Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-28
PUBLICLY NOTIFIED.
TWENTYTHOUSAND PERSONS CHEER
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

Cleveland and Stevenson Receive an ova-
tion at Madison Square Garden, New
York, and Are Informed of the Action
of the Convention at Chicago.
New YORK, July 21.-The first decisive
gun Of the Democratic campaign of 1892
was touched off last night in Madison
Square garden in the presence of vast as
semblage. The huge auditorium was packed
from pit to dome with 10000 persons. The
occasion that brought this vast throng to,
gether was the notification ceremonies OF
the two great leaders of the Democratic
party-Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Ste.
venson.
The platform had a seating capacity fol
750 persons, but it had 900 on it before the
central figures, in one of the most brilliant
tableaux New York has seen in many
months, appeared. Mrs. Cleveland and
party entered a box about o'clock, and
this gave the crowd chance to give vent
10 some of their pent up enthusiasm.
Quiet had scarcely been restored when
mighty chorus of cheers broke out, and
there was universal waving of hands and
arms, hats, handkerchiefs and fans Then
John NJ. Bowers, escorting Adlai E. Steven.
son, appeared. Mr.. Stevenson gracefully
acknowledged the plaudits with bow
The concert pitch of enthusiasm was
struck when, surrounded by group of not
able men, the leader of the Democracy and
OF tariff reform made his way to the front
of the platform. The cheering and plaudts
that had gone before We're as nothing
compared to the ovation rendered Mr.
Cleveland, who looked impressed with the
magnitude Of the gathering and the won.
drous scene it presented as each and every
man and woman stood on their feet ap-
plauding In the most enthusiastic manner.
He bowed his thanks again and again, but
the din and noise continued for many min.
utes, and the secretary of the notification
committee, Nicholas Nj. Bell, finally arose
in despair and entreated the crowd to be
silent. 1t was, however, a fruitless task,
and nothing was left but to begin the exer.
cises. Colonel Wilson, of West Virginia,
approached the rostrum and Grover Cleve.
land rose to listen to the speech of notifica.
tion.
Hon. Nicholas NJ Bell then read the let,
ter of notification from the notification
meeting. The crowd, when the Democratic
standard bearer stepped forward to make
response, again lost control of their enthu.
siasm. The din was deafening and long
sustained. Finally Mr. Cleveland began to
speak and the storm suddenly abated. He
was listened to thereafter with much atten
tion, and plaudits only came when his utter
ances pleased his hearers. 8.
Cleyelnnd's Speech of Acceptance,
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN-The mes
sage you deliver from the national Democracy
arouses within me emotions which would be
well nigh overwhelming IL did not recognize
here assembled the representatives of great
party who must share with me the responsible
ity your mission invites. find much relief in
the reflection that have been selected merely
TO stand for the principles and purposes to
which my party Is pledged and for the en-.
forcement and supremacy of which all who
have any right to claim Democratic fellowship
must constantly and persistently labor
Never has q great party intent upon the
promotion of right and justice had better in
centive for effort than is now presented to u.s.
Turning our eyes to the plain people of the land
we see them burdened as consumers with
tariff system that unjustly and relentlessly de-
mands from them in the purchase of the neces-
saries and comforts OF life an amount scarcely
met by the wages OF hard and steady toll while
the exactions thus wrung from them build up
and Increase the fortunes of those for whose
benefit this injustice Is perpetuated We see
the farmer listening to a delusive story that
Hills his mind with visions OF advantage, while
his pocket is robbed by the stealthy hand of
high protection.
Our workingmen are still told the tale oft re-
peated In spite of Its demonstrated falsity, that
the existing protective tariff is a boon to them
and that under Its benefcent operation their
wages must Unreasonable as they listen
scenes are enacted In the very abiding place of
high protection that mock the hopes Of toll and
attest the tender mercy the workinQman re-
ceives from those made selfish and sordid by
fafNNarn Dol Fn.r
earnestly and stubbornly the theory upon
which our opponents seek to justify and uphold
existing tariff laws. We need not base our at.
tack upon questions OF constitutional permis-
slon or legislative power. We denounce this
theory upon the highest possible ground when
we contend that in present conditions its opera.
tion Is unjust, and that laws enacted In accord.
ance with II are inequitable and unfair
Workingmen and the Tariff.
Ours Is not destructive party. We are not
st enmity with the rights OF any of our citi
zens. All are our countrymen. We are not
reckleesly Needless of any American interests
nor VIII we abandon our regard for them: Int
invoking the love Of fairness and Justice which
belongs TO true Americansm, and upon which
our constitution rests, we insist that no plan
OF tariff legislation shall be tolerated which
has for its object and purpose a forced contri-
button from the earnings and income of the
mass OF our citizens, to swell directly the ac-
cumulations OF favored few; nor will wa
permit pretended solicitude for American
labor, or any other specious pretext of benev-
olent care for Others to blind the eyes of the
people to the selfish schemes of those who seek
through the aid of unequal tariff laws to gain
nnearned and unreasonable advantages at the
expense of their fellows.
we have also assumed In our covenant with
those whose support we invite the duty of op.
posing to the death another avowed scheme of
our adversaries, which, under the guise of pro
tecting the suffrage, covers but does not con-
ceai design thereby to perpetuate the power
OF party afraid TO trust its continuance to the
unbranded and intelligent votes of the Amer
lean people.
We are pledged to resist the legislation in
tended TO complete this scheme, because we
nave not forgotten the saturnalia of theft and
brutal control which followed another federal
regulation OF state suffrage; because we know
that the managers OF a party which did not
scruple TO rob the people of a president would
not hesitate to use tho machinery created by
such legislation to revive corrupt instrumen-
talities for partisan purposes because an at
tempt TO force such legislation would rekindle
snimosties where peace and hopefulness now
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