Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
BOB AND TOM.
Ingersoil and Fitch stir Up the Audience
to Enthusiasm

| BOB AND TOM.
Ingersoii and Fitch stir Up the Audience
| to Enthusiasm.
| Immediately after the adjournment the audi
| ence set up d wild yell for Bob Ingersoll in
| which majority OF the delegates joined After
| withstanding considerable urging Colonel In
| gerSo. / stepped out from behind the desk where
| he had been sitting, and was received with en-
| thusiastic cheers. He addressed the meeting as
| follows:
| Ladies and Gentlemen: ] am Republican. l
| belong to the greatest and grandest party ever
| organized by the human race. ApplauseI |
| belong to that great party tnat is in favor of
| every human being having equal rights with
| every other, and the mission of the Republican
| party will not end until this great Republic
| shall be civilized. lCheers
THE MISSION OF THAT PARTY
Will not be ended until every man beneath her
| flag not only has the right to cast his vote in
| peace, but to have it counted counted honestly
and IN peace. lCheers.J l am a Republican
| because that party is pledged to the protection
/ OF Anne rcan labor IChecTS. The co1ntrg that
raises raw material aud sells it as such will al
| ways be ignorant and poor. Cheers The
labor required to raise raw material is ignorant
| labor, but the moment the raw material is
| worked into fabrics and fashioned into beauti-
| ful shapes then II requires intelligence. COnse-
| quentiy the greater number of Industries we
| have in the United States, the more intelligent
our population Will be. lCheers,l Another
4 CleaD.
| Labor commands price in proportion that the
| mind is mixed with musce-in proportion tn Al
| thought Is mingled with effort. + heers.l The
people who want us to raise raw material for
| foreign lands for England to manufacture sim
| ply
| VOTE FOR POVERTY AND IGNORANCE
| For America Tcheersl. and for wealth and intel
| ligence for Great Britain [cheersl. l am in IA
| yor OF the protection of American industries
| because 1t will develop American brains be-
| cause under that system we can raise the most
beautiful things beneath the stars-great men
| and women. lTumultuous applause
Where men pursue but one industry they be-
| come stupid. but where industries are diyersi-
| fed every part of the brain is developed and
we nave Use Tor every aptitude, for every talent
| and for every kind Of genius. | am in favor of
| American production because under that policy
| we have become
| THE RICHEST NATION on THE GLOBE.
| [Cheers.l 1 am in favor of that policy because
| we are the most ingenious people who ever
| lived; because on an average we have more
| sense than any people that / ever happened to
meet. Applause. 1 am in favor of that policy
because here in the United States we have on
| the average better homes, better clothes, better
| food and better schools than any other nation
| IApplause.l / believe the hearthstone is the
| foundation of America. [Applause.l l believe
| the fireside Is the altar OF the Republic / am
in favor of that policy that ill put roof over
the head OF every mechanic. .IApplause.l
| l am not only in favor of the Republican
| party because it is in favor of protecting indus
| tries at home, but l am in favor of that party
because 1t believes in observation-disclosures II he
lieves in protecting the rights of American citi-
] zens everywhere. 1 am for that party because
7 II took the last stain from the american flag
| Applause. l am for that party because it not
only gave freedom to four millions OF people
but to thousands of millions yet unborn. am
| IN favor of it
BECAUSE YOU CAN BE MAN
And belong to it. [Applause.I Now, having
said this little lcres of Go on p l. l regard the
success OF the republican party as the most i'm
| In 4hn
place, no single man, whatever his services may
be; no single man, no matter what his achieve
| ments have been; 10 single man, whatever his
| capacity ISIS OF the slightest lmOortance COM
| pared with the success of the Republican party
| tGrest and continued applause and cheers
! Consequently, the next question is, who is the
| most available man, other things beiug equal
| lCrIes for Gresham, Blaine and other candi-
dates. don't care who you are for, nor who
am for. The. great question is-and
that question must be settled at the polls not in
| a whlriwind of excitement, but after months OF
| discussion, when the hurrah is out of your
| lungs
AND SENSE Is IN YOUR BRAINS
| Applause and laughterl-that question must be
| settled by the most intelligent men under the
| nag. and when you can do thing easily there
| is no need OF straining yourselves. Laughter.
| dignity and splendor of the occasion, and be-
| lieve you will. | would like TO see you put
! upon tie next ticket two soldiers who helped to
| save our country. lGreat applause / would
like TO see two heroes pitted against The Demo
| Gratis IGreat applause.J Want
TWO PATRIOTS AGAINST TWO COPPEUHEADs.
Applause. Then let the American people
make their choice. Let them say who they viii
have, and my idea is this that the man who did
| not want to so to Richmond during the war
| should not be sent to Washington now ZAP
plause.l The great thing want is success not
simply for party, but for my country and not
| simply for my country but for principle be-
| cause believe that human liberty is more i'm
portant than any country on the globe. lGrest
appl use.
| Now, being Republican, being for the Re-
pub lean party, being for protection, wishing
| and hoping for success, am in favor of the
| nomination of Walter @. Gresham, fGreat ap-
plause, cheering and waving of flags the llii-
noiS delegation standing oil the tops of their
| chairs and cheering loudyI
sHERIDAN's RIDE,' BY 4 VETERAN.
| Mr. Douglas, upon taking the chair, then adj
| dressed the excited assemblage as follows II
| rlse to say that / am able TO promise that you
! shall hear recitation quite worth hearing by
| MT Pope, Well-knoWn veteran Of st. Louis"
| lCht ers i
Charles Il. Pope the wcl-known veteran of
| 81. Louis, then gave recitation o; " Sheriians
Rlde, which was received with enthusiastic
| applause.
| FITCH, THE SILvEE-ToNGUED.
Upon the conclusion of Pope's recitation, the
| Chair (Douglas) said: Republicans, there is
an old motto and an old sentiment to which
every American is expected to subscribe l. is
| that error may be safely tolerated while truth
| Is lett Tree to combat 1.-THE right to canvass
the policy of public men and public measures
ana to eulogize or condemn, as the judgment of
an American citizen shall determine | have
| the honor, and have been requested to intro
| duce TO you The Hon. Thomas Fitch of Califor-
| tCheersl
Fitch then addressed the Convention as fol-
! lows
| HE GOES Up LIKE \ ROCKET.
ftllolr Citizens: 1 behold in this vast assem-
! b!age orators upon whose lips Senators have
| hung, and 5 atesmen whose acts have been
| woven into the fabric of history, and soldiers
| VINO nave met IN Convention, in destiny, and
| IN death. The intellect and power of this re-
public are here representing not capitalists and
palaces but the workers and the homes of our
! land The conscience and Judgment of this ma
! ton are here to choose from among sixty mil.
non OF free men the one whoi November next
VIII be elected President of the United States
! lcheers!, and elected by the mghtiest popular
| voice that has found utterance since the dead
! hero OF Appomattox last listened to its thunder
Loud applause from the galleries and further
| clearing OF the han by delegates
| AND COMES DOWN WITH DULL THUD
! Now, fellow citizens, upon the wisdom of the
choioe made by this Convention may depend
tne desInles OF this isnd and of the looms, and
saips aud mines, and forests-yes and OF the
furnaces and harvest fields from which ten
million faces, wet with the dew of toll are up
turned with anxious gaze iowa ds this tribunal
lnearly all the delegates by this time were NOV
ing towards the doorl which is to pass unon
their fates. Loud applause l think I'll omit
Loud laughter and applause And the ven
erabie Mr. Fitch iron California sat down aud
the lights were immediately put out.
EFFECT OF THE BALLOTS
How the Situation Looked After the
Morning Ballots.