30
Republicans Radfy.
They Gather in New York and
 Cheer for the Ticket.
A SPEECH BY ROBERT INGERsOLL

The Crowd So Large That Two Overflow
 Meetings Have to Be Organized-Hur- ! rabs for Blaine, Depew, Gen. Sherman and Warner Miller.
 NEW YORK, June SO-The Republicans of this town crowded the Metropolitan Opera house last night, and stood in dense crowds outside in the streets. The meeting was the first of series to be given under the aus pices of the Republican club of this city. It was rouser, both in point of enthusiasm and numbers. The managers were com pelled to organize two overflow meetings
 Though the assemblage inside was gathered to cheer for Benjamin Harrison and Levi F. Morton it was plain, from the moment that the galleries were seized until the last light was extinguisaed, that James G. Blaine was also favorite. Tie cheers for Harrison and Morton were al but equalled by the shouts for the man from Maine. At tine mere mention of his name tho monster audience rose as if by automatic impulse and yelled, while the ladies seized miniature Star Spangled ban ners and waved or flung them into the air. A reference to Chauncey M. DeDew also provoked extravagant expressions The hero of the evening, however, was Gen William Tecumseh Sherman. Tho sturdy old war rior had hardly taken seat in a box at the left of the stage before he was recognized | iVolleys of cheers greeted him again and
 again, while pretty maiden dressed ill blue
 shouted from the second gallery to Band master Cappa, "Play Marching Through Georgia" The band obeyed and the crowd
 told the general to go on the platform, but | he declined.
 | President Edward T. Bartlett appeared | upon the stage, followed by ex-Congressman | Roswell G. Horr, of Michigan, and Col Rob-
 ert G. Ingersoli. They me with Q warm re- ception. The former. in calling the meeting
 to order. made brief speech. He then in
 troduced MT. Horr, who was received with | much enthusiasm.
 MT. Horr began:
 l. come to you from the far west simply for | the purpose of saving to you thas we propose Tn | the coming campaign to join hands wi:n you
 people of the east to redeem the United States of | America. (Appause) l sat as a delegate through every moment of the existence of the Chicago convention, and though did not sue II oeed tn securing the nomination of the man for
 whom was at work, still l come here tonight to say to you that the convention did its work fairly and diI it well. (Applause.) The question before Us is to which had bet ter manage this Republican cluirs of this country or Golden clubs of England. (AppIause.) , prefer the clubs of our own nation. The result
 of convention is received differently in the old
 world from the result of the St. Louis convention.
 
 | protection as it was regarded in Michigan, and said that he believed in it for all the country as we'll The Democrats in some ] quarters pretended to believe tliat they would carry Michigan, the speaker had heard but he thought that with the produc : tion of s, ,O00, 900 pounds of wool and wool
 proposed to be put on the free list, and with copper, lumber and salt on the free list, there
 was no doubt about Michigan. Of Oregon
 he sarcastically saiG that the Democrats did
 not claim it.
 "No,n said he 'sWith an annual produc. tion of Is, ,O00, 900 pounds of wool every sheep
 in Oregon cries .Ba-a-a-ahr at the mention
 of Cleveland's namen
 ,I A letter from Gen. Sherman was read ex- pressing a desire to remain in the back ground, and telegram from Chauncey NJ . Depew from Peekskill, saying that he was . for the ticket, but could not attend the meeting.
 q Col Ingersoll then advanced to the foot 2 lights, and, despite a roaring welcome, spoke !, In cool measured tones.
 He said that he would be frank enough to say that the convention did not nominate the , man of his choice, but there was something :. in the American blood that bowed to the will of the majority. He believed in doing
 things openly and in the light of day. Ii , never occurred to him that the way to get a man nominated was to keep his name a secret Continuing he asked what the Republican
 party had done, and meant to do, saying:
 "Remember that we found the treasury 2 empty, without credit; unable to borrow = = money from day to day to pay current ex | penses, and they did their work so well that U the Democratic party to-day is in anguish < and pain as to how to administer the govern
 ment with surplus. Naughter.) When d >arfyr ,, what was the first thing that we dids Tc e honor the memories of the greatest and grandest of men-to Abraham ], Lincoln, the greatest of all; to honor '. the great soldiers who led our flag ! to victory. What next did the conven sl ton dot It sent congratulation to Brazil fol ]. the emancipation of the slaves-two conti | nents dedicated to freedom. That is wha :. the convention did. What did Cleveland ? say when the announcement was made ts t; himg Was he filled with enthusiasm Die r to his cheeka No; he said this: That h, hoped that time would justify the wisdom O !, the measure. Gaughter.l
 "What was the next thing that the con P vention did? It said that it earnestly hopet that we shall soon congratulate the people O Ireland upon the recovery of their liberty (Applause.) Wherever a human being wear :, a chain there you will lind the sympathies O the Republican party. (Applause.) I believ = so. in the liberty of Ireland, not because it i U Ireland, but because am for liberty ol principle and not for prejudice Applause. e After defining state rights as compare,
 with state sovereignty, the colonel said tha
 he was for protection of American labor be d cause be wanted to see this republic exist in .o dependent of the world The country wa ,a not safe from war, and he wanted to SC .J it so that 1t could live if at war with au tn ,f world. Whoever raised raw material on s sold it would be eventually poor. He go r. but one profit, sEd that was usually O los !. Qaughter.)
 The raw material in a locomotive wort .. $15, 900 was not worth s in the ground l r was skill and labor that made the value an
 the country that manufactured made th
 profit, and not the one that raised tho ra,
 material. The south could raise a wealth c |. cotton and remain poor and ignorant an ', solidly Democratic.s Naughter.) He didn st want to say anything against the Democrat . party, their intentions were good, and the = were in possession. "A voice: 'Turn the rascal ,;lI outn
 The colonel laughed He procecded to te