The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-08
He Sets New Works Campaign
Ball Rolling.
CLEANED FROM POLITICAL ARENA
Populists and Democrats Combine in Many
SUBSEQUENTLY for McKinley-Neal Dow
on Silver-Majority Estimate for Vermont
Ben Tilman Gets After the ex-President.

| NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-With the
| words of McKinley's letter of accept
ance on nearly every tongue, ex-Presi-
! dent Benjamin Harrison acted as the
Eastern proxy of the Republican candi-
| date tonight, and struck the key note
| of the Eastern campaign in an explain
atOry and careful speech to 5000 people
| in Carnegie hall. Half as many people
as composed the audience were denied
admission because of lack of room. The
| enthusiasm was tremendous and the
many points were received with hearty
applause.
The audience was a distinguished
one, and from an early hour when they
cheered the bands rendering of Am
erica displayed their patriotism in all
possible ways. The vast audience arose
and sang the National anthem with ar
dor. The decorations of the auditorium
were entirely of the American cOlOrs.
Flags were in many hands. Pictures OF
the Republican candidates adorned the
sides of the proscenium arches, which
were festOoned with silk bunting. The
lower tier of boxes was gay with beau
tifully dressed women and men in even
ing attire. Mrs. Harrison occupied one
of the boxes with the family of Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew; Colonel and Mrs. Fred
Grant were in another; Mrs. Edward
Lauterbach and friends were in an
other. On the stage were such people
of prominence as the nominee for Lieu
tenant Governor, Timothy S. Woodruff
of Kings, John w. VrOoman, Lemuel
E. Quigg, Chairman Hanna of the Ma
tional Committee, and nearly every Re
publican of prominence in the city.
The main part of the hall was filled
early, and every well known arrival
was cheered, from George Francis
Train to the chief guest of the evening,
General Harrison, and his escort, John
Wanamaker and Cornelius Vancott.
The reception of the latter amounted
to an ovation, the audience standing
and cheering, waving hats, handker-
chiefs and flags for fully five m1nuyrs
Chauncey Depew and David Hill of
Rochester, the other orator of the even
ing, likewise received noisy demonstra-
tiOnS
EX-President Harrison's opening re-
marks were as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: l am on the !
retired list, not by reason of
any age limit, nor by the plea of any
convention, but that younger men
might have a chance and that | might |
have a rest. But [ am not a soured or
disappointed or bedridden citizen. My |
interest in my country did not cease |
when my last salary check was cashed. !
| hoped to add to the relief from official |
duties retirement from the arena of po-
litical debate, but the gentlemen hav- |
ing in charge this campaign seemed to |
think that l might in some way ad- !
vance the interests of those principles |
which are not less dear to me than they |
are to you, by making here in this |
great city a public address. l thought |
they greatly magnified the Importance !
of anything l might say, but l could not !
quite content myself to subordinate !
what others thought to be a public |
duty to my private convenience.
4 am here tonight not to make a key |
note speech, but only to express my |
personal views, for which no one will |
be in any measure responsible, for this |
speech has not been submitted to the |
judgment of anyone until now. | shall |
speak, my fellow citizens, as a Republi- !
can (cries of ''Goodi'O, but with per-
feet respect TO those who hold different |
opinions. Indeed, | have never had so |
much respect for Democrats as l have |
now; or perhaps I should say 1 never |
had so much respect for so many Dem |
ocrats as 1 have now" (Applause)