New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-10
SOUND MONEY SPEECHES.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS OPENED THEIR
CAMPAIGN WITH TWO MASS
MEETINGS.
GRIFFIN AND HINRICHs. CANDIDATES FOR Gov
ERNoR AND LIEUTENANT GOvERNOR. SPOKE
AT BOTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SPEAK
EDS urRH Also PRESENT.

Frs WERE ALSO PRESENT
A mass-meeting of Sound Money Democrats was
| held at Arion Hall. In Wal-st.. brookiyh r. -, ~
night The speakers of the evening inciuoeo Da"e'
| O. Griffin and Frederic W. Hnrchs, the canooa.cs
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor respectively
| Edword NJ shepard and Jacob s. Van Wyck the
candidate for Congress In the With District W. T.
Burton chairman Of the National Democra''c Yam
pagn Committee of Kings County. caiieo 'he meet
inc 20 order IN place Of Marshall s. briggs, who was
expected to preside In opening the meeting mar
man Burton outlined the principles OF the PLATFORM
d..a hv the National Democratic party at In
d,a nanolIs and asked every who was not areaoS
a member of the Reformed Democracy OF h'hs'
County to become so at once he theh in'' ouu W
candidate for Governor Daniel g. Grimm VINO was
received with enthusiasm. In part MT "''"' S''"0
follows: ,,. +,
Like many OF you in this gathering 'o-hs""
uas trained in the ranks OF true Democracy anu
have always esteemed the party's principles even
before reached my manhood. But wheh 'eai"
that I'm the leading councils or the Dehoc'"'' p''
The principles had been destroyed then coua "o
longer vote for such men named by them VINO also
sand on the platform they adopted have no grieV
ance or perso nal i-treatment 10 speak OF. nave
always been favored by my party ana organization
much more than deserved. IL Is with no resentment
that stand on the platform and talk this way pu'
7 do II to uphold the principles of my party De-
ueve there are hundreds Of Democrats who nave
see as much threatening danger as they do In Bryan.
I believe that If every Democrat who will not vote
for BRYAN Will vote for Palmer. Bryan VIII ne Ded'en
by 100000 votes in the State Of New-fork'
The Sound Money Democrats gathered at tho
Criterion Theatre last night to listen TO speeches
nv their candidates for Governor ana Lieutenant
coverror Daniel G; Griffin and Frederic w. HIM
richs In point of attendance the meeting was not
what might be called success There were empty
seats all through the body of the theatre ana ''e
gallery was by means CROWDED IL was no' u'
General George w. Wngate. who presided, began
70 speak that things warmed up htte. "heh
General Wlngate said should Mckinley defeat
Rryan which, In his Judgment was unquesuonaoie
a great step would be taken toward future pros
per,y. the audience applauded vigorously
General Wingate introduced Frederic W. Hinpichs
as the speaker of the evening. Mr.. Hinrichs gave
a long review of the financial history OF the United
States and said that Bryan's arguments were based
upon logic and not fact. He said that there was
only one Democratic organization IN the 'h''eu
States and that had nominated RAINIER anu
Buckner. ,,, ,
william c. Redhed followed Mr.. 1nrichs ana
smoke in mart as follows: Much has been said by
the agile and fervent man who represents upon '"o
road IN. alleged Democrat Populis- Silvere com
wrourht by the gold standard. To be sure these
same evils insufficient to chanes .ne pVo r,
the~ are urged Upon us by the aforesaid gentemai
and his satellites real and terrible in1eeo clearly
the conditions OF the financial atmosphere as 90 ou'
ga wings banks In and out OF them nows me cur
rent 81 the finances OF our poor people. They are
the reservoirs for the savings OF me thrll'y anu
the weak They receive the savings In large meas-
ure of those who work for a daily wage, ana their
condition is fair index or the stare Oh Tue "'o"
and women who receive modest incomes.
''Rut the records OF the SAVINGS banks sho" no
sucb state Of AFFAIRS TO exist that alleged by the
prophets of evil. ... -. ~.
81 hold in my hand official statement OF the
condition Of the savings banks Of the state OF New
York on the morning Of January 1880. How niuca
ar,iJ the sad ravages caused by the gold STANDARD
as is alleged have the people OF Brooklyn been able
10 lay aside? ] find the sum here stated az oe yer
sIl2 90 900 and this In over 2oi.W separate ac-
counts which allowing for persons having more
than one account. shows that one person our Oh
four In this city has a savings bank account now
And | further read that so far from these savings
having fallen off I'm the last year. they nave IN
nrcased Inv more than S2jOO,GO In this one city
while the number Of accounts grew Dy over """'
and nearly $3.50 900 In interest was PAID.
''What do these figures mean II not progress from
poverty rather than progress toward poverty!
Who are the money lenders OF these states? VINO
are the creditors in these States: II not the men
and the women TO whom belongs inns vast
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