, 1880-02-26
GEN. RINAKER.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.

EEVENTEENId 0Ao4ANAs
John I. Rinaker, candidate for Governor
and representing the Seventeenth Dlsulct'
being called on, said:
FEuoY-REPunIICAys: We have met to-day,
asithas been well sajd not to display oratoFy or 70
discuss the principles Of the Republican parry.
This meeting is fully advised as to wh4t the pr1n,
fRIS os It was called for the purpose Of ase
timing. In calm, bus1ness-hke way, "nat IS ,ne
sentiment Of the people In our Respective US
tots ta 1h wfR 70 ns to
and matters OF interest to the party. In the
Seventeenth District it is enough to say that tho
Republicans cans sns afs tem t Of
ing anybody to Congress or carry the district Dy
an Overwhelming minority for any one Tor
9o@lnee eS1lnee'' Of ID the M National Convention Jap
nlause,7 1t is true that We have In the southern
part Of that district u lurge German population:
Many Of them are strong ana war = q 1qn how
ever that to-day, rs heretofore, they are strong
Republicans and admirers 1f the men whom the
Kepuhlleaa party Rominate II - 1era a ere
Gen. Grant moro votes than anybody else on Ihe
nckct tAPplausS But j; Is eqnaliiy 3es ene To- TO-
Gey Gcn Grant as I [cRee. e for Sr blaine Iappause
or for Mr.. Washburne. [Protracted cheers-l
That is the way they feel in regard to the matter
aGTn II s 1ns5H nof secessa to enter into details about
the situation further than that And the reason
they feel that why is, that they regard tae Ha-
eRn q hs to fRe Wsard of the people
OF this country, the stability Of Its 1nstltutons
and TO its real progress. than they have resardca
They believe TINT that party cmbodics in it the
essential element and soul OF progress OF the
country: that it is sound in its principles, aud
next to faultless in its practice: that It's theories
arc the right theories upon which to develop the
resources Of this country. They are not deceived
by the quiet aboard the Democratic ship to-day.
IS1@f FaF@f4
spirit on the upper deck Mt the extra session OF
Congress, equipped with peaceful political
methods to destroy this Goycrnmcnt,-that the
same old crowd arc to-day simply beneath the
matches, armed with the same weapons for the
same purpose, as when more noisy on DECK
That is the way our people think about the mat
ter, and It Is not necessary for me TO enter lnlo
any further discussion.
other gentlemen from the district ought to
have been called upon. but allow me to say that
the people there, and believe that that is about
the feeling OF the Republicans Of the Suite gen
orally; lApplause] They ere for kepu6lcan
Natter mat IS you gaea t9ey viii support the
nominees OF the party. Haughter and applause.l
JUDGE GILLESPIE,
Of Madison, came next He said they had
met to consult about the best methods Of Pre-,
had not been in direct sympathy With
the Republican party, but this time
his course was plain. lie must either
vote for man who had helped to save the
Union. or for one of those who had attempted
to destroy it.. In such case be had no hest
tatlon. He thought 1t as well to give the
Government at once to the Rebels as to the
Democrats. He for one would never vote
for member of that party which in this city
to attempt to Suppress the Rebellion. Of
course he had personal preferences, but he
was ready to sink them In view of the exist.
ing eHgcncy, and he would vote under all
circumstances for the nominee Of the party
that saved the Union. He wanted nothing
for hf1nsan,-his course was almost run,
but he hoped Almighty God would let him
live long enough to see the triumph Of the
Republican party once more