The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-09
DEPEw AT BROOKLYN.

The speilBinder Gives Facts Worthy the
Consideration OF woriingmen.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Oct. S-The largest
and most enthusiastic Republican mass
meeting held In Brooklyn in many years
was addressed by Chauncey M. Depew in
the Clermont-avenue Rink tonight. Over
six thousand people, nearly half of whom
were ladies, were present, aud almost as
many more vainly struggled for admit
tanoe. President Charles A. Schierin, of
the Young Republican Club. introduced
Mr.. Depew. As Mr.. Depew arose to
speak the audience broke out into long
continued and most enthusiastic applause.
waving of hats and handkerchiefs. He
began by saying that every political can
vass had its Deculiarities, and that the
peculiarity of this canvass on botn sides
was the fact that up TO the present time
general apathy was in command. This Is
due" he said, Ito the widespread belief
among the people that no matter who is
elected the country will. be safe and pros
there has been GRADUAL falling
off in enthusiasm. The great pros
perity OF the country explains this.
and people are not so much concerned about
elections as they once were. Bnt to what
is this prosperity duet To the Republican
policy, which has guarded the industrial
interests of the people. Panics in the past
years have been directly due to Democrats
tinkering with the tariff. We have now
been nineteen years without business dis
asters. The prosperity of the country is due
TO the application continued for twenty
five years of Republican principles. As for
that saying of the unthinking that the
country will prosper, no matter who is
elected, / would reply thatif Cleveland is
elected and he shall be backed by q Demo
cratic Senate and Democratic House of
Representatives. and our tariff laws are
modelled on the basis of the Chicago plat
form, then we shall be quickly over
Z whelmed by business dI ssster and financial
ruin. The statement of the Democratic
platform that protection Is unconstitu-
ti0nal 10 tantamount to charging that
Washington. Hamilton and Jackson were
violatOrs of the Constitution. Where can
we find the Democratic precedent for this
tariff plank of she Chicago platformf Only
in South Carolina in 1882 and In the COnfed-
crate Constitution OF 1861. JacksOn's his
toric by the eternal knocked out the
former. and the latter has fallen into in
nocuous desuetude.'"
Mr. Depew then contrasted the wages of
wOrkingmen in Great Britain and In this
country, saying that he had made specia al
investigation of this matter when abroad.
He had found that the English working
men received less than one-hnlf the wages
of the American workingmen in the same
Industries. He had particularly noted this
objection that the difference in wages was
offset by the cost of living Mr.. Depcw said
that this very statement had been q
special subject OF his Investigation, and
he defied contradiction when he asserted
that q dollar on this side will GO as
far a dollar on the other side. He had
found the difference between workingmen
here and there to be simply that there the
wOrkIngman lives according to his means.
Here the workingman lives far better. He
has on his table every day in the week that
which the English workingman has only
once a week. The American workingnlan
sends his children to school, not to the
teotlon does all this, then he thanked God
for such violation of the Constitution.
The advantages accruing to the country
by the Republican policy of reciprocity
were next considered by the speaker.
What the Democrats called sham and n
fraud he said. was really great source of
national prosperity. The effect OF the Nc
kinley bill has been to shut up many Of
England's largest and most productive
mills and to transfer these manufactures
to this country. Mr.. Cleveland and his
friends think that this Is Immoral If Sd,
all our industries are immoral Men strive
for themselves, not for others. The speak
er closed with a glowing tribute TO the na-
tionai Repub blican stand ard bearers, and
Democracy. His remarks " ere repeatedly
received with long and loud applause.
The uptown Republican clubs held a
demonstration tonight at Harlem. The
speaker of the evening was Hon. Whitelaw
Reid, the Republican candidate for the
to begin his address rain began TO fall, end
the speaker cut his address to three.
minute speech" which was we'll received
BY the crowd present.