Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-17
JOHN B. ALLEN AT HONE.
Our NEXT Delegate rendered a Great Reception
BY His Townsmen-His Speech

Following is Mr.. Aliens speech on the ooca-
sion:
Ladies and gentlemen of my good home,
the city and county Of Walla Walla: l feel
that my feelings and emotions have run
away with my Judgment tonight; that my
will has mutinied, and that my reason refuses
to SIT at the helm to guide my thoughts. This
magnificent demonstration, this triumphant
and eXultant display are but to NE another
demonstration Of your generosity, in SO far as
they fe.,te To me, aud do not arroglte that
they relate t. me except to the most limited
extent; but 1 say this magnificent demonstra-
tion is hut another proof Of the good will and
generosity of the people of Walla Walla
toward me During the last fifty or sixty
DAYS l have traversed Washington territory
I have gone through its dust; l have gone
thrc ugh Its mud; have gone over its hills,
through its forests, along its highways and its
trails. have endeavored according to the
letter and spirit Of my obligation to dis
charge the duty; to meet the great honor and
responsibility that the republican party cast
upon me, and wherever l have gone the hand
Of friendship has crasped mine, the sunshine
of favor and Of kiudlness have been upon
Inc, Not a cloud, it seems to me, has obscur-
ed my horizon save one, and that was that in
the limited time permitted me for the canvass,
against my will, against my inc!inations but
under the authoritative directions of those who
had the management of our campaign in their
hands, | was not permitted even one day with
the people Of Walla Walla county, who had 50
houored and trusted me.
In the duty that you cast upon me the labor
has been light. In fact it has not been labor;
it has been freed from every care; it has been
freed from every anxiety, because, as [ told
you, wherever l have gone there has been the
hand Of friendship, there has been the smile Of
favor, and now, ladies and gentlemen, confess
ing, | must, that my emotions have control
of my mind, cannot give utteranee to the
thoughts and feelings that press upon me to-
night, but I will call your attention briefly to
a few matters before l retire
| have this conviction, that although it was
not my lot, it was not my privilege to stand be-
fore the people of Walla Walla county in this
canvass, yet 1 feel that far beyond my merits,
far beyond any claim that | had, that my alb
sence has been more than accounted for in
the efficient work done by my friends l come
back here with this consolation, that while it
was not possible for me to stand before the
people of Walla Walla. yet l feel that in my
absence greater things have been achieved for
me in this county than might have been with
my presence. l come here tonight to rejoice
with you, that from your candidate for the
legislative council down to the justice Of the
peace, the republican party of Walla Walla
county has most grandly and most signally
triumphed, with single exception. Out of
our generosity to most estimable Christian
gentleman, We have swept the entire ticket,
leaving to our democratic brethren in the per
son of worthy Christian minister the conso-
lations of holy religion and probate judge
to administer upon the effects of the deceased
party. Laughter
Within a broader party scope l come here to
congratulate you upon the signal victory achi-
eyed throughout the territory of Washington
I feel that this great victory has been achieved
because the republican party of Washington
territory stood upon broad, comprehensive
late you upon the fact that the republican
party in Washington territory, by reason of
the zeal and of the earnestness and of the in
telligence and enterprise of our newspaper press,
by reason of the energy and the eloquence of
our political speakers and the enthusiasm of
bur young men, is restored again TO her ac-
customed place within the lines Of the ma
I Arm !
to congratulate you, ladies and gentlemen, in
a still broader and comprehensive sense. I
come to congratulate tonight that the nation
al republican party, the party of Abraham
Lincoln, of Ulysses Grant and James Garfield,
has again been returned to power and the ad-
/ ministration of affairs of this nation. | come
to congratulate you that by reason of the
triumph of the national republican party,
! Washington territory, with her school houses,
! her churches, her industries, her cities, towns
and villages, and intelligent population, shall
not longer be the victim of partisan wrong,
but that the day Of her deIverance is at hand
! Continued applause. l come to congratulate
you tonight that in the admission of the state
| of Washington, if it We're possible, another
flower is to be added to the garland of i'm
mortality that already crowns the name Of
! Washington l come to congratulate you
upon the fact that the great national party
that founded and fostered and developed and
is still extending our industrial system, has
been called back again to guard and pro
! tect it.
! l congratulate you, ladies and gentlemen,
that upon the restoration of the republican
| party we can look forward to the day when the
humbest citizen within the limits Of this nation
will stand on a political equality with the
greatest; when the vote of every citizen shall
! be freely cast and honestly counted. l con
/ graduate you tonight, my fellow citizens, that
! the bandana does not fall upon the shoulders Of
the next president of the United States, but,
/ on the contrary the mantle of Lincoln and Of
Grant and of Garfield falls upon the shoulders
Of one who is in every way worthy to wear it,
/ Applause. l congratulate you upon the pros
pect that no man who has barred his breast
exposed his life for this great nation, shall he
/ TApplause. Thicker than doves to the win
dows, it seems to me, the thoughts and the
reasons flock to my mind why we should con
graduate ourselves on this magnificent tr-
umph. | stood but few days AGO upon the
shores of the ocean, and as far as the eye could
stretch across the infinite breadth l saw the
majestic waves and heard their .eafenino roar.