Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09
DEPEW IN BROOKLYN
The Famous New Yorker Ad-
dresses the Largest Re-
publican Meeting
THAT CITY HAS EVER SEEN
he Explains Why General Apathy
EuieS in the Present Fight
THE BENEFITS OF THE TARIFF
Irpatiated Upon by One of the Partys
Most Eloquent Men.
THAT CITY HAS EVER SEEN
THE BENEFITS OF THE TARIFF
IIpatiated Upon by One of the Partys
Most Eloquent Men.
POLITICAL NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Oct. S-The larg est
and most enthusiastic Republican mass
meeting held in Brooklyn in many years
was addressed by Chauncey NJ. Depew in
the Clermont Avenue Rink tonight. Over
5000 people, nearly half of whom were
ladies, were present, and almost as many
more vainly struggled for admittance.
President Charles A. Schieren, of tine
Young Republican Club, introduced Mr..
Depew.
As Mr.. Depew arose to speak the audi
ence broke out into long continued and
most enthusiastic applause, waving of hats
and handkerchiefs. He began by saving
that every political canvass had its peculi-
arities, and that the popularity of this can
yass on both sides was the fact that up to
the present time General Apathy Was in
command "This was DUE" he said, "to the
widespread belief among the people that no
matter who was elected the country would
be safe and prosperous. Ever since the war
ended there has been gradual falling off in
enthusiasm. The great prosperity of the
country explains this, and people are not so
much concerned about elections as they once
we're.
All Good Due to the Republicans.
"But to what is this prosperity due? To
the Republican policy which has guarded
the industrial interests of the people
Panics in the past have been directly due
TO Democrats tinkering with the tariff. We
nave now been 19 years without business
disasters The prosperity of the country is
UEe to the application, continued for 25
sears, of Republican principles.
"As ior that saving of the unthinking
that the country will prosper no matter vino
Is elected, l would reply that if Cleveland
IS elected, ard he shall be backed by Dem
ocratic Senate and a Democratic House of
representatives and our tariff laws are
modelled on the basis of the Chicago plat.
torm, then we shall quickly be over.
whelmed by business disaster and financial
-uin.
The statement of the Democratic plat
form that protection is unconstitutional is
taUtamount to charging that Washington
and Hamilton and jackson were yiolators
# The Constitution. Where can we find
the Democratic precedent for this tariff
plank OF the Chicago platform? Only in
South Carolina, in 1880, and in the Con-
iederaie Constitution of 1861. jackson s
historic by the eternal knocked out the
former, and the latter has fallen into in-
nocuous deSuetude.
Wages in America and in England.
Mr.. Depew then contrasted the wages of
workingmen in Great Britain and in this
country, saying that he had made a special
investigation of this matter when abroad
Il had iouni that the English workingmen
received less than one-half the wages of
American workingmen in the same indus
tries. lie had particularly noted this fact |
among the railway employees. f7>
To the objection that the differences in
wages of set by the cost of living,
Mr. nPnpw said that this
had been special subject of
mis- investigation, and he defied
contradiction when he asserted that
dollar on this side will 60 rs far as a dollar
on the other side. He had found the diff
ference between workingmen here and there
TO be simply that there the workingman
lives according to his means Here the
workingmen lives tar better He has on his
table every day in the week that which the
English workiEgman has only once a week
The American workingman sends his chill
dren to school, not to the workshop, and
he buys home. II protection does all this
then he thanked God for such a violation of
the Constitution.
Benefits Derived From Reciprocity
Tie advantages accruing to the country
bv the Republican policy of reciprocity
were next considered by the speaker. What
the Democrats called sham and fraud he
said was really great source OF national
prosperity. The effect of the Mckinley
bill had been to shut up many of England's
largest and most productive mills, and
transfer these manufactures to this country.
AlE Cleveland and his friends think that
this is immoral If so, all our industries
are immoral. Men strive for themselves,
not for others.
The speaker closed with glowing tribute
10 the National Republican standard
bearers, and contrasted them with the can
didateS Of the Democracy. His remarks |
were repeatedly received with loud and
long applause.