Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-03
CLEVELAND SCORED.
Chauncey Depew Says His Ignorance
Is IneXcusable.
DEMOCRATS HAVE MORE MONEY
Than the Republicans to Spend for Fur
poses of the Campaign.
REID TALKS TO THE OLD SOLDIERS


day, making speeches in advocacy of Presi'
dent Narrison's election in each of them
These counties were the sturdy Republican
ones of Allegany, Cataraguas, and Chau-
tauqua. Large bodies of voters were ad
dressed by the speakers at Belmont, in
Allegany county; at Salamanca, in Cat
raguas county, and at jamestown, il
Chautauqua county.
Two big Republican meetings were belt
here, one in the afternoon which was mainly
attended by the farmers of the surrounding
country, and the other in the evening which
was attended chiefly by city residents.
With these meetings Mr.. Depew and Mr..
Reid brought to an end their joint elec.
tioneering tour in the interior of New York.
They have made speeches in the past three
days in the counties of Madison, Cortland,
Tompkins, Chemung, ,Catarauguas and Chau-
tauqua, or in eight counties, and in the in.
terval both delivered Is speeches.
MI. Reid and Mr.. Depew journeyed from
Hornellsville this mornug. On arriving at
Belmont there were 5000 Republicans and
Democratic voters with their wives gathered
at The pretty little villege. Mr.. Reid and
Mr.. Depew were put in carriages and
taken to the handsome park Of the place,
and there they found a pagoda decorated
with flags and converted into speaker S
stand.
Reid Talks to the Old Soldiers.
Mr. Reid noticed G. A. r. buttons upon
the coats of many of the men present, and
rightly concluded that a good many veter-
ans of the war were present. He therefore
took occasion in his speech to contrast the
war record of President Harrison and of
ex-President Cleveland, as we'll as the
friendliness shown in the matter of PEN
sions by President Harrison and the un-
friendliness In respect to pensions revealed
by Mr.. Cleveland when President.
The streets of the busy city were black
with people who had assembled there from
all parts of Chautauqua county. A meeting
was held at once in the Republican wig
wan. Voters to the number of 5000 con-
trived to get into the building, and as many
more found it impossible to do so. An
"overflow meeting' was organized, how
ever, in the street in front of the wigwam,
and Mr.. Reid appeared upon a platform
built out from the building and delivered
an earnest Republican speech, which was
frequently interrupted BY applause.
Salamanca was brilliant with flags and
its streets were crowded with thousands of
farmers and their wives when the train
bearing Mr. Reid and Mr.. Depew ran into
the depot at that place. The speakers were
put in carriage and swiftly taken to the
hail, where for 80 minutes they discussed
the issues of the campaign.
Mr.. Depew Answers MIR. Cleveland.
Thousands of persons were at James
town, who had gathered to see Mr. Reid
and Mr. Depew, and, if possible, to listen
to speeches by them. Within the wigwam
the leading Republicans of Chautauqua
county sat upon the platform and every
seat in the big hall had been filled by folk
of all classes. Mr.. Depew spoke as
follows:
have read with great interest the speech
OF Mr.. Cleveland at the Lenox Lyceum in
New York last evening. 1t is characterized
by unusual clearness of statement and di-
rectness of charges. 1t calmly ignores all
pending issues anu puts to the front new
Question. The tariff is only incidentally
referred to: the force bill, the State bank
proposition, the money question
and reciprocity are not even limited at. 1t is
evident that the Democratic leader regards
his party as already beaten on the tariff,
reciprocity and State bank currency, and
abandons them.
The attention of the country is challenged
by an ex-President of the United States and
a candidate for reelection to the corruption
OF the franchises and the large sums which
are raised for campaign purposes, and the
the general proposition OF the danger and
immortality of these vast expenditures in
Presidential campaigns there can be no divi-
sion of opinion. The Republican party
W ould be glad to meet Mr.. Cleveland and
the Democrats half way in any legislation
which would make impossible, by proper
penal enactment, the raising and distribu-
tion of money by candidates and campaign
But the startling thing about Mr. Glove
lands address is that, having stated the
evil, he charges that moneys are raised and
distributed solely by the committees and
through tine agencies of the Republican
party. This accusation is so absurd that it
would require neither mention nor refuta-
which is behind it. 1t is unfortunately
true that large sums are raised by both par
ties for political purposes, and larger than
are legitimately required, except that the
efforts of each organization stimulate cor
industry in the same direction
by the other.
Cleveland Contributed to the Fund.
Mr.. Cleveland himself was SO impressed
by this in his last canvass that, though then
President of the United States and COM
paratively poor man, he contributed $40, 900
to the Democratic fund, and has done the
same this time. At least a dozen active
of each organization know per-
fectly well the amount of money which is in
The possession of the national committees
)t both parties. The sums raised and the
sources from which they came are known
by these well informed managers. There
we're sitting upon the platform when Mr..
Cleveland spoke not less than half dozen |
,entlemen who could have told him the |
,xact facts of the situation, and who must |
lave had their tongues in their cheeks while |
istening to the credulous freshness of the |
Indictment They knew that the amounts |
llleged to have been contributed to, and to |
De in the possession of the Republican Ma |
ional Committee, have been purposeIy and |
,rossly exaggerated, while the sums raised |
,y the Democratic committees are con-
family underestimated.
Neither party has been able to raise as i
much money as was collected in 1855. This |
The sums ascribed to Mir. Carnegie, Mr.. |
Trick and their friends are the fictions OF |
imagination. Neither of these |
entlemen really mas contributed dollar.
The Democrats have been bic to raise an |
unusual amount of money, regardless OF the
ivil service rules. The assessments have |
ever been SO remorselessly pressed. Every /
Democratic office holder has been taxed 10
er cent upon his salary.
In the Clutches of the Democrats.
While the great mass of Federal Office
olders are OF class which cannot be
cached and do not contribute. State officials
f the State of Nav York are within the
lutches of the Democratic Campaign Com
nittee The amount of salaries paid to these
fficers is very much greater than the ac-
essible Federal list, If the Federal list could
IL be assessed. 1t is well known that on
ccount of the civil service rules anu their
i2id enforcement by Mr.. Roosevelt and his
commission tho assessment OF Federal
fficials Is next to impossible.
The payroll of the city of New York
to $i7 900 a year wniie the pay
oil of the State is very large. The assess.
nents from these sources alone are greater
han the entire sum in the possession OF the
republican National Committee. That has
een supplemented Dy at least $500, 900 which
as been raised by half a dozen well-known
Democrats. l therefore do not hesitate 10