The morning call., 1894-10-21

at the bosses and added to the proceedings
spice and merriment.
The next speaker was Barclay Henley,
who has been chosen by the NGn-Partisan
conven tion as nominee for District Attor-
ney. Repeatedly in the course of his ad-
dress Mr.. Henley was interrupted by ap-
plause as he fearlessly scathed the bosses
and corrupt politicians and warned the
people of the imminent dangers under the
rule of bosses.
Barclay Henley spoke as follows:
Two years ago the present Non Partisan
party was born into life. The men concerned
in its formation looking over the history OF this
great city, had marked The fact that our govern
ment had never been so decently and honestly
conducted, had never been so prosperous, the
hum Of Industry never so constant, the hand of
taxation had never pressed so lightly upon our
shoulders as when the municipal government
was conducted under the auspices OF Non
Partisanship. They saw that condition OF
affairs was threatened which, unless checked,
seemed 10 indicate the possibility of the resort
by an indignant and wrathful populace. for the
punishment of crime, to measures that can
never be justified except in last and desperate
emergency; they saw The civil government of
this city stepped in shame TO the very lips;
they saw justice perverted, honesty pushed
aside in high places, while misrule. fraud aud
wrong-doing held high carnival and welded the
scepter of authority throughout the city In
short. unjaied felons In power, and no
conscientious man, loving the institutions OF
his country. could look upon that scene without
feeling, If reside Mt here. sense OF personal
degradation.
The minds of me naturally required to GER
tain chapters in our antecedeDt history when
the solemn toll OF bell aud the measured tread
of armed men, the set and determined faces of
citizens, marked the Inauguration of events
which sent some criminals scurrying into exile,
and for others eliminated In the bloody atone
ment OF their crimes upon the scaffol0.
Averse to the reproduction of such scenes in
this day. loving the peaceful methods pre-.
scribed by law for the redress of grievances,
certain men, at the call OF Thomas Magee,
moved by common impulse, met together two
years ago and organized this party. Its forma-
tion was not the result of a very considerable
forethOught. so far as l am advised, and there
was only period of incubation OF a few weeks
when il was launched iintO existence. Predic-
! tions were numerous, even by the ell-wishers
| OF the movement, of its failure. Crime, il was
i urged, was too strongly entrenehed TO be thus
| shaken or overthrown. But as one week sue
ceeded another the movement gathered
strength until the grand result was the election
| and installment as the ciiys chief executive
! officer Of one whose honesty in his entire life
had never been assailed, and whose courage
and disposition TO cope with the foes of good
government had been shown in many a we'll
fought field. mean l.. r. Ellert.
Many other persons upon the ticket came
near election, and the sequel of that contest
! was that the seed was then sown which GER
| minating in fruitful soil, resulted in the pres
ent Non-Partisan organization, which, more
promising, stronger and moro potential seems
TO threaten IN this election TO sweep as with a