Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15
FOUR BIG MASS MEETINGS
REPUBLICANS OPEN THE CAMPAIGN
IN NEW YORK.
Cornelius N. Bliss, p. N. General Smith
and Senator Lodge Among
the Speakers.

The republican campaign in Greater New
York was opened last night by four great
mass meetings. There were parades, music,
ard great enthusiasm at all the meetings.
At Camp Mckinley, the headquarters OF
the republicans Of the thirty-first assembly
district, Temporary Chairman Goodwin IN
troduced Cornelius N Bliss as permanent
chairman. Mr.. Bliss, in his Introductory
speech, asserted that the welfare OF the
country demanded the reelection OF MI.
Mckinley, for 1t would not do to place the
reins of government in the hands of an in
expe rienced man like Mr.. Bryan. He con-
Guided by saying:
with such an administration as Mckin-
ley's representing the American people, II
is not strange. considering the character OF
the opposition that the people have mani
tested their confidence and faith In the
election of Mckinley and Roosevelt. and
have not, perhaps, fully realized the nee
essity of effort and work to maintain Wnat
they wish to hold. 1t Is good to have faith
Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
but faith without works is Of no avail.
Mr.. Bliss was loudly appiauded. Post
master General Smitb was then introduced
and spoke, in part, as follows:
do the people realize that, great as
would have been the shock caused by
Bryan's election four years ago, his sue
cess now would produce a far greater
so much more to lose. Because we would
be plunged to the same depths from far
higher level. In 1885 we were already on
a low level. More than two million work.
ingmen were idle. Mills were stopped and
soup houses opened. Deposits in savings
banks were reduced, showing that de-
positors were drawing on their savings to
make up the loss of earnings. The loss
two thousand million dollars. The total
loss of that period Of panic and depression
was as great as that involved In the civil
war How is it now? If we fall now we
shall fall from the heights OF prosperity,
and the calamity will be greater. The
success of Bryan would cause great
financial and business CONFUSION, and
some of his supporters recognize it,
The remainder of Mr.. Smiths speech
was devoted to a discussion Of the admin
istration's policy in the Philippines. and
he closed with these words: There is
nothing in the Monroe doctrine to prevent
us from acquiring territory the other
side Of the globe and making 1t own.
But there is everything in that doctrine
to prevent us from undertaking to use 1t
as a protection for territory there not our
own We exercise no protectorate over
the countries of Central and South Amer
lea. We have not set up their govern
ment We are not responsible for their
acts. We have only said that inasmuch
as they are on the American continent
we would not permit their absorption by
other countries. But we cannot make
the Philippines Independent and protect
them from foreign absorption by that doc
trine."
Representative Serene E. Payne and State
Senator Elsberg also spoke.
The meeting at Cooper Union was the
largest of the four. Republicans of fifteen
districts took part. and each district club
paraded to the hall separately. General
Francis V. Greene opened the proceedings
The address of President Schurman of
Cornell was next on the program. He said
in beginning:
THE issue of the campaign is the main
tenance of the prosperity of the people and
the honor and good name of the nation"
President Schurman attacked the free
silver idea. and after devoting considerable
space to this he plunged into the subject of
imperialism" and declared that It was
a bogy. He asserted that President Nc
Kinley had handled the Philippine question
in a mastery manner and that 1t would
never do to give MP the islands
Senator Lodge was the principal speaker
at the meeting at Durland's riding acad-
envy, under the auspices of the West Side
Republican Club. He said that the repub-
1ican party was not on the defensive in this
campaign, save in the sense that Grant, in
attacking Vtcksburg. was defending the
Union. In this campaign the republicans
had no apology to offer. He then recalled
the circumstances under which the treaty