Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-05
SENATOR COMBINES SPEECH AT
ROCHESTER

Hon. Roscoe Conkling in support of the
report of the committee on platform and
resolutions, of which he was the Chairman.
Being called upon to make speech he rose
and said that under parliamentary rules it
devolyed upon him to close the debate, and
so he gave notice that when he had finished
he should move the previous question, and
so he would yield, he said, to any gentleman
who desired to speak. Geo. William Curtis
and General William Martindale availed them
selves of the opportunity thus offered and spoke
in opposition to the report; and when they
had finished Senator Conkling stood npon the
platform and said: 'It was woman, a
thoughtful woman, who said she always
she lived all through the year. I have noticed
that when the Republican party makes no
mistake in convention, it is apt to go safely
through canvass When a Convention is
wise, we always proceed with credit, usually
with success. Let US make no mistake to-day.
Let US stand for the integrity of Republican
principles and for the unity of the Repubh-
cans. This is not an anti-Administration Con-
vention. We are not representatives Of an
Administration nor of an anti-Administration
party. We are Republicans. We represent
great party. That party has a battle to
fight in every county, district, and town, and
our duty is to Republicans and their candi-
dates in every locality and school district in
the State. Administrations do not make
parties Parties make administrations, 90
before administrations, and live after them.
The people make parties. The people made
the Republican party, and the people have
upheld it in a career of usefulness and achiev-
ment, such as no other party in history can
boast. One of the resolutions asserts that it
has an uncompleted mission. If it be true to
itself and equal to that mission it will stand
in grandeur and power when the pique and
pretensions and rivalries of to-day are re-
membered with pity or forgotten utterly.
Let the Republican party be but true to its
principles and it cannot then be false to any
man. This is State Convention. Its
business is to nominate candidates for State
offices, and to declare the principles on which
these candidates stand and act if they are
chosen. It's business is not to hinder, but to
help every candidate, not only in the State
at large, but on all tickets which are run in |
counties, in towns, and in localities through |
out the State. The national Administration |
is not candidate or in question here. Who |
has right to say that it wishes to disturb eur |
harmony. If any man has authority to speak
;or it and to bring its views or wishes here, he
knows it; and when we know him We shall
know whose delegate or representative he is.
will not assume that any man has been in
rusted to introduce matters foreign to our
iuty and calculated to foment discord among
hose of the same household of faith. l repel
he idea that the national Administration
uggests or sanctions any such proceedings.
He who volunteers for such a purpose may be
ound wanting in the discretion of friendship,
not in its sincerity also. It has been said
hat other State conventions have sometimes
expressed opinions about national affairs,
Including specific acts of national officials.
hey have frequently done SO, no doubt.
'ounty and town conventions have done the
anne thing National conventions have some
ines expressedopinions about State concerns,
nd even about the affairs of cities Nobody g,
an deny the right of each convention to de-
de for itself what it shall say and what it
nall not say. Every convention which has =,
lid one thing, and omitted or refused to say
mother, has so decided for itself, and did :
ny one ever before hear this right of pro-
ciety challenged 2 Many State conventions
afore this have decided to say nothing about y
articular topics prominent at the time. q
Lany State conventions have omitted to refer :,
zen to State officers whose actions have been
idely discussed. Silence in regard to men
Id things not requiring the vote and action
convention has been not only common n
1t usual in cases of divided opinion and in P
SEES of untimely attempts to make issue and .
tain committals touching on occurrences
ready past and fixed, or upon affairs not far
ough advanced to afford ground for ultimate :
d safe judgement. To speak plainly, there
e special reasons just now inviting the Con-
ntion to adhere calmly and firmly to its
N sense of propriety and wisdom All Re- II
lblicans in this State have been summoned
tn somewhat Of menancing and truculent =
,tion to declare this and declare that, and
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