Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-09
THE RIVAL LEADERS.
Cleveland and Hill Address a Big
Ratification Meeting.
BOTH ARE EQUALLY APPLAUDED.
The Governor Gracefully introduced by
the Ex-PreSident.
HILL pENOUNCES THE SHERMAN BILL

vention. When the doors were opened
there was a wild rush that Captain Nc
Cullough and his 100 policemen were utter
" unable TO control They shouted COM
mands to stand back, waved their long M :ght
sticks, and even brought them down with
force on many heads, but all was in vain.
The struggling mass of humanity forced on
and in. and within ten minutes every seat
and every inch of standing room in the
large hall was filled.
Then the gates were closed and lines of
policemen held the fort against crowd
large enough to fill three halls as large as
the one selected for the mass meeting.
Among the large assemblage of men were
about 100 ladies, who were accorded seats in
the front rows and on the platform.
CLEVELAND NoIsIIY WELCOMED.
II was $50 o'clock before the meeting
was called to order by Charles W. Dayton
He read a long list of Vice Presidents and
Secretaries, embracing the names of most
OF the leading city Democrats. The list
was headed by the name of ex-President
Grover Cleveland, as President of the meet
ing.
4 committe sent to escort Mr.. Cleveland
10 the stage reappeared, conducting him.
TUmUltuous applause greeted the appear
ance of the Democratic ex-President. In
all parts Of the hall men stood up and
waved their hats cheered, clapped hands
and pounded the floor with thir canes. He
said
"The Democratic. party has at all times )
been by profession and by tradition the
party of the people. L say by profession
and tradition. but by no means intend to
hint in the use Of this expression that in its
conduct and action ii has failed TO justify
irs profession or been recteant to its tradi-
lions. Il must, however. be admitted that
We have had
OUR SEASONS OF REVIVAL,
when the consciousness Of what true Dem
ocracv really means has been especially
awakened, and when We have been unusu-
ally aroused to lively appreciation Of the
aggresSivenesS and activity which con-
science eyacts of those who profess Dem
ocratic faith and who are thus enlisted in
the peoples cause.
We contemplate tonight such a revival |
and the StupendouS results which have thus, |
Jar attended 1t. In view of these things we |
cannot be honest and sincere and fail to see !
that a stern and memorable duty is now at |
our door,
I'VE saw the money of the people I'M s
necessarily extOrted from them under the |
Cuise Of taxation We saw that this was |
the result of a scheme perpetuated for the.
purpose Of exacting tribute from the Door |
-or the benefit of the rich. WeSaw growing |
ont of this scheme the wholesale debauchery |
and corruption of the people whom it i'm |
poverished We saw party which advo- |
Gated and defended this wrong gaining and |
holding power in the Government bv the |
shameless appeal 10 Selfshness which it |
invited. We saw The people under the |
bonds Of Misrepresentation and misconcep- |
l5oH. and We saw sordidnesS and the perver-
SION of all that constitutes good citizenship
"n every hand. and sturdy Americanism in
jeopardy.
A CHARGE OF ENTRAVACANCE.
I'VE saw a party planning to retain
partisan ascendency by throttling and de- |
sroviug the freedom and integrity of the |
people through the most radical aud reckless |
legislation We saw waste and extravaganza |
raiiiug the public Treasury aud justified in |
official places, while economy in Govern |
Hlrut expenditures was ridiculed by those |
who held in trust the peoples money.
I'VE saw the national aSSemblage of the |
peoples Representatives transformed into |
the mere seEblance Of legislative assem-
hlv by the brute force of violently \
created majority and by unprecedented ar
bitr1ry rulings, whileit was ieeriugly de- |
Clared hv those who USurpcd its functions to |
re no longer delibcrative body.
Then II was that the Democratic party,
standing forth 10 do determined battle
against these abuses which threatened the
welfare and happiness Of the people, called 1
upon them 70 trust 1t and promised them
raai the warfare SHOULD be relentless and
vncempromising.
THE LANDsI IDE OF LAST FAIL
As results of the struggle then entered
upon, never has the reSstless force OF the |
awakened thought Of our cOuntrymen been
more completely demonstrated, and never
has the irresistible strength of the princi-
pies of Democracy been more fully exem-
pliiicd. From the West and from the East
came tidings of victory. In the popular
branch OF the next Congress the party
which lately impudentlv Srro@ated TO itself |
the domination OF that body, will fill hardly
more than one-iourth of its seats Demo
cratic Governors occupy the cnemv's strong
holds in Iowa, Massachusetts. Ohio Wis
ronsB and Michigan. In PENNSYLVANIA the
election Of a Democratic Governor presented
conclusive proof Of Republican corruption
exposed and Republican dishonesty de-
tected.
"But with all these results of q lust and
fearless Democratic policy our work is not
yet completely done, and want to suggest
to you that any relaxation of effort within
the lines established by the National De
mocracv will be violation of the pledges
We gave the people when we invited their
cooperation and undertook their cause
\ GOOD WORD FOR THE TICKET
"I do rot forget that We are gathered to-
rether to ratifv the State nominations, and
that we are immediately concerned with a
State campaign. 1t seems to me. however,
that while national questions OF the greatest
importance are vet unsettled, and when we
a~c on the eve Of national campaign in
which rhev must be again pressed upon the
attention of the voters of the country, the
Democracy Of the great State of New York
cannot and will not entirely ignore them.
II we fail TO retain ascendency in the En-
rire State, 40 matter upon what issue 1t is
lost. j. Wlll be claimed as the verdict of our
people against the principles and platform
OF the National Democracy" Then fol-
lowed Il handsome tribute to the candldace
for Governor Hon. Il. p. Flower.
Al the conclusion of Mr.. Clevelands
speech Governor Hill appeared, and turn
ing toward him with a bow, and then to the
audience, Mr.. Cleveland said he had now TO
perform work Of usefulness and superero-
CATION, but he did not think it necessary to
say more, and he could not say less than
that Governor Hill was there.
GovERNoR HILL BEGINS.
A. Governor Hill stepped forward to the
reading desk, he was greeted by an out
hurst o. applause similar to and as pro-
longed as that with which Mr. Cleveland