The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-29
MASS MEETING AT NEW YORK.
Thomas Platt and WhiteIaw Reid Address a
Large Audience in Cooper Union Hall


Large Audience in Cooper Union Hall
New YORK, Sept. 2S.-The first Republl-
can mass meeting Of the presidential cam
paign in this city was held tonight.
Cooper Union hall was packed and many
could not get in. The hall was profusely
decorated with American flags, and on
either side of the speakers stand were the
American and Irish flags. The audience
went wild when Thomas c. Platt, Warner
Miller and Chauncey NJ Depew came in
together. Platt was introduced as chair
man, and was received with great cheer
ing.
Mr.. Platt said that our friend. tn o
enemy, and our enemies claiming to be
friends, have manifested much anxiety
over the lively contest at the last Eepu b.
lican national convention between tn
friends of the different aspirants for the
presidential nomination. There is moth
ing. he said, to orry about. Benjamin
Harrison stands today as the representa-
tive of the grand old Republican party, the
bearer Of the flag of protection, reciprocity
aud honest money, and as such we pledge
him the united party support with IN
wavering loyalty and faith, that despite
the frantic efforts of Cleveland and the
Democratic party, they cannot go into this
campaign under the lying banner of tariff
reform.
The Democratic convention at Chicago
would have no such milk and water prin-
ciples, and substituted q tariff for revenue
only plank. On that plank the Republican
party joins issue with the Democratic
Cleveland and Hill both agree that protec-
ton is farce, but neither of them dares
endorse absolute free trade, so they are
both compelled to republicate the platform
and straddle the issue.
The Republican party believes in honest
money. No Juggling with or debasing the
national currency. 1t wants a silver dollar
the equal of the gold dollar and the
paper dollar backed by the honor of
the fepnblic, q representative of value
as precious as silver or gold.
In the darkest hour this nation ever saw
when gold was worth 80, the Republican
compromise Its honor by paying interest
on the public debt in greenbacks. What
was the result! United States bonds be-
came gilt edge investment of the finance
world.
No greater financial crime has ever been
attempted in the country than the Demo-
cratic idea to substitute the issues of ire
sponsible state banks for our present ma
tional currency.
AS to the so-calied force bill the Demo-
cratic newspapers have persistenely said
thorugh their columns for month past all
sorts of incendiary appeals and bogus in
formation regarding the alleged force bill.
There has never been a force bill which
was endorsed by the Republican party.
The party, however, believes in free
ballot and fair count and that we will
have We fought for that right from
Bull Run to Appotomax and we paid for
the privilege with $1,000, 000, 900 and over a
million lives and in Gods name we will
fight for it as long as single Republican
remains alive within the limits of the
American Union, be it in the state of Ala
bama or the stale of New York"
Platt closed with an earnest admonition
to Republicans to organize throughout the
city. state and land, and to help with all
their might to get every Republican voter
out on election day.
When the cheering which followed his
address subsidized. Platt introduced White
law Reid as the next vice-president of the
United States, and once more the audience
broke out in enthusiastic applause. MIR.
Reid spoke brifiy, saying In part:
us this country to abandon its presen
prosperity and security, and recklessly
venture out upon the sea Of chance in the
tariff, reciprocity, banking, currency and
shipping, which the Chicago platform pro-
poses? That depends upon whether the
Republican party OF the state of New York
does its full duty and exerts its full
strength for the next six weeks. For you
will not forget that our opponents have
carried the state for their presidential can
dldate but three times in thirty-six years.
In 1856 Fremont took away the electoral
vote of New York from Buchanan by a
plurality of $4,000. Never from that day to
this have the Democrats been able to regain
those electoral votes, save when they had a
popular leader OF this state as candidate.
with united party behind them. Such
leaders were Seymour and Tilden, and
SUCH ANOTHER WAS CLEVELAND
thought to be when first nominated for the
presidency. Yet he carried the state the
first time by LOAF, and the next time was
beaten by over q thousand votes by
Benjamin Harrison. On that ratio, and un-
der that same leader and that sort of q ma
jority against him what ought New York
TO give this time!
"Six weeks of individual and united ef-
fort win be enough If we only base our
campaign on what we are going TO do for
ourselves, not on what we fancy or hope
the dissentions Of the enemy may do for
US. Providence helps those who help
themselves
ner Miller, who spoke at some length. "All
differences of opinion in the Republican
party" he declared 'sended when tie Min
neapolics convention declared its choice
Whatever difficulties have existed, have
passed away. osHe traced the achievements