New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
COLLEGE MEN IN LINE
FOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION.

FOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION.
ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC MAss-MEETING At
LEyox LYcKuM-srEEcHEs BY JAMES
F. CuRKE. Ex.JuDGE THuRsroN
AND OTHERS.
mass meeting for students was he'd last evening
at the Lenox Lyceum under the auspices o uH
Columbia College Republicans Club INC e'ueo"',
turned out in force and MANY OF their fr'ehas Oh
both sexes. were present. the audience coHio."o'
filing the hall. The students were enthslAsuc III
their applau p. and showed that they fully hpPrc'i-
atod the telling points of the speakers In supper. Oh
Republican principles The First Presidential Voters
o: Harlem marched to the hall in b"dy ~ e"e''''
ard together with the College Students maze a eood
representative body OF young men, enrnest ana ell
thusiastc IN t Q Republican canse Representatives,
present from Yale Princeton. Rutgers ah~ rehh
sylvania, besides MI the colleges in this city.
The meeting was called to order by j. whyiahds'
president OF the Columbia College Republican Oiuo'
who said: "This meeting represents the hard ana
enthusiastic work that our club IL doing. Inc ne
publlcans Of Columbia College made up their mihas
last spring that they would take an active part III
the campaign We formed q club. We have held
number OF meetings and have gathered large ana
powerful membership. We do not propose TO cnd our
work with this meeting. BY any means we are
going to work every day until the 9th OF November
ana shall not rest until Harrison and heid are
elected (Applause.) Mr.. whyands then introduced
General Stewart L. woodford; Columbia, "a. as the
| chairman Of the meeting.
Mr.. Woodford spoke In part as folows' NO
Columbia College should ever apologize TOR pcihs
either Republican or Protecuonst. for the father
of the protective system w Alexander Hamilton
one OF her DISTINGUISHED sons. The Democratic plat
form Is explained In way by one orator. IN an
other way by another. Hero II means one
| ming. there It means another Inc Ike
publican platform means the same tline ery""o'e
'Incom promising Protection to American inh"s're''
The Democratic party declares that protective tafiH
Is unconstitutional In 1850 it declared that II was
unconstitutional to excudr SLAYER, from the terr'o'
rIe, In 1851 II Thought that resistance I" secession
was unconstitutional IN 1-c2 II thought that 1t was
nncon Stitntional to issue grc"nlmcks In l7"o "a'
uncons titutiona TO free tn" slaves Later recon
>tructtOn was nnconS utonal. Si'h asTco" VIII ""'
| inspire confidence In this cry
JAMES =. BrRKF'S SPEECH.
| After the applause whch followed Mr. Woodford's
speech had died away James T. Burke" rcdeh' 81 ',e
League Of College Republican Clubs, was m'roo"cf"'
He spoke In part rs follows
the guard and guide Of our Govcrnment t9r ,rnr,y
has observed The motto OF rr rr ss to
our country the Republican party has never o
preserving every private hG' redrssng every P"% r
wrong and sustaining ut all tines ana un"r ~. ~,
cumsanc the dgy and the honor OF on nn' parv nas
iorrcd the Democracy 10 the d 'a-tr"S alternative "
sh S"m aG %"ns 1 fE O the IN! sd :" political
fare Tn. con,"., Of to day inv"x ,n"'c ~ any
war in our history without careful study thy
cannot mastered and the man VINO ,a,,s , nnn
u" hnoul%rr Of It's pos>ilI" and probable effect IS
more dangerous to the. community tan h" WI" r."
viii HaSr it, eternal The inrrs"n1 lni"s.n' n, OF
y" N.a y, nnrtrs! American politics and tn" promised
nsnishmcnt Of Indifference IN matters political among
,hs Ssath knell o, the Dcmocrnic domas and the
men ningcss theories which inis't our pn,''ra, Ssaro
Mae than three fourths Of our great nnN'rs,I'S
o, tHi. country have been erected and arr now being
maintained nv which has been place. N n, nr
T'K ns E Si 'h% T"ry e." within "r wall. our
day. 70 DESTROY IN" very policies 70 "m'h '"e "''
vcrsIty Itself + standing monument
rxJrpGE THrEsroN'S REMARKS
Mr.. burke WINS followed by cx-Jndge John VI.
Thur,ion OF Nebraska who mad" tn" prnripai spc'c"
II the evening Ills remarks wore 'b'ey followed oS
the audience and frequently applnudrd lie spoke IN
part follows: ~
Tho entrance OF the College club into American
r.Itcs IS III. most significant fcn,mrc OF the pe~"h'
rampucn for as such. II will contribute To our pres
cnt .licoes u Will do morr for the hltnrT IL i""S
rha. the corg" classroom " political ECONOMY Is I"
be- ON" the Of p"litira! discussion IN WING" III.
dom assertion OF the Free lfbS P""''>"' VI"
mn longer be unclnllcngo and where III" theories oi
N, tor, hook must meet the Irresistible logic OF ar
cornu,h,i fucts Nearly l.5Oo.OoO Y young men
will 90 to the polls. with tho sunshine OF 'h''r h'N'
onpori,ini,y upon them durin- the present ra"i's"
and their or:aniArt appcaTnr" In politics Is an III
drnou That their hearts are hlid Win P"'''""N'.
and Amcrcani>n. | only nSh INIT e%h one VI
lion, Will go tn IA. tallh box inspired 10y patriotic
,houph, cufodIng In his ballot the consciousness 81
| 4 man. and no matter what tho result NAV be. 'hr
m,urc Of nv country Is SAFE Tn" young man "ngh'
I, return to political Affairs tn Oh U'h" 'h'h"'"~"
and the old time devotion To ID" r'erhn' P1h''P>
= right md Justice. More monetary or c"InIlrrii
con ,drrnors hive little 10 do with the poIu'ai ~
lief. Of youth. and the young men VIII vote '"' n"
,,,an ticket because they believe that 1t stands 10:
n past devoted to heroic and sacred pr'n''peS anu
a hltur~ consrcratcd TO what II ngh'' i"c' '"'u
for IN. Republican party because Imt part! H'""'
for American patriotism. American pr'>piitS' Amer
lean progress ind Anne team pal"ctio and AMERICAN
r.wcr "A. against tho world. IL means tue eN>"
,,o, and advancement II American manIIo"h ana
american womanhood When Abraham Lincoln. In
I-5s faced thu American public with 'hat '"oi"'e
aecIaraion a house divided against Itself cannot
land | believe this Government cannot endure per-
,on,,v hulf slave and hal. free he knew thnt that
onc sentence made It impossible for him " become The
.,,,or from the state Of Illinois. lie could not
49, known but 1t was not less true, that that one
sentence made i poI sSiss TOT an.ro Is no~ to be
thought OF by young ma.l on entering po.S ,"n n
nay must not be purchased by sal OF pi1neiPP, pc;
Thc great Issue III the present. eahpa.Sm 10 ,um .
oL w. Iii. ~ avery American In the short pcIln
r. n ularler OF II century SV0ooo 'IrIi ,, ~
~ % hsn IuiIt ana paid ont OF the weekly ,a.mgs
Of American wages tApplause Ine "''n, o ~,
80 ,hs, the PROSPERITY OF tue American VIII oOno o9
s'I ~ 1nur.s wien they permitted to buy things
cheaper a. though the great Amsie an a~r,Icn ,
10 ~ rent store the pawn shop and hr hur 'i'n o:
r toct NJ II u.s. my countrynen. that the value OF
things wide world over !. msarl1 81 pS ha e human Hm
,,m cannot Us sold hraply without chrapenng tns
Drcc Of the who produce. tn.sc p, n .morra" ,
, neopIe o buy what they want where thcy can D"y
n me chra pst / deny that proudly ana H'ciy: ~
is mt the right any man wurlhy OF I,