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Show TELEGRAPHIC III'GAHOO MORRILL. The Terrible Democracy Re-iMiliIicttiis Re-iMiliIicttiis Kcittly lor Aiioiber Now York, 5. Tho gathering of the gtock brokers aud operators ot Wall street aud tbe business men ol that aection, assembled at tha treasury treas-ury building this afternoon to hear an address from Secretary Morrill on the financial aspect of the present campaign. The meeting was called to order by ex Judge James E. Mott, and Theodore Roosevelt occupied the chair. The list ot vice presidents includes moat of the prominent ruimea on tho street. Morrill on coming forward was recoiled with deafening cheers. He opened by a reference to the critical condition of the country at the presidential election elec-tion held sixteen years ago. At that time he said the United State was without stability at home and without credit abroad. Iu this deplorable condition of a.l'nirs the republican party seized the helm of government, Crushed Out Lhfi rohpllinn nnil P.tuh- lihed peace at homo and credit abroad. This gigantic work could nut be accomplished without the outlay out-lay of treasure it coat. Besides the ocean of blood, in these Bixteen years eleven million of dollars were expended. For this lavish outlay he held tbe democratic party responsible. In tho present conteit it should not be fortiuiiL-u tint Lbo purly charged with these misdeeds again tries to get hold of the public treasury. They boast of an alliance bimilar to the one established in 1SG1, the alliance tbe people fought and heat in the field, and they can fight and beat it whenever when-ever it appeari. The cry of reform is the bugbear intended to catch the public and really means nothing. Tl. cry of a solid eoulh is tbe Trojan borsu of American politics, and goes bi'i.d in hand with the tham cry of reform the precursor of another rebellion. Referring to the financial condition of the country the speaker devoted much time to the consideration of the question of epecie payments. The party sailing under the flag branded "relorm" eays that the public credit must be restored. I maintain, said he, that the republican parly has restored the public credit, and it only remains to preserve tbe handiwork of this parly. The reform party seems to have received quite a sudden fit of lervor on tha question of our national honor. In IS61 United States bonds (old in the market for S4 cents on tbe dollar; to- uj uiLe euLuo uunus nnng a.uo, gold, in the market. This increase o 17 pnr r.ftnt. in rlu to t.h gnnH find honest policy of the party now in! power. With the present steady in-; crease of our national credit and with a corresponding decrease of the national na-tional debt we may safely look for resumption of specie payments in 1S79, but should the calamity occur of this Bhani reform parly obtaining control of tbe government, when may we look for resumption? This ia the question which Providence only can answer. Judging this party in the light of its past record it 1b unlikely that it would cause resumption in this generation. , The Bpcaker concluded by making a review of the situation in the south. He said that under democratic rule the rights and even the freedom of the negro assured by the present order of things would in all probability be subverted, and Lbo work of the republican repub-lican parly for the past sixteen years would he rendered void. A vote of thanks was tendered to the speaker, after which the meeting adjourned with three cheers for Hayes and Wheeler. |