The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-23
HILL IN TAMMANY HALL
SPEAKS THERE FOR FIRST TIME
 IN TEN YEARS.

Letter Read from Former President
 Cleveland and Received With En-
 thusiasm-DecIBres Tammany's Re. spOnsibilIty Has Been We'll Met in the Present Campaign by the seIectIoEa of
 Trustworthy Candidates.
 New York, Oct. 22.-For the first time in ten years David Bennett Hill. former governor and former United States sen- ator from the state of New York, spoke tonight in Tammany Hall. The occa- sion was the ratification of the demo- cratic state ticket.
 Former President Grover Cleveland sent letter expressing his regret that prior engagement prevented his at- tending the meeting.
 Congressman Mcclellan read ex-Pres- ident Cleveland's letter. It was receiv- ed with much enthusiasm and loud cheering. It was as follows:
 "Westland, Princeton, N. J., Oct. 20. "Charles F. Murphy, Esq.,:
 My dear sir: I regret that my en- agreements will not permit an accept ance of your invitation to attend the democratic meeting to be held in Tam many hall on the 22d instant.
 Tt is most gratifying to learn from the terms of your note that the democ- racy of the city of New York fully ap- preciate how vitally the underlying principles of our party are involved in the pending canvass; and also to know of the determination that they shall not be forgotten in its campaign efforts.
 ''The great democratic organzation of the city of New York is so important factor in controlling the result of party endeavor in the broadest fields that no campaign in which it engages can be considered sufficiently local to free 1t from the responsibility of its influence upon party prospects everywhere and at all times.
 This responsibility has been well met in the present campaign by the selec- ton of trustworthy candidates, by in- telIigent party work, and by the sensi- ble efforts to secure harmonious dem- ocratic action.
 q sincerely hope that as a result, the democracy of the city of New York will again demonstrate it's power at home; and that democratic hope and confi- dence will be revived and stimulated far beyond the limits of city and state.
 Hoping that your meeting will be abundant successful and most useful in the cause I am,
 Yours very truly,
 GROVER CLEVELAND"
 6,A. I had the honor of speaking in this ancient temple of democracy in behalf of the policy of revenue reform. To- day the leading national issue in the ensuing election is that of a revision of the present exorbitant and unnecessary tariff and it is therefore appropriate that my voice should again be heard in behalf of this righteous cause within these old walls dedicated to the enun- citation of right principles of govern ment.
 Regardless of past differences, which never related to party policy, I extend the right hand of fellowship to every democrat in this grand old organization OF in any other organization, and to- gether we'll battle shoulder to shoulder in behalf of those Jeffersonian princi- ples which we all have inherited from the great founder of the democratic party.
 Tariff revision must come in the very near future and the sooner it comes the better for our country. No good req son can be urged why it should longer be delayed"
 MT Hill devoted considerable part of his speech to state affairs ill the course of which he said:
 Tt now appears that the 'raid' upon the charitable institutions of the state made last winter by the Odell adminis- tration was not only political but mer- cenary in it's character.
 "The favored recipients of official pat ronage was the corporation of J. w. Mathews company of Newburgh, the home of Governor Odell.
 His personal interest in that corpo- ration has now been demonstrated in disclosures published.
 Tt has been show further that the chairman of the republican executive committee is financially interested in the state printing ring at Albany, and that the banking department withholds or grants charters for trust companies at the instance, suggestion or regard of republican politicians of the locality which receive large compensation for their official influence.
 'It is unnecessary to multiply in- stances, Turn the rascals out is the remedy of the people, and the pressing demand of the hour"