Evening journal., 1894-11-05
FIRING THE LAST GUNS.
The Final Meetings Held in
a Holly Contested Campaign
AND now COMES THE ELECTION

AND NOW COMES THE ELECTION
DEMOCRATS Listen to m'Adoo In the
Academy, While DalzelI Holds Forth
to Republicans in the Auditorium and
Higgins in German Han-1he Third
PartyItes.
The final notes Of tho campaign were
sounded by ex Congressman William
McAdoo, Of New Jersey, assistant
secretary OF war, who spoke 10 a large
audience of Democratic voters In the
Academy Of Music. Prior TO the meet
ing street parade was given, partici-
pated In by the First, Third, Eighth
Tenth ana Eleventh ward clubs, Saula-
bury Legion, James Carmichael Club.
the Young Mems Democratic Club, the
Samuel Bancroft Club the Bayard
Legion and the George Gray Club The
procession was large one and red fire
and Roman candles made the sky bright
with their fires. AT the Academy Victor
b. Woolley presided, and the stage was
filed with prominent men, men who
have added lustre TO the party ia the
city and state. Mr. Woolley made no
extended remarks, but said that he could
best express his qualification at the
honor done him by giving way to the
speaker, whose namo was familiar to
every one present, and whose record as
Democrat and statesmen was public
property 81 ever the land.
Ex-Congressman McAdoo's Speech.
Mr.. McAdoo was greeted with round
after round Of applause. and was forced
to ask that part Of the demonstration be
reserved until after election, when he
predicted that the victory would call for
considerable on the part Of the Queen
City Of The Diamond State He paid a
graceful tribute to Senator Gray, who.
he said, was the peer Of any man and
without q superior In the National
Senate; the best type of an honorable
man and able Senator; and he'hoped on
next Tuesday the people Of the state he
loved so much and honored so highly
would respond by keeping the state safe
. in the Democratic columns, and send
colleague to assist him In the fgnt he
had SO staunchly made for good govern
ment and the interests OF the working
man.
He explained the difficulties under
which the present administration had
been working and the condition Of affairs
President Cleveland met when he took
the seat TO which tho people had elected
him. An empty Treasury, a deficit
growing out Of n pr0fgate and costly
management and business on the verse OF
panic, tho result of system Of taxa
tion createa for tho benefit Of few and
the robbery of the many The Sherman
BILL designed to placlte the mine owners
Of the West, as the Mckinley bill was
lntclded to please the monopolist manu-
facturers of the East, was ia force, and
four and half millions of silver was
being boarded every month. Of no more
practical value than so much iron. He
then described In clear, convincing man
ner, the steps taken BY Mr.. Cleveland
and the Democratic legislature to remedy
the evils The repeating OF the Sherman
bill, the relegatinR to obscurity OF the
Force bill aud the striking from the
statute books Of the infamous Mckinley
bill
The Cause Of the Panic.
''The result Of the extravaganza in
managing the government" he said,
had brought on a condition Of things
which could but end In financial distress.
in business depression and In public
suffering. Mr. Harrison and the Re.
publican party are responsible for this
terrible legacy bequeathed TO the Demo-
cratic administration, and the people had
as necessity TO share that suffering IL
the government had been an economical
one, this great land would have stood as
veritable Gibraltar, n rock in the ocean
Of trouble, and hard times would not
have come. He prophesied that 40 matter
II the Republicans could again get pos
session Of both houses, the Mckinley bill
viii never sgaln get on our statute
books, John Sherman, Reed Allison,
butterworth and all the leading think
ing men Of that party, are already op-
posed to 10. The Force bill, which had
its inception IN the brain OF Lodge
of Massachusetts, aud was sane
toned BY Mr.. Harrison, will never again
be used TO oppreBs the free voters of our
land, and the Sherman bill will never
again be permitted to act as menace to
our business interests"
Their claims Ridiculous,
he ridiculed tie claims made by the
Republican party that in placing tax on
wool. lumber and tin the worklngman
was benefited. and showed how tie tax
On barley acted disastrously to the
farmers Of New York state. He ex
piAined that trade meant the in
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