Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-04
Tuesday, November a, 1890.
A sLrmLY ATTENDED RALLY

Held by the Democrats NJ the Hyp .
-rfon Last Nfght-Addresses by Sine
ON e. Baldwin, Z. 9. Cleveland,
Jonn J. Phelan and David Gala.
han.
A, slimly attended rally, intended as q
grand final gun of the campaign, was held
by the democrats at the Hyperion last
night. The meeting was called to order
by @. T. DriscoI, one of the democracy's
ambitious candidates for the mayoralty
nomination, and Simeon E. Baldwin, one
of the mugwump acquisitions of the party,
was introduced as chairman of the meet
ing. Among those upon the platform
were Judge Luzon B. Morris, Judge s. A.
York, James n. States. Colonel n. G. Os-
born, G. B. Bowers, Judge A. Il. Robert
SON, Theodore futile, Alexander Troup,
Rsuben B. Davenport, Henry G. Lewis,
Walter Leigh, ]. B. Sargent, Samuel r.
Avis, T. ]. Fox, Edward Downes and
others
Mr.. Driscoll in introducing the chair
man said:
the chairman OF this meeting distinguished
all. One Of his ancestors was among the sizners
Of the Declaration Of Independence and his honor
ed father served the state Connecticut In the ca
tor he has long stood in the front rank Of the
legal profession and has proved himself in every
guished ancestors. He has at heart the welfsre
OF the nation, the state and the city in which he
lives, and therefore has at heart the success Of
the democratic party. BE needs no introduction
to any New Haven audience. i have only to an
nounce his name-Professor Simeon L. Baldwin
Professor Baldwin made some extended
remarks upon the political situation as it
has been presented by stump speakers
throughout the campaign. He dwelt
chiefly upon the commercial and industrial
conditions of New England people and en-
deavored to show that the republican party
was endeavoring to sacrifice the interests
of this section to the interests of larger and
more powerful states. He thought the
democracy should win because it had NOM
mated clean ticket. He eulogized Judge
Morris as a fit leader of the party. He
said the great ally of the party was truth
and right. He decla ed the democratic
party now stands upon the same platform
as it stood on when the constitution was
adopted.
John ]. Phelan of Bridgeport, candidate
for secretary of state, was the next
speaker. He said there were two con-
spicuous reforms mentioned in the demo-
cratic platform. The first, the abolition
of the law which provides that state officers
shall receive majority over all for cleo
ton. Another is that the county commits
sioner shall be appointed by the county
over which they have power. He said
the power OF the republican party to-day
was one of minority rather than majority,
and declared that those who wished to
''strike down the brazen spectre of repub-
ican audacity" and restore the popular
rights should vote the democratic
ticket. He characterized the republican
party as continually enforcing the
principal of the Capitalization of power
and mentioned several instances, such as
the election of a state ticket by the legis-
lature and the election of county commits
sioners by the same body, sevidence of this.
He declared the republican party, especially
its leaders, and notably Mr.. Blaine, had
seen the handwriting upon the wall and
were coming over to tariff reduction as
their only means of salvation and they
were doing this under the guise of
reciprocity which, he declared, was abso-
lutte free trade.
David Callahan, one of the democratic
candidates in this city for representative.
spoke for an hour, chiefly upon the rela-
ton of the tariff to the laboring class
His arguments were of the same character
| as those of previous speakers which have
been SO completely exploded by senators,
Hawley and Plat, Hon. Mshlon Chance
and other prominent republican speakers
here. E. Spicer Cleveland of Hartford,
| finished the evening with another talk
upon the tariff. Nothing new in the line
| of argument was advanced by him.