Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-29
I. PLATT UNDER THE HAT.
"Me Too" Whooping 1t Up
for Harrison.
Opening of the Republican
Campaign in Gotham.
Platt, Miller and Depew Posing al
Friends and Brothers.
Each of Them Speaks q Little PIece IL
Behalf of the Inheritor of
Grandfather's Beaver-Reid
Also Heard From.
By the Associated press.l

New YORK, Sept. 2S.-The first Re-
publican meeting of the presidential
campaign in this city was held tonight
Cooper Union halr was packed, and
many could not get in. The hall was
profusely decorated with American flags,
and on either side of the speakers stand
were German and Irish flags. The
audience went wild when Thomas c..
Platt, Warner Miller and Chauncey M.
Depew came in together. Platt was in
troduced as chairman, and was received
with great cheering.
ME TOO SPEAKS HIS PIECE.
Mr.. Platt said "Our friends the
enemy, and our enemies claiming to be
friends, manifested much anxiety over
the lively contest at the last national
Republican convention between the
friends of the different aspirants for the
presidential nomination. There is
nothing to worry about. Benjamin Har
rison stands today as the representative
of the grand old Republican party, the
bearer OF the flag Of protection, recl-
procity and honest money, and as such
WC RlCuk0 41A - uulLCu paIbys
Cleveland and the Democratic party
cannot 60 into this campaign under the
lying banner of tariff reform. The
Democratic convention at Chicago
would have no such milk and water
revenue only plank. On that plank the
Democracy. Cleveland and Hill both
agree that protection is a cheat, but
neither of them dares endorse absolute
free trade, 30 they are both compelled
to repudiate the platform and straddle
the ieeue.
"The Republican party believes in
honest money; no juggling with or de-
basing of the national currency. It
wants silver dollar the equal of the
gold dollar, and paper dollar backed
by the honor of the republic, a represen-
tative of value as precious as silver or
gold. I'M the darkest horr tliis nation
ever saw, when gold was at a premium
of 250 per cent. the Republican party,
true to its principles, refused to compro-
mise the nations honor by paying the
interest on the public debt in green
backs. What was the result? United
States bonds became the gilt edged in
vestment of the civilized world. No
greater financial crime has been at
tempted in the country than the Demo
cratic. endeavor to substitute the issues
OF irresponsible state banks for our pres
ent national currency.
"As to the go called force bill, the
Democratic newspapers have persistent
ly spread through their columns for
months past all sorts of incendiary ap-
peals and bogus information regarding
the alleged force bill. There never has
been force bill which was endorsed by
the Republican party. The party, how
ever, believes in free ballot and fair
count, and that we will have. We fought
for that right from Bull Run to Appo.
mattox. We paid for that privilege
So, 900, ,0O0, 900 and over million precious
lives, and in Code name we will fight
for it as long as q single Republican re-
mains alive within the limits of the
American union, be it in the state of AL
ALBANIA or the state Of New York"
Platt closed with an earnest admoni-
tion to Republicans to organize through
out the city, state and land, and to help
with all their might to get every Re-
publican voter out on election day.
''wHrrL1E" REID HAS HIS SAY.
When the cheering which followed his
address had subsidsd, Platt introduced
Whitelaw Reid as the next vice presi-
dent OF the United States, and once
more the audience broke out in enthusi-
astic applause. Mr.. Reid spoke briefly,
saying in part:
lis the country to abandon its present
prosperous security and reckleesly ven-
fure out upon the sea of chance in the
tariff, reciprocity. banking, currency
and shipping, which the Chicago plat
form proposes? That depends upon
whether the Republican party of the
state of New York does it's full duty and
exerts it's full strength for the next six
weeks. For you will not forget that our
opponents have carried the state for a
presidential candidate but three times
in 36 years. In 1856 Fremont took
away the electoral vote of New York
from Buchanan by plurality OF $4,000.
Never, from that day to this, have the
Democrats been able to regain those
electoral votes, save when they had
popular leader of this state as
their candidate, with united party be-
hind him, Such leaders were Seymour
and Tilden, and such another Cleveland
was thought to be when first nominated
for the presidency. Yet he carried the
state the first time by but 1047, and the
next time was beaten by $4,000 votes
by Benjamin Harrison. On that ratio
and under that same leader, what sort
of majority against him, ought New
York to give this time? Six weeks OF
| individual and united effort will be
enough, if we only base our campaign
on what we are going to do for ourselves,
not on what we fancy or hope the dis
sensions of the enemy may do for US.
Providence helps those who help them
selves"
WARNER MILLER TALKS.
Platt next introduced ex Senator
Warner Miller, who spoke at some
length. All the differences OF opinion
in the Republican party, he declared
ended when the Minneapolis convention
declared its choice. Whatever difficult
ties have existed have passed away. He
traced the achievements of the Republi'
cav rortv ot IonUtb and rafntad this