The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
CREAM OF THE EMPIRE STATE
A Great Meeting of Enthusiastic
Democrats i'm New York
City.
CLEVELAND and HILL EACH SPEAK.
The Ex-President Utters Words of
Truth and Wisdom to His
Auditors.
The Governor Also Breaks Lance
for the Party of His
Choice.
CLEVELAND and HILL EACH SPEAK.

New YORK. Oct. S.-Democrats of this
| city assembled in mass meeting in the
large hall of Cooper union this evening
to rat,fy the nominations made at the
Saratoga convention. When the doors
were opened there was wild rush 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 them fast
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 hundred
ladies who were accorded seats in the
front rows and on the platforms
The meeting was called to order by
w. Dixon. Ex-President Cleveland was
president of the meeting and tumultu-
Gus applause greeted his appearance
Cleveland said the democratic party has
always been the party of the people. A
profession of democratic faith is an en-
listment in the peoples cause. A stern
and inexorable duty is now at our door,
Extortion under the guise of taxation, cor
ruption, advocates of wrong holding power
and the perversion of good citizenship
were apparent. He said extravaganza
prevailed and public economy was ridi-
culed and continued: 1--WE saw ma
tional assemblage of the peoples repre-
sentatives transformed to a mere sem
blance of legislative assembly by the
brute force of violently created major
ity and by unprecedented arbitrary rul-
ings, while it was jeeringly declared by
those who usurped its functions to be no
longer deliberative body. Then it was
that the democratic party, standing
forth to DO determined battle against
these abuses which threatened the wei.
fare and happiness of the people, called
upon them to trust it and promised
them that the warfare should be relent-
less and uncompromising. AS result
of the struggle then entered upon never
has the resistless force of the awakened
thought of our countrymen been more
completely demonstrated and never
has the irresistible strength of the prin-
ciples of democracy been more fully ex.
emplified. From west and from east
came the tidings of victory. In the pop
ular branch of the next congress the
party which lately impudently arrogated
to itself the domination Of that body
will hardly fill more than one fourth Of
its seats. Democratic governors occupy
the enemy's strongholds in Iowa. Massa-
chusetts, Ohio, Wisconsin. Michigan. In
Pennsylvania the election of demo-
cratic governor presented conclusive
proof of republican corruption exposed
and republican dishonesty detected. But
with all these results of a just and fear
less democratic policy our work is not
yet completely done, and l want to sug-
gest to you that any relaxation of effort
within the lines established by the ma
tional democracy will be violation of
the pledges we gave the people when we
invited their cooperation and undertook
their cause. do not forget that we are
gathered together to ratify state legisa-
ton, and that we are Immediately con-
cerned with the state campaign. 1t
seems to me, however, that while ma
tional questions of greatest import are
yet unsettled and when we are on the
eve of a national campaign in which they
must be again pressed upon the at
tention of the voters of the country, the |
of the great state Of New !
York can not and will not entirely ignore |
them. If we fail to retain the ascend
ency in the empire state no mat
ter upon what issue it is
lost it will be claimed as the verdict of
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platform of the national democracy.
Those who act with us merely because
they approve the present position of the
democracy and the reforms we
have undertaken and who oppose in ma
tonal affairs the republican policy and
methods and who still think the state
we have in hand has no rela-
ton to the principles and the policy
which they approve are in danger of fall
ing into grave error. Our opponents