The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-06-26
LEADS THE CHEERING
Platt Shouts Victory for Mckinley
and Hobart.
PROTECTION AND COLD THE ISSUES
The Ex-senator the Principal Speaker ut
q Big Ratification Meeting in New
York City Last Night-Predicts
Success in November.

| raLlncaIlOn meeClng OF the approach
ing campaign was held last night at
Carnegie Music hall. The meeting
was held under the auspices of the re-
publican county committee to endorse
the nominees of the st. Louis conven-
ton. The vast hall was brightly deco
rated with American colors, and on
the back wall of the stage were two
large paintings of the two candidates,
Major Mckinley and Garrett A. Ho-
bart. The hall was crowded, many
ladies being present. One of the mem
bers of club present carried a gilded
board representing a plank from the
republican platform. On the front
was lettered: ''Tried and True; T. c.
Platt, the Nations Friend" Mr.. Platt
was the principal speaker. AS he
stood up many in the hall stood
up also and an uproar of cheering and
handclapping continued for several
minutes. The band struck up ''Hail
to the Chief" When the noise sub
sided Mr.. Platt began to read his pre-
pared speech, first making a few ex-
tempore remarks. He said he felt
much pleasure in speaking to a live
audience, as he was supposed to have
been buried. His voice would be as
voice from the grave, he said, in
! quiet, sarcastic way, referring to the
statements that he would be buried at
st. Louis He spoke as follows:
PIatt's Remarks.
81 greet you, ladies and gentleman,
as republican whose pride in his
party, whose respect for its courage,
who's faith in it's principles, 0vhose
confidence in its success and whose de-
votion 10 its candidates were never
greater than they are at this minute.
| We are entering upon the most inter-
esting campaign in which the republi-
can party has engaged since the issues
of the civil war were determined. To
republicans the opportunity is inspir-
ing. 1t gives them positive, definite,
active principles to fight for. Repub
licans are never quite themselves un-
less danger is linked with duty. To do
their best work they must realize how
! grave are the consequences of defeat
and how excellent the results of vic
tory. The contrasts afforded in the
history of the last three years between
republican and democratic rule
are fully convincing, and we
go forward to rescue the country from
the evils of free trade and to save it
from the evils of free silver. Under
the pretence, Mr.. Chairman, of pro-
tecting the people against the power
and greed of capital the democratic
party is always proposing measures
the surest and speediest effect of which
is to render the people more than ever
incapable of self-protection. The demo
cratic party obtained power upon the
assurance that free trade would take
the profits then going to the employ
ing classes and hand them over to the
wage earners. But the result was that
there were no longer any profits for
anybody; and now the democrats are
singing the siren song of cheap money
My friends, there is nothing in it.
When you are able to legislate sense
into the heads of fools, virtue into
the hearts of knaves and peace into the
souls of the restless and unahppy, then
and not until then will you be able tc
equalize the conditions in which the
human family lives. Pending that time,
/ want the dollar that my employer
gives me for my labor to be as good as
the dollar he exacts from me for rent
and food and clothes.
Proteo ton and Honest Money.
'.This is the principle, Mr.. Chairman,
which the New York delegation con-
tended for last week at st. Louis. AS
the representatives of the republican
party of New York we said to our
brethren from other states: I'VE have
our preference as to candidates, but
we are ready to support any of the
great leaders whose names are before
us if only you will agree that we shall
assume as party that honest, bold,
firm and straightforward position on
the money question which is true to
our convictions and consistent with our
history And l am ready to let the
result of the election declare whether
or not we reflected in this demand the
sentiment of the Empire State,
ave. and of the nation. We
can not lose on the issue of
protection and honest money. The
| As votes of new England protest that
we shall win. The SO votes of New
York protest that we shall win. The
az votes of Pennsylvania, the 10 of
| New jersey, Lne % ol OnlO, CuO q VI
Illinois, the 13 of Iowa, the 10 OF Kan
sas, the IA of Michigan, the of Min
nesota, the IL of Wisconsin, the OF
Nebraska, all sure republican states,
are the assurance that we shall win.
And back of all else is the convincing
fact that we are practical people, and
with three years of democratic folly
to guide our Judgment, we know when
we have had enough of bad thing
The republicans of New York arc
united in behalf of the candidates that
were nominated and the platform that
was adopted at ST. Louis And as an
earnest of our purpose to win let us
rive three cheers, loud enough to be
heard from Montauk Point to Buffalo,
for Mckinley, Hobart and harmony.
Money Paid To Fight the whitney Bill.
Boston. June 24.-The Worcester
Gas Light company and other gas com
NAMES of the state outside OF Boston
have fled their returns showing that
they paid s11, 900 to fight the Whitney
bill. Of this A. e. Pillsbury got
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