The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-29
Sensational Incident at a Democratic
Meeting Held in Honor of the
Chicago Crusaders.
MAYOR HARRISoN'S SPEECH
THE "soN OF HIs FATHER" UNBOs-
OMs HIMSELF TO A REPORTER.
He Considers Himself Mascot Be-
Father Ducey on s'BOsses."

| was roundly Missed IN Iarnmany HAL To-
night at the first large meeting of the cam
paign where the Tammany manager has
made his appearance. 1t was at the big
meeting attended by Mayor Carter Harri-
son, Of Chicago, and 800 Cook county DEM
ocratic leaders Croker's plan was to bring
them here; he was chairman of the commit
| tee that welcomed them, and he sat proud
| ly on the platform smiling on his guests
when the meeting opened. The audience
was a highly enthusiastic one. Mayor Har-
rison was on the platform, and the Chicago
delegation occupied front seats in the body
of the hall Owing to the repeated inter-
ruptions at the Tammany gatherings care
was taken to keep Henry George shouters
/ out of the hall. Former Ambassador James
B. Eustis was cheered when he arose to
speak, and during the delivery Of his speech
he was literally applauded. The Chicago
men were warmly greeted by the crowds in
| the galleries. There was renewed cheering
| when Mayor Harrison appeared on the
platform accompanied by Richard Croker.
| One of the most remarkable things that
| has ever occurred at q Tammany Hall
meeting took place just then. Some one
/ called for three cheers for Richard Croker.
| The response was a storm of Kisses that
swept over the hall. Not a cheer was
| given, and the man who called for them
| thought he would try again. In very
loud voice he called again for three cheers
| for Richard Croker. There was a feeble
response this time, but the cheers were
drowned by hisses Croker heard the ex-
pressions of disapproval for himself and he
retired to a seat far back on the stage.
EUSTIS DISCUSSES CUBA.
James b. Eustis was the first speaker.
1 oys
the Chicago platform. Referring to the
| campaign of 1900. he said the tariff ques-
ton would be an overshadowing ISSUE
while the Cuban question might reach an
acute stage. Dealing with the Cuban
troubles. Mr.. Eustis continued:
1.-THE Democratic party now demands de-
| cisVe action on this Cuban question. 1t has
always sympathized with an oppressed
people struggling for their freedom. 1t does
not ask this administration to violate its
treaty obligations or to disregard its neu-
trality laws. but Ii loes ask that the moral
weight and sympathy OF this great govern
| ment shall be on the side of the insurgents
and not on the side Of the Spanish govern
ment 1t will repudiate any shifting, hes
| itating or vacillating policy upon the Cuban
| question. by this administration. Our navy
was not built to play the role Of police Of
| forefathers in their struggle for independ-
| ence welcomed flibustering expeditions to
| our shores. Spain must remember that
| Americans have erected monuments to the
memory of the most llustrious flibuster
| that the world has produced, and that his
| name is venerated at every American fire.
side. I mean General Lafayette. The DEM
ocratic party agrees with John sherman
when he declared in the Senate that we
cannot afford to have an Armenia at our
| very door; that this cruel, barbarous, dev-
| astating war must be stopped, and that the
| Cubans are entitled to their independence.
| We caution our government not to be out
| witted or be fooled by Spanish diplomacy.
MAYOR HARRISON SPEAKS.
Mayor Harrison was next introduced to
| the audience. He said:
"In no sense do I make any pretense to
| being a public speaker. I am only plain
coming to New York. This criticism has
| come chiefly from two men in Chicago and
| do not suppose their words count for more
of ofre them enan is sns IN strong GagO tgrea Uat
| hooting, the crowd thinking he
was referring to Mayor Strong) Mr.
| office and has never got there. His influence
| in Chicago is that Of cipher with the cir
| cle' wiped out. John q. White says the
labor men of Chicago are opposed to my
| coming to New York. Mr.. White stands
| upon the roll of Typographical Union No. 16
as an expelled member / do not pretend
| to represent anybody except myself, but a
| large majority of the gentlmen who accom-
| panied me can be found in every repre-
| sentative gathering Of Democrats of Chi
cago. They hope for the election of Judge
|
! County Democracy of Chicago as an aggre-
| cation Of buns They are all representa-
tive and patriotic gentlemen.
You have been suffering from a severe
infiction of so-called reform governments.
| If this is typical of reform | thank God
| for making me a partisan. You have had
| a government that is strong in name only
BY 1t business Interests have been forgotten.
| the local administration is handled by men
who are not citizens of New York as if
! in this great city men could not be found
/ Onr oYzNf., 4 mi
not a high opinion of Republicans as re-
| formers but it does seem that among the
men who voted for your mayor there could
| have been found some able to take charge
| of the citys affairs.
II believe that national issues should not
| be introduced into local campaigns | up-
hold the doctrines of the equalization of
| gold and silver in which six million of our
| people registered their belief and [ adj
here to the party and its pure leader
! (Cheers.) on no question was the Demo-
cratic platform of 1896 more emphatic and
| explicit than in referring to the question
of monopolies. Never in the history of the
American Republic have the people been
so opposed to monopolies and trusts The
| that monstrosty born of monopoly and all
| such things must be abolished. The fight Of
the Democratic party to-day and in the
| future will be against the monopones and
| corporation greed. 1 am not an antitrust
shouter. / believe they should continue to
exist and continue to be strong, but at the
/
| their masters.
There is another principle of Democracy
| which would like to discuss, and that is
that there is no principle closer connected
with Democratic ideas than liberty Demo-
| cratic liberty is but personal liberty You
| have in your city the Raines law (hisses)
which makes the question of liberty a by
word. If l were in your city l would never
rest easy under that odious law made by
a. lot of buckwheat statesmen. Great ap-
1 plause.)
The chairman announced that +ba hand
with the Chicago delegation and which had
been said TO be nonunion, was composed of
/ knights Of Labor. Perry Belmont was then
/ introduced. He had long speech prepared
| but he cut it short. Nobody applauded aim
! Several speakers of local fame then ad-
| dressed the meeting. Richard Croker and
Mayor Harrison left before the meeting
| ended.
The overflow meetings on the outside Of
| the hall were addressed by a number Of
WigWam orators
OTHER MEETINGS.