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for him. as It did for Blaine In 1881. nteooek
nnd Millar, Hub tad and Payne ware all In their
; seats thinking of th meeting they hod just at-
f tended, ut whloh It had been resolved to atlelc
if to Dopow a, Mile longer than.vTasat first
planned. Tlior wero wondering what would
liocome of tho Influence and prestige 0f the
. ' ureiit State whan, nftor dumping Depew. lta
;,.' delocatos should matter In half a dozen dlreo-
if tiona. John J. O'Brien, by the war. who waga
buck and forth between Sherman and Blaine,
A in one of his Blaine moods, having seen
Sherman set onlr one rote In everr two when
IiIh namo was brutally foroed on tha Con-
X' ' ventlon In the Virginia matter last night
Uurlolch and Smart, fraih from their visits
', to the Indiana headquarters, wero moving
about In their own delegation. Burleigh has
' nover been known to Bit still for any length of
tlmo, and a sonsatlon wan created when one of
v tha morshala touohed him on tho shonldor and
'" led him up to the platform. A flying rumor
J, credited him with having been arrested for sit-
ting still two whole days. The marshal whls-
';,.' perad to htm and left him evidently at liberty.
j-', The waga aooaunted for this by saying that he
' explained that It was necessary for some one
to alt on the Depew boom and pole it oil the
',, rocks. Btoro French, the dandy of the delega-
' i" tloa, who turned up In gray serge yesterday.
V wore a natty suit of white flannel to-day. He
,;, Whispered with Robortson and let Ilusted
"' squeeze his hand. The Half-Breed Judge of
''' Weatohester had been dramatically whispering
5'... In Illfloock'a ear. But, taken aa a whole, tho
' '. New York delegation was dull and spiritless.
i- It felt that the Convention had lost a good deal
' f of lta cespeot for It, tor not having agreed on a
,' ' second choice to be supported with lta solid
chunk of votes.
- f. The Convention marshals, one of whom flg-
. ii urod In the episode with Burleigh, are tho
;, funniest ingredients of this Convention. Thoy
' v, wear big badges and go around holding little
. W Batons before them as people- carry lighted
. candles. These-batons aro topned with Out-
taring masses of narrow ribbon, and look for
.' ' all the world like the fly chasers that women
. j, make out of colored tissue paper. The Grand
- Marshal U evon more ridiculous by having a
p gilt eagle on top of his baton, but even this fly
i chaser Is not as absurd as he looks when he
V ' poses on the platform and glares ferociously at
,i any part of the gallery from which disorderly
', 2" noises proceed.
' XHB COHTENTIOX UT BESSIOX.
' $ Kir MaKtnloy Keada the Platform and
1 ;t' Is JCondly -Applauded.
r '( The Choir rapped sharply with hie gavel
?j mt 10:05, five minutes past tho hour, asked the
' f delegates to take tholr seats, and called tho
? ' Convention to order. The Invocation was do-
' ' llvered by tho Bev. Thomas E. Green of Chi-
'' 'i' caco, who thanked the Almighty for tho post,
V with Its weight of history, for tho presont with
- , lta magnificent sweep of possibilities, and for
I ' the rlah hope of the future. Ho Invoked the
J "- Divine blessing upon the Convention, and
' prayed that Its proceedings might bo charao-
i' torlzed by wisdom. At tho conclusion of the
" ',' prayer the Chairman touohed the eleatrlo boll
1 a'" aa a signal for the band to render some selee
ftfj '. lions, but thero was no response, the members
" H, of the band not yot having appeared.
jl, Under the direction of the Chairman, the
t i 1 Secretary proceeded to call the roll of States In
B order that the delegations might designate the
'W mombera to represent each Btate upon theNa-
'it ' tlonal Committee. This work having beon dis-
M- posed of, Mr, Warner of Missouri announced,
'IT on behalf of the Committee on Besolutions,
JB that the committee would be ready to submit
m lta report In ten minutes.
' Major William 'McEInloy, Jr., whose famo
m distinguishes the village of Canton, Ohio, was
R i greeted with a mild hurricane of cheering and
I ' flag and handkerchief waving as, with the
' manuscript of the party platform in his hand.
IL", ha stepped to the front of the little bunting
's' walled box in which the Chairman sits, and
read the long document. McEInley has all
''., along been considered a rather strong dark
IT horso for first or second place. Ho has great
1 popularity. He introduced himself personally
jlL' to tho people of the whole country at tho
K . Jim Blaine Convention four years ago,
when he performed precisely the same part.
S His performance then was a somewhat re
jjii markable feat. He commanded tho closest
. attention to every line of the long-winded
lb ' document, because of the sympathetic quality
,7 r,t his volco and tho dear and careful pronun--,
elation of his words. Ho is sold to prldo him
Wir halt onhls resemblance to tho little corporal of
', I,'.' Corsica. On thnt account he keeps tho strong
ilr y marked faco clean shaven and combs his
;R-. hnlran tho great Frenchman did. Ho might
k haAebnonsald to have been dressed In black
vhsto It not that tho enormous purple silk
badge and rosette that he wore was ttlmost big
1 enough to bu called a garment. This time ho
nnco attain accomplished the by no means eaiy
- I tank or interesting the full 6,000 in the uudi
1, once with ry line of the purty resolutions
Ho managed tn throw such Inflection in tils
' voice nnd em nlnislro wheno er he wished It as to
' keep the nudieccn In conclnnt outbreaks of ap
plause over the importunt points In the docu
ment. Most of its foatuMs wero repetitions of
. . old onos. but tho new Idea of A one cent post
. age stamp was exploded. The Deraocratlo
' -, partybavlcsrisontopowerwa&ciltlclzedforlts
' acts, inatoad of ttn principles ai formerly. As
' i. to the tariff question, the platform declared
' out-and-out protection. No quartor was given
K to tho Mus'vumtiH. The party ovldently con
la alders them lost nouls, and damns them with a
, , will. It nilii Into thorn what It calls tho Dom--
' orratlo failure to reform the civil service, and
! pledges Itself to carry on that grand Chinese
work.
H r THE 1'LATFOnSI.
Bf VaeaMprttMlRtiif(lT la Fatup nf tfee Aaierl-
' cau Hjteia T lrotectln.
H- The Bepublicnns of tho United States, ns
' eembled by their delegates in National Con
IB: ventlon. raue on the threshold of their pro
' veedlngs to honor tho memory of their first
' great leader, the immortal champion of llborty
, and the rights of the penplo Abraham Lincoln
J, andtocovoralhowithwrcathsoflmperishabla
remembranco and gratltudothe hurolo names
' of our later leader who have more recently
: . been called nwnr from our counolls Orant,
' Qarfleld. Arthur. Logan, Conkling. May tholr
B1 ' memories be f.tltliluDycheiishud, We also rc-
, call with out greetlngH and with prayer for bis
, recovery tho name of ono of our living heroes,
SJ whoso memory will bo treasured in the history
B both of Republicans and of the republic the
H ,, name of that uobln soldier and favorite child
ifl '. ' of victory, Philip II. Hherldnn.
H " In the spirit of thoso great iradors. and of our
H , own devotion to human llborty, and with that
hostility to all forms of desnotlsm and RUtipres-
! ' nlon, which is tlui (uudamontul Idea of the Ho-
1 publican party, we fend fraternal eunsrratula-
tlonto our fellow Americans of Brarll upon
their groat act of emancipation, which com-
Dieted tho abolition ol slary throughout tho
two Amerioan continent. Wo earnestly hopo
that we may soon congratulate our fellow oltl-
tens of Irish birth upon tho peaceful recovery
H t of home rule for Ireland.
AM KONEaT DALLOT DEMANDED.
' We reaffirm our unswerving devotion to tho
H national Constitution and to the lndlssolublo
H union ot tho States; to the autonomy reserved
H to tho Btatos under the Constitution, to th por-
H nonal rlchtn nnd libortles of eltizons In nil the
H . States and Territories Inthe Union, audeBnoci-
H ' ally to the supreme and sovereign right nf
I every lawful citizen, rich or poor, natiro or
1 foreign born, white or black, to cast one free
1 ballot In public elections, and to have that bal-
1 lot duly counted, we hold the free and hone3t
f popular ballot and tho just and equal represen-
a tatlou of all tha people to be tho foundation of
f our republican Government and dem.ind effee-
1 tlva legiclatlon to socure the Integrity and purl-
1 ty of eleotlons, wbleh are the fountains of all
l publle authority. We charge that the present
1 Administration and the Bemocratlo majority
B In Congress owe thair exibtenee to the auppres-
m alon or the ballot by a criminal nullification ot
f the ConautnUoua and laws ofthe United Btates.
BH" We are onoompromlalngly In favor of the
lH American sstem ot proteotioni we protest
lH' against itadestructlonaa proposed by the Pres-
lH ident and hia party, Tbey serve the Interests
lH of Europe I we will support, the Interest of
lH Amerioa. We aooept the Isau ana oonfl-
S dently appeal to the people for their
H judgment The . protective system, must
be maintalnad. It abandonment baa al-
HB ways been followed by general disaster
to all lnUresti. except those of the usurer and
the Sheriff. We denounce the Mill bill" a
destructive to the general business, the labor
HH and the farming Interest of the country, and
iH wo heartily endorsa the coniUtent and patrl.
IIH oUoaotlon of the Bepnblloan represenutires
B We condemn thapropoaufoa oTUa .Demo-
1IIV UartytoWacrwwl-att-JlJjrt,i
J re insist that the duties thereon shall be ad
usted and maintained o o.t to furnish full and
adeqnato protection to that industry,
tx lAvon or nut mtritAt or iniEnNAL bkvk-
MOB TAXES.
The Bopnbllenn party would affect all need
ed reduction ot the national revonuo by repeal
ing tho taxes upon tobacco, which are an an
noyance and burden to agtleulturo, and the
tax upon the spirits used In the. arts and for
moohanleal purposes: and by such rnvUion of
the tariff laws as will tend to check imports ot
such articles aa are produced by our people,
tho production of which gives employment to
our labor and roleaso from Import dnilesthose
articles of foreign production (except luxurlos).
iho like of which cannot be produoed nt home.
t thore shall null remain a largpr revenue
than is requisite for the wants of too Govern
ment, wo favor tho ontlro repeal of tho Internal
taxes rather than the aurrendorof any part of
our protective nystem, at tho joint bobust ot
the Whiskey Hlng and tho agents ot foreign
manufacturers.
orrosnD to ohikdie and cootiiact lason.
Wo daclaro our hostility to the Introduction
into this country of foreign contract labor, nnd
of Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and
our Constitution : and wo demand the rigid en
forcement of the oxlstlng laws against It. and
favor such immedlatolegislutlon as will oxcludo
suoh labor from our shores.
' ANTI-TKUST LXOISf,ATIOM ADVOOATXD.
Wo declare ouropposltion to all combinations
of capital organlred in trusts or otherwise, to
control arbitrarily the condition of tnydo
among our citizens: and we recommend to
Congress and tho Htato Legislatures In tholr
rospcotlve jurisdictions, such legislation as
will prevent the execution of all schemes to
oppress tho people by undtio chnrgeslon their
eupplloa or by unjust rates for the transporta
tion ot tholr products to market Wo approve
the legislation by Congress to prevent alike
unjust burdens and unfair burdens and unfair
discriminations betwoon tho btatos.
TIIE FU11LIC DOMAIN ?08 TUB rEOFLE.
We reaffirm the polloy of appropriating tho
publlo lands of the Unltod States to bo home
steads for American citizens and settlers, not
aliens, which the liepubllcnn party established
in 1HA2. against the persistant opposition of
the Democrats In Congress, and which has
brought our great Westorn domain Into Buch
magnificent development The restoration or
unearned railroad land grants to the publlo
domain for tho use of actual settlors, whloh
was begun under the Administration of Vi evi
dent Arthur should bo con'innod. We deny
that tho Democratic party has over restored
one acre to tho people, hut declare that by joint
action of Kepublleans and Democrats about
28.000.000 of ncrosof unenrnod landiorlglnally
granted for the construction of railroad? havo
been restored to tho public domain, in pursu
ance of tho conditions Inserted bythollopub
llcnn party In th original grants. Wochnrgo
the Democratic. Administration with falltiro
to oxecute the laws securing tol settlers title
to tholr homesteads, and with using approprl
tlon made tor that purpose to harross Innocent
settlers with splos and persooutlons undor tho
false pretense of oxposlng frauds and vindicat
ing the law.
THE ADUISSIOif OV TEimiTOIUES.
The government by Congress of tho Terri
tories is based upon necessity only, to tho end
that they may become States lu the Union:
thoreforo whenever tho conditions of the popu
lation, material resources, public intelligence,
and morality are such as to Insure a stable
local government thoreln, tho people of the
Territories Bhould bo permitted, as a right in
herent in them, the'rlsht to form for thom
soivos constitutions and State Governments,
and be admitted Into the Union. Pending the
preparation for Statehood, all ofllcers thereof
should be selected from tho bona fide residents
and citizens of th Territory whoreln they oro
to serve. South Dakota should, of right, be
Immediately admitted as a State In the Union,
under tbo Constitution framed and adopted by
her people, and wo heartily endorse the action
of tho Republican Senate in twice passing bills
for her admission. The refusal of the
Democratic HotiEe of lloprosontatives, for
partisan purposes, to faorably consldor
these bills, is a willful violation of the
sacred American principle of local selt-govoni-mont
nnd raorits the condemnation of all just
men. Tho pending bills in tho Senato for acts
io onablo the poplo of Washington, North
nkotn. nnd Montana Territories to form
Constitutions and establish htato Govern
ments Bhould bo passed without unnecessary
delay. The Republican party plodgos itself to
do all in its powor to facilitate tho admission
ot tho Territories of Now Mexico. Wyoming,
Idnho, nnd Arizona to the enjoyment ot self
government as States, such of them ob are now
qualified, as soon as possible, and tho othors
as soon as they may becomo so.
POLYOAMT IN UTAH SnOUI,D BE STAMPTD OUT.
The political powerol tho Mormon Church In
the Territories, as exerclsod in tho past, is a
menace to freo instltutionb, a danger no longer
to bo suffered. Therefore wo pledge tho Repub
lican party to approprlato legislation asserting
the sovereignty of the nation In oil Territories
whero the same Is questioned, nud In further
ance of that end to pluco upon the statute
books legislation stringent enough to divorce
tho political from the occloslastical power, and
thus stamp out tho attendant wickedness of
polygamy.
TOB COLD AND SILVER COIN.
The Republican party is In favor of the use
ot both gold and sllvor as money, and con
demns the policy ot the Domocratle Adminis
tration lu. Its efforts to domonotizo sihor.
BKDUCnOI! OF TOBTAX, HATES.
We demand the reduction of letter postage to
ono cent per ounce.
rBEE EDUCATION EVEETWHEnE AND FOB AIX.
In a Ropubllo like ours, whero the citizen Is
tho sovereign, and the official the servant,
where no power Is exercised except by the will
ot tho people, it Is important that the sovereign
the people should posseaeintelllgence. Tho
tree school is tho promoter of that Intelligence
which is to preserve us a free nation: there
fore, the State or nation, or both combined,
should support free institution ot learning
sufUoient to afford to eery child growing up
in the land the opportunity ot a good common
school education.
AllUT, NAVY, AND FORTIFICATIONS.
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
bo takon by Congress In tho enactment of such
legislation as will best secure tho rehabilita
tion of our American merchant marine, nnd
we protest against the pasexgo by Congress of
a free ship bill, as calculated to work injustice
to labor by lessoning the wages of those on-
Sngod In preparing materials as woll as tbobo
Ireetly employed In our shipyards. We de
mand appropriations for the early rebuilding
of our navy; for the construction of const
fortifications and modorn ordnance and other
approved modern means of defence for the
protection of our dofencoloss harbors nnd
cities: for tho payment of just pensions to our
soldiorsifor necessary works of national im
portance In tho Improvement of harbors nnd
the channels ot Internal, eons' wise, and forolgn
commerce: for the encouragement of tho bhip-
Elng interests ot tho Atlantic Gulf, and Paciflo
lates, as well as for the pavment nt the ma
turing publlo debt This policy will glvo em
ployment to our labor, activity to our various
industries. Increase the security ot our coun
try, promote trade, open new and direct mar
kets for our produce, and cheapen the cost ot
transportation. Wo affirm thin to he far bettor
for our country than the Democratic policy of
loaning the tloorn merit's money without in
terest to "pet banks."
'IKE MONROE DOCTBINE.
The conduct ot forolgn affairs by the presont
Administration has been distinguished by lta
Inefficiency and its cowardice. Having with
drawn from the Senato all ponding treaties ef
fected by Republican Administration for tbo
removal of foreign burdens nnd restrictions
upon our commorco, and for 1th extension into
better markets, it has neither effected nor pro
posed any others In their stoud. Professing
adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it has seen
with idle complacency the oxtenslon ot foreign
Influence In Central America nnd of foreign
trade everywhere among our neighbors. It has
tefused to chnrtor. sanction, and encourago
any American organization for constructing
tho Nicaragua Canal, a work of vital Im
portance to the maintenance of tho Monroo
doctrine, and ot our national influnnco In Cen
tral and South America, and necessary for the
dovolopmont of trade, without Paciflo territory,
with South Amorica and with tho Islands and
further coasts ot the Pacific Ucenn.
TIIE FEOTEOTION OF OUB FlflBEIUES.
We arraign the present Democratic Admin
istration for itB weak nnd unpatriotlo treat
ment of the fisheries question, and Its pusil
lanimous surrender of tho 0S9entUl privileges
to which onr Ashing vessels uro outltled in
Cunadlan ports undor the treaty of IBIS, the
reciprocal maritime legislation of 1630. and
the comity of nations, and whloh Canadian
fishing vessels receive In tho ports of tho
United States. Wo condemn tho policy of tho
presont Administration and tho Democratlo
majority In Congress toward our fisheries as
unfriendly and conspicuously unpatriotic nnd
aj tending to destroy nnlunblo national In
dustry, mid an IndlHpenslblo resource of de
fence ugHlnst a forolgu enemy.
Tho name of American anplleB allko to nil
citizens of tho republic, aud Imposes upon all
allko the snme obligation of obedience to tho
laws. At the same time that citizenship Isnnd
must be tho panoply and safenuardof htm who
wears It, ana protect blm, whother high or low,
rich or poor, in all his civil rights. It should
and must afford him protection at home, and
follow and protect him abroad in whatever land
he may be on a lawful errand.
omii skbticx nuroRM.
The men who abandoned the Republican
Sarty In 1881 and continue to adhere to tho
lemocratio party have deserted not only tho
cause of honest government, of sound finance
or freedom of pnrlty of the ballot, but especial
ly have deserted tho cause of 1 efonn in the civil
aervlce. We will not full to keep our pledge
because they have broken theirs or because
their candidate has broken hi,. Wo therefore
repeat our declaration of 1684, to wit: " The
reform of tho civil service auspiciously begun
under the Republican Administration should be
complete by the further extension of tho 10
form system already established by law, to all
the grades of the aervlce to which it Is applica
ble. The spirit and purpose of the reform
should be observed in all Executive appoint
ment, and oil laws at varianoo with tint object
tw Martins wiorm, legUlmon woaid. be w
pealed, to the end that the dangers to free in
stitutions which lurk in the power of ofllclal
patronago may bo wltely nnd effectively
avoided.
rr.Nftiomi rox tub soldiers.
Tha gratltudo of the nation to tho defenders
ot the union cannot be measured by laws. The
legislation of Congress should conform to tho
J dodge made by a loyal pooplo, and bosoen
arged and extended as to provldo ngntnst the
possibility that anv mim wLo honorably woro
tho Foderal uniform should booomo an Inmate
ot an almshouEo or dopondent upon prlvato
charity. In tho tirebence. of an overflowing
treasury It would be n publlo scandal to do less
for thoso whose alorouf, sorvtco preserved tho
Government. Wo denounce tho nostllo spirit
of Ptcsldent Cleveland In his numerous vetoes
of measures for pension relief, and tho aotlon
of the Demociatlo House of Representatives In
refusing oven a consideration ot genoral pen
sion legislation, . ....
In support of the principles horowlth enun
ciated we Invito tho conpsratlon or patrlotlo
men of nil parties, and especially of all work
Ingmon, whouo prosperity Is seriously threat
ened by tho freo trade policy of tbo present
Administration.
NOMIlfATlXU CANDIDATES.
Ceanectlcnt IVamea Klawler, Illlnola If amea
Grethan, aad Indiana Ilarrlion.
The Chairman thon announced tho calling
of the roll for nominations to be tho buslnosu
noxt In ordor. Tho nudlonce sottlod back in
its eoats In roadlnoss for tho blow. The first
Btate to prosant a candidate was Connecticut
Mr. Warrior of that State named Joseph B.
Hawlcy without making a spcooh or creating
a ripple by tho aunouneoment Tho other
States on tho alphabetical list were silent until
Illinois was reached. A wave of applause sweet
ot or tho audlonce as the figure of a brawny,
sray-bourdod man advanced up tho main
aisle to tho plntform. It was Leonard Swett,
onco tho lnw purtnor of Abrahnra
Lincoln, and bringing down to this
Convention a strong recollection of old Abo s
rough facial outlines In his own side fac. Mr.
Swett nominated Abraham Lincoln nt tho sec
ond Republican Contention eluhtcen yearn
ago. It was In reference to thnt period that ho
Introduced his oration presenting tho name of
Walter R. Greshnm. Tho namo was grcoted
with loud npplaupe, lasting nealy half a mln
nto, but it was tho npplause of tho grJIorles.
Not forty delegntns opened tholr mouths or
brandished their fans.
LEONARD BWEn'8 BPEECn fon OKKBHAM.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention: This rrcaonoo recalls a sceno
enacted in this city twenty-olcht yoars ago.
That was tho second National Ropubllcan Con
vention, nnd tho llrst nomination of Abraham
Lincoln. At this Inauguration th Republican
party llrst assumed tho loins of governmental
oontrol. With utiimportnnt interruptions tho
Democratlo party had controlled our national
policy for thirty-two years. The couutry in
1H61 stood upon the verge of political and
lluHuelul ruin, nnd tho sharpest and most
deadly conflict of nrms ever known succeedod.
We havo had of Ropubllcan rule sinco
thon four years of war and twenty
years of peace. Tho four yenra of wnr
produced heroos, Facrlllcos, nnd Buffering
without parallel, and a reunited couutry.
Thn twonty yenro of peaco Increased the popu
lation, internal Improvements, manufactories,
useful Inventions, comforts In homo, and tno
general development of all classes, with a ra
pidity unoquallod in tho history of the world
within tho time namod. In tho language of
Daniel Webster, we may say of this Republican
rule, tho suffering and tho lralta of war. and
tho unparalleled prosperity of this peace, " tho
past is nt least secure.'' ,
We havo as embled again to select a Presi
dent for 00.000.000 of lreo people. ho most
in character is tho very essence of thc30 poople?
Whoot all tho names sugcostod will draw sup
port most largely from all classes? Who oan
host bring togetnor and rennlto tho broken
fragments 01 our party? Wbo by porsonal
courage and sublimo confldonco in his own
convictions is nn ideal lender of tho Amoriciin
pooplo? Who most strikingly stands for cos
mopolitan Amorican chnracter? Thco are
the questions of tho hour addressed to us all.
I suggest tho namo ot Walter Q. Groshom of
Indiana and Illinois, and invito a thoughtful
consideration of some of tho reasons why ho
should bo nominated:
Ho was born of sturdy nnd rugged parents,
in Harrison countv, nd., llfty-so'ven yearn ngo,
and has spent one-thinl of his llfo In labor
upon a farm. Ho acquired, by nature and edu
cation, a profound belief in tho fundamental
doctrines of government and the union of the
States, "one and Inseparable." as taught bv
tho lives and examples of Washington nnd
Hnmllton. Clay and 'ob8ter. Lincoln and Thad
Stevens, aud a disbeliever in nnd aversion for
the polltienl hereslosof John O. Calhoun. I) rock
in rldga. Jefferson Dnvts. nnd Lamar ol proper
vty In man and tho right of secession. He ban
always boon an unwavering and Inflexible Re
publican. One-third of a century ago he or
Kanized tho party of Fremont uud Dayton in
i native county, which consisted, all told, of
four people. In 1FC0. thon at the ogeot V9. ho
was elected to the fitato L"gislatuio at tho
eame time Mr. Lincoln wnsoloctod I'rcsidont,
from a strong Democratic county, and by tho
aid of Gurman otos. There he originated
nnd Dossed a law which authorized Oliver P.
Morton, our greatest war Governor, to organ
ize nnd arm, at tho expenso of the Stnto, any
reglmontnnywhcro in tbo State. Weowotho
ooneo and loyalty of Indiana at this critical
period to the admirable working of this law,
nnd tho fact that she was not behind the call
of tho President ono moment In furnishing her
quota of men.
After performing this sorvice of great valuo
to his State, ho solectod 1.000 young neighbors
and friends and marched at tholr head Into
Kentucky with Gen. Bborman, nt tho very be
ginning of tho war. These foreen aided loyal
oleroent thore In holdlrg truo to the Union tho
northern part of thnt State, while tho southern
part broke off and went with tho rebellion.
But for tho presence of the? e troops, the Ohio
River would havo probably been tho dividing
linn, and eouthorn Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
would have been the first battle ground. Ho
served with Grant nt Shllob and Vicksburg,
nnd was a distinguished figure with Shonnan
lu his march upon Atlanta in 18B1. Ho was
frequently promoted for gallant conduct
on the battle-field, and w.is cullod upon
when sharp work was to bo done, and finally
fell, plorcod by a Mlnlo hall, while leading his
division into the shot and shell of tho enemy at
tho bloody light at Leggott's Hill, In tho su
burbs of Atlanta. Can led to tho rear, ho met
Col. Richard S. Tutblll, whose prosonco now
adorns tho judicial bonch of this btate, uud who
was then n commander of batteries of artillery
making tholr way to tho front Tho scene was
one of confusion, of the tramping of horses'
hoofs and tho rattling of artillory andcalsons
dashing Into battle. Col. Tuthlll turned nsldo
a moment to Gen. Gresham. then bleeding on
ustrotchor. and said inquiringly: "Aro you
hurt badly?" Tho light was not all Out of him
yet, and, turning his pain face to sco who mudo
th inquiry, ho replied : " You had hotter hurry
your batteries to the front. They r.ro need
ed thero." He was placed In a freight car
and hurried to tho north. The noit day he
awoke from a morphine sleep in a dared condi
tion and Bnid to a soldlor in attendance:
"Whose body Ib that?" pointing to a collln In
the samo car with him. "That is the dond
body of your commander. Gen. McPlierson."
Thus the commander of tho army and the di
vision commander had mingled their blood
upon tho red field at Leggntt'.s Hill. Whorovor
in nil tho war tho battle'b wreek lay thickest,
thero wbb tho manly form of Gen. Gresham. a
typo of enthusiastic heroism and nn Inspira
tion to thdaoldler who followed him. ,
But It Is not In his military eareor, dashing
and brilliant as that is, that wo find the crown
ing reasons for his nomination, ror him
"Ponce hath her victories, no less renowned
than wnr." After his relations with the army
wore voluntarily severed, ho was callod by
President Arthur Into his Cabinet to the oflke
of Postmaster-General. Hero ho greatly pro
moted tho rapid expoditloh of the malls, short
ening materially the tlmeof their transit Hcross
the continent. Ho also aided in reducing tho
letter, nowspnpor, and parcel postnge. thereby
saving millions to tho ptople nnd encouraging
the dissemination ot lltornturo and intelli
gence, Ilo was also tho llrtt vigorously to
enforoo the Unltod States statutes agalnbt tho
abuse of the malts bylottoryendvis and other
swindling schemes by which tho oredulous and
weak-minded were Imposed upon and tholr
confidence betrayed. .... .
It Is, however. In the dlsahargo ot his dutlos
as Unltod Btatos Judge that tbo higher and
crowning glories of his character appear. The
Imago of Justice amorg tho Greoks wob repre
sented sb blindfolded, holding the scales bal
anced In her hand, but nnnhlrt to geo the rank
or stundlng of the parties before her. Judge
Groaham has been tho living Ideal of this Gre
cian figure. Unmoved by tho thioatenlngs of
bower, he has gono straight on In tbo lino of
his duly to the Integrity and right ot the ques
tion under coiiblderalion.nndhas administered
justlcn to tho high nnd low, the rich and poor,
with n steady but Impartial hand, Tho con
testants in one of tho greatest rnllror.d btrlkns
tlmt has nrlbou la our onuntrv hnvo also boeu
before hltu. Hy a wlso mid happy ilpm-lou ho
admlnisteiod oxntl justice to nil. prevented tho
strike from becoming universal, publlo traillo
from bolng raralyzed, tho nation from convul
sion, and the most serious damage to an un
known number of Individuals.
Wherever lu all bis life he has touohed any
thing It has beon Improved, beautified, or
adorned. He has always hud the happy faoulty
nf doing the right thing at tho right time, and
ho possosses in his own great charaoter all the
good qualities of the Ropubllcan party. Under
Is leadership the campaign err will be "Lite
and let live." Thero will bu no attacks on capi
tal, and no attacks upon labor, but tho country
will march on vtith glgantia Mridos in settle
ment, development, and growth, iho true
levelling system will be adopted of mnklng all
menuqusl Iwforothelaw, nud placing nil men's
feet on n level. Then the tall man may thank
God for his height, and ilio nhoit man must bo
contented with his short noif,
J 11 porsonal characteristics, in tbo manner
and coudltlon of bis candidacy, and In his rela-
(Ions to the Presidential ufllce, Judge Gresham
s more like Abraham Linsoln then any other
lying man. Tho movementin his behalf, HUo
the movement tor uaooln, Is the spontaneous
1 .. .-J L2gui -.
nnd unorganized action of the people. Llko
Lincoln. Oroaham Is not working for tho Pros!
Ucntinl ofllce. It believe that this oxaltod
otllce should novor be sought and, never de
clined. Like him, too, ho bolleves that causes
whloh tend to great consequences should bo
loft to work out their results unaided, nnd that
they cannot bo materially hastenodnrlmpedcd
by petsonal Interference Llko Lincoln In
charaoter, honest and simple, but robust, fear
less in danger, full of Justice, and ot noblo
heart, he stands out In promlnonco as an ideal
candidate.
May! also bo pardonod, for saying in this
august presence thnt baok In 1819, at the age
of 21. 1 first mot Abraham Lincoln, lie being
thon 41.Evcr afterword I oat at his feet as
Saul of Tarsus sat nt tho feet of Gamaliel, nnd
was permitted ns wo wnlkod together the jour
noy of life, "tu lean on tils own great arm for
suppqrt" I watchod tils thoughtful fsee when
tho news first reached him that he hsd r
celvod a largo veto for Vlce-1'rosldonl at Phila
delphia, when Fremont and Dayton wero nom
inated, and whon the thought of great political
preferment flrrt took root In his mind. 1 know
from thli Intimate relation how confidence nnd
sympathy ninv exist between ft .great leader
and tho people without ollher knowing tho
other. I can novor forget how In moments of
great doubt he agonized, watched, nnd listened
tor tokens of guidance trom tho common poo
plo, ns tho mariner wntchos for thn sun, to lonrn
whore he In and whither ho Is drifting, through
the darkness and mists of tho storm.
Tho snme sympathy and confldonco exist bo
tween Greshnm and tho people thnt oxlstod be
tween Lincoln and thn poople. His heart, also,
bus beaten In sympathy with tho sons of toll,
for ho has labored with them in sunshtno and
in tho cold. Ho, too, hns been promoted from
their ranks, nnd knows tho taste of poverty,
nnd, like tliora, has earned his bread in tho
sweat of his faco." Ho has novor forgotten
tholr Uvea of privation and solf-dnnlnl In tholr
hard struggles for existence. hethor bond
men or froome.ii, ho hod that sub'.lmo faith in
their honesty nnd patriotism, that, llko
Lincoln, he was willing to have his body
ptcreedSJ with bullets iu tholr behalf.
Tho rich, too, hao found ample protec
tion and the adjustment of eery right in tho
equipoise of his character. Ho hns always
Btood with his party for tho protection of Amer
ican labor against forolgn comiotil!on, nnd
has always bollevod in fair ponsiotw for fair
work. lie has advocated liberal wages for tho
maimerl, worn, and dependent dofendern of
the Union, lie known by experience how tho
rebel bullet tears and hurts, for bo hlmrelf has
been wounded nnd carried on n stretcher lrom
tho flold of battle, nnd has borne tho pains and
seen the needs of tho docrlplt nnd health
brohon soldier.
Wo should b!bo not forget that this nation
has arrived at that stago or ui HUution and de
velopment that it has a light todemaud com
mon honesty in politics. If a young man hap
pens to acqulro tho prolix of "Honoi able" to his
namo. ho 11ns tha right to demand that that
hull not bo tho occasion of explanation and
npology ovor afterward. Tho pooplo have a
right to demand a hlghor standard of integrity
thuu that Its President hall in his letter of 110
coptnnco pledge himself to one term, and then
by every official act afterward worU for a sec
ond nomination and appeal to them again tor
reflection. They hnto a right lo demand that
lieshull notpromlso ch!lorlce reform with
his lips and break ovoiy promise In practice.
Tho strength of Judgo Greshnm's candidacy
llos In the public belief thnt ho will not do such
things, but that ho will. If elected, mnnngo
public aiTnirs with tho same common honosty
he hns heretofore managed everything.
Therefore, under tho elrcumstnncesand ne
cessities of our party, and without disparaging;
In tho slightest degreo tho merltB of other can
didates. 1 offer to this Com entlon tho rarest or
opportunities. Hut nominate Grofbsim, aud
the people will bear him in triumph on their
shouldors to tho White House and to thoofHolal
Beat of Washington, Lincoln, Garfield, nnd
Ornnt. Tho rein of Gotormnoni, tinder tho
Inspiration of his leadership. will be taken from
those who iniporilled its oxistonco, nnd placed
In tho bands of those who tr.vod It in its hours
of woaki:os and danger. In behnlf of the In
boring mnn. of whose straggles he Is the living
embodiment; in bohalf of capital, whoso rlghtn
ho has guarded and adjusted; in behalf of tbo
Boldlnr, whoso garb he bos worn with honor;
in behalf of patriotism and loyalty, of which
ho Is tho shining representative and example;
nnd for the State of Lincoln. Grant, and Logan
I nomlmito as a candidate for President of the
United States tbo son of Illinois by adoption,
Walter Q. Grcshum.
ORESUAM'S NOMINATION SECONDED.
It certainly was n good day for Swett It
was so hot that a man who rostod his hand on
nn Iron truss in the gallery was seen to with
draw It as though It was red hot.
Hwett was followed after twenty-three min
utes of talking that got to bo very tedious, by
Frank T. DavlB of Mlnnosota, whose oratory Is
like tho soil of tho prairie", oroad, froe, swooping
nnd luxuriant He captured tho galleries-nnd
worked himself into a fine frenzy. Ho was a
little bhort of hair on top ot his head, and his
face had the generous outlinos of a INowtown
pipnln, but his volco was good, his expressions
amiable, and his manner wnB so hearty that
tba audlonce let blm run on to tbo limit ot the
twenty-minute rule that It has established tor
the epeeobes. Ho Bald that he came fro;m a
State which had no favorite son. but which re
sponded to tho ipontanoityof tho choice of a
nation. The voice of tho peoplo which Is the
volco of God calls for the nomination of
Grosham as it called forLlncoln's in years gone
by. Tho volco of tho peoplo was heeded then.
Look to it in this clash of factions thnt It is heed
ed now. Uhe us such anothor captain as wns
given to us twenty-olght yoars ago from this
city. Tho qualities that made our Lincoln
great all blend in Gresbam. Ho Is an ideal
candidate Ulvo us tho man of the poople. the
candldato who will qulot all factional conten
tion. Thcso nrc tho days of dobato and coun
cil over the coming fray, which will bo no
mimic light, and wo offor you tho name which
will relievo all doubts and give us tho victory,
no Is bound upon tho tariff and upon all the
public quostlons of tho day.
Illinois bounded to her feot as ono man. and
a half do?nn scattering delegations made a
good show ot wildly excited applauders. Tho
Kuliorios went wild for Gresham. He is tho
local favorlto, and there was onthusiaam
enough to run tho party a weok.
When Mississippi was called upon she as
signed John It Lynch, tho darkoy who waB
tomporary Chairman of tho Convention four
years ngo, beating Powell Clayton fortho placo.
lie is very popular wherever he is known as a
square, Intelligent nnd educated man. Ho
baa enough whito blood in his veins to give
him straight features nnd vory nonrly
straight hair. He has n fine largo moustache.
Ho dresses vory noat, has n little Southern
twang in his speech, but It Is not broad enough
to bo called negro dialect. Ho had not uttered
llvo sentences bpfore a mnn In the gallery
yelled, "That's the kind ot tnlk." Ho stirred
more of the Southern yell than any speaker of
tho day. From thnt tlmo on this hfgh-koyed
shrill tone was n heavy element In tho1 noise
from the gnllorics. He was tho second seconder
of Greshnm. Ha nrickod Dopew with an open
knifo-thrustby saying that Oresham had no
back in his record, ho had always been a Re
publican. A very rcmnrkohle eplsodo in Ills
upnnah was the unexpected rosultof nxefer
onco to Ron Harrison. It sot the Convention
as wlldnlmost as If he bad montlonod thonnmo
ot Rlaino. It was theiblggest tho wtldeBj, and
the longest cheer of tho Convention. Tho
snenhor had mado thejsamo mistake that was
madoinSt. Louis byn man who had edme to
present tho name of Gray, and who. In tho
course of Ids speech, mentioned tho Old Ho
manor Columbus. Iu both eases thegpeakor
was morn or less unnerved by tho consequence
of his own action. , , . .
Mr. John Thomas McCall of Winchester.
Mass.. looks llko n rnor-bneked copy of
Speaker Carlisle. Ho remnrkod tnat he bad
only one word to Bay ns another second for
Greshnm: but he had played a dchpernto tripk
on the nudlonce. for. haWng gotten Its ear. ho
held It down and Insorted a. speech that mado
everybody vory tlrod.
INDIANA CALLED.
Mr. Rector of Texas mado a foeblo speeoh
and tbon Indiana was called, and at the men
tion of thn nume of tho Stnto a salvo of ye Is
ront the air. Ux-Gov. Portur reproaonted tho
Stato and the Harrison boom, lin mado n cold
political speech, recalling that of Dan Yoorhees
nt St. Louis. It was evident that he raonnt to
olTond no ono by any possible obanco. Whon
ho mentioned tho namo of Harrison the ex
poctod confimlon of yelling was provoked. It
lasted long enough, howmer. to show that It
wu mainly from tho galleries, which may pos
sibly havo been artfully packed with Harrison
men. Among tho delegates only tha Indiana
men got up. Tho rest turned niound and
loohodatthenvas they stood on their chairs
and ou Uiolr feot on tho floor brandishing their
fans and yolllng. but no others woro inspired to
follow their exnmplo, .
It was hotter than cayenne pepper. Stove
Elklns came nnd leaned against the Chairman's
box and put his head down In a thoughtful
manner. Elklns is a man porfsotly Indifferent
tu tho Contention. He enroa moro for comfort
thnn appearances. He had taken oft his waist
coat, thrown back his co'it. and was presenting
to tho Republican party n generous, stomach
upon which a fortune hns been lavished. Ho
wore the llttlo German cheap labor flag of the
Nen York city delegation on his coat lapel. Ho
shows a partiality lor nuwspaper men, und
mood from one to another, now whispering,
nnd now taking up lliu shoots ot unfinished
copy and scaunlng thoni. . , ,
Porter's manner soaled hlin for an early vic
tim of tho cloture of the galleries. Porter won
tbo resneot of the multitude by stopidng to
bpeak of Judgo OreBhani in the terms of high
est nralBe as of a great and unrigbt Judge and
noblo soldtor. He could not havo done a wisor
thing. Tho people shut Porter off in twenty
three minutes as it by rule.
ClOY. POOTEK'S SPEECH FOB HARBISON.
When, in 1880, Roscoe Conkling visited In
diana to tako part in the memorable campaign
of that yenr, ho was nskeJ on every, hand:
" How will New York go at the Presidential
election?" " Tell me," loplled tho great orator.
"How Indiana will go in, October, and I can
tell ion how N'ewYnrfcwlU gnlnovember."
In October Indiana's majority of uonrlr 7,000
lor the Uopubllewi est didalo for Oovoruor In
formed tho country how s.ho would go.-and : lu
No ember New York und tbo nation coboed her
October voice. Indiana Is no longer an October
Bute. Yet now in 1B3R. as. before la 1880. she
seems largely to hold the kejrof the position.
Buo Is always retarded M pelns. a close But.
' -
but when, th Republican party is thoroughly
orgnnlzod, whon it has don the preliminary
work or, tho rant ass well, and whon Its spirit
is kindled Into flame, Indiana seldom fails
to elecbtho Republican candidates. She hns
novor been better organized for a success
ful Republican contest thnn now: tho pre
ilmlnary work hns noor been moro complete
nnd thorough, and thn Republican masse
ecera noor tolmo boon morn highly roused
nnd otgorfor tho struggle. Givo Gen, Renin
mln Hnt-risonyour commission to lend them
and they will Immediately fall Into lino mid
pross forward with onthuslastlo confldonco to
victory.. The Convention thnt lately mot at St
Louis disappointed tho Dcmociaoy of Indiana
by refusing to place an Indiana candldato on
their ttckot. There Is a tide In the nflalrs ot
Kartles, ns woll as of men, which, taken nt tho
ood. lends on to fortune. The presont condi
tion ot Indiana Is tho Ropubllcnn party's oppor
tunity. Why rlek shipwreck ou any shallows
whon the full and welcoming sea initea your
sails?
Benjamin Harrison camo to Indiana In 1854
nt tho ago of 21, He came poor In nurse, but
rich in rorolution. Noonoover heard him mnko
flrstoroforenci to his ancoFtors. Self-reliant,
ho mounted tho back of prosperity without tho
aid of n stirrup. Tho hospitality of his ances
tors had given their property to those whom
they had served. Tho coro had gone lo the
Reoplo, the rind only to them and their families.
0 received, indeed, something from them:
their tnlonts. tholr Integrity, tholr ntneasfor
public trusts, and what to some persons would
have Boomed n misfortune, but to a heart so
stout as his thin was tho highest good
fortune; ho recoivod from them tho in
estimable legacy of penury. Upcn his nr
rlval In tho Stato ho entered at otico upon
tho practlco ot tho law. and immediately
achloved success. Amtdltudo nf prcpaintlon.
a Inrgo vlow of uuostlons, a mind man ollously
Erotnpt In yielding up Its stores, and so ox
austive in Its power of ren-ioning that no ar
gument that would help his cause vn over
found to havo been omitted thcso gavo hlin
rank at once In his profoS9ion. In union with
these wna found n fnlrnesH that rought no
moan advantages, aud nn Integrity that novor
couM boHbnkon. Tho jounu lawyer leaned on
nobody's arm for help. Modest, but self-conH-donthls
manner seemed to say, "I an an hon
ost tub. standing on Its own bottom." Itvt.iR
poroolvod from the start that in web nnd woof
ho was ot heroic stuff.
While ho wasonrtnged In the nrnctlco ofthe
law and wns rapidly iNlug to distinction, the
gront rebolllon raised Its hand to strike down
the Union. Relinquishing his profession, its
emoluments, nnd 11,0 fnmo to wliteh It was
beckunlng him. ho yielded to tho imperntlvo
demand of dutv. raising a regiment nnd re
ceiving from Morton tho commission of a Col
onel. Ho marched with Sherman to the sea.
He wns In the thick of tho fight at Resacaund
Atlnutn, and his gallantry and tho efficiency of
his woll-disclpllned command were so conspic
uous on thoBo fields as to draw from the horolo
Hooker, In a letter to tho Secretary of Wnr, tho
highest possible commcndHtion of his industry
ns a dlfelpllnarlan and skill nnd lntrcpidltlou
as a soldier.
Ho was not unknown to tho pooplo of In
diana bufnre ho entered the army. At a Stuto
election they hint ehnaen htm to tho ofllco of
reporter of thn decisions of tho Supremo Court
His opponents took tho ofllce lrom him whtlo
ho was serving as a soldier In the field. Tho
peoplo. whllu he was yet in tho Held, reelected
him. and on returning homo, on tho dlsband
ment of Sherman's forces, ho received his com
mission. On account of hiocloquoncons nspeakor and
his extraordinary power as n debater, Gon.
Harrison wnn callod upon nt an uncommonly
oiirly ago to tako pnrt In tho publlo discussion
of the mighty questions that had begun to agi
tate tho country, nnd ho was eorlv matched
against Home of tho most eminent spenkors of
tho Democrntio party. Nouo who ovor felt tho
point of his bladodeslrod to engage with him
again. PosscsBing oratorical powers ot n high
order, hn has never spokon for moro rhetorical
ofieot. Ho seems to hnvo remembered the say
ing of the great Irish orator and patriot O'Con
nell, that a good speech 19 a good thing, but
that tho verdict Is tho thing. Ho. thoreforo,
plorcod the coro of ovoryquostion hodiscusoed,
nnd fought to win in cvory contest in which ho
engaged. He hns tukou part as a publlo
spoukor In ovory Presidential campaign sinco
ho camo into Indiana, excopt the ono that oc
curred during his sorvlco In tho army, and he
threw his sword Into thnt.
In recognition of his Horvices in tho ardent
and prolonged struggles ot the Republican
party for the riqlilB 01 man nnd for tho restora
tion and Integrity of tho Union, tho Republi
cans in the Legislature of 1881 chose blm to bo
a Senator of tho United States. I have not
tlmo to enter Into any detailed narration of his
sorvlcos In the Senate. His lank was among
the highest Tho delegates from Dakota will
boar witness to tho unremitting enorgy of his
efforts to hnvo that Territory admittod as a
State into the Union, when, for the crime of
bolng faithful to Republican principles, the
Democratic party resolved to keep It out.
Everybody will recall his complete exposure of
tho civil sorvice reform sham iu Indiana under
the presont Administration. He possesses all
that you should deslro In a President sound
ness In Republican doctrtno, a comprehensive
grasp of mind, a calm judgment. Arm princi
ples, unqualltng conrngo. and a pure character.
The cloquont gontlemnu from Illinois has
commondedtoyourfavoranotbordlstlnguished
citizen ot Indiana. A Stato's plnco in civiliza
tion is denoted hy tho manner in which she
treats thoso who hnvo served her faithfully. I
have always honored old historic Massachu
setts for tho manner in which sho cherishes
tho fnmo of thoso who. In whatever department
ol service, havo reflected honor upon tho
Commonwealth, now she calls tho roll with
pride. How Impatient she becomes when
their names are unjustly aspersed or dlspar
nged. I have not come horo to disparage
that honornblo gentleman, bravo and just
judge, nnd heroic soldier whom the gentleman
from Illinois has commended. If the roll of nil
of Indiana's sons woro called who led them In
battlo or csrrlod the knapsack, she would bid
me honor them all. Thero Is no need thnt I
Bhould strive to dwarf othors In order that
Gon. Ronjamln Harrison may stand conspicu
ous. He stands breast to breast with tho fore
most of Indlana'n soldiers, distinguished also
in civic trusts; horoienlly faithful to publlo
duty: sktlfui In marshalling mon: to tbo sound
of whoso bugle they quickly rally and fall Into
ranks; whom they havo followed In florce can
vasses morn than onco to tno oosperms
charges crowned with victory.
Standing hereon behalf of a man who, dis
daining nil adventitious helps, bus risen to dis
tinction by the forco of his own merits, I
should regard myself unchlvnlric did I not re
call at least In brief review eome of the worthy
publlo achievements of hl ancestors. What
ever tends to show that a life which has been
strong and useful haB a foundation In traits
that havo long clung to the stock from which
tho mnn sprang Is In tho nature of a guarantee
that hn may be trusted under all trials. It Is
something thnt the public, who are interested
in being faithfully served, aro entitled to know.
We stand hero to-day luthe Imperial city of
tho Northwest. Thu namo or no family
lias ever been moro identified with
the Northwest than tho family of Gen.
Renjnmln Harrison. It is woven Into
the very fabric of tho history of her people. I
need only give a passing reference to that
sturdy Bon Harrison from whom he takes his
name, a signer ot tho Declaration of Inde
pendence. He wns Govornor of Virginia when
the nossesnlons of Virginia embraced tho
whole of tho Isorthwost. When tho North
west was formed by Congress Into a Terri
tory. William Henry Harrison wns, first its
secretary, nnd afterward Its dolcgate to Con
gross. When tho Indian Territory was form
ed, embracing nil tbo territory oftheNorlh
wost except Ohio and a part of Michigan, he
was appointed Its llrst Governor. He hold
commissions as Governor successively from
Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. He was a
mnn of deeds. While a delegate In Congress
ho obtained tho passage of a law requiring the
salon of publlo lands to be made in smaller
subdivisions than had ever beou allowed be
fore, so thnt for the first tlmo a man of
humble means might now buy from his Gov
eminent a home. The historic McMastnr, In
his udmirnble history of the people or tho United
BtatOB. has said with reforence to this measure
that it did far more ror tho good of the country
than oven his great ilctory ovor the Prophet nt
Tippecanoo, or tho dofeat of 'i'eoumtehut the
baffle ot tho Thames. He negotiated treaties
with the Indians whllo Govornor by which
their title to 70.0u0.000 bciob of land was ex
tinguished, nnd tho lnnd was thus oponed for
settlement. In a single one of these treaties
the Indians relinquished lands which embrace
n third of Illinois and u vast sootlon in south
ern Wisconbln. n fought tho battlo of Tlppe
canoj, and, defeating th" plans of the groat
statesman and warrior Teoumseh. kept tho
portals of thn West open for thu admission ot
the emigrant. And what though less shining,
wtiB not loss welcomo to the settlors of the
Terrltorr. scanty In menns, and struggling
with difficulties, ho procured tho pasBBge of
laws that mado the burdens of taxes lighter
upon the people. The tongue of the farm and
the practice of hospllnllty woro nntivo to him.
After tho battlo id Tlppaennoo, whon parting
with a regiment of his soldiors he said; " If
you ever come to vlnconnes ou will find a
plato nnd a knife and fork nt my table, and 1
nsiuro ou that you will .never find my door
shut, nnd the strtnr of tho lutch nulled In."
And what ho promised he faltblully lived upto.
We hear nf civil service reform as If Itweio
some quite uow suggestion. Hut President
Hairison. In a blngln month that hn held ufllce,
directed tho heudu of tho several departments
to glvo information to all their olllcora and
agents thnt partisan Interference by them In
the popular elootlous, whether of Stato oftl
cjrs of tho Foderal Government, or th pay
ment of any contributions or assessment In
salarios, or ofllclal compeneatlou for party
election purposos, would tie regarded by blm
as cuuso for removal. The old war Gov
ornor, the hero of Tippecanoe, having left
Indiana In 161D to ontor n Inrgor, field
of activity, tho people did not forget the Inos
tlmablo servloo which ho had given them,
and. when twenty-seven jenrs afterward
he was a candidate lor President of tho United
States, Indiana., though a Democratlo Htnto,
gave him a juniority of nenily H.i.01 voles.
Jiu tiled In a hi' iithattei lei c.itored .upon IiIh
grunt officii, but not tho mouiorr of his ser
vices, which will ovor remain ircsh and ini
porlshable. And now to-day. In Indiana, among a people
estimating highly the oharacter and services of
Gen. Benjamin Harrison, and holding in .affec
tion the memory ot "Old Tippecanoe." the
latehstrings of the people nre hosnlinbly out to
you. and their doors ore watting to fly open nt
rour touch to lot In the Joyful air that shall
bear upon its wings tho messago that Renjnmln
Harrison, their soldier statesman, has i beon
nominated for President of tho Unltod Stntcs.
Tho -Chairman beard a motion to adjourn
coming from tho Ohio sent Ho put It to a
vote, nnd tho goneral Impression was that It
was voted down. Mr. Keteo declared It enr
rled, howovor, and a recoss was taken until
3 P. M,
TUB XTKMNO BltSSIOT?.
AllUaa, Alter, Kik. Miet-ma and Depew
Nominated In Utawlns SJperekea.
When 3 o'clock camo Clnlrraan Eaten
rapped the multitude to order. The public
Boats woro not half full, and only nbout 150
dolccntos wero In tho pit At half-past 3, how
ever, tho main features of tho cotstructlon of
tho building were hidden by tha mass of hu
manity piled tier upon tier from the ground
floor to tho roof. Again tho topmost gallery
was as whlto with shirt sleeves ns a New York
baok yard on wash day. Tho work of the Con
vention had only been going on ton minutes,
for it was not until 3:20, In splto of the chorus
of "Tlmol""TImol" from tho gnllerlos, that
tho Chairman decmod it practicable to open
tho Bossion,
"When the Convention took ntocess," sold
he, "Gen. Harrison hod boon placed In nomi
nation for President. Is thero a socond to that
nomination?"
D. B. Hendorson bothered tho Convention
with furlhortronblo nbout tbo tlokots for the
old soldiers. Ho said that thoso that had boon
given out had beon taken up. and ho moved
that they bo furnished anew to tho votornn.i.
Tho committeemen on tho platform called out:
"That will be ail right" So thnt the gallant
vetB who aro peddling their tickets at high
prices will bo able to carry oft golden recollec
tions of the Convention.
E. 11. Torrrell ol Texas, a young fellow with
tbo complexion of a brick, nnd hnlr that would
developo a white horo on every block If ho
was n girl, seconded Harrison, lloiiiild that
Indiana wnB tho plvotnl Stato In this great
contost, and her llfteeneloetorul-covotcd votes
must not be ignoted by this Convention. His
speech was only Ave minutes' long, but wan
cliot-red a greet deal, particularly because of
hlsnlluiontn llnrrieou'i) record no u legis
lator and a soldlor. .... ...
Congresomnn Jacob H. Gallinger ot New
Hampshire, bald-headed, roiiua-racod, and
cherubic, told with what right Now Hampshire
could call herselt tho blnhplneo of statesmen
nnd patriots. Ho said it Is u close and doubt
ful Stato. that the wholo power of tho Admin
istration was opposing tho llopubllcnns thoro.
who must oleet Senatois nnd n Legislature
in Novombor. Ho said It wns the duty of tho
Republicans to glvo to llie country tbelretrong
est men, nnd It was evident, ho believed, thnt
that man was Harrison. Tho cheer over the
nlluslon to Gen. Harrison lasted two minutes,
but when Blaine's namo was mentioned thero
wns almost us much npplause, and many dele
gates roso from tholr seats to glvo dramatio
tileettntheoltuntlon.
ltwashotasglngor. A rumor spread from
seat to sent that a man from Ohio had been
sunstruck nnd had died. Nobody questioned
tho probability of tho story.
When Iowa was called. Mr. W. V. Hepburn
forcod his way to the platform, to the music of
five thousand pairs nt clapping hands. Ho
E roved to be n perfect salamander. Though
u talked for nearly halt an hour, he never
turned a hnlr. and there was not a glistening
drop of perspiration on his brow. He was
making a regular Congressional speech.
Whon ho mentioned the namo ot
Iowa's favorite. Allison, the Iowann jumped
on their chairs and almost flung their
nrms off in nn ecstney of adulation:
but they had It all to themselves among thn
delegates, though tho galleries with Impartial
favor cheered to tho ocho. Senator Cullom
camo In with Mr. Lttlor, the Paciflo Railroad
Commissioner. A list of tho railroad men,
officials, lawyers, nnd others, who aro either In
the delegate s seats, or have special tickets for
thn platform, would probably All a third ot a
column of The Bun.
Hepburn made a good speech and waB con
tinually applauded. He read It from a little
book covored with brown cardboard. He evi
dently spent a great doal of time in its prepar
ation. niCPBUBN'B SPEECH FOB ALLISON.
It is the laudable ambition ot evory mem
ber ot this Convention that to-day we pursue
such a course as to deserve and win suocess
at the end of this campaign. In there such a
course open to our choice? Wo remember
that we enter upon this struggle a beaten
party that we were not boftten for wont of
numbers, but for want ot harmony. Wo are
strong enough to compel a triumph, but it
will rotiuiro the united efforts of us all to
clutch it Is It possible for us to-day to name
a candidate tor whom all Republicans will
vote ? If wo do we shall succeed. It we fall
to name such an one our flag goes down in do
font before tho organized appetite for spoils
nnd Its allies. Tho candldato ot this Conven
tion must be of spotlesB character and of un
blemished political record. Ho must be n man
in whose armor of Integrity thero Is no flaw or
crov ass for the lodgment .of censure or calum
ny. Ho must bo a man versed in the publlo
business, schooled in tbo public sorvice, iltted
for the high ofllco to which we consecrate him
by broad experienco nnd observation. He
must be a man of affairs. The Republican
party Is one of deods ns well as of doctrines
results no loss than lofty sentiments.
Gentlemen, the Stato of Iowa bids me name
to you this man, lit to be your candidate
William B. Allison of Iowa. Of ull living mon
ho Is the ono we most do honor. Iowa asks his
selection. It is tbo prayer of that Stato that
has beon moio true to Republicanism than ull
others that nave neon iruosi. ah omors nave,
somotlmes wavered. Iowa novor. In all others
at some tlmo In your history some part of your
tloket has met defeat In Iowa never. In
thirty-four years of consecutive victory no
man has been inducted Into a State ofllce or
been accredited to the National Senate wbo did
not follow your flag and march in your column.
Fortunately for our candidate. In the ropubllo
wo recognize no rights ot podlgrea or ot an
cestry. Therein no primogeniture nor entail In the
honors of tbo State save thoso of worth and gen
ius. In those he is richly endowed. Ho was callod
to the publlo service In the early days of 1881.
Tho times neoded high courage, hopefulness.
Integrity, practical common sense, and unlim
ited capacity for work. Ills early llfo and ex
periences had taught him that these qualities
wore the antidote for the rigors of lowly
birth and humble fortune no deter
mined to deserve much at the hands of the
people, and they, recognizing the valuo of his
services, havo been honored by bis presence In
the Congress for more thnn twenty-five years.
Twenty-live years ot most oventul history, and
ovory pago of the legislative portion of the
record William B.Allison has helped to write.
It is In these records that you will find the at
testlon of bis wortlu
The candidate I have namod, we of Iowa
commend to you. A man of that calm nose of
mind who seeks tho methods of u judicious
conservatism, nnd yet who has on alt occasions
the courago to do thn right: whooxcitosno
auger and has no enemies; who Is sagacious,
conservative vorsed In tho detulls of the pub
lie business, whose Integrity Is abovo the reach
ol calumny: who has tho respect nnd con
fidence and kindly regard or all wbo know him,
and on whoso candidacy all classes or Republi
cans can unite, nnd so uniting ha will lead a
harmonious party to a satislylng victory.
We cannot tell you or all that would be done
were ha to direct the administration of affairs ;
but wero h6 so empowered wo could tell you
some things thnt would not be dono by him.
You would not find In his Jotter of atveptanco
an able argument against the fttnnsaof n Presi
dential incumbent for a second term, followed
by years of porflstont nnd unscrupulous effort
to secure a second teim. You would not find
In his official utterances nncountod pledges
for civil sorvice reform, nnd thn long j oai s of
constant prostitution or the civil service to all
the viler uses ol partisanship. You would not
find him striving lo destroy tbo silver coIikiko
of the nation, nor to retire the greenback so
dear to the people. Nor yot to strlko dovvn tho
mining IntflrestB of thn country lu behalf of
our old enemy and our present commercial
rival. You would not find him usiiruiug the
functions of a coordinate branch nt tho
Government and hundreds of times thwart
ing the legiblativo will by a reek-loss und
wanton Use of thn veto power that Is shame
less In vlow of the traditions of the republic,
ion would not llnd him sneering ut the old
veterans nor henplng gratuitous Insults upon
them, nor yet belittling uud minifying their
service, nor icfiihlng to permit n gratoful peo-
!)le to show their gratitude. You would not
Ind him lllllng tho representative places of
muor abroad with men who havo no just con
ception ol what thlM Government Is, who know
nothing ot tho Indissoluble cohesion of these
Stu'os, and whose only claim to recognition l
to he found In partisan service 1 ou would not
And him returning rebel Hugs, those honored
trophies of grund victories, to rebel urohlvns.
You would not find him paltering nbout home
rule In Ireland, and thon consenting to that
partisan conspiracy, instilled only by the foot
pads logic, that disfranchises 600.000 free
American citizens, retains1 them In territorial
vassalage, nud keens tho namo of Dakota from
the shield that designates a Htute. You would
not find blm ronteptedly and complacently
uoceptlngthofraitHof that organized evstein
of violence, fraud, nnd outrage thnt practically
disfranchises three-fourths of n million ,f
Southern voter thwart the popular will,
makes s Presldentu.l ejection 11 truvesty.trans.
(art-1 he political power to an tiiuunipmous ml.
norlty, ami works pregnant wrong to tho loHtl.
cnl rights ol ovory honest voter lu this land.
Rut you would always And him true to country
and the principles of our party. Wise in deter
mining the better course, courageous lu pur
suing It. bonctt fn the administration ot pnblio
affaire, icaJuj, deliberate, eoaeoryftllre. Uki,
and honest, giving the country nn ndmInIstro H
tlon that would moot the demands und fcocur fAfJ
tho benediction ot a contentod peoplo.
tanh rnoit Tin: li.iit-no.vDs.
Tho example set by n railroad nt St. Louis la H
furnishing Inns. npncMnr bo full nt a time,
wns Imitated by the railroad o'ltclals hero In
Chicago. ThnChlcngo, iiurlltigton nndljulnor
folks made a hit with a largo supply or cxpon-
slvo and conilonlJnpnneso ran". The Chicago.
Milwaukee und ht, Paul road did a clever thing
In furnishing tho correspondents with a spoel-
ally pi Intuit pad ot tally sheets, with Gresham
over tho fl rst coin ni ti, Dopow ovor tl.o fifth, and
Harrison Inst. .... ..... ..
Col. 1 red Grant and his beautiful brunntte
wire ranio Into thu hull by tlm, back vvay this H
afternoon, and escnped the feint of thnncci- Art
dental triumph that he und sho mado yos jTA
tcrday through tluulelegnti' sretlon. ...
Mrs. John A. l.ogan was bsckngaln In herX
seat In tho gallery, an exceedingly Intercstooy -
spectator. She mised no word or motion diuf, fU
Ingtho procoedlng. Hem wns tho only blnOk
fan In the big hull. It mntched herdeopwldow's
wecdr. and voluminous black veil. ...
Renin in 1 11 M. Roswortli of Rhode Island, n t
good-looking Yiinkco edition of Theodore
Roosnvi'lt, camo forwnrd to second Allison
nomination. Ho put Allison up ns a pure man.
a safe ami con'ervatlvo sltitesmnn, n friend of
labor, a mini u It li the oonlldonco of tho poople,
ono who world not nntiigonlze tho warring;
fnctlnnn in nny Stnln. Tho lnvvans, wero.fran
tic over this speech, but ngalti tho only aid
thoy got was fiom the galiorlos.
AUIISK PLACED IN NOMINATION.
When Kansas wob called thore was a ripple
ot apt-lnuso. but tho Htato was passed, so was
Krntucky, but whon Michigan's name was
sounded tho gallorles that had been packed for j
Alger sot up 11 wild hurrah. 'Iho Chairman
presented ex-Congressmnn Hnrr as tho cham
pion of the boodlo candidates, but It provod 1
thnt Mr. Hnrr had only ripen to nnnounco that
Robert G. Kraznr ot rotiolt would muko tho
presentation speech. I'rui-.or is voungor than
Harris -a stoutly, brond-shouldored. round
headed man, wit bout any nock. Ah ho mado bis
way to tho platform hu mndolhe greatest din
yet heard nt this Convontloii. While .hundreds 1
of men stood up all over tho gnllorles u voice)
cried out. " How is AlgorV" Instantly 11 thou
sand voices respondod, "Oh, ho 3 nil right I"
It was n full inlnuto before Frnj-nrcoulilfpenk.
Then bo got n ch'inco to say that Michigan
comes before tho Republican Convention for
tho llrst tlmo In her history to nsk of thnt Con
vention a favor. Ho sioko of Alger, without
mentioning his name, as strong In nil th
States alike strong with tho rich men nnd the
1 our men, stmng with tho white men and the
black mon. Mr". John A. Lognn wns Ploasod ;
beyond hor nblllty to restrain hergelf. She
smiled nnd nodded and brandlshod hor f An,
nnd looked thn picture of delight
"Como with me to Detroit." said Frnzer. in .
the poor mnn's home. In tho very abodes of I
misery, nnd montlon tbo namo of my candl- , ,
date, and you will find next to their God the ( '
poor P"oploof Michigan worship tho name ot
WMIli.Algor." mu 3
Trotnondous applause again broko out. The .
Mlchigau men had been piovlded, as had all '
tho rest of tho Convention, with n Bqunro red n?
white and blue handkoivhlef. Thoy tied these J .
hnndkeichlefs to their ennes, nnd. loaping up, 7H
filled the air with tho color of their gaudy em- '
blems. At thn samo tlmo tho negro delegates '
ail over tbo hack of the hall bobbod np j
unon their chairs and veiled like savages. i
Horo and thoro In tho gnllerlos bands
of men, by some strntigo accident
congregated together, roso nnd Indulged
In the wildest demonstration. Ono mnn took
off his coat and vest nnd flung them nround 1
his hoad as ono might have brandished a
towel. In Bpito of the tremendous uproar. It
1b n painful fnct that the only delegates who
were enthusiastic for tho barrel from Michigan j
are Arkansas and Alabama. Tho rest of the
delegates eat ns stolidly as so many bumps all
nlong throughout tho delirium.
QWhon the orator came to speak in feeling
terms of tho boreavoment ot tho country
through tho loss of Gen. Logan, tho widow of
the old Captain boro up for n moment against
tho memories that surged to her brain and
thon waB obligod to havo recourse to her hand
kerchiof. and she was seen to sob nnd wipe her
eyes continually.
While tho snooch went on n heavy rainfall,
visible through the gaps in tho masonry and
which sent men Into the hall dripping wet, was
cooling tho air, and lire became ondurablo for
tho llrst time since tho Convention opened.
Chicago's slrrocco was broken at last
FBAZEn'S BrEECn FOB ALOEB.
Mb. Pbesident aud Gentlemen op toe Con
vention: Michigan comes into a Republican
Convention for the first time in Rb history to
ask of that Con ventlon a fav or. Michigan has
always proved truo to the Republican party,
and Michigan always Intends to prove true to
that organization In any political battle which
maybe fought Wo And the Republican party
to-day out or power for the first time in its
history. Heretofore, during all the battles that
you have fought during all the great contests
in which you have engaged. Michigan has boon
modest In tier demands ot the Republican
party: but when wo llnd that this party Is out
of power, when wo Una the Democratlo party
controlling this nation, we don't stop to argue
by what moans or methods that party got
there, but we como hero to provide for you tho
ways and moans of turning thnt party out ot
power. Cheers.) As long as everything was
going along smoothly with tho Republican
party, Michigan had nothing to ask : but now,
whon you need her we como hero and offer you
a man to load you to victory In this campaign
cheers, and I propose to toll you why. In the
first place. It becomes necessary that yon :
should select from the large number of candi
dates that are named here the most available 1,
one to fight this campaign with. He must, as i
has been desorlbed by tho gentlemen, be strong
In all the States alike; be muBt be strong alike
with tho soldier and with tho civilian, with the
rich man and with the poor man. with the
black man and with the wblto man. ApplauseJ
I propose to offer you in behalf of Michigan for i
your careful and candid consideration
such a gentleman. I bolievo, Mr. Chairman,
thnt wo aro hero as a deliberative .
body of men. I nm glad to see the enthusiasm j)
that Is manifested by this large assemblage of
people In behalf of tho gentlemen whose names ,
have been presented nnd will be presented to V
this Convention. Michigan has no charges to
bring against any of them. We know nothing i
against them, and wo have sought to find noth- f
lng against them. Thoy aro Republicans alb t
and tbey havo boen true to the Ropubllcan i
party, and I ask on bohalf of Michigan here a '
careful consideration of all these gentlemen's
merits, and I hope they will reoeive, each of
them, tbelr full share of praise. And In pre
senting to you our candidate here I ask noth- ..
lnc but and I ought to be ashamed to ask it
a fair consideration for him In a Re- ;
publican Convention. These gentlemen. I
I say, who have all beon named 1
wo havo nothing to say againBt them, and w
bellovo that what has been said about tbom Is
truo, but the availability of the man that yon
should place lu nomination here is a serious
question for you to consider. And right hero 3
at the outset I say to you that he will supply a
to you u strength from all tho nuartera that I f
have named. Tho rich man will trust blm, for $
he is a man of, business and affairs, and his f
honor among these men has been and always j
wilt bo unquestioned. If you think that he Is 5
not a friend of tho poor como with mu to the j
eityol Detroit, where he lives: entor with mo ,
into the poor man's homo aye, Into the 1 v
very abode of mlsory and there montlon '
tho nuino of our candidate, and you
will And thnt next to their God. among the
Iioor people of Michigan, tho namo of Gen. f.
lussoll AlgerlslnthoirhcnrtB. Itls not forme
to detail to you all tho history of this man's
liio, but I said to you a mlnuto ngo that this -I
mnn should rocelvo tho vote, not only ofthe
rich nnd of the poor, but there Is another ele- J
ment in the Republican parly. which U en- 1
titled to your consideration, nnd it goes with
out saying that the soldiers or the republic are
entitled to consideration In a Ropubllcan Con
vention, . ,
Gentlemon oi the Convention, many of you, f
llko myseir. remember tho time when we were V
lying at home In our beds with our heads rest-
lng upon our downy pillows, with our wives
and children snfo around us, and how these v
hi uve mi 11 marched to the front and stood bo
twucn us and a reckless enemy. You romem- (
ber how whon this country was In all this ;
trouble, und tho sound of nrms was heard all
through, tho Southern border, you remember '
how wo looked down to the South and thought
ot theso men who wero thon protoctlug us, 1
Our hearts wont out to them. Wonidod them 1
all we could. hen these men In tholr raaa
liood were stricken down In all tholr strength. 1 .
their blood enriching the Southern soli, there
was no kind wife there to wipo their clammy ',
foroheiuls: thero, was no lovltig child 'v
to close tbelr eyes Injdoiitli Ithey hudhio sweet
yolced choir to chant their requiem; tho ouly
kindness they rcoiveu was rrom u comrade in '
arms and their only renuleni was the shriek- ';
Ingorahostllosholl. These men nr entitled '
to Bpmo consideration, inn) wherever thoro is a
soldier in this country, whoiovor thoro Is a
man that loves bravo deeds nnd dnring ucts
the nnmu or Russell X. Alger Is known and
honored, I say unto you now. gentlemen of '
the Convention, without fear of contradiction, ;
that thon-is no soldlor In this iiHtlon that In
hotter beloved by thu rank nnd fllo of tho O.
A. It. than thu man whoso name I hnvo men- A
tloned. f nofsl not till you of his during
deods. His bravery Is , writton upon tho Si
blooa-stalncd pngos of his country'ii hist- ffl
pry. Ills acts of courago and bravery aro iiJ
familiar themes at tho camp lire of thobo men ' S
whohavojoft theso seunostielilnil thero. Iran Vj
nay to you now that these boldlersare not to be f
with us long. Tho politician und the states- '
man will always bo hero, und ulwuys wanting
ofllco. Rut it will not bo long, gentlemen ol I
tbo (convention. .before theso brnvu defenders
of tho nation will all hnvo puBseduvvay. Lotus V
honor them whllo wo can. fit us remember I
what they hnvo dono when wn nro in a position i
to remember it, and when their names are pro- I
sentod lor our con.lderatinn, I bellnvo Hut . ),
I hey hnve a greater hold upon 1 our hearts than
men who have taken no 1 art In the great ft
tro'iblo that freo J tho i-luvii and ravod tho I
Lulou. If
Tlir nrofeislonH nf this country, and pnrtlou- J'
larly tua profession of tlm luv. has been for ull k
time honored by candidates for iho Presidency.
Tho business men of this nation have never
had a oandldnte. I present to you a business I
San. This is to bo a business man's campaign.
wo ore to flght this battle en the line of tie m