The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-23

ed that the sun rises upon no master
| and sets upon no slave. appear before
you for the purpose Of showing why
this party should be given you warm
support. have known Col. John A.
Martin for over twenty-five years. No
breath has ever disturbed our personal
or political friendship. When Il began,
he was the infant editor of Republican
John Brown newspaper.
The senator spoke of his faithful
| fidelity 70 duty in all the walks 0f life,
as the father, husband and friend, and
| whose career Is so blameless that 1t APP
peals TO the best manhood Of every
young voter.
/ up one who suffered when you suffered,
who fought when you fought, who bled
| when you bled, Who has tasted all the
bitter and knows all the sweet of the
battle, the camp and the march. Loud
applause Prior to the accession of the
Republican party the Democrats had al
most undisputed control. They left q
bankrupt treasury. They left an army
and navy dispersed. They left four years
of bloody war. They have helped some
in enhancing the present prosperity
principally in raising the population.
| LCheers]. They have chosen a presiden-
1 ildl CduoIudlc NuO OSlicVtS Ia tue same
| policy, and whose experience is most as
highly col0red and yariegated as that of
his friend and fellow, Henry Ward
Beecher. prolonged applause].
The senator Is Irresistible when he
says: No man can abuse the Democratic
party. The worst any man can say Is to
tell the truth.
Mr.. Ingalls, then spread his sails
aud SAILED into the Democratic
party. II bristled with ten thousand
swords, bayOnets, needles and electric
batteries and frOWned with the grim
ness of black iron brosdside.
1t was teetotaily irresitable. The peo-
| pie whistled, cheered, slapped, stamped
and yelled, and II is said that some even
beat their brains out against the wall,
but it is not true. These were Demo
Gratis. 1t Is too good 10 tell, and we
couldn't If we would.
The eight to seven count was discussed.
The asserted corruption of the treasury
was explained away. Nr. ingalls, was
one of a committee 10 investigate both
of these questions
THIS Is an age Of caDt-cant in liteIa-
| ture, cant in sDcitty, cant IN all phases
Oi life. But no cant is SO Idle and gro
tesque as the Oscar Wilde and George
William Curtis cant who, while caDting,
have been listening Tor five and twenty
years with both hands to their ears tor
the voice of the people TO say ''come up
higher"-and hAyn't he rd il. Cheers.
The contrast between Blaine anu
| Cleveland Is one from whitehall Repub-
licans need not shrink. [Cheers. !
Blaine married the woman he loved
Cleveland abandoned tbs woman he be-
trsyed and bequeaibed her to the tender
mercies OF the mad house. Applause ]
The Union is large, rich and pOpulous
enough to haVe distinctive American
| policy. Foreigners have been taking
homesteads over these broad and smiling
| plains without money and without price.
| There are not over %, 600 acres of
available land left on which to
settle in this broad union. The
| period is coming OF which
Macauley speaks in his marvellous es-
say, when there Will not be space enough
over which 10 spread ourselves. 1t is
time for an American policy. Blaine
over and above all things else is an
American, and when he is elected he
will bear aloft the flag. Applause ]
When Blaine is elected he will devise
some way to compel Queen Victoria and
Prince Bismarck to eat Kansas pork or
| give q better reason for not doing so
| lCheefs. The Panama canal which is
bound To control the commerce of the
world, Is now under foreign domination
A Democratic congress refused to ap-
proprIate $3.50. 900 10 secure that transit
for the people.
He disclalmed having any pecuniary
or other interest in any way whatever
personally or through friends within the
bounds of the Indian territory. This
was said to refutc the statement made by
Oklahoma Payne that such was the case
He pledged himself that as soon as an
opportunity affords he will use
his best efforts to revive the
duty on wool, the protection which
is the Kansas farmers due.
be expressed his thanks to the Repu b.
licans of Lyon county for the expressions
of trust with which they have honored
him in their conventions
Amidst the warmest applause he
closed at IL 20 p. m, holding the strict
est attention OF his auditors.
Three rousing cheers were given fol
Blaine and Logan, and then for
Governor John A. Martin. Ar
informal reception was held on the plat.
form, during which large concourse OF
people gathered 10 shake hands with
the great Kansas heroes.