New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24
VETERANS TO HOLD A MAss-MEETING.
A STIRRING CIRCULAR ISSUED TO THE OLD SOL
DIERs-GENERAL WAGER sWAYNE
SPEAK

TO SPEAK.
The Union Veterans Patriotic League will hold a
mass-meeting tonight al Decorior Hail. No ss
Gates-ave. near Reid-avc. in support Of the Re-
publican ticket. The speaker of the evening Will
be General Wager Swayne. formerly of Shermans
army A. Stewart Walsh will also deliver an ad-
dress and a number Of patriotic songs VIII be sung
by the audience.
The Union Veterans Patriotic League now num-
bers 1000 members with headquarters at Fulton
and jaw sts and its numbers are constantly in
creasing.
The officers Of the league are: President, Cap
tain George w Brush: Independents. Engineer
Charles A. Moore. General {. T CHRISTENSEN ser
geant Alfred T. Wilson recording secretary Cap
tain James H. Lockwood; corresponding secretary,
Sergeant Henry A. Phillips; treasurer. Seth K.
Johnson; executive committee, Major Augustus {.
Tate chairman: General +. l. MoneuX Colonel
Andrew d. Baird. General James McLeer' Colonel
Lewis r. Stegman, George w. Hart w. w i'eaV-
an Lieutenant A Stewart Walsh. Captain James
w Webb Henry c. Vesor, Sergeant Henry {.
Durham Bernard Callaghan.
The league has issued 200 copies of an address
to the Union veterans. and will supplement them
by an additional issue of 1900 copies 1t reads as
follows:
Brooklyn September 81 1896.
Comrades: More than thirty years ago the DuSle
call of danger sounded. and we answered us sun ~
mons win thousands Of others we gave up u the
PARTY lines were forgotten IN one common determlc
ma %ation rhe suffering end sacrii,ts ana heroic
deeds OF those days are sacred memories Our re-
pcpnaton n' Numerically doubled. and unparalleled
National prosperity until the Nation stands to-
day I'm the front rank and its name Is the synonyme
Of liberty. integrity ard honor With our phenome-
nal National growth have come Go i n
education inventions and improvements labor has
been ernancipaied and diGnfed as never before In
The worlds histoly In the face OF all this, another
crisis now confronts us. equal in Importance to
mat of $50. Taking advantage Of temporary en-
10 n business
gorles are attempting TO disseminate the spirit of
Sey hss med Re
the vicious added 10 the business distress ana
,nent until we have reached point nearer 10
danger than any we have faced In over thirty
These demagogues. while others have been eager
y striving !? n he primaries and Conventions and
so dominated Of the great parties that they
haya G prncpe honor that the best
OF that party have repudiated 1t. They propose to
RESTRAIN hsrsrard our laws The Startling propo.
sition is made to undermine our Supreme Court
a court which has been one Of the chief corner
stones OF national safety. They propose to debase
bistorv on TIE subject o. inance Such revolution
airy doctrines would bring upon us repudiati ton an
uuon the poor 1t is the glory Of this Nation that
laws nowhere recognize any class distinctions
with good IN alth. II is possible for the aborrr and
and the capitalist Of the future Under such condi-
lions we cannot afford TO try any such wild expert
ments as the Populistc and POpccrdtc platforms
offer At such time It is emlnenty fitting that all
patriotic citizens should stand together This IS no
tine to scatter our fire. History shows that the
cor servative forces OF the Republic be relied
upon in every emergency As party lines were OBJ
liberated in 1851 and patriotism triumphed. so the
LOYAL Republic ns and Democrats OF 1896 should join
hands for the preservation of the integrity vi the
Nation and the honor OF it, flag.
Veterans ana patriots cast our votes where they
Will do the most good Vote for Mckinley and H.
bart and thus support the truc-blue American can
ciidaes and platform. and 10y doing forever bury
the political hercsics Of the Chicago plato All
veterans OF the army and navy and their sons are
invited 10 Join this league We want their names
and influence. II costs nothing TO join. Let the
nnmes he sent in at the HEADQUARTERS above.
A representative OF the league will be there every
afternoon and evening until after election Frater-
nally yours. GEORGE W. BKlSft, PRESIDENT
LANES H. Loo lIWOOD Secretary