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The chair then declared the convention
adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Immediately after the adjournment the
audience set up wild yell for Bob lnger-
soil in which many delegates joined. After
withstanding considerable urging Colonel
Ingersol stepped out from behind the desk
where he had been setting and was receiv-
ed with enthusiastic cheers. He addressed
the meeting as follows:
INGERsoLL's SPEECH.
Ladies and Gentlemen: / am Repub-
Ican. | belong to the greatest, to the
grandest party ever org ,nized by the
human race. fAppiausel. | belong to that
great party that is in favor of giving to
every human being equal rights
with every other. and the mis-
sion of the Republican party
is not ended until the great republic shall
be civilized. lCheers. The mission of
that party is not ended until every man
DeiIcdUi Her IldS uOG OllIy las IHS IiShU W
cast his vote in peace, but to have 1t
counted honestly and in peace. [Cheers.l
| am Repu biican because that party is
pledged to the protection of American
labor. ICheers. The country that raises
raw material and sells it as such will al
ways be ignorant and poor. [Cheers. ]
Why? The labor to raise raw material
is ignorant labor, but the moment
that raw material is worked into
foh ohrin inf hQnI mi Cb
that require intelligence, consequently the
greater number of industries we have in
the United States the more Intelligent our
population will be, Cheersl. Another
reason, ordinary labor is always cheap.
Labor commands price in the proportion
that the mind is mixed with muscle, in
the proportion that thought is mingled
with effort. [Cheersl. The people who
want US to raise raw material for England
to manufacture, simply vote for the pow
erty and ignorance of America. lcheersl,
and for the wealth and intelligence of
Great Britain. [Cheersl. l am in favor
of the protection of American
industries, because it will develop Ameri-
can brain; because under that system we
can raise the most beautiful things be-
meath the stars, great men and great
women. [Tumultuous applause Where
men pursue but one industry they become
stupid. Where the industries are diversi-
fed every part of the brain is developed
and we have use for every aptitude, for
every talent and for every kind of genius.
L am in favor of American protection be-
cause under that policy we have become
the richest nation on the globe. CHEERS
because we are tie most ingenious
people who ever lived, because, on the av-
erage, we nave more sense than any people
that | have ever happened to meet. [Ap-
plausel. | am in favor of that policy be-
cause here in the United States, we have
on the average better homes, better
clothes. better food and better schools than
the hearthstone is the foundation of Amer
lea. [Applausel. l believe the fireside is
the altar of the republic. -[Applausel. 1
am in favor of that policy that will put a
roof over the head of every mechanic.
[Applausel. am not only in favor of the
Republican party because it is in favor of
protecting industries at home, but am in
favor of the party because it believes in
education, because it believes in protecting
the rights of American citizens every
where. l am for that party becauseit took
the last stain from the American flag.
Applause ! am for that party because
it gave freedom not only to 1900, 900 of
people but to thousands of millions yet
unborn. [Applause.l | am in favor of it
because you can be man and belong to it.
lGreat applause. Now having said this
success of the Republican parry as
the most important thing for the
republic. In the next place, no sin
gle man, whatever his services may be,
no single man, whatever his achievements
have been, no single man, whatever his ca
pacity is, is of the slightest Importance,
compared with the success of the Republi-
and cheers. Consequently the next ques-
tion is, who is the most available man,
other things being equal. ICries for
Blaine, Gresham and other candidates..
| do not care who you are for. or who | am
for. The great question is, and that
question must be settled at the polls. not
in the whirlwind of excitement, but after
months of.discussion, when the hurrah is
out of your lungs and sense is in
your brain Applause and laughter
that question must be settled
by the most intelligent men under
the flag, and when you can do q thing,
easily, there is no need of straining your
selves. Laughter | would like to see
this convention rise to the dignity and
splendor of the occasion, and | believe you
will. would like to see you pvt upon the
next ticket, two soldiers who helped to
save our country. Great applausel |
would like to see two heroes pitted against
two Democrats. Itireat applause. / want
two patriots against two copperheads.
EGreat applause Then let the Ameri-
can people make their choice Let them
say who they will have, and my idea is
this, that man who did not want to go
to Richmond during the war, should
not be sent to Washington now. iAp-
plausel. The great thing want is success
Not simply for party, but for my coun-
try, and not simply for my country, but
for principle, because | believe human lib
erty is more important than any country
on the globe. lGreat applauseI. Now, be-
ing Republican, being for the Republi-
can party, being for protection, wishing
and hoping for success, l am in favor of
the nomination of Walter Q. Gresham.
Great applause, cheering and waving of
flags, and Illinois delegation standing on
TOP of their chairs and cheering loudly.l
The cheers, however, were lost in the g1p-
roar of confusion that came from all sides.
lngersoll withstood it for some moments.
but finally took his hat and was lost in
the crowd. After the excitement had run
about eight minutes Secretary Ciisbe with
gavel endeavored to bring the meeting to
order. While this was going on Fred. \
Douglass had taken the chair but in a
moment or two left II. and Mr. Fitch. of
California, sat in it. However. there were
repeated cries for Douglass. and Sergeant
ALARMS FltZSlmmons waved his mace
calling for order. Mr.. Douglass. taking
the chair, addressed the excited assemblage
as follows:
Fellow Citizens:-I rise to say that l am
able to promise you that you shall have a
recitation quite worth hearing by Mr..
Pope, of St. Louis. iCheers.
Mr. Charles r. Pope. the well known
actor of St. Louis, then gave the
"Sheridan's Ride which was
received with enthusiastic applause.
At the conclusion of AIr Pope's recita-
ton Douglas said: There is an old nlotto.
an old sentiment, to which every American
IS expected TO subscribe II is that Error
may be safelY tolerated while truth l. l. Il