The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-07-26
A GREAT EVENT
WAS TIE MEETING At MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
CLEVELAND and STEVENSON NOTIFIED
OF Their Nomination Last Wednesday Night
to Lead Democracy to victory-Many
Prominent Present-Other Incidents.

New YORK, July 2O.-GrOVeT Cl0VclaIu
and Adlai Stevenson have been officially
notified that they are tie choice Ut the
democracy Of this great country to lead
the party to victory or defeat.
The notification took place tonight In
the presence Of a crowd of people that
surpassed in enthusiasm and nun bers
even that vast throng that, on September
6, 1888, at the same place gave greeting
to Allen G. Thurman. The great amphi-
theater of Madison Square garden was
crowded as it never had been before and
thousand and odd electric lights twin
kled in wonder as they look ed down from
their lofty perches upon tho sea of heads
and at the geSticulaI,ons of speakers.
Outside the air was, warm and sultry;
inside the thermometer was like the en-
thusiasm Of Cleyeland's friends--at blrcd-
heat. But no one thought Of tho heat.
When the doors were opened the people
overrode the police, clubs and all. They
made one frantic rush for seats and in
the remarkably short space of ten minutes
Ill the room In the building that remain
ed vacant was the reserved seats OH the
platform and the boxes
The Candidates Appear.
Mr.. Stevenson was the first to appear,
but Mr. Cleveland soon followed. After
waiting some time for an opportunity to
be heard and for the uproar Of applause
Ia SubSde, Mr.. Cleveland arose and Mr..
Wilson notified him in u speech of ten
minutes duration that he had been nomi-
mated for the presidency 1t Is well TO
state what Mr. Wilson said, as it is doubt
full whether more than fifty people heard
him. The reason for this vas because
of Mrs. Cieveland'S appearance III another
part Of the house in an open box, ana the
crowd had Il chance to look well at her.
Reading the OficiaI Letter.
In the same din Secretary Nicholas Bell,
of the notification committee, read the DILL
cjal letter of notification. Mr.. Cleveland
then arose to reply and again pande1nouum
refgned. 1t was one terrible roar and 10
add to the excitement the immense standing
crowd of 10000 people swayed back and
forth and crushed in upon the press enclos-
ure One newspaper man, nearest the
crowd. was pressed against his table ana
tainted with the pain caused by. pressure
on his chest. He was reylveR IN Few
minutes and then the police got to work on
the crowd Gradually it fell back and the
excitement subsidized.
Mr.. CIcyeIand's Reply.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen-Ihe mes
sage YOU deliver from the national oemocrac!
ar0uses within me emotions which would be
Vol nigh overwhelming if did not recognize
here assembled the representatives OF ihe
great party who must share with ine the ~
sponsibility your mission invites. mo hiueh
re,,ef in the reflection that l have been Sc
Iected merely TO stand for the principle ana
purposes to which my party Is pledged, and
for the enforcement and supremacy or which
all who have any right to claim democratic
fellowship must constantly ana pefslStehuy
labor. Cur party responsibility Is, indeed
great We assume Il momcntouS obllSaflon
TO our courtryrnen when, in return for their
trust and confidence. promise fhefa me
reCtifcation of their wrongs ana PETER real-
cation Of advantages which are due TO them
under our free and henetcent Institutions
But If our responsibility is great, our party
is strong It is strong in its sympathy with
the needs Of the peoplc. in its insstence upon
the exercise Of governmental powers strictly
within constitutional permission the people
have GRANTED. and i'll its willingness 10 risk its
life and hope upon the peoples intelligence
and patriotism.
Never has great party. intent upon th'
promotion Of right and justice, had better in
centiye for effort than is now presented to
Turning eyes to the plain people Of
the land we see them burdened consumers
with tariff system that unjusty and relent-
lessly demands from them in the purchase of
nccessares and comforts of life an amount
scarcely met by the wages of hard and steady
toll. while the eXuctions thus wrung from
them build up and increase the fortunes of
those for whose benefit this injustice Is perpetu
ated. We see the farmer listening TO Il de-
lusive story that fills his mind with visions
of on advance. while his pocket is robbed by
the steaIthy hand Of high protection. Our
workiugmen stiU told the tale oft repeated
IN spite oc its demonstrated fasity, that the
existing protective tariff is a boon TO them and
that under rs bencfcient operation wages
must increase, while as they listen scenes are
enacted IN the very abiding place Of high pro-
lection that mock the hopes OF toll and attest
the tender mercy the worllingInen receive
from those made selfish and sordid by unjust
governmental fayoritism.
We oppose, earnestly and stubbornly. the
theory upon which our opponents seek 10 just
fly and uphold existing tariff laws. We need
not base our attack upon questions OF conSti-
tutional permission or legislative power. We
0euounce this theory upon the highest pos
sible grounds, when We contend that III pres
eut conditions its operation is unjust, and
that laws enacted i'll accordance with it are
iuequtable and unfair Ours is not a destruct-
i've party. We are not ut enmity with the
rights of any Of citIzens All are our
countrymCn We are not recklessly needless
OF any American interest, nor viii we abandon
our regard for them. But invoking the love OF
fairness and justice which belongs to true
Americanism and upon which our constitution
rests we insist that plan of tariff jegisa-
ZION shall be tolerated which has for its OBJ
jecl and purpose forced contribution from the
earnings and income OF the mass of our citi-
Zcns 10 swell directly the Accommodations OF
Il favored few, viii we permit pretended
socitude for American labor, or any other
specious protest of benevolent for others,
TO blind the eyes of the people to the selfish
shcemes of those who seek, through the aid
of an unequal tariff law, to gain unearned and
unreasonable advantages at the expense of
their fellows.
We have also assumed in covenant with
those whose support we invite the duty of
onnosing to the death another ayowed scheme
Of our adyersaries, which, under the guise of
rotectiug suffrage, covers but does not con-
. al the design thereby to perpetuate the
L wer of a party afraid to trust its continu-
; zee TO the untra7lmeled and Intelligent votes
If the American people.
We are pledged to resist legislation intended
to complete this scheme, because we have not
forgotten the saturnalia of theft and brutal
control which followed another federal reg
uatiOn of state suffrage, because we know
that the managers of party which did not
scruple to rob the people of president would
not hesitate TO use the machinery created by
such legislation TO revive corrupt instrument
taIities for partisan purposes, because an at
tenlpt TO enforce such legislation would re-
kiudIe .animosites where peace and hopeful