Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-30

al Chicago we'll illustrates how think
in. men regard the political sisua-
ton OF today:
Chalmers was an ex-coniecefats
soldier, who had shed his blood fer
the South and he had always been
a democrat. He vas a member OF
the Esiiona, Convention that nom
mated Hancock. Bat in the Chi
cago Convention he was delegate
from Mississippi and raakiaga speech
seconding Morton'a nomination, he
ss;d:
When that war was ended ! ". s
still q Democrat. | went to the
National Congress rs Democrat.
I wen: there, Though, chiefly seek
ing 10 build rr he waste places o.
the South, and ] remember then
when the first scousge OF yellow
fever went sweeping over the land,
and we oil the South were asking iof
help, / found tie Republican party
-uudcr the leadership OF that great
man. James A. Garfield--helrina
N through. .......
"Ayain, when = wild waste Of
waters came; when the Mississippi
was devastating the country; when
our people were camping on Tie
house-tops and upon the tree-iops;
when we were asking for help again
from the National Government,
again the Republican party came
and stretched forth its hand to give
help to the suffering people. Ap-
plause.l But my Democratic breth-
ern stood there talking about the
resolutions OF '9S and 80. Laugh
f.. n..a applause. Again, wien l
looked At our country and saw that
lighthouses were b,nit ii"n one
emf Of the Mississippi to the other
the lamps by which the plot can
guide his vessel-and the great ves-
se.s from the ocean came floating
right up 10 the wharf OF New of-
leans. saw that this had been done
by that hated Republican party that
had been taught todespise. APP
plause.I / remember that When
the floods came the first President
of the United States who ever dared
To send forth a message to Congress
asking for aid for Mississippi suffers
was Chester A. Arthur, the Presi-
dent from New York. Applause
When that was done l left the Dem.
ocratic party. | went into the or
position years ago as an 1ndepend'
ent. but I found that fighting be-
tween the lines VAS as bad q thing
in notifies as it was in war laugh
teri and that q man can't afford tt
be shot at by both sides. Laugh
ter, For that reason when tins
canvass came up ! said: L will 81
square into the Republican patty,
and | am here to declare my ailegI
ance to il tonight. Cheers.I
come now to to take my assignment
with the great army OF Republicans
I come to bear the flag that YOU are
fighting under, and hope to seel
step to the music Of the Union
ICheers.] l loved the South in my
childhood, and l love it no les To
day; and it is because ! 10 love II
and because find that the Dean"
cratic party in its hide-honnd mo
lives, are opposed % everything lik'
progress [cheers, and the Repubil
can party stands ready-alway
moving on, always pitching its guild
on still to front, and then movInl
it's alignment up. l find the Repub
licau party to he ready not only .
build up it's own section, not oni.
to give protection to iahore's IN th
Moth, but the genial influence
that protection is being felt in tn
South.
We commend this speech ''
thinking Democrats and ask then
If the progress ard prosperity 9
the country IS not of much impo'
tance then the resolutions Of y