The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-05
Speeches by Patrick Egan, Gen. Dennis +.
Burke. Ex-Congressman John F. Fineriy
and John Brennan, of Iowa.
Short Speech by Whitelaw Reid to the
WOrkiDgmen Of Albany, NY.
Labor's Interest in the success Of the Repub-
liean Party Greater than Any Other Class
Work 1t the National Headquarters.
Democrats Denounced Alice Of Brita
and Enemies of Irishmen

Democrats Denounced Allies Of Britain
and Enemies of Irishmen.
NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-The Irish-American
Republican mass meeting. in Cooper Union
tonight. brought forth plenty of enthu-
sissm. 1t manifested itself as soon as the
doors were opened, early in the evening.
and the audience began to pile into the
hall and il continued with undated vigor
until the last speech of the evening had
been delivered Patrick Egan, minister TO
Chilli. was the drawing card, but, besides
him, ex-Congressman John +. Flnerty. of
Chicago. and John Brennan. of Iowa, were
advertised to speak. The meeting was
opened by Gen. Dennis +. Burke, who
made rather lengthy speech in present.
ing Minister Egan, chairman of the
meeting. He sald III part:
There are many here tonight who will tell
you that on the field of battle when we took the
mnsket from the hands OF rebel we found upon
it the imprint of the Tower of London. IL We
opened his cartridge-hox found therein the
evidence that the ammunition was made In the
workshops of England. III we turned down the
collar @ his GOAT found thereon the name OF
British manufacturer. Cries or THAT'S So.
England then was united with the rebels of the
South TO destroy our Union. she Is to-day al
lied with the same set OF knaves, with those
leaders OF the Democracy OF the North 10 force
beat them with the bullets, and we viii help
next Tuesday 10 beat them with the ballots.
With o few com ELEMENTARY remarks con-
corning Minister Egan Mr.. Burke intro
duced that gentleman as chairman of the
meeting. Mr.. Egan said:
My first duty is TO thank your honorable COM
nittee for the honor IL has done me in inviting
second is TO thank you for the very cordial
American welcome which you have extended to
me here this evening--a welcome of which any
man i'll this greatNation might feel justly proud.
presume nay, know, that the reason why
have been selected for this honor is the fact that
I am singled ont ny the un-American mugwumps
AMI by the prO-Brltish secton-which, by the
way. Is the ruling section-of the Democratic
press and party as the butt of all their bile and
venom as ainst those OF the Irish race who will
not tamely bend their necks to the yoke OF the
Democratic party. I>have dared to form for
myself an independent opinion in American
politics without consulting the Democratic
bosses and, therefore. at any and every cost
must be downed; even IL IL necessitated the call
ing up OF their last reserve in the person OF Mr..
Grover Cleveland's partner, Wayne MaoVeagh,
to do
From the first day that my name was men,
toned for the Gillian mission the mugwump
and the Democratic press, with some few honor
able exceptions. kept tune with the London
Times in assailinR me: In Chill. while loyalty
endeavoring To uphold the national honor, was
treacherously attacked from the rear by those
people, and, but for the thoroughly American
stand maintained by President Harrison, Mr.. .
Blaine. Secretary Tracy and the other members
~ the Cabinet. American prestige and American
honor wOnid have suffered defeat from which
they would have taken many long years to re-
cover.
The reason why the English flag is so much re-
spected throughout the world lOutside of Irelandl
is the fact that the humblest Englishman abroad
can feel that if he be unjustly deprived OF his
liberty. If his rights be unjusty invaded or his
person rnjustly assailed. he has the whole force
of the British empire at his back, and that the
British navy, IL within hail, will be ready 10
promptly demand and, IL necessary, promptly
sf~fa rrfvRf
ate affairs OF the assault upon the sailors of the
Baltimore in Valparaiso, now so happily and
honoraeiy arranged between Chill and the
English navy said TO the commander of one OF
our ships on that coast that II similar assault
should be committed upon his men he would
promptly settle the matter at the muzzles OF his
guns, and make all the explanations 10 his gov
eminent afterwards
Why cannot Americans act IN this wayl SIM
ply because there are SD many unconverted cop
perheads, ever watchfui and ever ready to take
the part of any foreign foe against their own
country. that n howl would at once be raised
for the head of the officer who should dare to
DO so felt. and feel. as an American. that
the glorious flag OF this Republic should wave at
least as proudly as the standard OF England, and
that every American citizen. and every Amer
lean interest In foreign land should at least be
secure those of any other nation in the
world. | thought too. that / understood that
these were the sentiments OF the Republican par
ty, and of its standard-bearer President Harri-
son, and found that was not mistaken. I,
therefore,. adopted the course have pursued in
Chilli and am proud TO come before you. my
fellow-citizens, tonight. and TO be able to say
that my every act, and every word In that con-
nection. met with the unqualified approval of
as President Harrison and James G.. Blaine. and
with the appreciation OF the entire Republican
press and party.
OF this meeting lie to impress. not only upon you
here present. but upon the people OF this great
city. and upon the country at large. the ad-
visibility. nay. the necessity, of cooperating,
By every legitimate means, in securing the re-
election Of the man who for the past four
years has given to this Republic one of the
most brilliant the most manly the most hon
Orable, and the most patriotically American adj
ininistrations IL has ever enjoyed since the days
or Washlngton-President Harrison
After Minister Egan's speech resolutions
things that they repel with scorn and in
dignatlon the lying pretense of the so
called Democratic party to ''own" or con
troT the Irish vote. and the vile insult
offered TO our race by that renegade from
his party and race. Wayne McVeaRh." and
that we heartily reiterato our confidence
In the Hon. Patrick Egan."
The Hon. John 4. Finerty, Of Illinois,
WAS then introduced. He said that the
Democratic party at Chicago had built q
platform out of the rotten planks of the
Ccnfederacy. 30 rotten that the Democratic
candidate for the presidency was afraid to
stand on It, and he would rather straddle o
Virginia rail-fence. although he was not o
very graceful rider. Tammany Hall was
now engaged in withdrawing the candi-
date II had denounced at the Chicago con-
Vention. and they were now asking the
American people to support that candidate.
Continuing, the speaker said:
have heard OF gastronomic artists who could
eat forty quails In forty consecutive days. but
these men ere eating ninety crows. Every one
knows ths6 Cleveland 10 not the nominee or the
Northern Democracy, but represents the South
ern putocracy and the British manufacturers.
Senator Carlisle said In Tammany Hall last night
that we are manufacturing inferior { n
plate. There Is nothing. i say, We
can't make that any other nation can
make There IL nothing manufactured
in the United States good enough for Demo
Gratis except Kentucky bourbon. or all the peo-
pie in this country, the Irish-Americans should
be the last TO east vote for British free trade.
Your duty Is loyalty 10 America; you owe EnE-
land nothing. liz you vote for free trade you
are supporting the enemy. not OF your
tive land alone, hut OF your adopted country,
The Hon. John BreDnan, of Iowa, fol-
lowed. He denounced the free-trade doc
trine of the Democratic party, spoke of the
prosperity OF the country and the high
wages paid TO American worklngmen in
com parison TO the labor of England and
landed the merits OF the Mckinley bill.
Irish Americans. he said. had played for
eianers IN this country too long al the dc
tation OF the Democratic party
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