The morning times., 1896-12-04
All the Clubs of Washington Attend
ed with Music, Flags and Enthusi-
asm-S Senator Sherman Given an
Ovation Mark Hanna's Telegram
1s Cheered-The Speakers.


tor Sherman when he entered the hall with
Col. NJ. NJ. Parker, the national committee
man for the District. The applause was
long and loud, although the Senator came
i'll quite modestly by the rear door.
While the crowd was assembling the
Henderson drum corps entertained the
audience with spirited strains. The hall
was a mass ofcolor in flags and buntingand
lights.
on the stage alone there were. two or
three hundred people Officers of the var
ious clubs. the executive committee and dis
tinGuished visitors.
The chairman of the executive committee,
Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, presided. with Col
Crashaw as secretary. The vice presidents
We're the Officers Of the local clubs gener-
ally.
HAD EATS ON THE STAGE.
on the stage We're Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, Will.
lam Cook Arthur Stabler, DIR. c. B. Purris,
S. NJ. Saunders. W. F. Thomas, NJ NJ
Parker, B. +. Crashaw, Simon W off, Col.
Dewees, Col. Bramrali, Col W. S. Odell,
Hon. A. Hart, Col. N. S, Lincoln, Gen
John /. Rinaker, OF the Sixteenth Illinois
district: g. II. Bliss and the officers of the
Ladies' Mckinley and Hobart Club, and
of all the affiliated clubs.
The clubs, with their officers, repre-
senIed at the meeting, were:
National Union Republican Club, Hon.
Simon Wolf, president; b. F. Crcnshaw,
secretary Mckinley and Hobart Inter
state Club, Hon. John c. Chancy. president:
W. Q. Lowd, secretary. Mckinley and
Hobart Club, of Anacostia, George F.
Pyle, president; Henry johnson, secretary.
Republican Invincibles, Capt. Donald
McCathran, president; j. II Adriaans,
secretary. Wide Awake Republican Club,
II. l.. Ross, president; L. G. Male, secrc-
| tary. West End Mckinley and Hobart
Club, NJ. ID. Harley, president; NJ. B. CTuso,
| secretary. Gallaudet Mckinley and Ho-
bart Club, L. c. Smielan, president; Robert
Zahn, secretary. East Washington Sound
| Money Republican Club. George C. Ross,
president; Frank Hamilton, secretary.
| Union Veterans Patriotic League, Col.
J. H Devices, president; ]. W. F. vii
| liams, secretary. Maryland Republican
| Association, Arthur Stabler. president;
| {. Ii krener, secretary. Central Veren
| Republican Club, r. Saur. president; b. +.
Schubert, secretary. Mckinley and Ho-
bart Uniformed Club limited, Jonn Bowles,
president: William II. Scholtz, secretary.
Indiana Republican Association, Gen. w.
W. Dudley, president; William NJ. Bass,
| secretary. Connecticut Sou nd Money
League, c. w. Filler, president; T. f.
| Spencer, secretary. Illinois Republican
Association, George c. Ross, president;
| Frank Hamilton, secretary.
| Rev. DR.. Greene OF Calvary Baptist Church
| opened the meeting with prayer. Mr..
| Wolf then fittingly introduced Mr.. Clapp
| as the representative OF the Republican
| clubs of the city. He made a short address,
i'll which his first reference 20 Mckinley
| and Hobart was loudly cheered. He said
| that such a celebration needed no more
| apology than that or the celebration Of the
| birth OF the nation.
He then briefly skctchcd the condition
| Of affairs just before the election 9f Nc
Kinley, the dependency OF the people, and
the consequences of the victory.
He regarded it as a victory in which
| providence had taken hand III the result.
The venerable chairman was much ap-
plauded when he arose and when lie con-
| cludcd.
ALL SANG AMERICA"
Col B. F. Crashaw then read the list OF
the vice presidents and secretaries.
A male chorus OF fifty voices. .Inler d.
rcction OF Prof. Percy Foster, then sang
America" The last stanza was Joined
III by the whole audience with superb er-
feet.
Gen. Hart then read the resolutions
which were prefaccd wi ththc names and
auspices OF the different clubs nf the city.
They paid compliment to the sound money
Democracy, which was applauded; stood
for protection, sound money. vigorous for
eign policy, free Cuba, pensions, the old
soldiers, for the honor and glory of the
nation, and against anarchy and the arry-
ing of class against class The resolutions
were interrupted frequently with applause
and were adopted with cheers on motion
| of Col. Bramhan.
Then followed the old anthem ."Glory
| Halleluiah" which was sung with great
gusto by chorus of 5000 people, the re-
frain, of course, being ''McKinley's march.
ing on" Mr.. Wolf then read letters in
reply to Invitations to be present. One
of these was from Hon. T. c. Platt, the
mention of whose name was cheered. His
letter was as follows:
LETTER FROM PLATT.
Mr.. Platt reviewed briefly the late cam.
| paign and the threat of the silver party
To keep up the fight, and tersely said that
I'VE must celebrate the recent victory with
arms in our hands" Speaking of the
future he said:
THE new administration to come into
power in March 1T is believed and known
Will embody the common sense and the
common purpose of the Republicans, ani
all members of the party will give to il
the hearty and earnest support which will
be essential to its success. The success
of the administration will be the success
of the party; the failure Of the admins
tration would be the party's failure, will
al that such failure would imply. Ant
so it becomes the duty and the privilege o.
every one OF us in this hour of our tria
and in the celebration of our triumph tt
renew our pledges to our party, to givt
anew our pledge to the victorious candi
dates of our party, William Mckinley ant
Garret A. Hobart, and to prepare to sus
tain the new administration by word ant
by deed, for the good of the party ant
for the good of the entire nation. Witt
such support as we are all prepared t.
| give there can be no doubt of the success
| both of the administration and the party
The first speaker was Senator Sherman
who was received with a tremendou
| outburst of applause. The audience stuu,
| up, flags waved, and the music played
drums rolled, and things went wild gen
| orally.
SENATOR SHERMAN'sA ADDRESS.
He was here to express the qualification
of the people on the result of the elec
ton, which involv ed questions of tn
gravest moment. The result. he said
would never be reversed. The frs
: question was the currency, which wa
sprung as great surprise, although
great part of the Democratic party wa
in favor of honest money. That issu
struck at moral question.
The speaker here referred to the fallac,
of gold and silver standing together
from the beginning of the government, an,
traced the values of the metals from tn,
time of Hamilton and Jefferson to tn
| present.
invented at Chicago and lauded the homes
money secured by the recent election
His tribute to the gold Democrac,
was applauded. II the free silver
ties would agitate, the Republicans coul,
also agitate, but he believed that in
year it would die out, even although BryaI
l threatened to talk in a continuous strcan