The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-29
REPUBLICAN HOME RULE.
CONGRESSMAN CUMMINGS CITES N1KR-
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Arter Hia - Roswell r. Flewer lay
Dow. the Issues In . Letter.
| In the Seventh Senate district, where last
week Platt's Fassett insulted the people By
making q vulgar display OF shirt sleeves. the
voters turned out last night and damned inte
Ooncordia Hall 30 tightly that It was almost
impossible for them to get out, Just to show
that they resented the insult The hall was
full before the meeting hour. and during the
Lext half hour as large crowd was turned
away for want OF room as there was In the hal
itself The people were enthusiastic and
shouted at everybody and everything Demo.
cratic. They were Intelligent and they cheered
| every point that the speaker made.
George Sohmer Tammany Hall candidate
| for Assembly in the Tenth district, presided al
the meeting. and he introduced Roger @
Mills as tho brightest star in the Congress
sional armament" A wave Of enthusiastic
applause came from the crowd that startled
the Congressman. They cheered and cheered.
and wound up every cheer with tiger. That
made Mr.. Mills say that II Mr.. Fsssett was
tiger hunting he might come right there to
nnd the beast.
"The Republicans" said Mr.. Mills. found
a surplus In the treasury. They proceed
cd to squander billion dollars OF It, and then
they raised tho rate Of taxation on the people.
Having done this. they went OF tiger hunting.
tCheersl They have got no time to defend the
great monstrosity. They talk now OF the ex-
oessive taxation Of the city OF New York.
They had better talk OF the excessive taxation
made necessary by the Billion dollar Congress-
They will find out that tiger hunting Is dan
gerous sport. and especially 80 when the tiger
is hunting the same beast that Is hunting him.
tCheers and laughter.l Plat and Fsssett are
n~nnx En- In
them before the Dor OF Justice and indict them.
They are now calling attention to the notes In
the tigers eyes They'd better pay attention
to the beam In their own"
OF Democracy he said. 1T means liberty.
fraternity. and fertility among the people"
and then he branched OF on tho tariff Ques-
ton. He declared that the tariff had reduced
the wages Of the people OF the United States.
He said that the manufacturer got all the pro-
tection and the workman all the tafIy. and"
he said. when l. In the name OF an outraged
and plundered people call on these men who
are responsible for reduced wages and poverty
to come out and face the outraged people and
vindioate their conduct, their only answer 10
that they have gone tiger hunting and can't
They say they want to save the city Of New
York. The Government Of the city Of New
York belongs to the people Of New York. and
they are able to take cure OF 1t. Let these
tiger hunters from tho baokwoods mind their
own business"
LET this" he said. in conclusion. BE your
last political act Vote the Democratic ticket
before you die and check your baggage
straight to heaven. Let US continue the strug-
gle till we elect Democratic Senate. Demo-
cratic Governor, and q Democratic President,
and they will repeal all these obnoxious laws
that rob the people. Let US continue the strug-
ho IN rfn
for revenue only. and then wo shall see Ameri-
can-made vessels. flying tho American flag.
carrying the product Of the American people
to all the ports OF the woild."
Although the speech TOOK three-quartecs OF
an hour to deliver. ths crowd cheered. and
when It was finished It gave three more cheers
for the speaker.
CONGRESSMAN Amos ]. Cummings came next
He was cheered nearly Us heartily as was
Mills. The points he made were these:
I'm the Twenty-Five district in New York
IL takes 24.319 votes to elect one Assem-
blyman. and in the Nineteenth district 27.142
In Republican st. Lawrence 81 1928 votes elect
three Republican AssemLlymep. We are liv-
ing to-day and are taxed to-day under an ap-
portionment made sixteen years ago. and for
six years the Republican elected BY mi
nority OF the voters OF the State has refused to
obey tho plain mandate OF ths Constitution.
The result is inequality Of the ballet. and three
Democratic votes i9 New YORK count fog no |
with one-ilfth Of the representation, in the |
Legislature. pays 40 per cent. Of the State taxes
gasi sssSG, asa % Is 1ne
sIsEs re-
publican FRANKLIN $1,000 Is; Republican
G aoshea 81 Els
iii we reach the a ak eeste e
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to the US OF hone rus
poetess Of tie iS MECHANIC and the aborer and
the MERCHANT and the other taxpayers OF the
''s'F assett prates about the tiger Of Tam many
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si. 9 on on 500: RepasiIean oswsgo. $40: Re:
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through the list.
%Fassstt prates about giving New York homo
publican party gave Chester A.. Arthur was
hs bs sa CHI Ss @ etd asn
gave tho place to Republican from &. Law
SssS + sssn and Of nam
nut they ared lin out y q Once Fl to make room
or Republican from Chsmung, who used 1t
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Jon for Governor and then they gave 1t to q
Republican from Onondaga. They even vent
mission. Forty-three per cent Of the EN-
,loyees Of the Custom House come from Re-
publican counties.
:" Now for, the, State Republican home rule
We have Republican from Platt's county act
ne as Health Officer Of the Port at q salary Of
~. OOG year. Plat himself held tie office Of
.fter his term had expired and We had to re-
ort 70 the courts to fire him out; He drew
hadn't any right to q cent OF It because he
wasn't q Citizen Of New York as the law re:
he 100000 back That's Republican home
ule. In 1872 the Repuhlicaps took away
his. year II, they succeed in electing their
lest Evil Justices. We will see a citizen Of
!nanda6a citing IN Judge W RH'tfys PLACE %, IL
'ord's place. and Citizen of Skanoatelos, an
Tier from shieshinny: and H. others from
wi Justice That's the homs rule we'll get II ]
- u. TIcc v,,ta for Tom lutf |