Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-06
REPUBLICAN BANNER RAISING.
Henry Gussman. Ex-Base Ball Player Addresses the Meeting.

Henry Gussman. Ex-Base Ball Player, Addresses the Meeting.
 A crowd of perhaps 200 children and boys and about 20 voters gathered at the rink last evening, the occasion being the speech making in connection with the swinging of the republican banner, from the windows of the Young Mems Republi- can club rooms. The American band fur nished music between the acts and WAS heartily applauded.
 J. Henry Morrow, the advocate of pro lection and large wages for the working man. was introduced the chairman. MT
 Morrow dwelt largely on the enthusiasm
 of the republican party and congratulated
 the negroes on their present condition as
 compared with their condition during the l Fremont campaign.
 H. c. Gussman, of New Britain, who
 was mistaken by many for Charles A.
 Colley, was the second speaker. He re- lieved himself of a rampant string of words
 in which the "Red Bandana" was intro
 duced frequently. After dwelling on the
 certainty of the success of the republican
 ticket this year he said: "You ask why
 did we not win Ill 1884 with the | ''plumed knight" James G. Blaine at
 the head of the ticket. Every one wanted
 a change that time. They wanted to count
 the money in the treasury. and after the
 money was counted everything was found
 all right except a two cent piece, and that
 was found afterwards under the feet of a democratic official who had hidden it there. The people are tired of the change now.
 They find that they have not only elected
 a democrat but demagogue. There is no
 need to ratify the nomination of the re-
 publican party. They are ratified already.
 The electoral vote of Connecticut is sure
 for Harrison and Morton. The republican
 party was we'll represented at Chicago.
 The delegates, the pick of the party, (com-
 mittee on credentials) worked hard. and took week before they came to decision ) and selected their candidates. The voters
 of the United States are now about to SC
 parate to one side or the other; to march ) under the stars and stripes or the red ban } dana. Look at our platform. The firs
 thing we do is to honor onr dead heroes Lincoln, Grant, Garfield Conkling an6 Logan. We pray for that hero who rode , the black horse at Winchester, Phil Sheri dan. We congratulate Brazil. and we ex press hope to soon be able to con gratulate the Irish people ou thei1 securing home rule for their beautiful
 Isle. We go in for free ballot and fai
 count and for protection of home industries The democratic platform is the same a :, the one of 1884. That platform was sub a mitted to the supposed intelligent men O I the democratic party, but they could no 4 understand it. How can they expect tn !, people at large to understand it. Tn leaders say, well if they don't under
 stand, it's all right It heartily endorse the Mills bill, free trade and the reC bandana. Free trade will place the Amer n ican workingman on level with the poor n est paid labor of Europe" Here NJ Gussman related cat story, which caused e the crowd of small boys in the front t g smile audibly. "They say" continues
 he, that MT Harrison is partial to Chimes d labor and immigration. Whatever M t Harrison was in favor of, he now stand @ on the republican platform which is op posed to Chinese immigration. If w n have free trade everyone will be eating rat g a1id smoking opium like the Chinamen. y Judge Cowell followed MT Gussman
 He eulogized the candidates and said i h was an honor to follow Harrison an f Morton whether to victory or defeat.