Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-26

been selected just as his grandson. He
argued that the present candidate would
be waited to the Presidential chair iust
the same his ancestor.
GENERAL G, II. ROLLINS.
General H. g. Rollins, the next sneak
er, very truthfully compared the Repub-
lican party to a joint stock company.
He believed that under pi iotection ban
ner the twenty-third President OF the
United States would be Ben. Said he,
'the Convention with clean hands and
pure hearts have given us standard
bearer that shall worthily follow in the
footsteps OF Lincoln, Grant and Garfield
(he left out Hayes )and remove from pow
er the veto-proInoter anu North Amer
lcan propagandist of free-trade" He
told well the story OF the Arkansas
schoolmaster who taught that the earth
was square or round, just as the parents
preferred, with the application that every
square-headed artisan and laborer would
believe that the earth was round, and
that by a protective policy there would
be no angles in the security which the
Republican party guarantees.
EX-Gov. ]. j. GosPER
Said that he had been irving to pick out
Democratic faces in the crowd, but he
could not find any there. He thought it
would have been bad place for them to
be, but he had hoped TO see some Of
them to hear what he had TO say. One
Of the Democratic speakers at their rati-
fication meeting had said there was no
use for the Republican party in Ameri-
ca. II that speaker had been present
last night, he thought he would have
changed his mind This put him
in mind of story OF a farmer
who had a faithful dog which
he kept in the house as long as there
was any danger, but turned out in the
depth of winter. The dog howled to get
back, and the farmer determined to kill
the animal. One cold night when the
the thermometer was 46 below zero, the
farmer was found in scanty clothing
astride OF the dog by neighbor, who
asked what he was doing. "Trying to
freeze him out" said the farmer. Ac-
cording to the speaker this was what the
Democratic party was trying to do,
Freeze US out.''
COL. G. WILEY WELLS.
Col. G.. Wiley Wells thought that the
Democratic policy meant death to labor
ing men and to the industries OF the
country. He said that President
Cleveland wore collar that he
could pull over his head but
said never word about the collar
that B. g. B. Harrison put on his neck
when he naturalized Chinaman After
an amusing exhibition of the CORY gar
ment Mr.. Military Wells declared
that English money was being freely
used to support the Democratic party.
Mr.. Wells was impressed with the idea
that the only protection to labor and to
American homes was to be found within
the magic circles OF the party which had
been cursed by Burchard and blessed
by a Blaine.
THos. PIERsoN,
Who said he had been sent to the meet
ing to represent five hundred OF his (the
colored) race said "There are occas-
ions when the mind lives years in a
moment. This is such an occasion to
me. l am sent here to join you in this
ratification in honor Of protection and
the grand Republican party. In the name
of the Creator | implore YOU, young men,
to unfurl your banners in support Of pro-
lection and the grand old party. If you
march behind the Democratic free trade
banner your conscience will follow you
to the grave. Be We not deceived by the
favorable appearance which the Demo-
cratic ship makes as it sails out into the
ocean. You are invited to come to our
craft and from its decks witness the dis
aster which is soon to befall the Demo-
cratic free trader in November next"
RALPH HoYT
Brought out the only remaining enthusi-
asm the tired crowd possessed when he
rose and said: ''You ask, whence comes
our candidate? He comes from Indiana.
He's just the man, and that's the State
to beat the red bandana." This speaker
had not time to speak of the issues OF the
occasion, but he found few minutes in
which to tell his auditors that he would
sooner be doorkeeper in Republican
house than dweller in the tent of DEM
ocratic wickedness. There was moth
ing to defend or explain in regard
to the candidates just nominated
in Chicago, but he advised the Repub-
licans to take the aggressive and drive
the Democrats to the wall and keep
them there until after the polls close in
November.
THE oRoFNo CLUB,
With lingering affection, sang the old
refrain Of "Blaine,
Blaine, of Maine," and with genuine
feeling halted in front OF the HERALD
Office and gave it three rousing cheers. A
reception-beer, sandwiches and other
solid comforts-given by the Orc Fino
Club, under the direction of that prince
of good fellows, Colonel Walter s.
Moore, closed the festivities OF the first
Republican pow-wow of the campaign.