The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-10-28
cleveland makes
CAMPAIGN Speech
RECEIVES REMARKABLE 0VA-
TON ON HIS APPEARANCE
AT NEW YORK.
EX-PRESlDENT TALKS ON
TARIFF AND TRUSTS
Denies Present Prosperity Is Due to
Republican Policy = Carlisle Also
Speaks - Parker Addresses Dele
gates at Rosemount.

the presence of Grover Cleveland,
thousands of people struggled to gain
entrance to Carnegie hall Friday night,
where the former president OF the
United States made his first and only
speech of the campaign. John G. Car
isle, secretary of the treasury under
Mr.. Cleveland, was also speaker, and
shared with Mr.. Cleveland the great
burst of enthusiasm at the meeting.
This big democratic rally was under
the auspices of the Business Mems
Parker and Davis association.
Discusses Campaign Incidents.
The ex-president took up discussion
of what he characterized some OF the
startling and humiliating" incidents
Of the present campaign, which, he de-
clared, should arouse the anxious solicit
tude of every patriotic American" He
denied that the nations prosperity was
due to republican policy. Mr. Cleveland
denied that the republican party was
entitled to all the credit for safeguard
ing the soundness of the nations cur
rency, and he criticised the claims made
in behalf of President Roosevelt that
the present administration had shown it
self the enemy of the trusts. Passing
to the tariff question, he denied the re-
publican claims that the protective pol
cy is to be considered as definitely es-
ablished. He asked if there was not to
come a time when American enterprise,
American ingenuity, and American self
reliance would permit American indus
Try to cast aside the leading strings of
protection. The former president only
alluded to the Philippines, declaring
that the United States had been engaged
sands of miles away, and denying that
imperialism" and our forcible rule of
foreign people have any place among
the purposes of our national life. In
concluding Mr.. Cleveland urged the peo-
pie not to be misled by ''the vain glori-
ous claims" of the republicans.
Speech Loudly Applauded.
During his speech Mr. Cleveland was
| loudly applauded, at times being inter-
| rupted for some minutes. His state
| ment that there was no necessity for
him to apologize for his party in the
deeds of democracy caused tremendous
cheers of approval. At his mention of
the name of Alton B. Parker near the
end of his speech the audience arose
as one man and the cheering lasted sew
eral minutes. The reference to Justice
D. Cady Herrick Immediately after
caused loud applause. At the conclu-
sion of his speech Mr.. Cleveland was
| greeted with an ovation more sponta-
neous than at any time during the even
ing
During Mr. Carlisle's address a ref
erence to the ex-president set the vast
audience wild again, and it continued
to cheer long after it was hoarse and
Mr.. Cleveland himself had bowed his
acknowledgment to the crowds.
At the close of Mr. Carlisle's speech
Mr.. Cleveland called for three cheers
for Parker and Davis The cheers were
given with will, but hardly had they
died away when the big audience
Parker and Davis to another of en-
thusiasm for Cleveland Men on the
platform crowded around the ex-presi-
dent to shake his hand and the cheer
ing crowd in the body OF the hall
started to rush in disorder toward the
platform. Many climbed over the
press tables up on to the rostrum, and
The police had to rescue Mr.. Cleveland
from the hands of his excited admir-
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