Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-08
LITTLE GIANT WALLER.
Fully 5000 Democrats Attend the Closing
 Rally of the Campaign.

Fully 5000 Democrats Attend the Closing Rally of the Campaign.
 When Charles G. Root stepped upon the platform of the auditorium last night to open the democratic meeting, he looked out upon one of the largest audiences ever gathered together at a political meeting in Waterbury. Judge Cannon was unable to be present and ! ex-GOvernor Waller was engaged in Naugatuck and would not reach this city until 9 o'clock. It devolved, there l fore, on the managers to keep the peo- l pie interested for an hour and a quarter. MT Root made remarks pertinent to the | duty of democrats on the morrow, and | introduced Judge John w. Webster as the chairman of the meeting.
 Judge Webster voiced his thanks at | being selected by his fellow democrats to preside at the great closing meeting, | and made an interesting tariff speech lasting thirty minutes.
 Vixen he had concluded the audience called Justify for ex-Mayor Kendrick. In response MT Kendrlck beautifully ex' emporized tariff speech, to the great delight of the assembled thousands. | The applause he received was unstinted. His closing appeal was a flight of oratory seldom equalled on any stage. Some minutes yet renamed to fill up ! and Hon J. l.. Sake was equal to the occasion. He kept the audience in a happy mood until the strains of the l Canadian band were heard entering the long corridor of the auditorium. He is coming, was heard on all sides, and in an instant everybody was on his feet.
 Mir Sake took in the situation and pro- posed three cheers for Thomas M. l Waller. They were given with right good will. H. Holton Wood of Derby and Colonel Osborn of the New Haven | Register accompanied the ex-governor.
 MT Wood came to the front to say a few words while MT Waller rested his voice little. His remarks were of the same kind as the speakers who preceded him, except his eulogy of his late ap- ponent, James P. Pigott, for whom he besought the support of the Waterbury democracy.
 Colonel Osborn followed with a short,
 pithy, but eloquent speech in praise of Cleveland, and in support of the state ! ticket and the congressional candidate. ! Judge Webster then introduced the speaker for whom all had waited, ex- Governor Waller, and at tine mention of
 his name the enthusiasm seemed. un-
 bounded. After waiting until compara- tive silence had been restored MT Waller
 struck right into his speech. The old
 me-honored handkerchief was kept
 swinging as he walked and talked, to
 the delight of his hearers. He appeared
 tired and his voice was poor when he began, but as he warmed to the subject, or rather subjects, for he touched all
 the issues, his step became more elastic aud his voice returned. While he talked
 the audience remained, over a thousand
 standing during the whole time. Nc
 one left and it is not exaggerating tc
 say that had he kept on talking unti
 the polls opened this morning, his
 hearers would have listened. No mar
 in Connecticut has such a place in the
 hearts of the common people as Thomas
 M. Waller.
 The ex-governor and his friends cam'
 to this city by special train from New Haven, and returned after the meeting