Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-29
PlATT TO THE FRONT.
Appeals in Behalf Of Har-
riSOn and Read.
G0THAM'S THREE TICKETS.
Interesting Political News Cleaned
from Various Sources.

NEW YORK, Sept - The first big Re
publican meeting. Of the campaign was
held last night at Cooper Union. The news
Chat ex-senator Warner Miller, ex-senator
Platt, Chauncey NJ. Depew aud Whitelaw
Reid were TO speak, attracted a large
crowd.
MIR. Brookfeld, chairman Of the Repub-
lican state committee stepped TO the front
and presented as the presiding officer Hon.
Thomas G. Platt. Mr.. Platt was received
with applause After the applause which
Mr. Platt's appearance had evoked had
subsided, he thanked the audience for
Its kind reception and said he must pro-
test against being stigmatized as prodi-
gal son. He was Republican and never
expected TO be anything else He then re-
ferred 10 the lively contest which took
place Mt the last convention between the
friends OF the different aspirants for the
presidential nomination, aud, continuing,
said:
Only two conventions have occurred sin ce
the republic was founded ia which the iercest
strife has not been engendered and these were
the conventions which nominated for the sec
ond time the father of his country, George
Washington, aud the saviour of his country,
Ulysses ;. Grant. The Republicans who sup
ported the different candidates al Minneapolis
have nothing for which TO apologize. Any one
Of them IL qualified 20 rule this nation in the
darkest hour OF trial or in the gold of the day
OF its prosperity Harrison, Mckinley and
Blaine. Contemplate the illustrious trio, and
mark well these remarkable men.
But a majority OF the convention decided
that he who four years ago rescued the nation
from Democratic misrule, who during the
years of his incumbency had so faithfully
borne the Republican standard and whose ad-
ministraton had 50 signally promo Q national
prosperity, should lead us again To victory
and Benjamin Harrison of Indiana became
the Republican nominee.
The Democratic convention AT Chicago de-
nouncod the Mckinley tariff as n cheat and "a
fraud, denied the government the right 90 pro-
tect the wOrkingman, threw the plank of tar
ifr reform overheard To the fishes and substi-
tuted another plank sawed out long ago by the
late Samuel j. lildcn, WIZ Tariff for revenue
only" On that plank the Republican party
Joins Issue with the Democracy.
The Republican party believes that the most
sacred function of government Is the protec-
tion OF the workingman, and that the noblest
work to which any party can dedicate itself Is
In the building up and fostering Of those great
industries by which the progress and prosper
ity of nation are assured.
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hill both agree In
declaring that protection is a cheat, but neither
OF them dares endorse absolute free trade. so
they are both compelled 10 repudiate the plat
form and to straddle the issue.
In his letter of acceptance Mr.. Cleveland has
been forced 10 wrestle with n condition not a
theory, viz: He has been forced 10 spit upon
the platform and to expect 10 rate as n con-
sistent Democrat. There other conditions
that are not theories 70 which he neglected TO
address himself. For instance, one of the
vital questions, which cannot be ignored, and
which Ia deeply agitating the Democratic
machine politician" OF the state and nation
In, whether IL is ordained that the mugwump
tail shall wag the Democratic dog. This issue
Is said to have been defined at a dinner and
was excluded IN favor of the machine, but the
great Democratic masses at this moment have
no reliable Information on this mOmcntous
question.
Again. he overlooked that embarrassing
condition which was embodied In the recent
report OF that excellent Democratic Official
known as the commissioner OF statistics Of
labor. He should have definitely settled the
question whether Peck should he crucihed 10
appease the wrath of the free trade mugwumps
and thus be put on the list Of martyrs 10 the
holy cause OF protection. lie has been driven to
embrace the { -iit ideas Of his arch enemy,
and TO humiliatingly adopt
The Imaginary Issue
Of the journalistic statesman who has stigma
tiZed him AS "a stuffed prophet" In the eX-
pressive language Of that same Democratic
oracle, "the tariff part of Mr.. Cleveland's
letter is full of carefully considered maxims
and is rs elastic a. caoutchouC."
For the future, the party of Andrew jackson,
John c. Calhoun, James Buchanan and David
Is. Hill may be considered as relieved from the
necessity and trouble OF holding national con-
ventions. self-constituted committee of
all-wise mugwumps can be relied upon 10 fur
nish the candidate. and their candidate will
never fail 10 be a platform unto himself.
Mr. Platt then went on to define the
position Of the Republican party on
money and reciprocity and TO say few
words in regard to the so-called force
bill" He said of the latter question:
Democratic newspapers have persistently for
months past spread through their columns all
sorts Of incendiary appeals and bogus infor-
nation in regard TO this alleged force bill.
There never has been force bill which was
endorsed by the Republican party, and the in
formation furnished on that subject is Of the
same character as the cable dispatches OF in
terviews with Bismarck and imaginary dis
coveries in the geography OF Mars. The issue
is forced, fictitious and fraudulent.
The Republican party, however, believes In
q free ballot and free count and that they
will have. Again, the Republican party will
not condone political fraud and theft, no mat
ter by whom committed, whatsoever his name
and howsoever high sounding his title. The
senate Of New York has been stolen from the
electors or this state and those who committed
the crime have been rewarded by high official
station. Denied justice where the humblest
citizen has right to expect it, I'm the court of
last resort, the Republican party appeals TO
the people, and has no fear but their verdict
will render such crime impossible in this
state ever again.
Mr.. Platt closed with an eloquent appeal
to the Republicans throughout the coun-
try to organize and do their duty, "and
when the sun goes down on the Sth Of
November next IL will set upon one Of the
most glorious victories that ever crowned
the efforts of the Republican party since
the election Of Abraham Lincoln"
Mr.. Platt was followed by Chairman
Brookfeld, who read a long list Of vice
presidents.
Root. who read a