The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-02
HE DENOUNCED CLEVELAND
EX-GOVERNOR WALLER PAYS HIS
 RESPECTS TO THE PRESIDENT.

AsA<0A ~ShS ~ A"AS q AsScADSNss Enthusiastic Rally of Democrats at the
 Hyporion-A. F. Aism Denounced-
 Speeches by Waller and Judge Callahan
 Both Entertaining, But Not Instructive.
 The Hyperion last night was hardly half large enough to accommodate the large crowd who desired to hear tha, silver-tongued orator of the democracy. ex-Governor Thomas M. Waller of New London. Long before the hour set for the meeting the vast theater was com pletely filled and the doors were locked. Both galleries were filled to overfowing and both on the stage and first floor of the theater several hundred were perfectly satisfied to remain standing throughout the entire exercises.
 Prior to the rally at the Hyperion about seventy-flve democrats met in front of the city hall and headed by the Governors Foot Guard band marched through several of the central streets of the city, arriving at the theater shortly after o'clock. The band en- tered the theater and discoursed sev- eral selections while those who had taken part in the parade were being seated.
 It was few minutes after o'clock | when Chairman shannon advanced to- ward the center of the stage, closely l followed by Judge David Callahan and Hon. Thomas M., Waller. The appear ance of the trio was the signal for pro- longed applause, which only subsided after ex-Governor Waller had several times bowed his acknowledgment of the ovation rendered him.
 While the trio advanced the Cover nor's Foot Guard band played "See the Conquering Hero Comes," and 1t continued to play all through the pro- l longed applause. It even did better than that-it played for several min utes after the men were seated and continued to play even after Chairman shannon had advanced to the footlights and attempted to start the proceedings of the evening. But his efforts were all in vain. That band played and kept right on playing and caused the genial | chairman to stand there statue-like for at least five minutes.
 | Finally after someone in the top gal lery had called out Three cheers for Pigott!, and they had been given, but not with very great enthusiasm, Chair man shannon succeeded in getting the band to stop its playing and introduced Judge David Callahan as the presfding officer of the evening. .sa. ..g.,a
 Judge Callahan advanced to the front of the stage and was greeted with ap- I pIause. After brief interval he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, brother demo- crats-We are on the eve of a great political struggle. We have arrayed against us that good old republican party, which. claims for itself every thing good and creditable and charges the democratic party with being the party of dishonesty and all that Is bad" This statement was received with applause by the majority of the audience, while several gentlemen in the body of the house greeted it with misses.
 This considerably nettled the speaker, but he continued: "Oh, my friends, you won't hiss next Tuesday. I tell you now the republican party has never done anything for the man who works for living. know whereof speak" The judge then paid his respects to A. P. A.-ism and said that although he l believed that N. D. Sperry told the truth when he said that he was not a member of the A. P. A., still he thought that next Tuesday MT. Sperry would start on his trip to the wilderness and said that he hoped that if Sperry on his travels to the wilderness came across a particularly hard spot he would telegraph to John Adt and the other A. P. A. creatures and leave them there.
 In closing, Judge Callahan denounced the A. F. A. and said: There is no 1 room. in this state for any A. P. A. or any other such party of men, but room only for true American citizens Judge Callahan was tumultuously ap- pIauded when he finished speaking and introduced Hon. Thomas Waller as the next representative. from New London.
 As ex-Governor Waller advanced to | the footlights he was the recipient of a tremendous ovation. Cheers and ap- ! plause were the order of events and continued for several minutes. Finally after order had been secured ex-Goy- ernor. Waller made one of his charac- teristic speeches, during the course of which he denounced the A. P. A. and Clevelandism. He also referred to the income tax as class legislation. "I don't like this tax, because it doesn't tax everybody" he said. Tt only taxes those who have an income of $4,000. I don't believe in any such tax. Let's tax all. The income tax Is all right so far as 1t goes, but 1t doesn't go far enough, nor will it until all are taxed"
 The speaker also paid his respects l to President Cleveland in no unmeaning language. He said emphatically that he had no use for q leader of g party who, when, he had acquired all the hon ors possible at its hands, turned his back upon the party. He denounced Cleveland's action in not assisting Hill in his campaign in New York state and then appealed to his audience as to