The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-06
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DEPEW AND THURSTON SPEAK
OPEN AIR RATIFICATION HELD
AT RICHMOND HILL.
Effect OF Democratic Party's Principles
on Labor the Theme OF Both Orator
-.Depew Suspicious OF David Ii. Hills
Announcement That He'll Quit Politics.


Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew and ex.
Senator John NJ. Thurston of Nebraska
went to the outing Of the Ocean Hill
Republican Club yesterday at Distler'f
West End Park, at Richmond Hill and made
speeches.
The Ocean Hill Republican club
marched to the picnic grounds with fife
and drum corps, and other Republican or.
CARNATIONS from Kings and Queens coun'
ties went there and brought their women
folks and children. The outing became a
sort of a ratification meeting. A stand was
erected on the lawn for the speakers and
the pcnickers sat on benches.
Ex-senator Thurston was the first speaker
and said in part:
You will have to excuse my weak speaking,
as my voice is as rough and ragged ms the
Democratic platform. There are three things
the Democratic party is good ut doing; Max
ing strikes impossible, giving many holidays
and suppressing smoke in American cities.
But the Republican party strives with sue
cess to do things for the greatest good or the
greatest number. The emocratic party
because of its policies makes a holiday all
the year round for many workmen. II
suppresses the smoke in American cities by
closing factories and>i makes strikes i'm
possible. because under its ad ministratlon
Jobs are SO few that no man who holds one
is going to take any thahce OF icslhs IL ny
When it was in power the party knocked
out business so thoroughly that there was no
work and no strikes. Strikes are an indica-
ton of prosperity in the country and can
only occur when labor is in great demand
Isn't it better to trust united senate
and President that have the courage to take
q stand on md money rather than to trust
ragtail and bobtall Democracy, that does
sInf n
Gratis are afraid OF Theodore Roosevelt. They
say he is too quick to act and too quick to talk
and to offer his advice to foreign Powers
il is, time that the voice Of our President
should be needed in every Cabinet in the
civilized world, and such has been brought
Of Hay and Roosevelt The people will never
forget the Democratic party when during ITS
last adnsrnHn hungry Fry SrmSs framed
Senator Dcpew referred to Hills an
nounced intention of retiring on Jan. /.
He said
am suspicious Of farewclls and last ar
of Patti Perhaps Hill has been reading lie
handwriting on the wall and really means 10
retire or be retired.
men on parade, This, labor,s day; The men
seemed jubilant and they looked to bc a
happy and proisperous lot. pld they =, reali I
possible by the conditions created by the
policies Of the Republican party? The labor
for the past thirty years under Republican
ideas of protection TO American industry.
The power which the laborinG man las to-day
is the result of the fostering care Of the Re-
publican party. which believes in protect
ing the men and products of this country
against the cheap competition of foreign
countries.
We now manufacture more than We con-
sumo and we must have outside markets 10
buy cur surplus, shall ". permit the Demo-
cratic party 10 cur on tho philippines from
our market and drive the islands into tho
hands of greedy European. natl ions? We must
keep our fact Dries going 10 keep up wages
the Philippines for our surplus products
until such time as the Eipinos are able TO
govern themselves. Labor is Interested in
retaining. the islands NOR" Than capital is
Interested.