Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-09-13
THE OPENING GUN
FIRED Br BARTINE AT THE
OPERA HOUSE LAST
NIGHT.
A square, Logical speech en-

the fare Of music. The Opers
House was crowded with Republic
ans. There was also a largo sprink
ling of ladies', and several Demo
Gratis came to hear the good g,spi
of Protection. DIR. Lee, Chairman
OF the Central Committee, intro
duced Gov. Stevenson, who was
chosen Chairman of the meeting.
The following Nice-Presidents
were chosen:
| 0. r. Leonard, II. c.. Daugherty,
Marion Little, JoI Trapp, A. NJ.
Ardery, q. C. Thaxter, Forrest G.
Small. Thos. P. Hawley, Geo. Von-
derhyde, Thos. H. Wells, w. D.
Torreyson, Joe. Platt, ]. f. Hal
lock, Frank j. Mccullough, and DR. !.
Kirby.
The speaker made a speech OF an
hour and half on the general 49,
sues of the day, considerable por-
ton of it being devoted to the tar
if.
He osened his remarks by an
humorous allusien to Cieveland's
letter of acceptance, and incident
ally touched on the latest political
news from Maine, at which the
house rocked with applause.
Mr.. Bartine then proceeded to
describe the extraordinary way the
st. Louis Convention had nominated
Mr.. Cleveland before it had formu-
lated a platform. this having been
done or the grounds that he had
never broken a pledge made to the
people. He then proceeded to
show the falIacy of this claim by
showing that Mr.. Cleveland was in
reality the champion pledge breaker
of the earth The planks in the
platform OF 1884 were Civil Service
Reform. Home rule in the Terri
tories. \ free ballot and fair count.
A strong silver plank, and the re-
peal of the Internal Revenue tax.
He then showed hsw these planks
had been utterly ignored by Cleve-
land and the Democratic party. In
fact the President had pursued a
course exactly the opposite of that |
promised by his platform.
The speaker dwelt at considerable |
length and with much earnestness
upon the silver question, because it
was matter of such great import
ance to the people OF this State.
He referred in detail to Cleveland's
various unfriendly acts toward sill
yer, including the Warner letter,
the closing of the Carson Mint, and
the smothering OF the Beck Amend
ment in the House of Representa-
tives. He showed that the people
Of Nevada had everything to gain
so far as her silver interests were
by the election of Har-
rison, who is a sincere friend OF the
double standard, and argued that
the people o; Nevada have nothing
to hope tor from Cleveland. upon
this head.
He drew graphic picture of the
effects OF Cleveland's
hostility to the mining industry OF
his State, and urged every man
who had the welfare OF Nevada at
heart to vote for Benjamin Harri-
son, irrespective of party consider
atoms. /,
The main portion of the speech .
vas devoted to the tariff question,
md his mastery handling OF the
subject showed a vast amount of I
careful study and research. Much {
# 1T was entirely new to the audi | l
nee, and the frequent Interruptions {
# applause showed how clear he /
made his points. c
Mr.. Bartine made a courteous al
usion to his opponent, Cassidy, but :
sked some questions relative to his c
rec trade course in Congress which
rill be. exceedingly difficult for that I
entlemen to answer. The lateness I
the hour prevents anything like ,
full synopsis of the speech which
'&s greeted with loud applause at
ae close.