New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
TWO MEETINGS ROLLED INTO ONE.

| n,ausa In proportion to the numbers In atteho-
| ance the enthusiasm was unusually great
TWO MEETINGS ROLLED INTO ONE.
THE AFTERNOON PROGRAMME MERGED WITH
THAT OF THE EvENlNG-soME OF III"
SPEAKERS STAYED AWAY
vos,.rday was no, the most propious time that
could have been chosen for political rai'y 1T Wan
| haitian Peach for several reasons firs'' IL hau
hoor announced that In of rain. the dehohs""-
| tlon would be postponed until Tuesday ana between
| . and o'clock Just as most persons "ouu "".e
started for the beach, disagreeable ram oesah ~
| fall end hundreds stayed at home. Aiho"s '"''e
pcrsons were General Horace Porter ana '''eu.en-
an,-C;ovcrnor Saxton, two Of the speakers liner,
| , ,ho nronrietors OF the Manhattan Beach ana
or,ntal hotels decided on Wednesday last that they
| would close their seasons $500,
The bad weather was responsible TOT '"e NC
abandonment OF the afternoon meeting anu '"e
! continued threatening weather ana lack Oh "o.e'
| accommodations combined. greatly diminished the
size of the evening meeting The raiiy WAS 81
| ranged nv the Republican National and STATE COM
mittees. ,,.
The speakers advertised to appear were h'e".'"
.ntGovernor Saxton General Horace Porter Cen
| eral Adam l.. King Colonel Charles H. rope oen-
| ator Joseph r. Hawley and State Senator 'ogse-
| shall misunderstanding I'm regard to the post
ponement kept General Porter, MISUNDERSTANDING
| Saxton and Senator Coggeshall Mt home. ana the
speakers at the only meeting OF the day were SEN
| ator IIawey. General King and Colonel Pope.
Preceding the evening meeting there was an
especially prepared display Of Pains fireworks
| Just as the display about TO begin rain began
| to fall and the crowd scurried under cover
In a few minutes the rain ceased, and the fire.
| works were touched Off Among the set pieces were
| ukenesses Of Mckinley and Hobart, Black and
| Woodruff and Thomas c. Plat.
CHEERS FOR SENATOR HAWLEY.
| General Stewart L. woodford was the presiding
| officer He spoke briefly in opening the meeting,
and introduced as the first speaker Senator Hawiey
who was greeted with applause and Three cheers
| for Joe Iawley." There was no lack OF enthusi-
asm or interest after the speaking began Senator
Hawey aroused the greatest applause "heh lie
criticised the Popocratc cry about government by
Injunction. When he complimented President Cleve-
| land upon his action in suppressing the Chicago
riots the cheering hearty. Senator Hawley
| said. in part:
1.-The difficulty with a public speaker In TINS
| campaign IS the superabundance or matter upon
which long speeches may be made, but there are
a few points upon which the battle chieily hinges
With one OF these | shall deal briefly, and that
| is the alleged demonstration OF silver. call at
| tenton TO the facts that the successive acts OF
legislation on the part Of Congress from the De-
| ginning in the times OF Jefferson and HARRISON
have all dealt with the relative ratio or value OF
| silver and gold and in no one instance has this
in putting together It's metals and keeping them at
| the ratio Silver was either overvalued or under
| valued by us. When silver found to be out
| of killer. to speak. in Jefferson's time he or
| dered its coinage to be ceased. Up to 1873 there
| had been only 100000 in silver coined Then
| came that famous act. the alleged decentralization
Of silevr ! was a member of Congress at that
| time. and cast my vote for the bill with fair
discussed in Ave sessions Of Congress and the bill
| was thirteen times reprinted before IT passed
hat
was was mentioned in hat act: but II was not The
silver men, in and out Of Congress have declared
| never there at all.
WHAT THE POPOCRATs DEMAND.
| Now. what do friends. the enemy demand?
| Unlimited free coinage Of silver without tax for
| the coining This means that the people can take
to the minis their silver spoons and teapots, and
| those who more fortunate and own mines can
cent dollars. believing that with these dollars they
has been 50 bold as to say that these dollars will
hose y0 Ko hs yb VIII rbs ms get
can people too honest.
IT is said that honesty is the best policy: This
ment. but in connection with such subject as a
policy You can issue Scent dollar and say that
money viii become plentiful. How viii i be 50!
Treasury coined into dollars how are you going to
always done and You viii find that the cheapest pest
dollar Will take the prices up and up. and it will
|
Whsa he Merchant brings bis goods he Sas viii
obliged ls;, to pay for them abroad IN gold. $50
will ead"s all the ce OF ea and pert
sona estate and everything commercial and it
win il not be easier for the bank to pay off
Its debts With dollar that Is worth only one-haf
which was dollar to you will really be only half
It. It viii break our faith with our or credors IRON fo
these Bryanites declare that our National debt Is
| to be paid In silver, when II was incurred with a
fun faith that 1t would be paid In gold"
ATTORNEY GENERAL HARMON INDORsED.
Senator Hawley then spoke earnestly and with
much feeling for several minutes on the panls In
the Chicago platform referred to by Attorney
eral Harmon. in the letter made public yesterday
morning lie read the plank about government
by Injunction and Mr.. Bryan's comment upon 1t
| In his letter Of acceptance. and then said:
I'm his utterances on these subjects. and in his
explanations OF these remarkable utterances. there
| Is thing that Mr.. Bryan has either forgotten
or has purposely left unsad and that is the right
OF the Government to sec ure the unhampered trans
ton or the vast property that the United States
are tempered with. 1t Is the duty Of the President
of the United States to lift his warning finger and
pu, his troops on the ground He has the right to
| the law OF the country And a loyal Governor will
be found side by side with the Government order
| say that Bryan distinctly ntmates that II he were
the time the ma sv were S"f M
| Chicago As black Republican from the begin
ming. | take my hat of and salute Mr. Cleveland
| for his suppression OF viola ton OF the law
| heartily ind0rse Attorney General Harmons asser
| ton that the doctrine OF Bryan IL worse than 90
| cession.
BOND ISSUES DECLARED NECESSARY
ut Is declared that We opposed the Issuing ~
bonds in the time OF peace. No merchant can carry
on his business without borrowing. They are con-
SANITY taking in notes from their customers and d.
counting them at the banks. What would YOU have
had the Government do In these three years? II IVA,
unable to pay Its debts. 1t would have been had
the Republican party been In power And II the
revenue had shown In three months that II was in
sufficient. the Government would have made II suf
| ncient paw expenses The Cnyernn1nnt hna In,