The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-02
LIGHT TRIBUTE WAS PAID
BUT M4SSACRUSETTS DEMOCRAT
 APPLAUDED THE PRESIDENT.


 The President of the Dinner of the Demo-,
 cratic Club Dealt in Delicate satire in His. Opening Address--Ex-Mayor Matthews Paid His Respects to the American Pro-
 tective Association.
 Worcester. Mass, Oct. 1-The dinner of the Young Mems Democratic club of Massachusetts, which was held to-nighr in the Lincoln house. Worcester, was as great success in point of numbers, en- thusiasm and excellence of speeches. About 200 democrats were present. among them Hon. J. E. Russell ex- Governor w. E. Russell, Hon. George Fred Williams. Hon. Charles s. Ham
 lin, Hon. John E. Fitzgerald, Hon. Nathan Matthews, Hon. Patrick Ma guire, Hon. John w. Corcoran, Hon. Joseph J. Corbett, Hon. John H. Sulli- van, Hon. Josiah Quincy, MT. Osborne Howes, Henry V. Cunningham, Hon. B. J. Flynn. Hon. Thomas w. Flood. President Charles E. Stratton occu- pied the choir, ahd his speech opening, I the evenings flow of eloquence was an excellent exhibition of delicate satire. l He dealt with state and national issues. lightly paying high tribute to Hon. John D. Russell, President Cleveland. ! each name being applauded. Ex-Mayor l Matthews of Boston was the first of ! the regular speakers, and the announces ment by the chairman that he had con- sented to serve as chairman of the cams paign committee was hailed with en4 | thusiasm, for it was while he served
 in that capacity that William E, Russ sell was elected governor. He came. \ he said, for business, and he made am | interesting speech, declaring that tl1e ! democratic candidates would give re-S spectful treatment to opponents aEN ! trusted they would be accorded similar treatment by republicans. He paid
 his respects to the A. F. A., declaring l that since the friends of GovernorI IGreenhalge are admittedly to be inl control of the republican convsnIioni lnext Saturday they should adopt al I plank which would forever eliminate thes
 A. P. A. from Massachusetts roliticss and read plank which he would corn-l mend for the consideration and aiop-l l ton. Hon. J. E. Russell, who was iri-s troduced by the chairman as the peer!
 less leader of '93 and '94 was greeted
 not onlx with applause, but with threel Il hearty cheers, all rising. He decIareGa ! Worcester a very good town in which to hold musical festivals, democratic1 conventions and other esthetic. and har-. monious gatherings. He discussed thel iquestion of protective tariffs for the. advocacy of which he satd seemed toi be congenial to Worcester's leading req publican statesmen. He defended Pres. 1 ident Cleveland and Congrassmalld Walkers assertion that he had opposeda
 proper financial legistlation and de- clared that he believed any proper law1 which MT. Walker can have pascal
 through the coming republican houses
 lat Washington will become law by thea lsignature of President Cleveland.
 It looks, said MT. Russell, as if Mr.s Walker had been put forward to strike4 1 a key note, namely, to pick personaM quarrels with the administration for5 the republican congress means to dodge4 the passage of legislation.
 Judge Cochrane, chairman of the3 state committee, spoke briefly, urgingd lall democrats to loyalty, courage anda
 confidence in the future. The democ-S racy is the party of the people anda
 entitled for that reason to be en-, trusted with government. He agreedA with ex-1Iayor Matthews that the red tpublican party should tell the peopleA texactly where it stands on the A. F. A lquestion.
 Hon. Josiah Quincy, Introduced ast
 anot1ler workingman, was given veryi hearty greeting, the company risinga land giving three hearty cheers. The{
 country, he said, is at the present time] in a conservative mood and in favor df1 a rest from political agitation whiehS will disturb settled questions, such3
 as finance, tariff or economies. The5 lparty will succeed in the next pres-i lidential election which nominates theA men in whom the business men of tlea tcountry have the greatest confidenceA on tariff, finance and other businessa questions. Hon. J. F. Fitzgerald off Boston, the only democratic congress-; man from New England, spoke briefly. He declared the tariff question: settled7 and called for legislation on the finan-- cial question.
 Democracy stands to-day the very5 bulwark of the peoples liberty.
 | Ex-Governor W. E. Russell was wel-J lcomed with loud cheers and made a1s Thrilling speech. The democracy meansd to take no backward step. He paidN high compliment to Hon. George F'redY
 Williams and denounced the A. P. A.,.a deliberately and clearly declaring the, constitutional rights of all citizens on educational matters and was vocifer-A Iously cheered. Hon. Charles s. Ham, lin, assistant secretary of the treasury,. j. was cheered loudly. He reviewed the financial policy of the republican ad-9 ministration and .contrasted it with the policy of the present administra- tion.
 | He also paid a glowing tribute to MT. Cleveland
 | Hon. George Fred Williams was given three cheers when introduced. He said
 it is an honor for any man to stand
 in the peoples cause. In the demo-
 cratic party, he said, the welfare of the country is centred. Success is sure if, regardless of the question of suc-
 cess. the party continues to press upon the peoeple the rights of the people,
 Unless there are republican leaders