The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-09-22
PEEoHBs Of THE CONVENTION

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Palmer placing General Silas NJ.
Baily, of Fayette, in nomination for
Estate Treasurer:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW.
4DLLEGATEs In discharging the
aduty imposed upon us we are not at
q Hiberty to forget that success of Repub-
lican principles and Republican can
didates is the first consideration before
which all others must sink into insig-
8nificance. We are enlisted in com
&mon cause to do battle against COM
3mon foe. We believe continued
of Republican principles in
sures the stability of the public credit,
the faithful performance of national
obligations, the continued financial
of the people and prosperity
of what is acknowledged to be the
best Government on earth. Such n
4party enlisted in such cause must
present standard-bearer able and
worth to carry the flag to victory. /
have the honor to name as candidate
for the honorable office of State Treas
urer a man in the prime of life.
3abounding in the health aud strength
: Sof vigorous manhood, with splendid
8business qualifications for the place to
Z be filled. A man who enjoys the con-
fdence and good will of all the Repub.
licaDs in the busy, teeming west.
where some of the great Republican
5majorities liza section not often hon
&ored by the selection of citizen for a
thigh office. A man who from his
3youth up has fought the battles of Re.
4publicanisnl in a region where no hope
zof success could add vigor and zeal to
1.-THE contest, and with no rewards save
#the consciousness of having served
the cause he loved; man who has at
Tested his love of liberty and law by
service on the field of glory and blood,
gwho won his promotion in the glorious
Pennsylvania Reserves from Captain
Ito Brigadier by meritorious service in
&the field; a man who stood in the red
ahell of battle at Drainville, on the
peninsula, at Gaines Mill, South
3Mountain, Antietam, fredericksburg
land the Wilderness, and who bore
4witness with his blood that he loved
his country we'll lie bears upon his
8person the rough scars left by the
cruel cannon ball and will carry to
: his grave the evidence of his patriot
ism and courage. He is able and
worthy to lead Republicans to victory
= las he led her regiments to war. His
name is Silas M. Baily, of Fayette
county. The people of this State have
not in the past, and will not in the
future, and never ought to be unmind-
full in the distribution ol civil emolu
ments and hOnors of those who fought
3and bled that freedom might live.
Second, the speech of George Ian
$ don, of Bradford, who placed the
name of Senator Davies, of Bradford,
before the conventions:
MR.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN
3oF THE CONVENTION: | have a
apleasant duty to perform and should
Hike to discharge it to the satisfaction
yState Convention that / every attended
sand l should like to create good i'm
zpression. | never knew Republicans
Ito deny a man free speech and free
sthought. / will say some things that
5have been lingering i'm my mind sol
Slong that they have become settled
convictions. What is this body? Itl
lis the quintescence of the great Re
publican party of this magnificent
/ commonwealth. We are having al
pheasant time here; but we must notl
forget that we are making Impressions
THAT the waves of many years shall
! not wash out. Tread cautiously, vote
carefully, think twice. You are not
voting for yourselves: you are laying
3your hand on the heart of the Com.
mon wealth, of the land! Lay it there
3carefully. Whom, do we representa-
4 Not a man, not cabal, not a CLIQUE.
1 No! The great Republican party oil
Pennsylvania, the throbbing of itsI
brain, the pulsations of its heart! You'll
never stood in a more important POSI-
,tion than you do to-day. You repre-I
sent the people, the power behind thc|
throne. You should say and do what!
sthe people would do if they were here
You should adopt measures which,
they would approve. The Republican,
2party is the best that ever trod Ameri
lean soil. 1t has strong hold on theI
public heart. 1t ought to have al
greater, and what can we do to that
lend? We must have principles, truth |
Iequity, justice and right. We mustI
5have strong hold on the public con-
science ana the public confidence.1
we have it more than any other party. 4
I'VE must have it more. We mustI
3have good leaders. l am not here to
.go through a rhodomontade about
5bossism. We must have wise leaders
4 3men of brains, of thought, who work
/ for the people, not for themselves: ::
lwhO do not require that every ass .in
THE Commonwealth shall bring grist
Ito their mill. May be this is not what
!you want to hear, but it is what you
need. In the Republican party there
is room for some counsellOrs but not
room for dictation. No set of men|
forever disregard the will of the people.
In the rank and file there is restless
dissatisfied, grumbling feeling because
they are set aside by machinery.
The Republican party has met and
death with war, slavery, finance and
reconstruction; now there is a cloud
settling over the country How dol
you stand toward Garfeld's Admins
Btration? Do you indorse it? Them
don't throw stone at it. The people,
]of this country are with Garfield, not
IConkling. General What's his-name
9had the unfortunate honor to be-
counted with the 306. Don't worry
about that. Are you ready TO indorse
that? A cry from Allegheny, "Yes,"|
No you amt. 1 have the pleasure
land the honor to present the name oil
William T. Davies, of Bradford, who
lis competent in every way not only to
|be State Treasurer, but to be the Chief
Magistrate of this Commonwealth. =.
Weeks ago he was suggested by the
best men in the Commonwealth, and
Heading men in this very capital said
they would not oppose him. In two
weeks things have taken a different
turn. Nobody knows how, but it has
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