, 1890-08-19
A R0USlkG RALLY.
II Was Held in the Open Air on the
South Side.
Col. Bryan, Gibson Clark and Gen.
Thompson Spoke.
The Democratic Party is Loyal to
the Masses.

The hrst open air meeting OF the cam
paign was held in front of the CLARK
hose house on the South Side last even
ing aud was a grand success. Fully 500
electors listened to calm, intelligent and
able discussions of the national, state and
local issues Of the day. Col. Bryan,
Gibson Clark and John Charles Thomp-
son were the orators.
At 1880 there was quite q crowd and
this was greatly swelled by the arrival Of
the Union Prolific band. All the residents
of that section OF the city were out. Many
ladies stood in the open air. though the
evening was cool and rain fell in a light,
yet disagreeable driznle a couple of times.
General Thompson opened the meeting
in q ringing speech which aroused his
hearers to a great pitch of enthusiasm.
His denunciation OF bossism was scathing
and his appeal to the people to assert
their rights was received with great ap-
plause. The general is a most engaging
talker and pleased his audience immensely.
He told the people that it elected prose-
cutting attorney he would devote bis entire
time and apply what ability he possessed
to the duties of the Office, and administer
it economically as possible.
Cold facts were dispensed by Hon, Glib
son Clark, who will be in the first state
house of Representatives. He spoke of
the expenses attendant on the new form
of government. No longer will the
United States government pay the salar
les and expenses of legislatures and
courts, add in addition to the territorial
machinery there is a Separate supreme
court The Democratic party is pledged
to keep the expenses of state government
to the lowest consistent notch, and will
refrain from depressing the people with
the burthens OF taxation. Mr.. Clark
called attention to the constitutional pro-
visions for boards of arbitration to ami
cably settle differences between employers
aud their employees. On behalf of the
Laramie county legislative delegation he
guaranteed the enactment Of just laws to
carry into effect the constitutions planks
looking to the improvement of the condi-
ton of labor. In conclusion the speaker
made effective reference to the withdrawal
from entry BY the Republican admins
tration of the arid lands and the conse-
quent debarment of settlers from Wyom-
ing. This was the operation Of a bill on
which Judge Carey had once prided him
self on getting through congress.
One OF the c~learest and most forcible
tariff speeches ever made in Wyoming
was delivered in ten minutes by Col. P.
Cad Bryan, the gallant veteran and en-
inent attorney named by the Democrats
for q place on the supreme bench. The
Mills bill reduced the tariff on necessities
and added TO the levy on Injuries. 1t
was passed by Democratic house and
throttled BY a Republican senate. The
Mckinley bill increases the tariff 200 per
cent on cotton, greatly on tin and proper
~tionately On other articles used either
largely or almost exclusively b. the mid
die or poorer Glasses, while it reduces the
tax on silks, lsces and other things which
the wealthy only can afford. This bill is
being railroaded through a Republican
congress. 1t is approved by the Repub-
licans of this state in their platform and
pronounced injurious by the Democrats in
their platform. Clearly. the party for the
people is the one which condemns a law
calculated to make the poor poorer and
the richer richer. Col. Bryan said that
if placed on the bench he would exempli-
fy Democracy by insisting upon equal and
exact justice to all the people.
Before the meeting adjourned Gen.
Thompson, on behalf of Pat Sullivan.
who was present. pronounced as utterly
false the published statement that on the
street recently Mr.. Sullivan had raised his
hat and made obesienoe to Geo. W. Bax-
ter and was not noticed by the latter.
What actually happened was an ordinary
exchange Of greetings between theIgentle-
men, and any other account of the occur
renee is simply without an atom of truth.
In this published account Pat Salhvan's
honest Irish brogue was made game of in
a fippant manner. 1t is the same brogue
in which heroes have shouted for liberty,
divine poets sung, great preachers ex-
pounded the gospel and great judges in
terpreted the law, and no man need be
ashamed Of 1t.
Gen. Thompson also contradicted some
other vile ~falsehoods which haye been
circulated about Mr.. Baxter. These
malicious stories are too ridiculous to
merit denial.
The meeting closed with cheering for
Democracy.
Democratic rally at the opera house to-