New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16

audience was about to dspers". Mr. Reid saiG
Gentlemen. am not receiving congratulations on
because the downtown merchants will leave no step
untaken and no stone unturned to get out every
possible vote for the Republican ticket lrere
was more cheering and moro grasplng OF Mr. Rela
by the hand as the audience left the room. \
number enrolled themselves as members of the
club.
WEST SIDE MERCHANTS RAISE A BANNER
AN EARNEST AND LARGE REPUBLICAN AUDI
ESCE HEARS wHITELAw REID. GENERAL
O'BEIRNE, A. WILLIS LIGHT
BoURN AND OTHERS
The West Side Merchants Republican Club
held a big mass-nciing AMI banner-raising yes
terday afternoon in ,'hn'bcrs-st., between Hudson
and Greenwich SITS a vast thrCng filed the
street up and down, far beyond hearing distohcc
from the speakers stan /. and at sill the windows
in the vicinity the clerks and employees gathered
TO hear the 10th Regiment Band and TO listen
TO the speeches FROM Republican orators White
law Reid was present, but it was known TO few
that he was TO be there until he assembled the
platform. 1t WAS genuine devotion TO Repuo-
lican principles and 10 the country which has
been made prosperous thereby which drew the
crowd together and their enthusiasm found vent
in prolonged and repeated Cheers for Harrison,
Reil, Blaine. Mckinley and other Republican
was Democrat in the crowd. enthusiastic
and administrative was it, but there were few
tell-tae buttons 10 Dc seen, AMI their owners
looked serious They at least will not 90 about
telling of the apathy which some say exists IN
the Republican ranks
That meeting represented 80 Republican votes,
already pledged TO the party on the membership
rolls of the West Side Merchants Republican Club
and at least l 900 votes were In sight ABOUT
the speakers stand no wonder the Republicans
were juhiant and the Democrats serious
voted for oil Tippecanoe and for BcnJamlh' 'oo'
shouted an old man, and am proud enough Of
the family to vote for one of them again" Inc
network banner swung above, partially folded
vet. showing plainly it's lettering and designs.
Betwcen the pictures Of Harrison and Reid was
painted the Capitol at Washington. and the crowd
recognized in it symbol Of victory. On either
side were represented typical American landscapes,
busy factories and farming districts, showing the
prosperity of the country under a protective
tariT
Mr.. Reid was escorted from the Merchants
Club where he had had luncheon. By Edward
A. Treat, Grinnel Willis, William b. Fuller and
B. f. Hart ir. If the crowd was enthusiastic
before Mr.. Reid arrived, it went Wild When he
assembled the platform. Men cheered themselves
hoarse and threw up hats regardless of the conse-
ignition before he took his seat. Colonel s. r.
Hart. president of the club presided, He ordered
the banner to be flung TO the breeze. and then
said:
rAnowCi,izens: We meet to unfurl this beautl-
fu banner and to ratify the nomination Of mat bive
soldier and wise stadSs n townsman whiteaw REID
for Vice President We here as business men TO
nrotosf against any change in our banking system
Whereby We would be compelled to go to sS
nfprfp
That viii 90 anywhere and that is as good as GOLD
Ws aTe in favor of tariff that protects American
labor against the Of Enrope for when ao our
are prosperous, o"slns NJ, csveand saws
Ne NE tsriff is tax But suppose we do not buy any
gSs That Mt h ssn s S Tas'S S1
iSns that there rs duty on and cem o1sGiyS FERN
s%nlasSs sx A%e PIe9 prOdA ppan.c "oo
General James K. OBeirne was the next speaker
He said 49,. .1,.....
into nn n Or sh no I'd p" bS that IS Ple
TO thrive not TO thrys mat rs the T Ga ReDca 1
n1 before Sy 'ns rs Ms sscn and has
made iris country or %Sn aRd
S,s Syro,nerv The Democratic party before The
people and sstng Ing bsT 70 b yCle IE S a
30 the iabonnc man would say that the Republican
party with and has always been h WIN yo SINCE no
y, roorhouse rates You hold in hands the future
conditions OF this country. Should there De a com CON
riete change such as the Democratic platform calls
For and should you thereby cease TO thrive as Won are
thriving now YOU and your fellow. voters VIII Dc
leash viii not have to answer for any such calamity
here t"ay and n win best So T PSs
and the best ADMINISTRATION the world has ever known
Applause) -,
Mr.. Reid was next introduced. lie
stood uncovered several minutes wait
ing for the applause TO supsde
I,o snoke only few moments, and in general
way referred to the straightforward position taken
by the Republican party the tariff and on
honest money. and declared that if there was any
partv whose candidate hestated to stand on lts
platform. it was not the Republican party, or
the Republican candidate 1t naturally followed
that Mr. Reid should speak of the prosperity OIL
the country Afterward he referred 70 the neces-
sity of voters registering. and to exercise Their
right as American citizens to demand fair count
and an honest declaration Of the vote
A. Willis Lightbourn and James B. Townsend
also spoke The Reciprocity Quartet sang be
tween the speeches Among those present were
Abraham Collier, John A. Smith, Amos G. Ldtteil
Conrad II. Abelman. Washington Winsor, Rufus L.
Cole, II. X. Thurher, William Brown, E. G.
Williams, Wesley Ellis, B. +. Tuttle, Colonel
Salinger, NJ. j. Graham, William Wills, Siegfried
Hammerschlae John II. Doshcr n. j. Everett
Porter Fitch, W. +. Conkln, w. f. Dunke,
O. NJ. Gregg, G. T. Gregg, H. Duke Barnum'
Charles T.. Bliss, John Clancy, L. H. Bliss, Joseph
II. Groht, Henry Hanson, George Case, F. W.
Palmer, l.. s. White, James G. Clancy, Charles :.
linn. Charles Tanner, w. S. loumans, j. X
Lasher w. NJ. Laslicr, Thomas Davis, H. l.
Caverley, r. ii. Bunney, Thomas Wright, N. L.
Yale.
The officers of TIE West Side Merchants Re
publican Club are Colonel b. +. Hart, presi-
d.nt. r. f. Iichtenheim, secretary; II. X. Ronk
treas,rer: John A. Smith, +. w. Palmer. Conrad
III Abelman, Washington Winsor George Pope
wesley Ellis and Willard T. Brown, executive