McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-06-19
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81 ''esh 80 t''' SA' W ht''1 nay w
oubtehly mde nlHahr., and hs h,.
been seyorcly punished. But there l.,
no reas ,n why the mistakes should be
dwelt upon as the true indications OF
his character. lie has shown himself
10 be as Independent in spirit IS any
great party leader could have been. Il
should be remembered of him that he
voted against the junggling electoral
commission bill, which was demanded
by the rigid partisans of that day. Both
Blaine and Conkling, two of the high
est types of the republicans of that
period, opposed that bill.
1t was through Mr.. Blaine's influence
that the force bill, a measure of his par
ty, was defeated in the house. While
he has been always loyal to the close
union Of the nations on this continent
with reciprocity treaties between them
as against the old world would have
given now to his party when it was
right, he has never hcsitated to assert
his Independence when 1t claimed his
allo .lnnee in q course which 10 could
ao' approve.
III. IT,. uins, ~. ut Mr.. BIaine-and
u > one thas should not DO forgotten
- H. fncl that he Is an American. He
is a republican in tho best sense of the
ward. He is as much opposed to
orthodox forms IN politics for forms
sake as Ingorsoll Is in religion. There
is nothing for which he has SO sincere
oontempt as for affectation OF any kind
THE "pLUMED KNIGHr.n
lSpeech of Robert G.. Ingersoll ia present.
Ing the name Of James G.. Blaine for the
presidential nomination ct Cincinnati in
June, SOL
Mn. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GB1-
TLEMEN: Massachusetts may be salts
tied with the LOYALTY of BENJAMIN Bris-
tow, SO am L; but if any man nomi-
mated by this convention cannot carry
the state of Massachusetts, l am not
satisfied with the loyalty of that state
If the nominee of this convention can.
not carry the grand old commonwealth
Of Massachusetts by seventy-Rve thou
sand majority, would advise them to
sell out Faneuil hall as a democratic
headquarters. I would advise them to
take from Bunker Hill that old monu-
ment of glory.
The republicans of the United States
demand as their leader in the great
contest of 1876 man of intelligence,
. man of we'll known and approved po-
litical opinions. They demand a states,
man; they demand q reformer after as
we'll as before the election. They de-
mand q politician in the highest, broad
est and best sense man of superior
moral courage. They demand a man
acquainted with public affairs, with the
wants of the people, with not only the
requirements of the hour, but with the
demands of the future.
They demand a man broad enough to
comprehend the relations of the govern
msnt to the other nations of the earth.
They demand a man well versed in the
powers, duties, and prerogatives of
each and every department of this gov
ornment. They demand man who
viii sacredly preserve the financial
honor of the United States: one who
knows enough TO know that the national
debt must be paid through the prosper
ity of our people; one who knows
enough to know that all the financial
theories of the world cannot redeem a
single dollar; one who knows enough
to know that all the money must be
made, not by law, but by labor; one
who knows enough to know that the
people of the United States have the in
dustry to make the. money, and the
honor to pay it over just as fast as they
make it. [Applause1.
The republicans of the United States
demand man who knows that pros
perity and resumption, when they come,
must come together; that when they
come they will come hand in hand
through the golden harvest fields, hand
in hand by the whirling spindles and
the turning wheels; hand in hand past
the open furnace doors, hand in hand
by the chimney with eager fire, greeted
and grasped by the countless sons Of
toll.
This money has to be dug out of the
earth. You cannot make 1t by passing
resolutions in political convention.
tH TRs rspaablio.ns want a man who
knows tias this government should
protect every citizen, at home and
abroad; who knows that any govern
ment that will not defend its defenders
and protect It's protectors is a disgrace
to the map, Of the world. They demand
q man who believes in the eternal sepa-
ration and enforcement of church and
state. They demand a man whose
pohtcl reputation is as spotless as
st&r; but they do not demand that their
Candidate shall have a certificate of
iaorsl character signed by confeder-
NE congress. The man who has in
t&i heaped and rounded measure all
y.,ass splendid qualifications is the
present grand and gallant leader of
tho republican partyJsmes G. Blaine.
Our country. crowned with the vast
and marvellous achievements of its first
century, asks for a man worthy of the
past and the prophetic of her future;
asks for a man who has the audacity of
genius; asks for a man who has the
grandest combination of heart, con-
ID ov.oo ond hro;n honao&L lor Q.-