New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
MIR. HOBARTS FIRST SPEECH.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TALKS ON
THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
hE'sHo"s WHY THE PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR
SOUND MoNEy-GoOD WORDS FOR CONGRESS
MAN PIrNEY or TIE NTH NEWER
sEY DIsTRlCT-AN IMMENSE
GATHERING AT MOUNT
ARLINGTON.


y. Hobart candidate for Vce-Presdent was cen
tra figure
Every at the Hotel Breslin at which Mr..
Hobart and family have been guests for some weeks.
and all the cottagers round about entered with the
greatest zcst into the spirit OF the affair. and long
before the appointed hour guests and visitors
thronged the spacious piazza which runs along the
hotels entire front while hundreds of others as
sembcd near the steps. from which the speaking
was TO take place. Chinese lantern parade of no
mean proportions. with bicycle vanguard and a
troop OF horsemen bringing up the rear. preceded
the meeting. and when the line of march gone
over, and the paraders h1d added their numbers to
the multitude the holel grounds. Mayor Froth-
ingham began spirited predatory address. after
which he introduced. amid thunderous applause,
Mr.. Hobart the first speaker.
MR. HOBARrS ADDRESS
Nlr Hobar. said:
MI Chairman, ladies and gentlemen and fellow
czens Of Morris and Sussex counile-: IL gives me me
very sincere satisfaction ana great pleasure 10 gree
you here tonight. Bur am at loss whether 10
great interes, in Mahlon Pi,ney, your candidate for
Congress 10 your Interest in Governor Grsgs or 20
however. that. for WhOsoeVer IL may he Intended
is magnificent and shows your zea. Tor me KepuL-
a. hean ca ana IT, 'ne ,icke' "ncn We al nope
This meeting affords me the first opportunity Of
Morris aided Passac In nominating FOR ,iovcrnor me
man who today hl ne nikhes' oiilce N Ine oHc,
one thousand naiori,v for The ticket but when the
votes were counted i was found that. out Of the
majority of $500 Morris County had contributed
100 We owe something 70 Morris county. ana i
aEe Ws1 5n 70 ssS arber fH ha here IS no man be-
he Democrat or Republican, VINO Is not s.Sd "a Q. ,he
The administration o. 4 Tairs of the Siaie of New
Jersey under him j. in the hanIs o an honrsl man.
There IS another matter that # may be oprortune
to speak about ana nat : & TINS ommiite nil w9s 9
my duty to assist in redistrictns the state When
nffa7rs presented itself We found the counties of
Hunterdon Warren and Sussex strongly Demo
centred in these counties You of Morris protested
against being united with these, but the district
1894 Mahlon Pitney was elected from this lNth Con-
gress District. and J want to say that II You nave
heart YOU can do better than TO re-elect Mahlon
any dS man in Congress today lie has attained What
is called rank in Congress. lie was honored by
being placed on TWO important committees IN
woke you. as You believe in the ability the integrity
and the fahfuness OF Nj Fitney 10 elect MIN
ANYTHING in deros 'i0n Of my friend Mr Tutler or
Mr.. Pitney Is II best man to act as your repre-
sentative in Congress.
SOUND MONEY \ PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Now. there two questions in which the Re
publican party is earnestly and strongly inter
ested The first is of paramount importance. Ii is
the question of sound mOney-Of an honest dollar
dollar that shall be worth co in the pockets
or the WOTknSmdr IN lHe NdiltS ol th' SAVINGS
bank. In the exchanges of the world-as infexibe
in value as the British sovereign the German
twenty-mark piece. The Republican party stands
for dollar that won't be. former President
Harrison says dirty thing to lodge in the pock-
cts of the wOrkingman.' We do not want our cur
rency debased. To debase the dollar will dcpreci-
ate every piece of property In the country, every
dollar in the pockets of every man IN Morris ana
Sussex counties every deposit in every building
and loan association and savings bank I'm the
land. When premium OF ~ cents is offered for every
- cents worth OF silver owned by the mne-owrers |
it only be done the expense OF every man !
90 TINS VIII he disgrace TO any party proposing
il, and bigger dsgrace TO any country that per- |
mts IT, | have faith enough to believe that by no
possibility can the mine-owners or bulion-owners |
get rich az the expense of all the people in the !
manner proposed
The other question is the question OF protection, |
ara OF vital interest Since the Wilson iari
has been IN force the Government has run behind |
tariff becomes OF supreme importance. and the Re |
DNl ina, The revenues of the Government shall be
-uficient 20 is expenses and at the same time
open our mills and workshop
T5ere @ is Gd2y c W 'n tSgTnF e. oyer % @ the }a4 bs
n his opinion silver, which is at present worth IS
i "a an ence and ba b ef rer 'fy s '91fs dor vii bd9
le7. is he that he asks every 10 read and study
or himself. and l ask YOU 10 study ami read II
possible. every word he has ever said and then
nah. OF Reed Of Harrison BourIe Cochran and
loan w. Griggs. When you have done that and
lardy vote for William J. Bryan. l believe the best
ma me spee1lest way 70 rsni the wrongs under
which the people have been suffering bring
bout change Of administration from that which
Ou have had tc that which you hope for and to elect
William Mckinley President OF the United States"
Chairman FrOthngham next introduced Governor
riggs who was greeted with prolonged cheering.
hr. Griggs made strong appeal for sound money
md protection ana IN speaking OF the legerdemaIn
which il IS prODosed legslate % cents worth of
liver into 10j-cent dollar ne told Of two fakirs
elling quack medicines, one of whom boasted that
applied 20 I dog whose tail had been cut off an
her tail would grow, upon which the other de
Jared that If his applied 10 the ampuaed
all another dog would grow on it,
senator William johnson, Of Hackensack'
ir1gss. winding up the sp ,echmakng. after which
: many could crowded around Mr.. Hobart TO
make his hand.
Among those present were Mrs Garrei \. iIo-
art and Junior Hobart. Mrs John W Griggs,
.eavitt and Daniel Griggs. sons Of the Governor.
irs WAam NJ Jo nsOn. Commodore and Mrs.
llbert Tilt Of Paterson: Colonel AMI Mrs. John j.
'ofey. Mr.. and Mrs William Toffcy and the Misses
edna and Grace Toffey. Of Jersey City; General W.
Stryker Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A. Wilcox OF !
'aterson, Thomas Knsey, and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Ierbert Potts. OF Jersey city.