The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-05
A GRAND DEMONSTRATION,

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 be specially interested. To hear some of the democratic orators talk you would think that the hard times are due en- tirely to the wicked republicans who have locked up their money and>shut down their shops solely for political purposes. Now this is evidently as false a statement as anyone could make. These hard times have been as hard on the republicans as on the demo- crats, and hope that never again will anyone of us see such winter In Con- nectlcut as the last one we passed through.
 Tn the last two months the govern ment has run behind $2l, ,000, ,0O0, and there Is only s60.000,000 in the treasury, instead of the 3ioo.ooo.ooo which ought to be there.
 We have had presented to our view very significant performance by two democratic congressman from this state.
 "The Hon. Lewis Sperry. the demo- cratic representative from the First district, spoke. voted and In a word, used all his influence against the pass age of the Wilson bill. On the other hand, your representative, the Hon. James P. Pigott, spoke and voted for this Dill. Now want to ask you which Is democratic? tell you the democratic party is not homogeneous. The demo- crats have made all sorts of combina- ton wi.h socialists and anarchists to draw votes. Look at the action of such men as Governors Altgeld of Illinois, and Waite of Colorado. And yet these men were elected as democrats. They have tried to make political capital out of the Homestead strikes. Now every man of you knows that the strikes under the republican administrations were for higher wages every time. Now the strikes are to prevent the wages from being cut.
 T really believe that this year and last year the havoc wrought by demo- crats has done more to educate the people to protect our workmen from for eign competition than anything else ever could have done.
 The Hill dernocarts have had a
 The Hill democrats have had a able to secure President Cleveland's support to Senator. Hiil's canvass in New York state. But all they can get out Of Cleveland is gray squirrels and Gray Gables.
 Tt has got so here that you can't tell from the democratic papers just where the democratic party is. Why you don't know how the Register of this city stands from anything that has appeared in 1t for the last two months. I know the editor, Colonel Osborn, very well. He is a born gen. tleman, as his father was before him. and, what can keep him out of the re- publican party except early education and hereditary descent, I can't con- ceive. He belongs with us, and if this state Is ever to have another demo- cratic governor, I would like to see him be the man. But I think 1t must have made Colonel Osborn gag to write some of the editorials which he has written, or has had under his super- vision. to justify the acts of James P. Pigott, after what appeared in the Register. last summer. ask you what James P. Pigott has done to bene- fit this district. He has done nothing except what has proved detrimental to the people of his home district. And yet he has come before the people for reelection, and has attempted to make an issue out of howl of A. P. A. Why, gentlemen, that is gutter poli- tics. ,and should be relegated to the sewers. It is nothing but bilge water. denounced by the highest authority of the Catholic church. But think that your votes next Tuesday will show that hereafter you will be represented by a man who can represent the whole district. N. D. Sperry is the man. There Is not another man that is better fitted or more capable of repre- senting this district, not man who has made a closer study of the policy of protection. Two years ago you wanted a change and you got 1t. Now we want another change, and on Tues day we hope 1t will come with such emphasis that it will make every state in the country republican to the core"
 The Tippecanoe Glee club of Bridge port then sang several selections, which were received with immense en- thusiasm by the audience.
 Senator Orville H. Platt was then introduced.
 He spoke for two hours. paying par ticular attention to the prosperity which existed before the democrats secured control of the government in comparison with the prosperity which existed to-day under the legislation of democratic officials. In opening tas address Senator Platt said 1t was the largest meeting which he had yet addressed and also complimented the upon the parade preceding the meeting. In this connection, how ever, he took occasion to say that parade and red fire did not carry elections. votes accomplished the pur- pose sought. He. then referred to MT. Sperry's candidacy an| paid that gentlemen high compliment upon his sterling qualities and his past record as a republican, and said he would be an honor to this district In Wash ingtor.
 .'But you have something to do. fel- low republicans" he said, ''and only by doing your full duty next Tuesday can you accomplish it. E see befcre me 2,5oo republicans. There are in New Haven 2,50o democrats who will vote with us by the asking and now ,f aarh one of vou will get inst one