Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-20

wh'cn would sc0rn to obtain
OF noId power by depriving, by crime
anu ifaud, more than n million men.
VI tneir equal rights as citizens. They
,sPresent party that would give
70 the laboring men Of onr
country protection of our rev.
snue laws against undue
comoetitioh with foreign labor. They
represent power, achievements and
aspirations Of the Republican party
snat ior now twenty-four years has
oeen greatly trusted by the people
anu III return has greatly advanced
your country In strength and wealth.
intelligence, courage and hope and In
respects the wonder of mankind, A
generation younger are coming to
the front In the South as well
as IN the North, and they are deter.
mined to overthrow the narrow, acc. |
journalist Democratic party. They live
va the mountains and on the plains OF |
the West: They breathe the fresh air |
OF the bills OF Virginia, North Carolina |
aud Tennessee. They are hearty, lib |
eTty-loving laborers In every state.
rhey came from the fatherland: thew
came from old Ireland; they are active
spirits, native and naturalized.
OF u generation of freemen
VINO never felt the incubus of slavery
and who wish only as Americans to
make stronger and plant deeper the
principles of the Republican party.
Every advance, every reform, every
Improvement in the protection of YOUR
labor, building your navy, to asserting
your rights rs free men, the main
tenance OF good money, a good dollar,
good IN every land, worth
a dollar In gold, all these objects de-
sired must await the action OF the Re.
publican party. 1t may be slow, but
II you turn to the re nc cratic party
you will always find IL watching and
waiting, good. steady citizens of the
olden times grounded on resolutions of
lI9S and on times before the
war. 1T Is said Blaine is
bold and aggressive, that he
will obstruct the business interest of
the country. would like to try such
u president; he might shake of some
of the cob-webs of diplomacy and in
vite the attention of mankind to the
existence of this country. There will
always be conservatives enough In con-
gress, land inertness enough in the Dem
ocratic party to hold in check even as
brilliant O man as James G. Blaine.
What We wantRnow Is an American
policy bread enough to embrace the
continent, conservative enough to pro-
tect the rights OF every man, the poor
as well as the rich, and brave enough
to do what is right, whatever stands
In the way. We want protection ia
American citizens and protection t.
American laborers, free vote and q
fair count.
1t is because 1 believe that the ad-
ADMINISTRATION of Blaine and Logan will
give us n policy and that / know the
Democratic party is not capable of it,
that now invoke your aid and prom
, ise you mine to ST cure the election OF
the ticket. [Cheers
Senator Hawley of Connecticut was
/ then introduced and began by calling
for three cheers for James Gillespi.
\ Blaine, which was heartily responded
/ to, and one more for John A. Logan
e Then some one in the crowd shouted
I "Three cheers for Hawley." Louc
cheers. The Republican party, hs
said, was not made of one nor of fifteer
> hundred good men of Boston any
, more than fifteen drops of water mad,
the Mississippi river. These good mel
4 might try to establish n new party o
|, the future, but the Republican party
q had the good will of the business, ant
had the name, and did not propose h
r discontinue. [Cht ers.l
i. Gen. Hawley then spoke of the glo
riors achievements of the Republican
q party, and in concluding said Their
/ never was presidential nomination
q that more fairly represented the actua
choice of the people. [Cheers. IL
| bowed to it, he respected 1t, and IL
bird no doubt of It's success. Lou'
Y cheers.
Senator Malone declared the Repub
lican party of Virginia knew no highe
A duty than to support earnestly am
/ heartily the nominations made a
/. Chicago.
In this great contest he said tn
twelve electoral votes of Virginia, by
constitutional majority of the peopl
and despite bourbon methods
"Sans, Culottesn and the shotgun
d B Blaine aa1IIsssa. Z / LOAD 'stSssrsl 2
/. Senator Frys rldlculed the ide
: that Republicans would hay
to fight defensive battle
9 eulogized Blaine and Logan aud pre-
dicted their triumphant election.
!. Senator Harrison commenced b
. saving that whenever thriving popt
J latios was to be found In tn
! land, there Blaine was the strongest
! he was strongest, he was he stron
:. man among people who did not see
: Office, but who helped the. caus
with their votes. What, aske
Harrison, is the matte
with Blaine? Bring forward the hes
u and ablest men of the nation, OF a
l. assembage of the greatest, not only II
If our land, but in others, let summon
!, 20 out to the nations OF Eu
= ropa, let Bismarck and Gladston
a be in the company and we will nc
G fear to have their measure apple
- IN our candidate. Cries {
. Hrood, sood.n] Blaine wi
u stand amoEs them all as a represents
ls tive whom the American people nee
- not feel ashamed Of-Washington.
le Fred Douglass presided at one oith
stands and made q short speech. IN
" other speakers were, Represents
2 tives Bayne, Dingley, fer i.,II
It Horr, O'Hara, Bedford, Mills ,
Il lpennsylvania), Smalls, colored, MIL
ken. Boutelle and Reed. A letter W.
70 read from Secretary Lincoln, now
sr New York, expressing hearty col
currence in the object of the meeting