The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-09
RALLY or DEMOCRATS
Hill and Cleveland Meet
in a Mass Meeting.
COOPER UNION OvERFL0WS,
Outside, Miss Estelle Briggs, the
Tariff Smasher. Prevailed.


sett Over Another Knee than Old Mr.
Fns-etrs, and Applies n Truly Demo.
cratic spnnkinG-NIr. Coudcrt Says les
No Time for Personal Grievances, ana -
Say the County Democrats Outside.
Cooper Union was damned beyond endur.
ance last evening. The entrances to the histor.
IL hall were choked at 6::W although the Dem.
| ocratic ratification meeting was announced
t" begin not before o'clock. Capt McCul-
lagh the elder. and hundred OF his men and
u special squad of the Broadway giants. under
the command of Inspector Williams. were on
guard. II was tho first appearance on a cam
| pagn platform Of cx-Presdent Grover Cleve.
land since his retirement from the White
] House. and Gov. Hill was to be the orator Of
| the evening.
The speakers platform was adorned with
hunting. There was hand which delighted
tho audience with its clnmorous melodies
| There was some delay in getting to work, but
when in full operation tho meeting was alive
to all the points made by tho speakers.
The first stir of the evening was whom OK
| Gov. Tom Waller OF Connecticut came in and
took seat on the platform. 1t looked az
though every man and woman present knew
tho Ex-Governor and they checrcd him with q
vim. Then Frederic r. Coudert was warmly
greeted. and 80 were Mayor Grant and District
Attorney Ridgway Of Brooklyn The band
whiled away the time with Maggie Murphy's
| Homo" and the Pilgrims chorus from "Tnnn-
| hAuser."
Daniel G. Griffin OF Jefferson county, Chair
| man of the Executive Committee OF the State
| Committee came in shortly after g. and stand
| ing at the speakers desk announced that at
| the direction of the State Committee he would
| rcad list Of the Vice-Presidrnts and Score
tarics who had been nominated rs officers Of
the meeting Some OF the Vice-Presidents
| We're:
Charles s. Fairchild. William C. Whitney.
| Wheeler H. Pockham. David Dudley Field.
Wilson G. Hunt. William r. Grace. Hugh J..
Grant. Jordan l.. Mott. George Ehret George
Hoadly. Andrew II. Green. Jacob Ruppert,
Henry A. Gildersleevc. John H. v. Arnold.
Charles +. DAILY. Frederic p Olcott, Franklin
Bartlett, William Steinway. John r. voorhis,
Francis N. Scott. Gen. Daniel E Sickles. John
NJ Bowers. Franklin Edison. Smith Ely. Jr..
John D. Crmmins. J. Edward Simmons,
Samuel D. Babcock. Eugene Kelly. John 4.
Mccall Miles NJ. O'Brien. Willis q. Paine.
Maurice J. Power. Oscar 8. Strauss. Conrad N.
Jordan. Edward Schell BENJAMIN Wood.
Jenkins Van Setback. Edward J. Dunphy.
John A. Mason. Edward " Loew, George b
Mcclellan. W. T. v. Murray. and Stephen A.
Walker.
1t was curious to observe how the audiences
received the names 1t was IN audience that
had not forgotten the affliation Of certain gem
tlemcn. among thcm ex-senator Thomas
c. Platt's local calico ticket last fall. Tho
names OF cx-Sccrctary Fairchild. Wheeler H.
Peckham. William Il. Grace. and Francis n.
Scott. Mr. Cruces candidate for Mayor wore
received with mingled Kisses and cheers The
names Of William G. Whitney. Mayor Grant,
and young Col George d. Mcclellan were
heartily chcercd by everybody
1t then became Mr.. Grii1lns duty to an.
nounce the namo of the Chairman. and when
he mentioned Grover Cleveland rs the man
there was Il burst Of applause. repeated as the
ex-President stepped forward from the back Of
the stage. where he had been talking with
Gov Hill for several moments under the pro-
lection Of Inspector Williams Mr.. Cleveland
came forward with brown slouch hat in his
hand and stood ut the desk while the applause
lasted; He dropped the hat under the desk.
and when the cheers died away he said:
SPEECH OF GROVER CLEVELAND.
MY FELLOW CITIZENS: acknowledge with
much satisfaction tho compliment paid me By
my selection rs your presiding officer tonight
saa % @ Whs sS.
turn to the political situation which conironts
as well as members Of a grand political organi-
zation should DO subject Of their serious con-
" II may he indul gcd few moments shall
occupy tiat much Of your time In presenting
% 81 the p"moc se y'f to the p aa
pie OF the country. and the obligation and duty
Ct this particular time of the Democracy Of our
by profession and by tradition rs party Of th9
by no means intend to hint in the use Of this
sfxprcssion that IN It's conduct and action Il
creant to its traditions, 1t must, however. bs
admitted that we have had our seasons Of re-
Democracy really means has been especially
awaEenned ana 1l when we hayS been unusually
sivencss and activity Which consc So one exacss
OF those who profess Democratic faith and who
hre er,t thus enlisted in tho peoples cause.
tSo e2ntemp"te tonight t such revival
tSat ftsrn Ana honorable duty Is now At our our
sary extorted from them UNDER the sass q
We saw that this was the result Of
scheme perpetuated for the purpose Of exact
ing tribute from the poor for tho benefit Of the
,.n 1--WE So saw growing out Of this sshem. TIE
pe"ne wGo 9na corruption OF tho
. Ne saw parfy which advocated and de-
Tended {, q this wr6ng gaining and holding power
seli L Which it invited: ,IAFplaqss,Y
tom Which hon %o saw
and tho pnrversion ~ all that constitutes good
In jeopardy.
We saw a party planning to retain partisan
freedom and integrity Of the suffrage through
tho most radical and reckless legislation.
We saw waste and extrayagance ralding
places. while economy in Government expen-
ditures was r.diculed by those who held In
trust the peoples money.
We saw the national assemblage OF the
peoples Representatives Transformed to the
mara n n tyn n " ~
the, brute force Of n violently created majority
and by unprecedented arbitrary rulings while
ii was jccringy declared by those who usurp-
Cd It's functions to be- no longer deliberativo
body lCheers.l
WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO
Then II was that the Democratic party.
standing forth - do determined battle agaiurt
these abuses. which threatened the welfare
and happiness Of the people. called uI0n them
should be relentless and unc"mpromlsing
As results Of the struggle then entered