The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-01
irish SCORES De YOUNG.
John P. Delivers an Old Time
Speech.
THE IROQUOIS MEN MEET.
Earues. and Very Effective Work Of the
Non-Pa artisans and the Anti-Dive
Organizations.

Atso'clock last evening President c. L.
Weller OF the Iroquois Club came to the
front of the platform of Metropolitan Hall,
on Fifth street. to open the first mass-meet-
ing OF the unterrifie1 of San Francisco
County, under the auspices of the club
He regretted that he was suffering from
severe cold, and could not make an extended
speech. though he thought the audience
would be rather the gamers thereby. But
he would say that he was confident that
speaking or no speaking, that great states
man [aEticipatory applauseI Grover Cleve-
land Tprolonged cheers and Adlai Stevenson
Tcheersl would be elected President and
Vice President of these United States He
would. without further elaboration, intro
duce the speaker Of the evening, John P.
Irish [Cheers.
Mr.. Irish was accorded fiattering recon-
ton. and. ON the subsistence of the .lappi ng.
stamping and hurrahing, he acknowled ged
the compliment in lifting terms.
Mr.. Irish began his address by inst sting
that it was cause OF congratulate on to
every American citizen in this national CAM
paign that the two great parties had chos en-
candidates to head the respective tickets
against whom no personal objection could
be urged. He congratulated his RepubIi-
can friends, and he hoped he had MANY of
them in California that so good and so
worthy man as Benjamin Harrison Tap
plause], President who had given the land
a clean administration, had been renomi-
mated, and the Democrats Of the nation.
and the State, too, were h0nored by the
denomination Of a wise, experienced. broad
minded and able man. Grover Cleveland.
[Great cheerngll
Mr.. Irish recalled the saying Of the emil
l.
care not how much the press Of the Atlantic
States abuse me so long as il is not in touch
with the people," and explained that true
popularity was being in touch with
the people. Literature has become I'M
mortal by the same process which has made
Grover Cleveland popular, for he and the
tenets Of his party are the candidates and
belief of the plain people.
The Mckinley bill and its alleged oppres-
sion of labor were especially obnoxious to
the speaker, who thought that The strikes
in Pennsylvania, Idaho, New York aud
Tennessee La voice: California" which
amendment was graciously accepted
showed the fallacy OF protection.
More than that, tariff Imposition, as ex-
emplifed by the Mckinley bill, was uncou-
stltutional. because il is in excess OF the
revenue-raising powers entrusted 10 Con-
collector to the extent OF enrichiDg himself
S55, 600 000
Here followed a pathetic picture of the
strife at Homestead and Mr.. Carnegie teie-
graphing his congratulations to Mr.. Harri-
son on his denomination. mistaken cheers.
For the next half hour Mr.. Carnegie was
twisted, torn, illustrated and made illustra-
tive, in the course of which the speaker
asked, What would his Republican friends
say If Mr.. Loud or other California Con-
| gressmen had introduced In Congress a sue
| ceSsful bill to transfer from the United
| States Treasury to the pockets of Mr.. Car
| negle $3.50 000?" and answered il by re-
marking they would first burst out laughing
and then cry out johnnie. get your gum"
The speaker paid bis respects TO the
| Chronicle and its proprietor in unmistak-
| able but somewhat unc0mplimentary terms.
The recent expression of that paper re-
| loicing that Lancashire spinners are staIy-
| ing was eloquently debated at length.
Mr.. Irish announced that he would leave
| California soon at the call of the Demo-
| cratic National Committee to speak in other
| States, and that this would be, probatl
his last speech in the State in this CAM
| paign
His peroraiion was plea to Republican
| voters to vote for Democratic legislators
who will send Stepben NJ. White Of Los
Angeles to the United States Senate, in
stead OF having man taken in repulsiye
fragments in a daily paper poked down
CALIFORNIA; throat in an allopathic dose.
A brass band furnished nom partisan
music for The occasion.