Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-05

NEW YORK, Oct. 4-The second Qua
idriennial Convention of the National Asso-
1ciation of Democratic Clubs was held to-
day. The hour at which the convention
was announced to be called to order was 10
o'clock, but before o'clock delegates had
begun to arrive aud secured their seats.
The first few delegates who arrived were
followed by rapidly increasing numbers
until by 10 o'clock the greater number of
seats in the orchestra and the lower balcony
of the Academy of Music we're filed They
were entertained while they waited by a
varied selection of patriotic and popular
airs by a band. The delegates also enter
tanned themselves by cheering vigorously
as one after another of the prominent
Democrats entered and took seats among
them or upon the stage in one of the 800
chairs there. The boxes had also begun to
fill up rapidly with fashionably dressed
ladies, who seemed to fully share the en-
thusiasm of their fathers, brothers or hus
bands.
A little before IL o'clock ex-Lieutenant
Governor Chauncey f. Black of Pennsyl-
vania, and President of the Association Of
Democratic Clubs, was discovered coming
upon the stage. There was a shout of cheers
which grew to roar when close behind Mr..
Black the figure of Grover Cleveland was
recognized. When the tumult had SUBJ
sided Mr. Black called the convention to.
order and spoke at considerable length.
Among other things he said:
Mr.. Black Talks on the Force Bill.
"Never before within the memory of this
generation has the Democratic party gone
into battle in behalf of principles at once so
vital and SO clearly defined, and never be-
fore has such a magnificent organization as
this appeared to support them. The is
sues of the campaign are plain. No sophis-
try can confuse them, no cunning pervert
them. The misnamed Republican party
Federalist to the hearts core, Federalist in
every tradition, method and purpose-pro-
poses a government, which, regardless of
the limits of the Constitution, shall system
ahcally employ the power of taxation TO
seize the hard earned substance of the peo-
pie, and, turning it over bodily to a favored
Few, maintain an aristocracy of stolen
wealth. 1t is not a free party; it is not a
party OF free men; it is the bond servant of
an aggregation of monstrous business
uonopolies combined to gather private
iches by public actions"
Speaking of the tariff he says: "The tariff
question to be largely determined in Novem-
Der is u great one because it involves the
difference between a free people and an en-
shaved people. But there is q greater one-a
greater because it includes the tariff Ques-
tion. Once deprived of the right of free
election, the inhabitants of these States
would sink into absolute subsection The
Force bill was the product of a wicked
and deliberate conspiracy between the
mOQCnOlV OliparclV and nOlitical
wants in Congress. Under this law they
might have piled tax upon tax, grasped
subsidy after subsidy, refilled and relooted
the treasury time and again without fear of
the verdict of the ballot boxes which they
had thus contrived to smother And such
was their avowed purpose, The Force
BILL said the principal organ of the Repub-
lican party, edited by its present candidate
for Vice President, carries within its en-
brace hundred Mckinley bills
"The Republican candidate for President
has never wavered in support of it. Re-elect
him and put at his back Federalist Con-
gress. and the right of free election will be
cloven down in order that the peoples
pockets may be continuously rifed of untold
millions which never reach the Treasury but
pass directly to the already bursting Golfers
of the monopolies and trusts"
MI. Black, at the conclusion of his
speech, turned toward Mr.. Cleveland, who
arose at the moment, and presented him to
the audience. When the cheer that greeted
him had subsided, Mr.. Cleveland spoke q
few words of welcome in which he said:
Grover Extends Welcome.
Your meeting is the council of war which
precedes a decisive battle, and your deliber-
atfons should be the preparation for stern
conflict. All your weapons and all your
equipments are soon to be tested. You have
organized and labored and you have
watched and planned to insure your readi-
ness for the final engagement, now near at
hand. This, then, is not a holiday assem-
a hr1f ir1rN aGCir annrv i'm IN
furtherance of the designs and purposes, Tor
the accomplishments of which you, and
those you represent, are banded together
These designs and purposes, as declared by
your association, are: The preservation of
the Constitution of the United States, the
autonomy OF the States, local selfgovern-
ment, and freedom of elections; opposition
to the imposition OF taxes beyond the neces-
stiles of the Government, economically ad-
ministered, and the promotion of economy
IN all branches of the public service.
These professions embody the purest paf
trfotism and the loftiest aspirations os
American citizenship. Though at all time |
cation to political effort their motive force |
as incentives to political activity and |
watchfulness. should be irresistible at a time |
when the Constitution is held In light esteem /
as against the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF selfish i
purposes, when State boundaries are hardly /
barrier to centralized power and when |
local self-government and freedom OF elec- |
tions are the scott of partnership Those !;
who subscribe to the creed of this Associa-
t1on and make any claim to sincerity, can |
hardly excuse themselves for !eoK OF effort |
at q time when the necessities OF the Gov /
ernment, economically administered have |
but little relation to the ia axation OF the peo-
pie, and when eItravagance in the public |
service has become a contagious plague.
General Collins Points With Pride.
Mr.. Cleveland was frequently applauded !
and his closing injunction received marks |
of hearty approval Mr.. Black then |
announced that the Executive Committee |
presented for temporary organization the |
names of General Patrick Collins, of Bos-
ton, Chairman; Martin A. Maginnis, of |
Montana, as vice-Chairmsn; Frederick |
Goodwin, of New York, and Mr.. Nc |
Sherry, of Maryland, as Secretaries, and |
George H. Hoffman. of Philadelphia, and
j. r. Beekwlth, of North Carolina, as
reading clerks. These were elected as
temporary officers of the convention. On |
taking the chair General Collins delivered |
. stirring speech of considerable length, in
which he said:
Our grand old party is unit in this cam
paign. On the 2lst of June we had many can-
didates. On the 28d we had but one- The
600, 900 of Democrats and thoughtfully in
dependent voters of the Republic support
that nomination, for they see in his election
the return of good government in the land,
the end Of war and war taxes at last We |