The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-08
CONKLING'S GREAT SPEECH.
ryl FIRST RIM AND CORRECT REPORE
,.., what he said ut the Rochester Conven-
Ncntton.


lac anywhere iccn priuied'
II was % woman. Il thoughtful woman, who !
sail she always noticed that 4 she did not die
in February. she lived all through the year. |
have noticed that when the Republican party
makes 20 mistake in Convention it Is apt Ia 20
saf.lythrough canvass. When convention
iswi-e w. always proceed with credit, usually
with success. Let III make no mistake to-day
1nu s stand for the integrity Of Republican
trntiplcs and for the unity Of Republicans.
TIL. is not an Administration Convention nor
m anti. Administration Convention. We are
Mt representatives of an Administration party.
nor Of an anti administration party. We are
LDlublicans. We represent Il great party. That
party has n battle to fight just now in every
county. district and town. and our duty Is to Re-
publicans and to their candidates in every lo-
cality and 'hool district in the state. Admin
lstrations do not make parties Parties make
Administrations. Parties 70 before Administrn-
a1ns, and live after them. The people make
parties The people made the Republican
party. and the people have upheld it In a career
oiusrfulncss AMI achievement such as no other
party in history can boast. one Of tho rcsolu-
lions asserts that it has an uneomplcted mis-
zion. Yes. it has an exalted mission. II it
- true To itself and equal to that mission.
1 viii stand in grandeur and in power
when the piguc and pretensons and riyarics
Of to-day are remembered with pity or forgot
ten utterly. Let the Reuuhcan party be Tut
true 90 its principles and it cannot then bc false
e any man.
This is % Stat, Convention. It's business il To-
nominate candidates for state oil a'rs. and to
declare the principles on which these candi-
dates shall stand. and at if they are chosen.
It, business il mot 90 hinder. but to help. by the
VISION and harmony Of It's action. every can
ia fl Int
all tickets which are To- run In all counties.
towns. and localities throughout the state.
Tho national administration is not "a canli-
date or ia question here Who has tho right zoo
say that Il wishes 10 influence our Proceedings
or To- disturb our harmony? Ii any ilan has
authority 10 speak for it and 10 bring it, views
on wishes here. he knows it; anal when W.
know him We shall know whose drr-utc and
/, yr, sentative hc Is. Iwilnut dinetlatu
man has b'cn iutru-tri o. intrOdu'e mattris
f0r. IN 90 our dut -. and calculated 10 fnmeut
dis jrd among those 81 tine -uule hous hold Ut
faith rcpcl tho ideu that the national Admin
lsirelion suEE' si- OF san lions any su'h pro-
eeednE H. WHO vunnir r. i.r seh q our
pos, may be- found Wuutlu. lu the discretion uf
Friendship. d NOT iu it, sin .'rlty also. II has
been said that other stat" conventions huNc
Affairs. including spnil' aeis of national OH
rtle. Ihoy have frequently tonn so. mo- DOUBT.
an. th i, NTSton son,.niion. have S .5,a ae
hni"s oppressed opinions about STAY con Germs.
hui oven about affairs Of cities. Nobody cun
Deus tAn rAsht Of each convention 10 de-
90 e. Tor Itself what IL shall say AMI what I
SSH Mt say. Every convention which
ans said on" tiins. or omitted or refused iq say
mother. has $50 dcclurl tor itself: and did any
pue over hefog, hear Il Is risht or propriciy
challenged; Many state cow. ntluns Before
lh- have decided 10 say nothing about part.cu-
jan : llrs prominent at tho time. many State
conventions have omit I'd to rcicr even To- the
kut. IN .rs' wh so a ton had loan WIDELY
nj rDguiri1s Nh /. y,ir and .iiun If tI'' 1i,,'I,-
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