Show TilE AMHILL EII They Hold a Bijr Meeting in Buffalo FAIRCHILD AND GRACE SPEAK They Will Abide the DecIsion of the Chicago Convention Thornton Denounces ta Senator In Hound Terms BcFrvi0 N Y April 5A thousand men bearing banners and transparencies and beaded by a band of music escorted exSecretary Charles N Fairchild ex Mayor William Grace and Hon Frank H Thornton tonight to Music hall whore were gathered 2000 people to hear their protests against the snap convention and their reasons for the revolt against the alleged bossism which dictated and dominated Tho assemblage included many ladies some Republicans and a few Hill Democrats The meatiejS was practically of one mind however and the only dissenting voice heard was raised by a semiinebriated individual who was promptly ejected Much enthusiasm was shown particularly at the trenchant satire of Frank H Thornton whoso pungent ore tory kindled the audionco to fever heat John Irebacher president of the Erie County Democratic club a now organization organiza-tion formed by Cleveland men called the ineetlop to order and nominated Charles H Bishop mayor to preside His honor spoke hopefully of the groat movement to secure proper representation of the Democracy De-mocracy as a party at the national convention conven-tion Ho briefly reviewed the history oC the movement which prompted the meet ing ExSscrotary of the Treasury Fairchild was the first speaker In part be said We propose to prove our case oy going to the people by going to our constituency and asking them to give us credentials with which to go to Chicago to represent them Wo propose to present our caao to the national convention to address ourselves to the reason rea-son and judgment of those who sit in judgment upon our case and we too propose to aCitdo tao result loyally and faithfully and all wo ask of our opponents is that they recognize our right to present our contest and ttat they ba prepared as wo are to abide by the decision of the last tribunal of the party ExMayor Grace of New York city next spoke He said We too are Democrats Dem-ocrats but wo think Democracy stand far something more than success in the game where personal advantage Is exalted above principle and where organization is extolled ex-tolled ns the end of party Cffdrt and the means through which the political conscience of the masses manliests itself Moro than fifty thousand names of Democratic voters residing re-siding in the metropolis will without doubt signify their desire to bo represented repre-sented at Chicago by a delegation which TV ill truly and fully represent the preponderating pre-ponderating majority of the Democratic voters of tha empire state Hon Frank Thornton was the last speauer Referring to Senator Hill ho said In his recklsss rampaging after the uoiniuatioc be has shown himself ready to oostruct and tamper with tarilT reform and to tamper wltn the stability of an honest peoples money to the inevitable destruction of the Democratic Demo-cratic party and tae Irretrievable ruin of the business of the country Within the last thiea months he has been for tariff re form and againattariff reform by a revival of Republican abomination of 13 ngalnsta nibbling tariff reform for a nibbling tar iff reform Ho has been for free coinage and against it and has mysteriously straggled duo south by north upon it I And so this burlesque political skirt dancer cavorts and kicks and twista and turns and bows and smirks and throws kisses at political baldheads and tries to palm himself off as an innocent yonog thing of beauty and u joy forever and a Delsartean dream of grace when all the while ho is simply musing an indecent exposure ex-posure of himself as a political freewalker offering himself body and soul at the low price of a vote or u delegate |