Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-27
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1892.
The Tammany Meeting-Hims Speech.


That was grand meeting which Tam
many held on Tuesday night. Never be-
fore WIS there such q meeting in this cout-
try. II was not one meeting, but many.
The very air was full of victory. II
streamed from the banners, and the peo-
pie cheered the coming triumph as IT it
had already been won. Think OF hun
bred thousand voters in attendance
upon this Democratic gathering. The
Governor and Lieutenant Governor OF
New York were there--the Governor
10 preside. the Lieutenant Governor
to speak. The latter said truly that Tam
many had enjoyed that night in Senator
HIL's speech the rarest treat that any au-
diepce in this broad land had enjoyed
during this campaign. A gentleman. who
has Q number of times heard Governor
HUI speak in New York or Brooklyn, said
to us in speaking of Governor HILL. that
hrs speech here IN Richmond was not by
any means q fair specimen of bis oratory.
At home he seemed to be regarded as we
in Virginia regard john w. DANIEL. and
his speeches were much better because he
knew he had the sympathies of his hear
ers. At any rate. his Tammany speech has
had few equals. If any, among the thou
sands of speeches which have been made
in this campaign. He spoke only in Eng
lish, but the tens Of thousands who could
not hear him improvised overflow meet
ings where almost every foreigner was
able to hear a speech in his own tongue.
Senator HILL was both felicitous and
clear in his discussion of the tariff oues-
ton. He went to the core of his subject
No other speaker has called attention to the
fact that Article \. Of the amendments to
the Federal Constitution was ratified after
the first tariff bill had been passed-those
bills upon which the Republicans rely to
prove that the fathers favored "protec-
ton TO American industries" But Sena-
tor HILL added: THE Democratic party
does not purpose the destruction of the
tariff, but il proposes SIMPLY moditica-
tion of it,"
But, said Senator HILL. the most import
ant question before the people is the force
bill, which he happily named "the DAvEs-
PORT force BILL" He warned the people
against Tue epeCiOus pich that Ooh-iOso
had right to interfere in the election of
congressman because these we're the rep-e-
sentatives Of the whole country and he
well and forcibly made the point that if
the plea was a good one it would be just
as good in favor of interfering with the
election of members of State Legislatures
having United States senators to elect.
This issue alone-the force bill-he argued,
necessarily made the South solid. She was
allowed no choice in the matter. That
bill, said Governor HILL, will not be killed
till we have Democratic Congress in both
branches and Democratic President.
However, we cannot begin to do justice
In this article TO Senator HnIs great
speech. 1t ought to reprinted in pamphlet
form and circulated broadcast over the
whole land. Notwithstanding the proximity
of the election. 1t contains all that need
be said by any speaker. II is clear, able,
and thorough. Whoever fails TO read it
will fail to enjoy a real treat. or. as Leuten-
ant-Governor SHEEHAS said, 1.-THE rsrest
treat of the campaign" We would like 70
see letter from Mr.. CLEVELAND on Senator
HnL's speech. He would find words suita-
BILE TO its merits.