Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-28
A ROUSING RATIFICATION.
The Court House Crowded to Listen
to Able Addresses on Democracy
and Its Nominees.

stirring ratification meeting took
place last night under the auspices of the
Frank Chavez Democratic club. The &C urt
house was crowded, many being unable to
procure seats, and there vas a goodly at
tendance of the fair sex. Many Republicans
we're presentalso. John s. Candelario, pres
ident of the club, called the meeting to
order. W. s. Hemingway presented the
program and called on Judge Laughlin
to preside. Addresses were made by Hon,
II. D. Money, of Mississippi; Hons. H. B.
FERGUSON and Neill B. Field, Of Albu-
querque, and Hon. A. B. Fall, of Las Cru
ces. Mr.. Field showed the fall
lacy of "the dumping ground" theory
as regards silver of foreign countries;
said the front yard of his home was at
the disposal of the government when the
dumping" took place, and scored many
good points which were happily received
by the audience.
He dwelt upon the fact that Connecti-
cut Insurance company, grieved at the
prospect of having to pay it's policy
holders in dollars worth from SO to 25
cents on the dollar, had issued a circular
in behalf of McKinleyism; thought it
strange that such corporations should be
filled with fear as to the welfare of the
people, when, by their own reasoning,
they could make money by the deal, and
said the very argument set up against
free coinage by these corporations was
quite sufficient to convince the average
thinking man that the gold advocates
were not honest. He paid high tribute
to the Democratic nominees and retired
amid applause. Mr.. Furgusson made
brilliant address, dealing with the silver
and wool features of the Democratic
platform. He called attention to the as
surance of New Mexico obtaining state
hood as result of the election of Bryan
and Sewall, and graphically pictured the
scenes at the Chicago convention when
Bryan was nominated, quoting passages
from that famous speech which stirred
up the audience to high degree of en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Furgusson felt gratlfed
that he was addressing Republicans as
we'll as Democrats, referred to the manly
stand taken by Hon. j. E. Saint, of Albu-
querque, and other former Republicans,
and said no conscientious citizen of New
Mexico could refuse to plant himself
squarely on the Democratic platform.
Judge Fall said he always had to have
a mark to shoot at, and he waded into
Republican methods with such terse, Wig
orous English as to make the Repubs.
vince. Heridiculed the cowardly work of
the recent territorial convention at Albu-
querque in its studied refusal to speak
out on either the financial or tariff is
sues, and created much merriment by his
references, indirectly, to Delegate Catron,
who sat facing him, and his political
methods. The audience was in full sym
pathy with the speaker, and every point
made was keenly appreciated and round
ly applauded.
Senator Money was received with the
most cordial demonstration on the part
of the large audience. He spoke briefly,
owing to an affection of the throat, but
his superb rhetoric, his eloquent flow of
language, was such as to carry the large
audience off it's feet. He eulogzed the
Democratic nominees, spoke of free
coinage as the cause of humanity and
referred to the unequivocal language
in the platform as SO plain and simple,
80 direct and concise that no American
citizen could misconstrue Its meaning.
He expressed com plete confidence in the
triumph of the Democratic ticket this
fall, saying to doubt it was to question
the intelligence and patriotism of the
American people, aye, more, was to ques-
ton the goodness of the Divine Being.
There was shout and great applause
when he said, in reference to the platform,
ut stands for those great principles
enunciated by Jefferson, exem plified by
Jackson : and repudiated by Grover
Cleveland"