The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-25
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PERSONAL TALK.
| want to say "a word about NV
personal relations, and then | am
done. a few weeks ago | received n
letter from prominent citizen tell
ing M not 10 talk abont ~ f.rf
and other questions ct vItsl interest
to the Commonwealth lut ;o come
down to the point ia this campaign
and assert that II am no mans
man. You have heard of the ar.
tist who painted picture, and, in
order that all might know what it
was, wrote beneath it the words
This is horse" Laughter And
so my friend would have me go up
and down before the people of Penn
sylvania declaring This is a man.
Fellow citizens t here are some things
in this world dearer to men than
success; there are some things dearer
than political honors, and one of
these things to me is self-respect.
lCheers.l Aud if the people of this
State expect me 70 stand up before
an audience of men and declare
this is man, and thereby write
myself down an ass or something
worse, they are mistaken in their
man. IApplause.] | have declared
In public utterance, solemnly de-
clared, in view of the great honor
bestowed upon me, that had bar
gained with no political influence.
made no pledges to living man that
will affect my future course Zap
plausel nor have made such prom
ise from that day to this. have
been asked to make pledges, but not
by men called Republicans. Zap
plause | have been asked to sign
written pledges, but | said to one
set of men as to another, that if |
am elected it will be unpledged to
any man. [Applause.J l do not
care for his influence, / do not care
how many votes he can command.
| make no pledges If | 90 to Har-
risburg, | go retaining my self-re-
spect, or 60 not at all. [Cheers.1 I
General Garfield [Cheers1 when
elected Senator from Ohio, said.
There is one man with whom |
must eat, one man with whom l
must sleep, one man from whom |
cannot get away, but must be with
all the time. That man is James A.
Garfield [Cheers and | must keep
his self-respect." That's what | be-
lieve in, and / know of no better
criterion for a man in public or pri-
vate life than to have a conscience
free before himself and his God.
will retain my self-respect. [Cheers.I 7
/ feel Inundated to stand before an
audience and make such statements.
| think | know what manhood is; |
think know what it costs. ICheers. I
Ii my life does not show evidences
OF it sink me into Oblivion. En-
thusiastic cheers.l
NO INDULGENCE GNBmLINGsGATE.
| can't handy words with would
be rivals; | can't descend to .he Bill
lingsgate that has been introduced
into this campaign. The argument
you're another" never convinced
any man capable of reasoning, and
/ shall not notice the baseless SLAM
ders heaped upon me and the other
candidates. Cheers. 1t is beneath
the notice of gentlemen and not fit
to lay before an audience of gentle
men in an enlightened community.
| have spoken in the open air to-
night; my voice, worn with the cam
paign, is husky, and l must close.
| eXhort every man who is a Repub-
lican, every man who knows what
Republicanism is, to stand under
the old flag for whicI we have fought
these twenty-five years. Let US
move forward shoulder to shoulder
with the pure platform on which
your candidates stand and which
they are pledged to support, and
sworn to carry through, let us move
forward and make for the Republi-
can party as glorious inner life as is
its outer life. Let us capture thes skir-
mish line of 1882 and prepare for q
sure victory in the contest almost
upon us. A contest which may de-
eide the fate of the Nation for a
quarter of century, the campaign
OF 1884.
When Gen. Beaver moved back
from the frcnt of the stage, the mu-
sic of his crutches marked time for
cheers which shook the hall until
the chandeliers joined in the APP
plause. He had been given a right
royal welcome, but the marks of ap-
proval of his words were fully as
hearty. Men swung their hats and
shouted until the band was drowned
and quit playing. This continued
several minutes, bursting out anew
time and again.
HON. MAHLON CHANCE SREMARKs.
When the pent up enthusiasm
had found relief, the Hon. Mahlon
Chance, of Ohio, was introduced
and made one of the old fashioned
speeches. In the course of his re-
marks he mentioned the names of
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Garfield,
Blaine and Conkling, and each name
was received with cheers. OF Gar
field he said: Certain men in Penn
sylvania claim to be Garfield Repub-
licans. | tell you, as one who knew
him, that if James A. Garfield were
alive to-day he would not approve
of this Independent movement. He
would not endorse the men who are
trying to place in power the party
which was his and your enemy. Go
to the tomb and take away the COW
ers from that manly, yet womanly
heart; it was the gentlest of the gen.
tie, the manifest of the manly.
What will you find there? You will
not find the name Of the assassin;
you Will find the baleful figures
1872" That SANDER with which the
slanderers covered the very earth,
the houses and fences, and even
Gods temple was not safe from their
dissertations; that SANDER saddened
his life, and the men who used it
against him are at work in Pennsyl-
vania to-day" Taking up Beavers
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