The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-13
Did IlEMEAN REVOLUTIONS
Apparently TrcnsonnbIe U.tcrnncc.
OF isepub lean Speuiscr.
(Ncw York Journall

NNcW York Journal)
Edward Lauterbach. chairman OF the
hepup'IcaH County Committee. in Il
speech delivered before the Union Rn-
publican Club nj the club rooms i'm Ens,
non street late Saturday night char
acteri@ed the men who formulated ana
are supporting the Democratic national
pailnrm rs devils ana Anarchists"
ana described the platform Itself as lin
lalnpiiS, rommunist.c and soc.alistic''
fhen, 'in vehement peroratjon. no
.nrcAtHhed revolution ana clarod that
II MI. Bryan were 10y any chance elected
ana me provisions OF the Chicago plat
ioim Endorsed by the peoDle al tn tyolls
the Republicans of New York would NOT
abide by .hlt decision"
MI i-auterhacn had been arguing the
necessity OF high tariff. lie had mem
toned a number OF the channels Of
governmental outlay. which ncccssitatc
II considerable annual revenue To meet
them. He had grown husky with W..
h"mencc ana enthusiastic with his sub
lert under the cordial stimulus of an
pause. when H. reached the subject of
leRS."n9. Then it was that hp made "A
II great many Republicans, ANA which
many people. aftc; the meeting. rspudi-
atcd as not only nnavGhistic. bun treasnn-
able. Nh. lauternach said:
lhen. too. there Is the pen.inn cues
ton. None Of you here Tonight wish
to reduce the amounts we nly to he
heroes who went forth to preserve tho
inteHr.ty Of the country in 1861 W.
uoht want to cut off the pensions We
pay 10 The brave follows who shed IN IN.
ne blood 10 save this country from this
same Southern gang then. We don't
want 10 cut off the income OF the widow
or the orphans of these men nor of tho
door fellow who Is II cripple to-day from
the injuries he received ut that time.
That rs an item THAT takes money. You
. 9 ~, los E...sk
n principle as did those hrava mru In
| 1851. l5llt it is Il b.uudlcSs fight M
blood viii be Shcd--at least. not Vet bur
II they attemp: 10 subvcrt your Supreme
Court, II they should succeed. by any
change. in ioisting upon You these hoy-
rihlr Observation-Disclosures sllcia!istic
and cOmmunistic-whic that p!a.for
adopted by this porulstic brood con-
ta.ns. we VIII not "L.de by that deci-
sion
Mr.. I,auterhnch had accurately gaugcd
HE callbrc of his audience by th,. an
plause that had previously greeted Ms.
most radical utteranccs aud mos. rabid
remuneration Of the men who are adyn-
eating bimctallism.
Repeatedly in his speech Alr. Lauier-
bach mad referred to thu Southern rem
rcsentatives in the House and the SEN
as that Southern gang" and to the
silver men of the West MS that Popu-
listic brood" lie had prophcsied that
II BiSan were elected, san Francisco
and not New York would become the
business metropolis of the country. lie
has characterized the men who fogmu-
lated the platform of the Democratic
party as devils" and the platform itself
as infamous. dishonorable and anar-
chistic."
Every one of these appeals TO sectional
feeling had been greeted by an cnthu-
siastic round of applause and when Mr.
Lau,erbach emphaticaliy declared for
the Republican party that ii would not
abide by the issue of the Fall elections
IL they resulted in the peoples choice Of
Bryan, he was actually cheered.