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Show REPUBLICAN RED-FIRE.-- "5" . Foraker and Edmunds Toot the Party Horn in New York" East Night, New Yobk, Oct. 23. Governor-elect Foraker, Fora-ker, of Phiot opened the campaign jn New York City last night at a Republican mass meeting held at Madison Square Garden. He said: ; Every man who wants reform will-come will-come on. November 3d to the support of Ira Davenport and General Carr. We have had a victory in.Ohio, and I will tell yon why we won that victory. Beoause the Ohio Republicans Repub-licans determined to place themselves on the platform that gave expression to sound Republican Re-publican doctrine, . When the Republicans went out of the National offices, they went out.with bands playing and flags flying, and every man standing six feet high and looking the world square in the face. Nobody was finding fault - because the heresy of secession was shot to death on the battle-field, nor be- I cause the colored race hss been enfranchised and specie payment resumed. John- Roach, that poor old Irishman," fs broken up. The Democrats have broken down one of the leading industries of the country, and thrown twenty-five hundred men out of work. While the Republican party was in power they invented . the postal card with the Goddess of Liberty printed in one corner, cor-ner, but our Democratic friends changed all that and issued a new card with the face of Thomas Jefferson, the author of that damnable damn-able resolution which caused all the trouble in this country since that time. There is no room in a Democratic procesion for the Goddess of Liberty. It don't make any difference, dif-ference, speaking of Grover Cleveland, what kind of a man is President, but it. does make a difference what kind of a party and policy there is behind him. I was greatly surprised to find in coming here ' that the best way to approve President Cleveland was to vote fora'lTavenpbrtT"l"fiave "heard a-great a-great deal of his fine appointments, but those of the last six months, in quantity and quality, would have been enough to damn any Republican administration. You can have some idea of the herculean labor of Cleveland when he had to take all his appointees ap-pointees from the Democratic party." Foraker then paid a tribute to the Irish and German voters in the Republican ranks, and said: "If Parnell, with his tariff views, lived in the United States, he would be a Republican." - The speaker concluded as follows: "Give U3 a response from the State of New York on November 3d, similar to that we gave in Ohio on October 13th. Gallant John Wise in Virginia will break the back of the Solid South, so that we can say we have not only Ohio and New York, but we want the whole earth, Virginia included." . Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, was then introduced and said: ""If you gentlemen who are making such a noise to-night will only wait until next November you will have a chance to shout yourselves hoarse over the great Republican victory in New York. I do not pretend to repeat the arguments already, advanced by General Foraker. . I bave only this to say: Nearly every .Democrat in the Senate twenty years ago voted against the doctrine of equal rights. What kind of doctrine doc-trine is this? If thera is any in.this country worth preserving, it tis the right to think and speak as one chooses. If a man wants to be a Democrat let him be one; I am willing. will-ing. Let every man be true tjo himself, and allow others, to do the samel I am glad to hear that in' this great State the ' name of party is losing this year its significance signifi-cance Men are beginning td think, without reference to the consideration of party. I want to say a few words about the civil ser-. vice. The Republican party in its last platform plat-form had a. civil, service clause inserted therein. The Democratic party had a platform plat-form of the most elastic character. It could take in everybody and yet have room for more. There are I suppose there are a hundred thousand offices in the United States. The President cannot himself select men to fill all these offices. He must trust himself to the advice of those, who are his counsellor . 1 lie members of his Cabinet are expeued to act in that capacity. If Cleveland, had selected the seven right men for the positions in his Cabinet there would not be such an uproar of discontent against him among those, who wished to secure his election and are dissatisfied with the manner in which the offices of-fices have .been filled. Are we to have this great country . filled with workingmen contented and happy, busily employed, or are we to let the evils of free trade hold sway here, shutting up our : shop3 and factories fac-tories and bringing misery and want to the great .-laboring classes of this country. Cries 'No, No.' I believe and the majority of the workingmen of this country believe with me that a fair protective tariff is what we need." - Edmunds closed his brief address in a voice soarcely above a whisper. - There were loud calls for Evarts, and when he appeared on the platform some one in the audience called out: "Hurrah for our next President!" Cheers followed this rally, and the Senator excused himself from making a speech, as also did General Carr, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. |