Evening journal., 1894-10-08
SECOND OF THE SERIES.
THE EIGHTH WARD REPUBLICANS
HOLD AN OPEN-AlR MEETING

at Which the Reverend Candidate for
Representative to Congress Was the
Star Speaker and Other Orators Ad-
dress About a Thousand People.
The second of the series of congratula-
tory meetings held by the local Repub-
licans occurred Saturday night, st the
corner of Eighth and Lombard streets,
and probably about one Thousand persons
were present The Eighth, Third and
Tenth ward clubs attended in force, aud
display Of Roman candles and whistling
rockets which were let of in front of the
stand presaged little more enthusiasm
than accompanied the former meeting.
Lewis I. Grubb presided Among those
who occupied the stand were Hon.
Jonathan s. Willis, General James Il.
Wilson, John p Eberhard, of Pittsburg /;
Washington Hastings, Medford Cahoon,
John l. Byrne, Il W. Perkins, Edmund
Mitchell. Jr, William S Hilles. G. w.
Leitch, H. e. Knowles, Hugh O. Browne
and others.
The first speaker was Rev. Jonathan
s. Willis, the candidate for representa-
tive in Congress. He started with the
declaration that he had been rocked in a
Democratic cradle but had left that
party, ss it had deserted its principles
and tried to strike down the flag. He
bad preferred principles to party and
now ''stood in" with the "grAndest az
gregation Of patriots and statesmen and
in the grandest political organization the
world ever saw" He next explained why
he could not be Democrat.
First, because the party when in power
does not guarantee every man his con-
stitutional righs to vote Next, because
of the homage the leaders Of the party
pay TO royalty Another reason was the
attitude of the party on the tariff The
speaker said the Wilson bill was made
for men from the South, which he char
scterized as the home Of the rattlesnake
and wild cat
Continuing he said. "The Democrat ic
party lscks unity of purpose and | don't
propose to sail on ship where the cap
tain is qusrreling with the crew" 10
closing Mr. Willis referred to the Popu-
lists and Prohibitionists as former Dem
ocrats who had become disgusted at their
party and who we're coming by a round.
about way to the Republican party. he
invited them to come, and predicted that
his ticket was going to win
William s. Hillss was the next
speaker He said Maine had set the
pace which Delaware would follow, and
pronounced the campaign as one OF
principle, not of men. The Democrats
had nominated a good ticket, but the
Republicans one just as good He
referred to the Hawaiian episode as q
national disgrace. paid the usual stten-
tion to the tariff bill, and touched OIL
other issues which are the stock in trade
iof all party orators He claimed that
Republican success meant protection
prosperity and progress
John P. Eberhsrd, of Pittsburg anC
chairman of the Glass Makers Nationa
Association, confined his remarks to til,
tariff and advised every dissatisfied
Democrat to vote the straight Republican
ticket
Hugh @ Browne, secretary Of th,
Republican State Committee, was the las
speaker, and he spoke but briefly
confning himself to state issues, ridi
culing the Democratic claim Of honesty
and charging that party with hypocriti
cal professions Of love for the publi
| schools
At the conclusion Of his speech th
crowd, which by that time had MATERIAL,
decreased in numbers, dispersed afte
three cheers had been given for tn
ticket