Year: 1873

body Of the State Of New York this very
the class OF oaiers and political traders and tricks
ters Of whatever party who, on the one hand, sell
rights they should not have and on the other hand,
by threats OF interference with them in their legt
innate and proper functions, extort money In large
amounts from those corporations, wh0 In their
which they have been robbed Every do dollar are eS. <.
so much additional expense OF the roads, to be col
lected in tolls from those who use them.


Through you, 1t may be hoped, the farmers OF the
state VIII also learn to discharge their political du
ties so that while, on the one hand they will not
send to the legislative body Senators and members
employ OIL the great lines OF railway, they will not,
on tne otner hand send men who hope TO earn an
inaepenaence IN one year by the introduction oi
intmidating bills which are not expected to be-
come laws


1t Is curious that almost all men seek for remote
remedies, rather than those which are at hand, to
overcome any evil which ailicts them.


HOW OFTEN have you known some chronically i'm
pecunious friend who constantly attributes his
want OF good fortune to some remote chance
which he thinks he has lost, forgetting that the
cause OF all his misfortune is because he chooses to
get up at nine in the morning instead OF SIX. and
ls always too late for the cars? Thus, with u.s. we
are suddenly disheartened by the fact that our
invaded and that great colossus has taken posses
sion OF our legislative halls, and we naturally look
to the most remote remedies as the available and
eff1caci0us ones; but the true remedy Is very
simple; attend to the polirlcal duties which we
have neglected, make up for lost time by increased
ZEAL and act In accordance with the principles upon
which our government is based, to wit-that there
Is no governing class, simply because such men are
erhment and the WHOLE body " OF citisens are in
tended to be that class. You know that all the
honest and true-hearted republicans are with you
In your work, and to that party belong know
that the mass Of our democratic fellow citizens
the friends Of reform, and to that party also
belong.


But you know also that there are certain cliquss,
called the 'CustOm House" and "Tammany"
Rings, which are now on the alert to use these
masses each In its own personal interests Avoid
both as you would pestilence. We know what
the Tammany Ring accomplished when in office
Of the times what you may expect from the other
gang, II from any cause you should suffer either
CO so oe
true men OF both parties, and with the necessary
organized EFFORTS our success is assured must not
be understood that in your efforts to right your
wrongs you intend to attack the vested rights OF
capital devoted to so great service to humanity
abuses which in the progress of time have over
grown 1t. in your efforts to accomplish this, as in
the solution OF every social problem you win have
q task before you which to accomplish will require
the strength OF Hercules guided by the wisdom
OF Solomon.


Fellow citizens the future OF our city for veal or
for woe is In your own hands, and 1t is Tor you to
determine whether that future shall be your monu-
ment or your grave:


The Hon. A. W. TENNIE said that many had been
the questions discussed in tnat hail. but none were





cheap transportation. 1t was especially important
to the mechanic, who ought not 20 pay more
They also ought o not to TO- pay % more % than SO ton
for COAL instead Of 50 or $1O The cost Of these
things was largely increased by undue freight
charges. The labor of the hands OF farmers In the
West was rendered unremunerative by these
very heavy charges. What was wanted was that
to, shoulder with each other in the great
national question. The rich are now growing
sha % Ua sSs
people In endeavoring to correct wrong and re-
dress the evil. Cheers.) The friends OF cheap
themselves, but with the abuses that had
grown out of the system. While railroads
r0eg eSs 9sssns is no ey ea sS
monOpolists so long as they are obedient to the
win OF the people. Neither is there with corpora
corporations But there is danger when they
control legislation, and when they coqaet with
red light, and say that there is danger ahead"
Where must reformation beginf Why, at the ballot
box; that is where it has always begun in this
Republic We must send legislators who cannot
be bought like meat in the shunbies. tCheers.)
We want railroads that are built honestly and
don't pay, 1t is the result OF the means taken to
get them or the expenditure Is too great in running
If carried on in the same way as successful mer-
chant carries on hts business, that will not
yield dividend Of fair proportions As the
practice now 49, dividends are paid to stockholders
and to rings OF Credit Mobilier organizations.
What we want are laws upon our statute books
from railroads, banks and trust companies.
loud cheers) We want legislation, too, that shall
BY that means competition is destroyed. We want
also an equal rate established over the whole
length Of the line. Short distances have now to
pay for the cutting down OF freight charges in
long distances We want also legislation that shall
prohibit watered stock. The amount Of railroad
sand millions, while the actual cost OF these roads has
been computed to be only two hundred thousand
the ss sum tbs Il larger san the ssa
for cheap transportation 1t is also demanded that
there shall be safe transportation 1t s impossible
portion to the needs OF our commerce. What was
the remedyi The enlargement Of our rivers the
ssH ene ne 1 s Of esrss SGHSs
%ssss;esf MIS- TO- tn: ~ town. IN Il y sns ,ss Ess:
takes eight days. The rapid transit Of products
from the West to the East will prevent 'corners''
the money @ market was found in the locking up Of
produce In the West. II the railroads were to be
built by the general government let them be built
In honesty We want no more land grants, no
more Credit Mobilier grants, which has brought
disgrace on the country. Then let us enter as one
and America shall enter upon a career OF grandeur
in her industry that she has yet seen and be
the reest and airest land under the surface Of the
RESOLUTIONS.


The following resolutions were then moved by
MT. f1ncn ana adOpteu Win enthusiasm Dy the
meeting:-


Whereas the productive industries Of the nation
only the sources of collective and individual
wealth. but also the dement's en- which national and
individual existence depend and whereas all material
products the fruit labor and capital and neither
LABOR capital can continue proftably and actively
employed without just equivalents and whereas great
national industries are only sustained and prospered
by the interchange Of the products Of section OF
country for those of another aud whereas the exist
ing rates Of transportation for the varied products
OF the Union from part OF the country to another
and foreign countries we'll the transit
the commodities required in exchange are, in many in
stances injurious and TO certain interests absolutely
avenues and in part from the defects and abuses Of
present system Of transportaton and whereas Of
the great and material vents OF the nation TO day
cheap transportation; and whereas New York Is the
natural outlet the products Of great portion OF the
Continent; and whereas 2 material and permanent
diversion OF her commerce 10 threatened: therefore,


Resolved That 1t Is our duty 40 merchants and citizens
organize association 10 foster the ineres the
city, the State and the nation. In connection with the
question OF transportation


Resolved, Thatthe production Of the country both ag
rcutural and anufacturing has increased much aser
than the facilities for transportation that additional
avenues Of communication with the West and the South
are Immediate necessity: that the policy OF gov
ernment both State and national, should be shaped