The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-05
The Grand Opera House Filled to Overlooking
with Delighted Andience-Political
Issues Discussed Eoquently.
The Young and Brilliant Orator Given
an Ovation When He Appears.
Many Ladies Attend the Meeting--German-
Americans at Phenix 6arden-Failure of
Democratic Rally at Haughville.


Enthusiastic Republicans Turn Out En-
Masse 60 Hear Mr.. Albert j. Beveridge.
The Grand Opera-house has held no
larger crowd than last night listened to
the eloquent periods of Albert j. Beveridge.
Young In years. youthful IN appearance,
nuent OF tongue. as rich in rhetoric as he
wac strong in logic. piquant with wit
as he was subtle in pathos or fierce In n
vective. the young orator achieved a brill
liant success as = speaker and thinker upon
political subjects. The audience was rep
resentative of the progress. culture. society
and material prosperity of the city OF
the orators home. There were hun
dreds of ladies who shared the
pleasure which followed the climaxes
OF oratory. There were hundreds of young
men who drank deep of the fires of pa
triotism. and filled with pride In the
achievements of the Nation while under
control of the Republican party. There
were hundreds of those IN middle age TO
whom the history storied, the picture
painted, the memories recalled were sug-
gcstive of q whole life of personal exper-
fence with tariffs. low wages. poor markets,
war. protection and then prosperity. Hun
dreds stood in the foyers. on lower floor
and the first gallery throughout the dis
course of ninety minutes All were enter
tanned and edited. as was freely mani
tested at many timea
Tho theater had been tastefully embel-
hshed with flags which hung from balcony
and box. The stage was occupied by the
chairman. Mr. Charles Martindsle, the
score or more of vice. presidents. the Fair
banks Club and drum corps. Mr.. Martin
dale presented the speaker with a brief
eulogium as the orator of the present
Hoosier generation. worthy TO be likened
TO Thompson and TO Morton. Mr.. Beveridge
was given an outburst of applause as he
arose TO speak.
STRUCK OUT FROM THE SHOULDER.
Wasting no time in coventionalities. he
said the question before the American peo-
pie at tins time is whether TO exchange q
certainty for an experiment. The prosper
ity of the country. Its employed labor,
it's thriving and extending manufactures.
it's peace and. happiness make the Repub.
lican syllogism. The Democratic argument,
he said. Is calamity. The crops flooded on
frozen out last spring would have made
hope for Democracy. The chinch-bug de-
srroying the wheat would have been ac-
cepted q party favor. The worst enemy
Grover Cleveland has in this campaign, be
said. is the report from the commercial
agencies, showing the volume of business
growing, because every body is earning
more of that wherewith 10 buy. If these
agencies had told story Of calamity. their
reports would have been acclaimed from
every Democratic stump in the country.
If every merchant on Meridian
street mad failed, the Democratic
party would have declared the cause
due to Republican legislation. There
fore, said the speaker. the Republicans
have the logical right TO point to the pros
perity of the country. and to saw: Behold
the results of our policies" The Demo-
cratic argument is the sum of disasters,
and the Repu blican the sum of properties.
The period met with loud cheers of APP
prevail
This land, the speaker continued, never
dreamed of such prosperity as now il sees.
Capital. the hoary coward, has taken on
high confidence and low rates of interest.
Every factory is making more goods. every
wholesale house IL selling more goods, and
| the voices of development are every where
| calling on the brain and Drawn of America
| to labor tCheers. There was never a
| time when the sweat of ones brow meant
90 many dollars, and when every dollar
| meant SO much. [Cheers. In every dollar
there is more clothes, more hats, more
\ boots more shoes more linen, more Hour.
more meat more medicine, qulnine. etc.
| cheersl and less bile. less want and less
Democracy than ever before. cheers
The American citizen has never had
| more of earth's blessings than be has to-
| day. We are heirs of the achievements OF
| the past. We have no time 10 waste on ex-
perlments which in the past have broken the
| test tubes of theory and spilled the eating
| acids OF experience upon the forces OF the
| country. We have no time TO try again
| wild theories or repeat the plumbers Of the
past. We have no time 70 spend halt our
lives finding out we were mistaken, and the
other half in trying TO rectify the results
! of our mistakes We need, SAID the speaker,
| all our energies for the duties Of
the speaker, be mistake TO be
Democrat Ask of George Hcknor Curtis.
| the ablest and most venerable student or
4 our Constitution. Cheers. Ask Grover
Cleveland after next Tuesday, when the
| consigned him TO the dungeon OF political
oblivion laughter and applausel.
and when he will be wondering
Where am / ati' Renewed laughter;
| There il no danger; but the old men Will
know il would be mistake: They have
| lived through experiences OF Democratic
! making It 10 we Young men. who have
| been rocked In the prosperity OF kepub-
| loan rule. and who know nothing about
| the past. who must ponder the question.
THE TARIFF DISCUSSED.
| Mr.. Beverage then reverted TO American
tariff history. Before the Nation was born
there was no tariff and no factory. Our
forefathers. who fought with Washington.
were paupers in ali but heroism. But their
| leaders knew that TO be tree. America
| must be perfectly independent Our pros
] perity began with the tanff of
| l75o. When the second war with
| Great Britain began. the boom
of Commodore Perry's cannon was an
| swered with the roar of industry. Then,
| when under a new law. the tariff went
down. prosperity went down. ending In the
woefni period of panic and financial trouble
| in 1887 There was q change IN sentiments
| again and with q cheer that England
| heard and hated. the people elected the old
| hero of Tippecanoe lgreat cheers as Presi
| dent as fiffy years later, thew elected the
| hero of Peach Tree Creek. old Tippecanoes
| grandson cheersl. aud will do 80 again.
| IChesrs.l The speaker here provoked mer-
| rimept by humorous alluslon 10 the fact
| thar under protection. because it makes
! good times the rate of marriages
| Increases But the tide was reversed
| again. and in 1876 came the Walker Tree
| trade tariff lite evil effects were prevented
for few years by war and famine IN
Europe. and by the discovery CT gold IN
America. liz usually takes war and famine.