The herald., 1896-08-28
MACNATES MEET
At CARNEGIE HALL
Keynote of the Corporation
Campaign
SOUNDED THROUGH GRANDPA'S HAT
Philanthropist Depew Talks
Most UnctuousIy
MANAGERS OF MONOPOLIES
Have Conferred All the Blessings Which
Americans Enjoy
Harrison Follows With Comments on the
Chicago Platform
According to the Ex-preside,t the Atrnos pl:ere
Of the Chicago Convention Was Sur
charged With the Spirit
Of Revolution
MANAGERS OF MONOPOLIES
Have Conferred All the Blessings Which
Americans Enjoy
Harrison Follows With Comments on the
Chicago Platform
According to the Ex-preside,t the Atmos piere
Of the Chicago Convention Was Sur
charged With the Spirit
OF Revolution
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK,
Aug. with the, words of McKinley's S
letter of acceptance on nearly every
tongue, eX-President Benjamin Earri-
son acted as the eastern proxy of the
Republican candidate tonight and
struck the keynote of the eastern cam
paign in an explanatory and careful
speech to 5000 people. Half as many peo-
pie as composed the audience were de-
MED admission because of lack of room.
The enthusiasm was tremendous, and
the many brilliant points were received
with hearty applause. The audience
was a distinguished one, and from the
early hour, when they cheered the
bands Interpretation of America, dis
played their patriotism in every possi-
BILE way. Indeed, the vast audience rose
and sang the national anthem with ar
dor. The decorations of the auditorium
were entirely of the American coiors
The lower pier of boxes were gay with
beautifully dressed women and men in
evening attire. Mrs. Harrison occupied
one of the boxes with the family of
Chauncey NJ Depew. Col. and Mrs.
Fred Grant were in another. Mr.. Ed
ward Lauterbach and friends were in
another. On the stage were such people
of prominence as the nominee for lieu
tenant governor, Timothy S. Woodruff;
Thomas c. Platt, John w. Vrooman, l..
E. Quigg. Chairman Hanna of the ma
tional committee, and nearly every Re-
publican of prominence from the city.
In the matter of applause the audi
ence was very impartial and LIBERAL not
making any favorites.
The main part OF the hall was filed
early, and every wellknown arrival was
cheered, from George Francis Train to
the chief guest of the evening, Gen.
Harrison, and his escort, John Wanna
maker and Cornelius Vancott. The lat
ter reception amounted to an ovation,
the audience standing and cheering,
waving hats. handkerchiefs and flags
for fully five minutes. Mr.. Depew and
Mr.. David Hill of Rochester, the other
orator of the evening, likewise received
noisy demonstrations. There was a yo-
cal solo descriptive of the march to the
sea of Sherman, and then DR.. Depew
stepped to the front of the platform
When the applause had subsidized DR..
Depew, as chairman, began his remarks.
He was unctuous and every other SEN
tence was filled with sharp shafts of rid
1cule, which \the audience enjoyed hear
tily. He said:
Thls is an interesting and memorable
meeting 1t is the opening of the Re-
publican campaign. There is a peculiar
fitness in having the keynote of the
most important canvass sounded by
one of the ablest and wisest of the line
of American statesmen. His preence Is
Republican platform. 1t is prosperity.
work and wages. The memory of his ad-
ministration and the beneficent condi-
tions which prevailed during it's con-
tinuance relieved the distress in which
the country has since been plunged and
is full of hope and promise for the fu-
ture. In these days of theory and fancy
and folly run mad we calmly point to the
four years under Banjamin Harrison
and confidently say that the policies,
sound money and protection, which then
prevailed with a wise and capable pres
tdent, will come again to the people of |
this country when the principles of
sound money and protection once more |
prevail and under a capable president. |
Every schoolboy has acclaimed. ard |
been taught by declaiming, the famous
speech of Patrick Henry, which fired |
our forefathers to undertake the, war |
or independence. He was pointing out |
tie results which must follow the con- |
tinuance of the policy of Great Britain |
ard enforcing the lessons that any sac |
1fflce and any peril were better than the |
inevitable ruin and degradation which |
would come from submission. Then if |
was he said: I have but one lamp by
which my feet are guided, and that is
the lamp of experience. I know of no |
way of judging the future but by the
past Fortunately, in acting as citizens
upon issues which have been so sudden
ly forced upon us in this campaign, the
past is full of experience for guidance
1t is all on one side. From the dawn of
recorded history down to Mexico and
South America, despotism, constitution
al monarchies and republics have
tried debasing their currency.
In every case the country has lost its
credit, it's business and it's Industries
have been demoralized and paralyzed |
and it's people have been reduced to pow
erty and despair There is no instance
In the whole range of history of wealth.
national or individual, flowing from re-
pudiation or dishonesty, from misrepre-
sentation or fraud. from putting the gov