Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-16
HIT w AS A FAILURE.

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 a saddenAng Spectacle.
 The Democrats had what they called a rally at the Hyperian theatre last night. It was by no means a bowling success. The Democratic managers, seeing that there was going to be small audience, got a band out to parade the streets as a drawing card. But near filled. The seats reserved for the Vice Presidents were about all empty, and it must have struck pang of sadness to the heart of the speaker to think that he had come to New Haven and not have even the leading Democrats turn out to hear him.
 The speaker of the evening was W. H. Grain. congressman from Texas. In justice to him it should be said he did as we'll as he could under the circumstances. It was throughout gloomy, dismal meeting.
 The chairman of the meeting was John Fl. Leeds, and Mir. Leeds at first forgot but what he was the speaker and proceeded to tplk for half an hour. He then nonchalantly said that as he was not the speaker of the evening he would introduce MT. Grain.
 He was quite liberal in his views and said said he didn't believe the country would go to the dogs whichever side won.
 The speaker said that people of the North said, and it had even been charged on the floor in Congress, that the blacks were not allowed the freedom of voting as they wished in the South, especially in Texas.
 q stand here as refutation of that charge. Every such utterance is false, and it is unjust and unfair to make such utter- ances. Why, in the county come from there is Democratic majority of 400: yet how is 1t that the county judge (a Republi- can) has been elected to that position for IS consecutive years if the blacks were not allow dsto voteq If you don't believe this write to D. 0. Cue, 8 colored man, and the chairman of the Republican committee of that county, and ascertain whether have told you the truth or not. This colored man, too, has been elected to the common council several times. We have colored lawyers, justices of the peace, constables and deputy sheriffs. Does this look as if the colored people in Texas are deprived of voting9"
 The speaker did not explain, however, how 1t was that southern Democrats suppressed the colored vote so customarily when they see fit to do so to prevent Republican suo- cesses.
 'sThe Democratic party differs with the Republican party honestly. On the popular vote the Democrats have majority of all the yotes in this country. Now, do you suppose, then. that the Democratic party wants to ruin this government, especially when that party is composed most largely of workingmen2 They have their homes and their business here, and do you suppose they desire to de- strOy themselvesf'
 MT. Grain then claimed that Cleveland would have been elected in November easily If he hadn't deemed it his duty to call up the surplus in the treasury question.
 MT. Grain said the Democrats were not for free trade and defied any orator who could point out a single Democrat who ever favored absolute free trade, or Democratic platform that ever had line that suggested 1t.
 Washington F. Willcox, candidate for Con- press, was ca ths stage, bat did not speak.