Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-09
Mr.. CLEVELAND
As Chairman of a Democratic Meeting
in New York,
TELLS THE PEOPLE SOME THINGS
That are Good for Thtm 10 Hear and Think Over
Governor Eill Makes Ringing Democratic
Address and Arraigns Passsi far
Bis Past Record.

New YORK, October s.-The Demo
cratic mass meeting at Cooper's Union
was attended by crowd that filed the
house to overfowing, while the crowd
outside was large enough to fill three
halls as large as the one selected for the
mass meeting. AT $50 O'Clock, Charles
w. Dayton, called the assemblage to
order and announced ex-President
Grover Cleveland as President Of the
meeting.
When Mr.. Cleveland appeared he was
greeted with voclferous and long con-
tinued applause. Waving his hand for
silence he began:
My FELLOW CITIZENS: The Democrat
ic party has at all times been by pro-
fession and by tradition the party of the
people. say by profession and tradi-
tion, but / by no means intend TO hint
in the use Of this expression that In It's
conduct and action it has failed TO JUS
tify its profession, or been recreant TO
its tradition. IL must, however, be ad-
mitted that we have had our seasons OF
revival when the consciousness OF what
true Democracy really wins, has been
especially awakened, and when We have
been unusually aroused to o lively ap-
probation Of the aggressiveness and
activity which conscience exacts of
those who profess Democratic faith and
who are thus enlisted in the peoples
cause.
We contemplated tonight such re-
vival and the stupendous results which
have thus far attended II. In view OF
these things we cannot be honest and
sincere and fail TO see that stern and
ineXorable duty is now AT our door.
We saw the money Of the people un-
necessarily extorted from them under
the gu!se OF taxation. We saw that this
was the result Of scheme perpetuated
for the purpose Of exacting tribute from
the poor for the benefit OF the rich. We
saw growing out OF this scheme the
wholesale debauchery and corruption OF
the people whom IL impoverished. We
saw waste and extravaganza raiding the
public treasury and justified In official
places while economy la government
expenditures was ridiculed by thoso
who held in trust the peoples money.
We saw the National assemblage OF
the peoples representatives trans
| formed TO the mere sembance OF
Legislative Assembly by the brute force
OF q violently created majority and by
unprecedented arbitrary rulings while
1t was jeeringly declared by those who
usurped It's functions to be q delibera-
tive oody.
Then 10 was that the Democratic
! party determined TO battle against these
abuses. AS results OF the struggle then
entered upon the popular branch OF the
next Congress, the party which lately
impudently arrogated TO itself the dom
lnation OF that body will ill hardly
moro than one-fourth OF It's seats.
Democratic Governors occupy the enc
my's strorgholds in Iowa, Massachusetts,
OHIO, Wisconsin and Michigan. In
Pennsylvania the election Of Demo-
cratic Governor presented conclusive
proof Of Republican corruption and Re-
publican dishonesty detected.
do not forget that we are gathered
together TO ratlfy State nominations,
and that we are Immediately concerned
with State campaign. II we fail 10
retain ascendancy in tho Empire State,
no matter upon what issue IL is lost, IL
will be claimed as the verdict
of our people against the principles
and platform of National Democracy.
Mr.. Cleveland closed by paying a hand
some tribute 10 the Democratic candi-
date for Governor, Hon. Il. z. Flowers.
Governor Hill was then introduced.
In opening, Governor Hill said the
present campaign involved the same
contest asin recent years-a contest be-
tween political honesty on the Demo-
cratic side, and political hypocrisy on
the other side. He then reviewed the
points and plank urged in and by the
Democratic and Republican platforms.
Closing his discussion OF tariff meas
ures, Governor Hill said: Our op-
ponents, Notwithstanding tho popular
uprising OF last fall, not only refuse TO
appeal the Mckinley bill but have the
sublime assurance to assert that the
tariff question is settled. | tell them
that no question can be regarded as SET
tied 10 this country until II has been
rightly settled. That they discover
that the agitation will continue until
jnstlce is done and that all their efforts
10 prevent II will prove unavailing.
In dealing with the currency ques-
tiou. the speaker said: The Democratlcl 4
party has planted itself firmly and
soundly upon the principle OF bi-metal-
ism. The Sherman law "a degradation
Of the currency, prolific mother OF un-
equal dollars. miserable make-shift,
an unworthy subterfuge. Gov. Hi
closed by referring TO Senator Fassett's
connection with the Worlds Fair. It's
loss to New York. he said, was due TO
Mr.. Fassett's desire to humiliate tho
city and his dislike for the local OIL
clals.