The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-06
DOWN WITH BOSSISM!
A Great Meeting in Buffalo to Denounce
Politician Hill.

BUFFALO, n. Y, April ga thousand
men bearing banners and transparancies
and headed by q band of music escorted
ex-Secretary Charles n. Fairchild, ex-
Mayor William Grace and Hon. Frank l..
Thornton tonight to Music hall where were
gathered 1000 people to hear their protests
against the ''snap convention" and their
reasons for revolt against the alleged boss
ism which dictated and dominated it. The
assemblage included many ladies, some
Republicans and few Hill Democrats.
The meeting was practically of one mind,
however, and the only dissenting voice
heard was raised by semi-inebrated in
dividual, who was promptly elected. Much
enthusiasm was shown. particularly at
the trenchant satire of Frank Thornton,
whose pungent oratory kindled the audi
ence to fever heat. John Irebacher, presi-
dent of the Erie County Democratic Club,
a new organization of the club formed by
Cleveland, called the meeting to order,
and nominated Hon. Charles Bishop, the
mayor, to preside. His honor spoke
hopefully of the great movement to secure
proper representation of the Democracy as
party at the national convention, and
briefly reviewed the history of the move
Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild was
the first speaker. In part he said;
We propose to prove our case by going to the
peopla; by going to our CO olstituencies and ask
ing them TO give US our credentials with which
to go to Chicago TO represent them. We pro
pose TO present our case to the national
conventions; to address ourselves to
the reason and judgment of those
who sit in judgment upon our case, and, too,
we propose to abide the result Loyalty aud faith
fully, and all we ask of our opponents is that
they recognize our right to present our contest
and that they shall be prepared, as we are, to
abide by the decision of the last tribunal of the
party.
Ex-Mayor Grace, of New York city, next
spoke. He said:
We, tco. are Democrats, but we think the
Democracy stands for something more than sue
cess in game, where personal advantage is ex-
alted above principle, and where organization is
extolled rs the end OF party effort
and the means through which the politi-
cal consciousness of the masses man
iiests itself. More than $1,000 names of Demo
cratic voters residing III the metropolis will
withou: doubt signify their desire TO be repre-
sented at Chicago by delegation which will
truly and fully represent the prepouderating
majorityof the Democratic voters OF the Empire
state.
Hon. Frank II. Thornton was the last
speaker. Referring to Senator Hill, he
said:
In his reckless rampaging after the nomina-
tioa he has shown himself ready TO obstruct and
palser with tariff reform, and 20 tamper with
the stability of the honest peoples money
TO the inevitable destruction of the
Democratic party, and the irretriev-
able ruin of the business of the country
Within the last thee months he has been for
tariff reform and against tariff reform; by the re-
vivaI Of the Republican position of 1883 against
a"nibbIlng" tariff reform. and for ''nibblng"
| tart reform He has been for free coinage and
| against II, and has mysteriously straddled "due
| south by north" upon ii, and SO this burlesque
| political skirt-dancer cavorts and kicks and
| twists and turns and bows and smirks and
throws kisses at tie political bald-heads and
| tries TO palm himsslt off a an innocent young
| "thing of beauty and Joy forever" and a Del
/ sartean dream OF grace. Then eli the while he
| is simply making an indecent exposure of him
self as political street walker, offering himself.
| body and soul. at the low price Of vote or del
/ eCaie.