The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-08-11
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
MANIFESTED BY KENTUCKY DEM ocRATs
ErA BIG MEETING IN LOUISVILLE.
Hon. Adlai 4. Stevenson Delivers Ring
ing speech and Arraigns the Republican
Party For Its Hypocrisy and Double
Dealins-Hon. Henry wstterson Also
Speaks to the Assembled Thousands.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 5.-Yesterday was
q great day for the Kentucky Demo
Gratis. The opening and dedication of
the new Watterson Club house drew to.
gether all the leaders of the party in
the state. The governor and his staff
came down from Frankfort. The legis
lature was left without quorum. But
the chief feature of the occasion was
the presence Of Hon. Adlai Stevenson,
Democratic nominee for vice president,
who came at the invitation of the Wat.
terson club and spoke both to a great
concourse of people at Liederkranze
hall and to smaller gathering at the
Watterson Club house, where he was
given a reception, and where Mr.. Wat
terson, in spite of his recent severe i'll.
ness, of which he showed decided traces,
also spoke. Flags and bunting shone
everywhere. The city was in holiday
attire and spirits. The Watterson Club
house was gorgeous with decorations bv
day and ablaze with illumination by
night. The Hon. John Young Brown,
governor of Kentucky, presided over
the great mass meeting and introduced
General Stevenson to the immense audi
ence. He was greeted with tumultuous
enthusiasm. Among other things he
said:
With such powerful nuxliares as northern
enterprise and northern capital, the south
stands upon the threshold of a material de-
velopment unknowntO this generation. Can
II be possible that the American people will
now consent that the hands hc turned back
upon the dial and the era Of misruic, Of out.
rage and Of violence again bc inauguratcd?
with the years will come new problems for
solution. Grave prblCms, the outgruwth Of an
advancing civilization: urnhl"u,s Witch nor
Lain 10 social government and municipal adj
ministration-whiCh pertain IL may be to dip
lomacy and to war-aye, which take hold Of
the very foundations of the social fabric. Let
US trust that in all the coming years from the
hall dedicated tonight there will spring an in
huence and power ever for the right, ever
for the defense of the unfortunate and Of tho
oppressed, ever for that which is noble and pure
at the hearthstone and In the council; ever for
the maintenance, at whatever cost, of our
democratic institutions and the perpetuity of
The American republic.
Speeches were made by Hon. J, Proc
tor Knott, Hon. James A. MCKensie,
Hon. Boyd Winchester and Hon. Albert
S. Willis and others. After the adjourn
ment Of the mass meeting General
Stevenson gave a public reception. The
members of the Watterson club and
LutlI llNlltu \ ucSlS lutL ItpdlItu W Jllt
Watterson Club house, where a repast,
followed by feast of reason and a flow
of soul, awaited the Democratic braves.
Mr.. Watterson, though still suffering
from the severe attack of edna, made
an address, in the course of which he
said:
This club is to be congratulated upon the dis.
tinction which attends its house warming. The
presence of the eminent citizen of Illinois
would be at any time a subject of felicitation,
but at this moment we are doubly honored,
not only in entertaining a representative
Democrat, but also the next vice president OF
the United States
Mr.. Watterson then hunorously acknowl'
edged the honor done him by naming the club
after him. Then he talked politics. He de.
clared that, contrary TO the general impress
sion, he went to the national convention salts
fed that nothing could prevent the nomna
tion Of Mr.. Cleveland. Il reached Chicago"
said he, expecting nothing except Cleveland.
get Stevenson for vice president and ring
ing declaration in favor Of a tariff for revenue
only. What else do you suppose would have
been required to satisfy me2 The earthi
No, no, gentlemen. We arc Democrats
dyed in the wool, and when the party
speaks the word with us is "Close ranks and
move forward"
Now that the convention has made the
ticket and fixed the lines we are one and all
for Cleveland and Stevenson with no longings
or regrets, with no baCkslidngs or backbitngs.
but before US the robber horde of the rObbeI
tariff and above US the broad ensign OF the
true faith.
The festivities were continued until a
late hour.