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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24, 1852. WHEELING, W. VA, SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1892. VOLUME XL-NUMBER 252.
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HARRISON
Will Lead ibc Republican Hosts
American Progress I
ONE GOOD TERM DESERVES
Of tbe Representatives of tha Party 1:
Hlnnea]
In lloc SJ|{
"GRANDFATHER'S HAT" THE SI(
It Covers a Massive Drain and tho Pi
natcd on tho First Ballot and It
dcntod Enthusiasm?Tho Convov
BInino's Xaino Presented, But the
Simply to Iloafc Harrison, for a 15n
Man?Eloquent Nominating Spec
Ilold Nominated 0:1 First BnllotA
REVIEW OF THE DAY.
Tliat the Fight 1* Over .Everybody if liarrliion.
Fptctal DUpatch to th* InltUlqtnctr.
MixxeaMms, Mink., Juno 101?As it
was written in tho dispatches so it is.
The vote is a little better than tho published
estimates, and tho Republicans
are ready to go to battle once more under
tho leadership of a sucnesslul chieftain.
Last night's vote on tho report
of tho committco of credentials should
n.'tvu snupneu ;ne oppuaiuou iiiiu
tho jig was up. They saw
with sick hearts tho rising tide,
but they got together, sent
their runnors in the night an4 the early
morning nud assaulted evory Harrison
delegation, 'l'he Harrison men stood
tho shock liko veterans, making no
ellort to rotaliate. They stood ready
stood rendv for the Inst and decisive encounter.
the opposition throw Blaine
into the bear pit and had to leniitn be
wantonly butchered. They tried to
stampodo tor McKinloy as a last resort,
but tho Harrison nion stood their
ground. AVhsn it was seen that Harrison
was a winner, McKinloy wanted to 1
do tho handsonio thing and
nominate by acclamation. Men who
hail held to mnko and win the
fight wanted to got on record. West
Virginia raised the point that she had
the right to vote, argued it and voted.
Tho defeated would have been glad to
bo on tho other side, but ovory body is
for Harrison now. It has been a
splendid convention and ovory body is
going to work for Harrison and olcct
him. Some ol us will tako a rost for a
day or two. and toe tho sights and then
hurry home for the big ratification
meeting which wesupposo tho bovs are
arranging for. c. 11. 11.
MR. HART'S l.KADKRSHir
Cordln'ly Inrioriml by th?t Kntlr? lVo?t
Virginia llnlrcnMoti by Reiulutlon.
tprciol Diipctch to IU Jiuelllqeiuer.
Min.neapoi.i8, Juno 10.?The Wost
Virginia delegation passed tho following
resolution this evening: '
Knotted,?'That tho West Virginia
delegation to the nntionnl Ropublican
convention congratulato tho Republicans
of Wo.it Virginia on tho conspicuously
able leadership tho delegation
has had in tho person of Charles
Burdett llart, its chairman, who gave
to our small delegation aa influonco in
tho councils oi tho convention nud on
the floor out of all tbo proportion of the
state's vote in the convention.
I"V\'o desire it known that, with Mr.
Hart at our hoad, wo stood ill tho first
rank of tho influential delegations, and
10 him if) lnnrfilv rlito thn rnculfa which
wo confidently bcliovo will bo ratified
by tho people at the polls." J. k. h.
WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATION
I> Cordially Congrnt ulatoi! by Secretary
Klklna for the rreildant,
Special Di/patch to the hi tell (gender.
Minxeapolih, Minx., Juno 10.?Following
has just boon received:
"Wasiiinqtox, Juno 10.
"Chnrlcr Iturddt Hart:
Cordial eonsratulations. You have
done splendid work which is warm.y appreciated
by friends here. Tho delegation
has acted nobly, and 1 extend my
thanks to oacli and all.
^Signed) "S. B. Elkixs."
THE GREAT SCENES
That Were WUne?ted When the Nominating
Sjieochei Were Mmle.
Mikxcatolis, Mix.v., Juno 10.-A short
tap oi tho gavel nt 11:35 chocked tho
hum oi voices and was followed a momont
later by Chairman McKinloy ordering
il in Iiofna nlnni?/i.l Aiirl anma anri. I
of order established. The prayer of
Bov. Wayland Hoyt, of Minneapolis,
helped produce silence and order. The
reverond gentleman prayed that the
man to he solocted as the standard
bearer might bo ono chosen by .the
Lord, and a man after his own heart.
A littlo fluttering of applause greeted
the report by Senator Quay, that Hon.
David Martin, of Philadelphia, had been
elec.ed as Pennsylvania's member of
tho national committeo. Martin was
Quay's candidate, and his selection indicates
tho continued sway of the senator
in tho Kovstono State.
A momont'later Chairman McKinley
laid: "Mr. Quay, of Pennsylvania, ro*
AND REID
to Victory in the Campaign tor
In the Year of '92.
ANOTHER, IS THE VERDICT
a Rational Convention Assembled at
jolls.
no Vlnccf.
iH By WHICH WE CONQUER.
?1
joplo Appreciate It?Harrison Noml- I
lo Tlfnrln imld ITnn.??..
r? VI1HIIIIIIUUD ailliu VIIJII UVL" I
itlon Goes Wild With Excltcment.
i Ballot Shows thnt tho Motive Was
:ak Is Made Tor McKlnloy, a Harrison
!t-bcs?Scenes or Croat Excltomcut.
'Clio Convonlion Proceedings.
ports on tho part of those opposed to
the majority report that tliov will mako
no further opposition to its adoption.
Prolonged cheers followed this announcemt
of tho tacit acknowledgement
of defeat from tho opponents of tho
majority report of. tho crodontials commit
tee, nnd tho report was adopted by
acclamation. A separate voto was demanded
by tho contesting delegatos of
Utah on their caso but tho majority report
wns adopted, nnd thS Mormons declared
ineligible. On request of Chairman
Duffield, tho Alger manager, tho
Michigan dolcgation was allowed to
rotiro for lo minutes for consultation,
no nominating spsochcs to bo made until
after their return.
"Ilia regular order," rostimcd tho
chairman, "is tho presentation of candidates
for President oi the United
Statos." [Cheers.]
It was decided that the roll of states
gnouiu do caueu, ana wnen i*oioriiuo
wns roacliod Senator Wolcott, of tlio
silver stato, arose. instantly the Blaine
men burst into'*lld, enthusiastic
cheers, and nil doubt as to tho presentation
of tho nnmc ol .lames li. Blaine
wns now romoved. Senator Wolcott
spoke as follows:
BI.AJNK's NAMB PRB8BSTBD.
"Mb. Chairman andGesti.emes of the
Convention :?Tho Republicans of tho
West sometimes diffor with the Republicans
of tho East as to what is wanted.
On" this occasion thcro is remarkable
unanimity between genuine Republicans
of tho Wost and genuine Republicans
of the East as to who is needed,
and his name is Blnine." Tho name of
tho Maino statesmen seemed to be one
to conjure with, for when .Senator Wolcott
pronounced it, one crent universal
howl wont up from tho audience and a
large number ot delegates, New York 1
particularly being very effusive. The
demonstration lasted about sixty seconds,
and when it concluded Senator
Wolcott continued:
"The greatest American living suffered
defeat eight years ago because the
party which ho led and honored was
torn by discord, and becauso fraud triumphed.
We meet to-day to undo that
wrong and to present to o'tir uncrowned
leader, tho pledgo of our unswerving
devotion and tho assurance of a victory
in November that will obliterate in his
heart and ours the memory of his past
defoat."
The speaker at this point was greeted
with loud and prolonged cheers, many
of the delegates standing up and waving
their handkerchiefs and flags, and the
audience generally yolling loudly.
"With a reputation for fealty and
devotion, it is to us a matter of comxAHdtlifn
? ?<!! Ifnnnnnn \r h/i alinll ha
chosen to lend the Democratic hosts,
but wo trust thoy will again renominate
their protective tariff roformor in order
that we may demonstrate lion* short a
life has slander and calumny, that our
eonntry may repair the wrong of 1884
and that we may stamp with the soul
of llnal disapproval a policy which could
lend only to impoverishment at home
and which brought us only contemplated
dishonor abroad."
"Tho welfare of our boloved party, Mr.
Chairman, is infinitely of a greater importance
than the nomination or vindication
of any other within its rank, and
wlion tho roll of Btatos is called, I believe
it will be romombored that tho
obligations of office are repaid solely by
a faithful performance of its duties.
1NTFKHLPTED nY APPLAUSE.
"Our candidate, Mr. Chairman, has
never been tho 1'resident of tho United
States. IIo will Uo." Tlio speaker wa?
nun in interrupted, and the nuilionco
turned itself loose and many delogatos
applauded loudly.
"But if has not yot occupied that
high oflko, ho has by his devotion to
his party made ltooublican presidents
poisible, and ho has guided two administrations
with Ills sagacity and faithfulnoss.
That wo aro respected and
honored abroad, we owe to his state
craft. There is no public measures
since tho days of reconstruction which
has tendod to tho advancement of our
countrv with which his name is not
identified; and whon the history of
this generation of tho republican shall
bo written, hit namo will stand foremost
among statesmen, for tho
best honors of the world are
not to tlioso who sock them.
(Applause.) For my part f rejolco that
tho opportunity is pi von to cast my
voto for a nominco who stakes everything
for hit country and nothing for>
himself (cheers), and tho same devotion
to tho national welfare which has
guided lilm in hii public life for nearly
* generation insures his acceptance of
any duty which this convention may
impose upon liim. (Applause.) For
many months thero has been apprehension
in the public mind respecting
his health nnd strength. It is gratifying
to be ablo to state that the fears
which movod us were groundless. For
our country's sako and lils own wo
could wish that ho wcro again tho
young and nrdont leader whoso lights
have flared in countless battles, and
that his youth could bo renewed liko
tho eagloi. (Cheers.)
THE INTREPID 1.EADER.
"Mr. Chairman, in tho hour when victory
is at band wo turn to the intrepid
leader who has so shaped this party
policy which has lifted it abovo the
danger of further defeat, ?nd to those
oi us who oeiong 10 uie younger eiemcuti
of tbo party who are content to
follow and not to load, and who mk
only to bear their ahare of their burden
and defeat of the day, he stands our
idenl our inspiration. With loving
faith and trust, Providenco will long
spare him to a populace whose grateful
homago he has ournod and whose aOoctionato
devotion he possesses. AVe
pledgo our unfaltorine and loyal support
to James G. Blaine.
As the speaker closed tho followors of
Blaine gave a spontaneous burst of applause
which lasted, liowovor, but a
few moments, but was renewed by a
long drawn out calliope howl from tho
men of lungs in the lower corncr of the
hnll, which was answered with cries of
"Blnino, Blalno, Blaino, Blaine."
At theconclusion of Senator Wolcott's
speoch tho cull of statC9 was resumed,
and when Indiana wai reached the
venerable Kicliard W. Thompson, ox-secretary
of tho navy, arose. Always
a favorite in Republican conventions
the distinguished Indianan rising to
nominate Harrison, becamo tho temporary
idol of tho convention. In response
to tho popular demand ho took
the platform, and when ho skillfully alluded
to Wolcott's snooch by saying
tho candidate whom ho would name
did not seok elevation by the detraction
of any other Republican tho sentiment
clicited cheers. IIo said:
hahmso.v nominated.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlomon of tho
Convention:?I don't intend to mako a ;
speech. I propose to make a nomina- 1
tion for tho presidency which shall
strike a chord of sympathy in every true
Republican heart. I proposo to nominate
forth? presidency a man who doos
not seek elevation to tho presidency by
tho detraction of any other great man in
tho Republican party. [Applause.] I
do not propose, however, to defend tho
history of his life before tho convenfinn
hnnnnoA if will Kr? rinnn in u>a?1b nf
burning and breathing eloquence which '
can't be surpassed In this or auy other |
Ft~jr /
HON. WIIITKLAW RK1D,
Nominated for Vlco President. <
country in tho world. [Applause.]
Therefore, with those gimpfe words of .
praise I nominate to tho presidency oi
tho United Stntos the warrlor-stntosman,
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana.
A counter demonstration, that so far 1
as the detonates woro concerned, sur- '
r>asa<t/l fhn Illntnn irrpfttintr followed Mr.
Thompson's apcoch, and it was nearly
two nilnutos before tlin Harrison cheers
subsided. The call of states was resumed
and when Michigan was reached
there was a breathless pause, but no
response carao from tho Michigan delegation.
1
"What's tho matter with Alger," '
shouted a southern delegate.
A voice replied: "Not in it." And
the convention taking from that that
tho Michigan delegation had retired the
Wolverine candidate from tho track, 1
burst into cheers. Just why noono
know.
A BI.AIXE DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. Kustis, of Minnesota, seconded
the nomination of Blaino. The Kepublienn
party honored its great loadors, ho
said, but above them all 9tood oun man.
Kvery issue on which wo must win was
personified in his name. At tho close
of Kuitis' speech the chief Blaino i
demonstration of the day took place.
It seemod as if it were without end.
Tho crowd yolled, waved umbrellas, 1
threw hats in the air, danced, clieerod.
when every man had come to think hn- i
man power must soon orercomo itsolf.
tho old stamping cry "Blaino, Blaine,
James G. Blaino,1' spread throughout
tho audionco. When it lasted so that <
subsidence was coming from exhaustion
somo ono in tiioaudienco bcznu hissing. I
When a lady wns given a hugo star
bearing the portrait of Blaine alio wared
it on high and tho cheering was again
renewed. Tho enthusiasm began to
stir np tho old Blnino men who had reluctantly
contontod to go into the McKinloy
movement and this onco a train
oxcitod Fornkerso that ho thought the
gallant war horso of his devotion might
go through in u hurrah, so tlmtClarkson
and othor leaders had to go to him and
ston him from breaking tho programme.
This scene lasted thirty-ono minutes.
W. K. Mattlson, tho colurod delegate
from Mississippi, seconded tho nomination
ol "tho greatest citiicn of the
world, n man so great that no one is
jealous of him, that greatest of Americans,
that of greatest of living Republicans,
Jumos U. Blaine." Whon tho
cheers which followed this spoach had
stib?lded the namu of New York was
called. As the courtly Depew arose,
5,000 Harrison representatives burst
Into one mighty cheer.
DEPK1V SECONDS HARBISON'S NOMINATION.
Mr. Depow said: "Mr. president and
gentleman of tho convention: It h tho
peculiarity of Republican National Conventions
that each one of them has a
distinct and interesting history. We
aro here to meet conditions and solve
problems which inako this gatherim
not only no exception to the rulo bu
substantially a new doDart,\irp. Tha
there Bhoula be strong convictions am
thoir earnest expression ai to prcfor
cnce and policies is characteristic of tin
right of individual judgement which ii
tlio fundamental principle of Hopubli
canism. Thoro have been occasion:
when the result was so sura that tlx
delegates could freely Indulgo in the
charming privilege of favoritism anc
friendship. But the situation whicl
now confronts us domands the exorcise
of dispassionato judgement and oui
best thought and experience. W<
cannot vontura on uncortair
f[round or oncountcr obstacles placci
n the pathway of succoss by ourselvos.
The Democratic party ia now .divided,
but the hone of tho possession of powui
onco more will make it in the final bat
tie more aggrossive, determined and un
scrupulous than cvor. it starts with
fiftcon states sccuro without an effort,
by procosscs which aro n travesty upon
popular govornment, and if continued
long onouuh, will paralyzo institutions
founded upon popular sulfrago. It has
to win four more states in a fair fight,
states which in tho vocabulary of politics
aro denominated doubtful. The
Republican party must appeal to tho
conscience and judgment of tho Individual
votor in every stato in tho union.
This is in accordtiifco with tho principal
upon which it was founded, and
tho objects for which it contends."
osc or T1IE ISSUES.
It has accepted this iatue before, up
fought it out with an extraordinary continuance
of success. The conditions of
Republican victory from 18B0 to 1880
woro creatod by Abraham Lincoln and
U. S. Grant. They woro that tho saved
republic should be run by its saviors,
the emancipation of slaves; the reconduction
of the states, tho rccoption of
those who had fought to Uostroy the
republic back into the fold, without the
penalties or punishments and to an
squal share with those who Iia4 fought
and saved tho nation in tho solemn
obligations and inestimable privilege of
American citizenship. ^hoy woro tho
embodiment into the constitution of
tho principles for which two millions
sf men had fought and a half million
had died. They were the restoration of
public credit, the resumption of spccic
payments and the prosperous condition
jf solvent business. For 25 years they
irar<\ notnM with which to Colli are-and
events fresh in the public mind, which
were eloquent with popular enthusiasm.
It needed little vise than a recital
ji the glorious storv of Its heroes and a
statement of tho achievements of the
Republican party to restrain tho confiioncc
of tho people. But from tho desire
for a change which is characteristic
jf free governments there came a reversal.
Then canio a chock to tho projross
of tho Republican party and four
rears of Democratic administration,
rhose four years largely relegated to
the1 realm of history past issues and
brought us faco to face with tho Democracy
and its practices. Tho groat
names which have adorned tho roll of
iho Republican statesmen and soldiers
!in. nntrnt nnd noDulnr. The nroat
[HCTOnrft of tlie Republican partv-aro
StUTnTe boat part oi tho history of tho
:entury.
UNIQUE IX THE RECORD OF PARTIES.
The unequalled and unexampled
story of Republicanism in its progress
and in its achievements stands unique
in tho record of parlies in governments
which are free. But wo live in practical
time.*, facing practical issues which
affect the business, the wages, tho labor
and tbo prosperity of to-day. The campaign
will be won or lost, not upon tho
bad record of James K. Polk, or of
Franklin Fierco, or of James B|ichanan,
but upon the good record of Lincoln, or
of Grant, or of Arthur, or of Hayes, or
of Garfield. It will bo won or lost upon
the policy, foreign and domestic, the industrial
measures and the administrative
acts of the administration of Bonjamin
Harrison. Whoever receives tho
nomination of this convention will run
upon tho judgment of the people, as to
whether thov havo been more prosperous
and moro happy, whether Iho
country hns been in n bettor condition
?t borne, and stood more honorably
nbroad under these last four yoars of
Harrison and Republican administration
than during tho preceding four
years of Cleveland and Democratic govsrnment.
Not since Thomas Jefforson
has any administration been called up
on 10 lace uiiu Boivo ho muuy u1 auuu
Jidlcult problems as thoBe which havo
been tlio exigent of our conditions.
No administration since the organization
of the government linn ever mot
with difficulties hotter or more to tho
satisfaction of tho American people.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OK TIIE ADMt.NISTttATIO.V.
Chill has been taught that no mattor
liow small the antagonist no community
iaq with safety insult the ting or murder
American sailors. Germany and
Kngland havo learned in Samoa that
tho United States has become ono of
the (towers of the world, and no mattor
how mighty tho adversary at ovory
sacrifice American honor will bo maintained.
Tho Bering sea question,which
was the insurmountable obstacle in tho
diplomacy of Cloveland and of Bayard,
has boen settled upon a basis which
sustains tho American people until arbitration
shall havo determined our
rigni. mo uonar 01 tno country iius
been placed and kopt on tho standard
of commercial nations, and a convention
lias been agreed upon with foreign
governments which bv making biinetalism
tho policy of nil nations mny
successfully solve all our financial
problems. Tho taritl, tinkorod with
and trifled with to tho serious disturbance
of trade, and disaster to business
since the days of Washington,
has boon courageously embodied into
a code which bos preserved the
principle' of tho protection of American
Industries. To it has been added a
boneflcient policy supplemented by
beneficial treatios, and wiso diplomacy
which has opened to our farmers and
manufacturers the markets of othor
oountries. The navy has been bulldod
upon lines which will protect American
citizens and American interests and
the American flag all over the world.
Tho public debt has been reduced, the
maturing bonds have been paid off.
The public credit has beon maintained.
The burdens of taxation havo been
lightened. Iwo hundred million! of
currency havo been added to the peoples'
money without disturbance of the
exchanges. Unexampled prosperity
lias crowned wise laws and tlioir wise
administration. Tho main question
which divides us is, to wlioin does tho
crodit of nil this belong.
TO WHOM THE HONOR BELONGS.
Orators may stand upon this plat'
form, more able and more eloquent
THE REPUBLICAN PAllTY TO Pi
Term Deserve
tlmn I, who will pnint in more brilliant
colors, but tliey cannot put in mora
oarnost thought tho affection and adluiration
of Itopublicnns for our distintzuishad
secretary of stuto. I vield to
no Kepublican, no matter from what
state lie halls, in admiration and rospoct
for John Sherman, for Governor
McKlnloy, for Thomas B. lioed, for
Iowa's groat son, for tho favoritoi ot
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, but
when 1 am told that the credit for tho
brilliant diplomacy of this administration
belongs exclusively to the secretary
of stuto, fur tho administration of
its finances to the secretary of tho treasury,
for the construction 01? iU shim to
tlicsccrctnry of tliomivv.for the introduction
of Amorican pork in Kurope to tho
secretary of agriculture, for tho settlement
bo far as it is settled of tho currency
que?tion to Senator John Sherman!
for tho formulation-' of tho tariff
laws to Governor McKinley, for tho removal
of the restrictions placed by
foreign nations upon tho introduction
of Ainorican pork to our ministers at
I'aris and Borlin, I am tempted to serionsly
inquire, who, during the last four
yonrs, hus boon President of the United
iitatos, any?ow? Ciosar, n hen ho wroto
tlioso commentaries which were the
history of tho conquests of Europe,
under" his leadership, modestly took
tho position of Eneas when he said'they
aro the narrativoof ovonta the whole of
which I saw, and tho part of which I
was.'"
GREAT W0M) PAIXTING.
Gon. Thomas, as tho rock of Cliiekamauga,
occupies a place in our history
with Leonidas among tho Crooks,
except that ho succnodod whero LeouidiH
failed. Tho fight of Joo Iiookor
above tho clouds was tho poetry Of battle.
The rosistloas rush of Klioridan
and his stood down the valley of tho
Shenandoah is tho epic of our civil war.
Tho march of Sherman from Atlanta to
tho sea is tho supremo triumph of gallantry
and strategy. It detracts nothing
from the splendor of tho fame or
tho merits of tho deeds of his lieutenants
to say that having scloctod thorn
with' marvelous sagacity and discretion,
Grant slill remained tho suproine commander
of tho national army. All the
proposed acts of any administration
boforo tlioy aro formulated aro
passed upon in cabinet council,
and tho measures und suggestions
of tho ablest secretaries would have
failed with a lessor president. l)ut for
tho good of tho country and the beueflt
of the ItepubKcan party thoy have suennn/lnd
Imcnitan ni ihn biiirnAHtSvn minrf
tho indomitable courage, tho intelligont
appreciation of situation and the
grand magnamity of Benjamin Harrison.
ll in an understood fact tlmt
during tho iow months when both the
secretary of state and tho secretary of
the treasury wore ill, tho President porr
sonally assumed tho duties of tho stato
department and both with equal success.
The secretary of state in accopting his
portifolio, under l'rosidont Gurliold,
wrote:
"Your administration must be mado
brilliantly successful and strong in tho
confidence and prido of the people, not
at all diverting Its energies ior ru-eluction
and yet compelling that result by
tho logic of events and by tho imperious
necessities of the situation."
Garfield foil boforo the bullet of tho
assassin and Mr. Blalno retired to privato
life. Gonorol Harrison invited
him to tako up that unfinished diplomatic
career when its threads had been
so tragically brokon. Ho entered tho
cabinet. Ho resumed his work and hus
won a higher placo in our history. Tho
prophecy ho mado forGarfteld has been
superbly fulfilled by President Harrison.
In the language of Mr. Blaine, "tho
President has compelled a re-election
by tho logic of events and the imperious
necessities of tho situation."
JUDflE THE FUTURE DY THE PAST.
Tho man who la nominatod hero today
to will must carry a certain well
known number of tho doubtful states.
Patrick Henry, in tho convention which
started rolling the bull of tho independence
of tho colonics from Croat Britain,
said: "1 haw but ono lamp by which
my feet nro guided, and that Is the lmnp
of experience. I know of no way of
judKlnjr of the futuro but by tho [lust."
Now York was carried In 1880 by General
Garfield, and in every Important
election sinco that time wo have done
our best. Wo iinve put forward our
ablest, our most ponular, our most brilliant
leaders far governor and state oificors
to sudor constant defeat. Tho only
1 light which illuminos with thu sun of
1_V__ a t_ ? A t 1 * -t . I
nopo uiu anrii rccoru 01 moso years. is
the fact that in 18.SS tho stato " ol Now
York n triumphantly curried by President
Harrison. IIo carried it thou as a
gallant soldier, a wise senator, a states.
man who inspired conlidonco by bis
IB\
ItESIDRXT HAIIIIISOX?"Ono Good
>s Allot hpr."
public utterances in daily upeech from
the commencement of the canvass to its
close. Iiostill has all these qualities,and,
in auuition, an aaministiatton oeyonu
criticism nnd rich with tho elements of
popularity with which to curry New
York again. Ancestry helps in tho old
world and handicaps in tho new. There
is hub one distinguished example
of a sou first ovorcomimt the
limitations imposed by tho preeminent
fame of his fathoc and
then rising above it, and that was
when tho voungcr Pitt bocomo greater
tlinn Chatham. With an anco&tor a
signer of tho declaration of indenond*
once aud another who saved, li north*
ciiauncky m. detow.
west from savagery and gave it to civi'izatiou
and empire, slid who also was
President of tlio United States, a poor
and unknown Inwyor of Indiana lias
risen by his unaided efforts to such distinction
as lawyer, orator, soldier,
statesman and President, that 'ho reflects
more crodit upon his ancestors
than they have devolved tijion him,
and presents in American history the
parallel of the younger Pitt Jiy the
grand record oi a wiso and populur
administration, by the strength gained
in frequent contact with tho people, in
wonderfully versatile and felicitous
speeches, by tho claims of a pure life in
public and in the simplicity of a typical
American home, I nominate Uenjainia
Harrison."
tiik clisra* in- nrprw's speech.
Tho climax in the Dopow speech cnino
at a juncture unexpectedbylhespeakor.
Alluding to tho brilliant records and
doeds of tho administration ho said,
"Who will bo croditcd n sharo in overy
one of them." Instantly a voico shouted
"JBlaino," and another demonstration
was precipitated by tho followers of tho
Plumed Knight. i'ho expected demonstration
followed Mr. Dopew's speech
and it nearly rivalled the lilaine outburst
of a few minutes previous. A
huso 0 by 8 portrait of tho Presidont
was borne down to the grand stand, and
tho lion. 1'red Douglass, tho leader of
tho colored raco, leu tho mighty ovation
by mounting a chair and waving his
hat high into tho air wliilo his white
hair waved in tho breeze.
The band struck up a lively air and
tho enthusiasm grew with it. A quickwitted
Blaino man was tho tirat
to check it. Grasping the hugo silken
banuer of tho Chicago lilaine club bearing
tho portrait of the great popular
leader, lio marched up the centre aislo.
as tno limine and iinrritjon Danners
mot midway a counter domouatrotion
followed which no worda can adequately
oxpreaa. Old and young, tho sedate
and cheerful, austere and gay, all joined
In the unthusiaam of the occasion.
The trl-color plunios of Blaino were
holatod on every side and la if by magic
a score of portraita of llurriaon and
lSlaino woro avrung to the breeze.
In twenty minutes tho rival demonstration
had subsided auAluiently
for the chair to announce that Ex-Senqtor
Wnrnor Miller of Neiv York was
recognized. Tho apecch of the great
Nicaragua canal advocato in seconding
Blalnea nomination waa being made,
and Ilia worda of harmony were well received.
Hia statement that he and his
friends hud no words of destruction for
Harrison and thftt tho nominee of the
vvutuutiwtt nuuiu iiiu
of nil Kopubiicana provoked hearty
apoliuae.
Tho general underitandinK had been
that l'ornker would innke tho principle
pocch for Maine, and when, lor some
reason unknown to the audlenco, lorakor
reluctantly but llrinly declined to,
disappointment was intense. Another
colored orator sained the platform and
was coldly received at first, but when
lie said sarcastic roforonco una ooea
made to tho shouting of tlio poopla in
the galleries for Blaine, lio brought
down the house by the declaration:
"Thank God, tho pooplo in the gallery
have a vote at tho polls." Then ho had
tho audience and overy sentence was
cheered to his last that "oternily itself
glial! catch tho name of James 0.
Blaine."
srooxKit's speech.
"Spoonor" shouted a hundred voices
when the state of Wisconsin was called,
and as the popular ex-senator strode up
the aisles tho Harrison men cheered
him to tho ocho.
Mil PjuauoksT ani> Gentlemen or
the Convention :?Tho preliminaries
are sottled, and it is a relief that we are
at last face to faco with the groat duty
which wo como hither to perform. Tnat
tho action of this body, composed of
representative men, who lovo the Republican
party, and sock to promote its
? ?a..I Wu rnonnl on/1 nritif?inlitn
succuaa *?? ??VV.m ....x. ? ,? -?
will bo doliberato, thoughtful and pile
triotic and such as to secure tar it the
approval of those wJio sent us here,
cannot woll bo doubled. National liepublican
conventions liavo not been accustomod
to make mistakes. That
which met at Chicago in 1888
made no mietako when it entrusted the
power and responsibility nnd lendership
to Benjamin Harrison, ot' Indiana,
ana Benjamin Harrison made no mistakes.
Ho quickly proved himself an
ideal candidate, nnd u leader who led.
Millions of hostilo and eager eyes searchI
o.l liia whole life in vain for spot or
blemish. On the inarch and in the battle
no man rodo before him. Calm, dignillod
and wiso, every day brought from
ilia lips a deliverance, in itself a perfect
I platform, unexcelled for grace of action,
power of epigrammatic statement and
tlio spirit of true eloquence, lie imbued
ilio party with renewed vigor and
I strength and intrepidity led it to vic!
tory. His friends bring his name into
! this convention proudly conscious that
the record which ho has made needs
not be supplemental by words of advoI
caey. He lias been from the day of his
inauguration what tlio peoplo elected
hlin to bo?tlio President of the'United
Slates.
A ORKAT ADMINISTRATION.
Ho has given to tlio country an ad
raimsirauon wmcu ior uuuiiy, euiciuucy,
purity and patriotism, challenges
without/par of comparison any which
has preceded since tho foundation of
tho government. Ho litis keen free
from "variableness or shadow oi turning"
in hit dovotion to tho principles
of tho Republican party and to tho redemption
of tho pledges made by it to
tho people. Ilolias stood for tho protection
of Auiorlcnn industries nnd the
interests of American wage workers and
placed with alacrity tho seal of approval
upon tho great tariff bill of tho llftyiirst
congress, which has outriddon the
flood of misrepresentation which swopt
over it, and as'did tho ark, tho deluge
of old now rosts upon a foundation
as solid lis mount Ararat, llo championed
and promoted by every moans
in harmony with tho dignity of Jiia
great office, tho adoption oi tho scheme
of reciprocity, which as onactnd lias
found lavor with our people, not limited
to the .South American Republics, or
bartering the interests of ono industry
for thu benefit of anothor by tho free
admission of competitive products, but
compelling fair treatment by all governments
of all people and our productions
under penalty of commercial retaliation.
Openly friendly to tho uso of silvor as
one of tho coin motals oi tho countrv,
i under conamons which huuii nur?iy
[ maintain It at u parity with gold, and
| striving to securo by international agree[
mont tlio existence of those conditions,
lie stands nevertheless as firm as the
granite which underlies tlio continent
against a policy which would debase the
currency of tlio people. Nor did ho forgot
or disregard the solemn pledge of
the Republican party that "ovory citizen,
rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black," is ontitlod at every
public election to cast one free ballot,
and to have that ballot honostly counted
and faithfully returned.
HARRISON'S PATRIOTISM.
With a skill, dignity and courage
which has compelled tho admiration of
political friend and foo aliko ho has
causod it to bo understood throughout
tho world that tho American represents
a government which has tho powor and
tlio will to protect tho American uniform
and Amercan interest* at all hazards
everywhere, whether assuiled by
vennerv neighbors to the southward of
us or by; the diplomacy or pouor of
Great Britain. Every interest of the
peoplo lms had his best cure and his
best thought and stands beforo the
country to-day well approved, and universally
acknowledged to bo a man of
transcendant ability, of extraordinary
JApacity for the discharge of executives
Bty, of exalted patriotism and lofty
purpoao, who would not for a unanimous
renoinlnation by this convention
and a re-election by tho people,
swerve ono hair's breauth in any
matter of duty, great or small, from
what ho boliovos to bo just and rightIt
is said against Mm that ho has made
enomios, and it is evidently thus. So
did Washington; so did Jackson; so
did Lincoln; so did Grant; bo did Garfield;
so did Arthur. But this convention
will not mistake tho lainontations
of tho disappointed for the volcos of
tho "plain people." This judgment
again overestimates the importance of
individuals and undcr-cstimatos tho intelligence
and patriotism of the masses.
Thov will not uo gulled into tho belief
that tho object of tho government is
the bestowal of office. A party cares
little for tho ambition of leaders, and
whether John Smith secures an office
this month, next month or not at all,
they do not demand of a President that
he shall bo ablo to please everyone.
what the fsoflk want.
They want good government, they de*
mand honesty and ability and industry
and purity in public and privato life,
and all this they have had in Benjamin
Harrison and they know it. We place
him before this convention as one who
can bear and will boar whothcr nominated
or not (for ho is a Republican),
his fall share in tho groat contest which
to-day is to begin. Tho Jtepublicans of
cveryatato save one in convention assembled,
havo ondorsod with enthusi!
asm his administration. I'pon that administration
and its record of cflicioncy
ana achievement, tiio Kcpuoiiuaii jmi
is to invito In the coming campaign.
Thero is nothing persuasive in tho aasortion
thiit tho people who officially approve
an administration. will withhold
tholr approval from tho man who
is responsible for it and who
has largely inndo it. Put
him again at tho head of tho column.
Place in his hand the banner of ltopub*
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