Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-06
A Mugwump Demonstration
in Buffalo.
Grace, Fairchild ct al. On the
+. Warpath.
They Turn Their Batteries Loose on
Senator Hill.
Frank l.. Thornton tho Principal Mud
slfnger OF the Occasion-Little
Rhody Votes Todsy-Elec-
tiOn Echoes.
Associated Press Dispatches.

AB6OciaCeu freSS dispatches.
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 5.-A thousand
men. bearing banners and Transparent
cies and headed by a band of music,
escorted ex-Secretary Charles N. Fair.
child, ex-Mayor William Grace and
Hon. Frank L. Thornton tonight to
Music hall, where were gathered 1000
people to hear their protests against
the "snap convention" and their rea-
sons for revolt againet "bossism." The
assemblage included many ladies, some
Republicans and few Hill Democrats.
The meeting was practically of one mind
however, and the only dissenting voice
heard was raised by semi-inebriated
individual who was promptly elected.
Much enthusiasm was shown, particu-
larly at the trenchant satire of Frank
l.. Thornton, whose pungent oratory
kindled the audience to fever heat.
John 1rebacher, president of the Erie
County Democratic club, a new organi-
zation formed by Cleveland men, called
the meeting to order and nominated
Hon. Charles F. Bishop, mayor of
Buffalo, to preside. His honor spoke
hopefully of the great movement to se-
cure the proper representation of the
Democracy as party at the national
convention, and briefly reviewed the
history of the movement which
prompted this meeting.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Fair
child was the next speaker. He said,
in part "We propose to prove our
case by going to the people, by going to
our constituency, and asking them to
give us our credentials with which to go
to Chicago to represent them. We pro-
pose to present our case to the national
convention, to address ourselves to the
reason and judgment of those who sit in
judgment upon our case; and, too, we
propose to abide by the result Loyalty
and faithfully; and all we ask of our
opponents, ia that they be prepared as
we are to abide by the decision OF the
last tribunal of the party"
Ex-Mayor Grace of New York city
was the next speaker. He said: "We,
too, are Democrats; but we think Dem
ocracy stands for something more than
success in a game where personal ad-
vantage is exalted above principle, and
where organization is extolled as the
end of the party effort, and the means
through which the political conscience
of the masses manifests itself. More
than fifty thousand names of Democratic
voters residing in this metropolis will,
without doubt, signify their desire to be
represented at Chicago by delegation
which will truly and fully represent the
preponderating majority of the Demo-
cratic voters of the empire state"
Hon. Frank L. Thornton was the last
speaker. Referring to Senator Hill he
said: Gin his reckless rampaging after
the nomination, he has shown himself
ready to obstruct and barter with tariff
reform, and to tamper with the stability
and honesty of the peoples money, to
the inevitable destruction of the Demo-
cratic party, and the irretrievable
ruin OF the business of the coun-
try. Within the last three months
he has been for tariff against
it and has mysteriously strad-
died due south by north upon it, and
so this burlesque political skirt-dancer
cavorts and kicks and twists and turns
and bows and smirks and throws kisses
at political baldheads and tries to palm
himself off as an innocent young thing
of beauty and Joy forever, and Del
sartean dream of grace, when all the
while he is simply making an indecent
exposure of himself as political street.
walker, offering himself, body and soul.
at the low price of vote or a delegate" I"