The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-05
THE FIRST GUN FIRED
RALLY BY NINTH WARD REPUBLI-
 GINS LAST EVENING.

Fifteen Hundred People Were Present and
 Their Enthusiasm Was Unbounded--
 Speeches by Hon. N. D. sperry, Herbert
 F. Benton, James ID. Dewell-A Street
 Parade and Red Fire Along Dixwell
 Avenue-Issues of the Campaign Intelli-
 gently Discussed.
 A rousing rally was held last evening in the Ninth ward, on the Hitler lot, at the corner of Dixwell avenue and Ar gyle street. The meeting was held in a large tent, which could not accommo- date one-half of the immense crowd of fully fifteen hundred persons which as- sembled. Every one was enthusiastic, and thunderous applause greeted every mention of the republican ticket and every appeal to stand by the honor of the country against the repudiators.
 At o'clock 8 large parade was form ed on lower street and the green to es- cort the speakers to the big tent. First in the parade came the Ninth Ward Republican club, then came the Ninth Ward Mckinley Legion, followed by @ delegation from the Young Mems Re publican club. Next came the speakers in carriages, and last in line was the Mckinley Bicycle club with tWb hun dred riders. The line of march up Dix well avenue was one continuous blaze of red light and Roman candles, while cheers from the thousands lining the street filled the air
 When the meeting opened the follow ing gentlemen sat on the large plat form at one end of the tent:
 Sheriff Bunoe, Captain Ludington, City Clerk Lyons, F. B. Farnsworth, Councilman Beers, H. E. Benton, Sen ator Johnson, ex-Councilman Curtis, David Sanford, Edwin P Lyon, Major B. D. Brown, Judge Cable, Henry Knoll, c. B. Matthewman, William Schappa, Fred Coates, Lewis Brown, N. D. Sperry, J. D. Dewell, Jacob Ull- man, A. D. Sanborn, Alderman Hull Sheriff Koon George Hill, J. P. Peaker and M. H. Dayton.
 The meeting was called to order by Sealer of Weights and Measures Fred erick Orr, who introduced as chairman of the evening Frederick w. Coates president of the Ninth Ward Republi- can club.
 The first speaker was Herbert E. Benton. MT. Benton said that meet ing of American workingmen was as magnificent a gathering as could be found on Gods footstool, and that In the presence of such an audience one must necessarily feel ashamed not to have something to say for the faith that is in him. Continuing MT. Benton said.
 T am not here tonight because am a republican, but because I am an American citizen, face to face with a. great emergency fraught with good or evil to all, to face the issues that go down to the bottom of our happiness and possibly the perpetuity of our re- public. I am not here to enlighten you; you have all been to school for the last three years. There Is one ques- tion in particular, one issue that, 1t seems to me, has not received the con- sideration that 1t demands. Vital as the matter of fifty three-cent dollars Is, vital as is protection, there is one other matter that goes home to the patriot ism of all Americans. The party mas querading under the guise of the dem- ocratic party, now calling itself falsely the democratic party. has declared that it Is preparing to strike a blow at one of the coordinate branches of govern ment, and millions of citizens will rally to crush this party to the earth. (Ap- plause)
 we will call this party not the demo- cratic party, but the one that met at Chicago. This party is preparing to make one branch of the government the tool of the legislative branch and to make one link in the chain that binds anarchy and communism. Speaking of the attempt of Altgeld and his fol- lowers to prevent the government from enforcing its laws at the time of the Debs agitation In Chicago, MT. Benton said: T thank God that we had 8 president whose eighteen inch collar surrounded a neck too good to bow to mob law and violence" (Applause)
 He then read an extract from speech of Daniel Webster delivered in Cn4 OUlLeu 0ldteS SeIldley dufnOnlShtng all 1aboring men to beware of being taken in by the delusions of depreciat- ed currency. At the close of his speech Mir Benton was roundly cheerd
 The next speaker was Jacob Ullman, who said that a thief who would take a fifty three cent dollar in preference to full value dollar would be acquitted on the ground of insanity.He discuss ed the silver question, pointing out fallacies in the arguments of the silver spouters, and then touched on the tariff question, showing the mistakes Of the Wilson bill and said that the McKia- ley bill helped all started new indus tries and caused old factories to be enlarged.
 A. Maxcy Hitler was next introduced, and before he rose to speak a vote of thanks was rendered him for the use of the lot for the meeting. Mr Hitler said that this land had never been put to better use. He then discussed the issues of the campaign briefly, and was cheered at the close.
 J. P. Peaker, the next speaker, spoke in a clear, concise way of the danger and illustrated his point by quoting statistics. He said that he i,e- lieved that in the national election the same state of public opinion would be demonstrated which was demonstrated at the Vermont election the othar day.
 As Hon. N. D. Sperry, the next ha T