The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-26
EMERY sTORRs TALKs.

.1asa seek. in the city of Chicago, /
did hiFa 4 great injustice. l intlmAted
IN = sueech. which it Was my good for
tune there 10 deliver, that his intellect
vas impaired, and that his sagacity had
heco,oe enfeebIed. ! was mistaken;
Am shisAahen, and no better proof of
NV Idistake can be furnished than the
fact that within three days after the
nomimatiou Of Blaine and Logan
he sat in his letter of declinA-
ton Gfeas daughter and ap-
plause.] All this demonstIases that
samuel J. Tilden is just % keen, and
sharp. and far-sighted Is he has eyer
been. (Laughtef.l He has taken, Mr..
Chaifuaan. 10 his earthWorks and forti-
cseions esrly. He has seen the storm
comit1s 10 from sbe west. LApplause.]
And Samuel j.: Tilden is in out of the
rein. I shall not read all his letter. The
life of a man is limited to shout seven
tv YEAR. ordinarily 1laughter] AID you
cannot expect me to cOnsumeaIl that time
m reading a fearful, sobbing epistle from
the great railroad Wrecker OF the CONT
nenf tlaughterl, who IS the spirit q the
present Democratic party manifest In
| The aeeh. and Whoeter Is nominated Will
be but the reflection Of Sammy .. T1lden.
| 1tAuphter ] Just one sentence, and
Il
"rwAnty wears Of continuous thaladminfs-
Erafi0n under the demOrAlihiHR influences Of
i if1tessisie war and Of bad finance have infect.
ga,ss 1s ssaees wft the esneefoas growth oi
| false constructions and c0rrtfpt practices"
| I have 6 right, every haman being
/ in this country, proud Of what IL is and
hopeful of what it 10 to be, has q right
20 denounce that a. . wicked and mali
cious sIander upon the most glorious
period in our history, or in the history
Of the world. Great applausel. /
don't take to this kindly, Mr.. Chairman
What has been the history of that TWEEN
" years. that this mani whom / will
not now further ATTEMPT 10 character
iZe, denounces as ''cancerous maladHit.-
istratiOng' In that twenty years this
great party, for which this imperial
state speaks tonight, in that time ii
han CROWDED q thousand years of the
most glorious histoty that this world has
ever Witnessed. GApplause. Within that
twenty Year, Abraham Lincoln hae
been elected. ADplause.l Within that
twenty years this party Ut 'n.aladmin-
istration" has lifted 1900, 900 of human
beings from the night aud s8Yagery and
barbarIsm of chstteihOOd into the clear,
bracing and elevated air Of American
citiAenshIp. [Loud applause ] And vet
1
with the light of planets against the
sky, a railroad wTecker, embOdying the
| sentiment of his party, speaks of il as a
career of Observation-Disclosures" With,
in that time this intestine war" to
which he refers, this intestine war
which IN 1884, he declared vas fail
tire, Was Waged-a Union has been
saved and the greatest achievement ever
recorded IN history passed to the credit
OF the Republican party represented
here to night. Great applause.l Within
that twenty years, in that splendid, thai
glorious twenty years, the national
honor has been saved against the as
} sAults of his own party, who sought &c
destroy 1t. In that twenty years the ma.
tional credit has been maintained when
he and his party would have debauchet
, our honor by the reputation of ouI
public debt. IApplause.1 Within thai
length Of time this administration which
be characteriZes as "maladministratiOn'
has taken q newly made citizen by the
hand, has made him a ciuksni has GiVeE
him the right OF suffrage, has embodied
that right in the constitution, and, by
the grace and help Of God, means to Sc
cure him In its full enjoyment Louc
applause.
Speaking of the Republican caLdi
q date, he said:
This brings me, gentlemen, to con
sideratiOti quite briefly of our candidate
the history of James q. Blaine. fGrea
: applause This is and will be no de
? fensive campaign. Have no anxiety
: whatever about that. This old pOwde
. has been burned once, and the tattOOe
: which We zee upon him are the inscrip
) tions of splendid achievements, PLACED
/ there by an admiTing people, who hav'
: elevated him away above the slander
and detractions of his enemies, and viii
place him in the most commanding
position of the nation which he has dom
: so much to honor. Roars of applause.
{ | Why, the brokers of Wall street ar
l afraid of MIR. Blsine's foreign policy
? With shudderipg fear, with quiverinl
t lip and trembling nerve, mention
+ foreign policy ard they INSTANTLY tax
to their Notifications and their earth
: works. What kind of foreign
: policy is It? What kind of g forcigI
i policy does our platform demand
\ What kind of foreign policy do 20,
reotlirep What kind of foreign polio,
: do you WANT What kind OF fOreigI
: policy do the emergencies and necessI
ties of the nation absolutely and imper
D atively exact? We are not respected
z abroad. l say we should be. [Ap
j. | DiauSS.I We arc uuICSPcCiCO at HULK
say this should not be. Renewed ap
e plause1 I want no war. want Ion
# summer days of prosperous peace.
l. know of but one way to s. cure them
= and that Is promptly and at once t
place ourselves in such position tina
J. insult or assault can bs so readily re
sented that pelIher will ever be made
o TTumultuous applause. When we ar
made the sport Of every foreign power
9 when we have not adequate seaport de
o fences, we invite assault. We stand
10 great big huikv, sintdy nsIiOp, with on
s. hands h,iplesslY by our side, utterly VI
!, able, not only To pTO'ect our interest
elsewhere 10 the world, hut utterly un;
l. BILE TO offend and JUSTLY ourselves q
/ Ii the. The cuUdIiIun is one of sham'
9 lndignit, and outrage tipon ourselye
d that every spirited American will rejOIC
to see at once corrected. | want some
# thing more Than this. Now, am kpeal
,r ing mt rely for myself. I am bindin
4 nobody. The time has come when th
n old notion of our insularity and freedoI
n from alliances with foreign powers muI
cease. We are today six days from e.
,e rope. Nearer, much nearer, than Gil
d cinnatl was to New York fifty years ag'
d We have trade with every pa
q Of the world. We hsv
| III SICII StIA4lLC
J. land beneath the sun. Our CONNIE
a claf interests are ali over the glob
n There Is not a gunboat OEet &hich Il
flag of this great patton floats adequat
n to defend an InsulIed American in tt
1. meanest seaport OF the smallest natiO
on the lace of the earth. Good" an
spplsuse.l Moreover q may be radical
70 the tIme has come, II is full upon u
without meaning any war, that the ol
Al theory of nOn-interveDtion must
n exploded. We are interested in VIII
=. is going on all over the world. o.
trade must be protected and cRred Il
N. wherever it extends That nation
"a unfit to be called nation which wi
not defend the Imperlled rights OF j
In citizeDs at home or abroad. WHEREIN
r. they are ass sulted. Great applause ]
Or give to my country allegiance; l recoi
:. nize its laws; obey loyalty and willInl
-. ~ on all occasions, whenever Obedient
y Is required. expect protection, sn
ls when my government tails to give 1t
B :; me it is right for me to take its COnstit
a ton 10 my hand and sayi You blui
"a erihgs bullying, Dragging, ton-pertorn
ing fraud Of 9 government, protect
H as you have agreed to or quit business
IGreat applause There Is NO war
ne this Moreover. 1 don't want to o
= the butter and cheese and the wool
Ohio 60 to Brazil by the way Of Live
pool. [Applause.l The route is Il
a. circuitbus / want to see it go straig
nom Cincinnati or Cleveland to
Al. South American destination, beAFiI
the stamp of the eagle rather than by
circuitous way, twisted by the way
II. Liverpool. and bearing the fraudule
mark of the lion and unicorn. No
~. gentlemen, that does not mean vi
/ 4 l.
foreign policy. That Is your foreii
rs policy. That Is the foreign policy
n every levetheaded, right-thinking M
10 in America, who is not q broker al
- who is not on the wrong side of 4
~ market