The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-30
BILL nYE's CONVENTION SPEECH,
The Philosopher Of "The World Emits
an Grafton of the Right Kind.
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Inc philosopher or 1.-The World" EmitS
an Grafton of the Right Kind.
From, the Ne,o York World.
During the recent conventions great
many good speeches have been made which
did not get into print for various reasons
Some others did not even get hearing and
still others were prepared by delegates who
could not get the eye of the presiding officer
The manuscript of the following speech
bears the marks of earnest thought, and
though the author did not obtain recogni-
ton on the floor of the convention ! cannot
bear to see an appreciative public deprived
of it:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: We are met together here as
representation of the greatest and grandest
party in the world-a party that has been
first in peace, first in war and first in the
hearts of its countrymen, as the good book
has it. We come together here to-day, gen
tlemen, to perpetuate by our action the
principles which won us victory at the polls
and wrenched it from an irrated and dis
agreeable foe on many tented field. | re-
fer to freedom.
Our party has ever been the champion of
freedom. We have made q speciality of free
dom. We have ever been IN the van. That's
why we have been on the move Where free
dom quarter of century ago was but a
mere name now we nave LOSUSTeu ana aluoG
it, and encouraged it and made it pay
We have emancipated a whole race,
several of whom have since voted the other
way. But we must not be discouraged
We are here to work. Let us do it and SO
advance our common cause and honor God
But who is to be our leaders Who will
De able to carry our victorious banner from
Portland, Me-, to Portland, Ore, gayly
speaking peices from the tail-gate of a train
l. -, Oh trF1 81
the races Cries of Jeremiah Nj. Rusk, !"
Rudolph Minkins Filter" "Blaine,"
James Swartout," John Sherman, n"Char-
lie Kinney" ETC.,
The eye of the nation is upon us. We
cannot escape the awful responsibility which
we have to-day assumed. With all our
anxiety to please our friends we must not
forget that we are here in the interests of uni
versal freedom. Do not allow yourselves to
be blinded, gentlemen, by the assurance
that this is to be business mans campaign,
a campaign in which conflicting business
interests are to figure more than the late
war. 1t is fight involving universal free
doom, as said in our conventions four,
eight and twelve years ago.
We have before us pure and highly elo-
cutionary platform. Let us nominate a
man who will, as l may say, affiliate and
amalgamate with that platform. Who is
G. Blaine" Lockwood, Lockwood, Belva
A. Lockwood" and general confusion, dur
ing which John A. Wise is seen to jerk
loose about a nickel's worth of Billy Ma
homes whlskers.)
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the con-
vention, there has never been a more har
monious convention in the United States
to my knowledge since the Sioux massacre
in Minnesota. We are all here for the best
ynnd of tho Marty and ZACH is willing tO
concede something rather than create any
ill-feeling. Look at Malone for instance.
We have a good platform now let us nom
mate a man whose record is in harmony
with that platform. Freedom has ever
been our watchword. Now that we have
made the human race within our borders
absolutely free, let us add to our magnifi-
cent history as party by one browning
act. Let us fight for the Emancipation OF
Rumi
Rum has always been mighty power in
American politics, but it has not been alb
solutely free. Let us be the first to recog
nize it as the great corner stone of
American institutions. Let us make it free.
We have never had any Daniel Websters
or Henry Clays since rum went up from %
cents gallon to its present price. The war
tax on whislxey for over twenty years has
saede freedom a farce and liberty loud and
empty snort In mid air. Who, then, shall
be our standard bearer as we journey on
ward toward victory. Cries OF Blaine,
Blaine, James G. Blaine and confusion.)
Gentlemen, | wish that better and thrill
hnger orator had been selected IL my place
to name the candidate on whom alone can
unite. Soldiers, rall-splltters, statesmen,
canal BOYS, tailors, farmers merchants and
school teachers have been Presidents of the
United States, but to my knowledge no con-
vention has ever yet named a dlstllier. L
have the honor to-day to name a modest
man for the high Office of President; man
who never before allowed his name to be
presented to a convention; man who never
even stated in the papers that his name
would not be presented to the convention !;
man who has never sought or courted
publicity even in his own business; man
who has been distiller in quiet way for
over fifteen years and yet has never even
advertised in the papers; man who has so
carefully Stunned the eye of the world that
only two or three of us know where his
place of business is; man who has such an
utter contempt for office that ne has shot
two government officials who claimed to be
connected with the internal revenue bust
ness; man who can drink or let it alone,
but who has aimed to divide the time up
about equally between the two; man who
had absolutely nothing to do with the war,
not having heard about it in time; man
who defieS his calumniators or anybody else
of his heft, man who would paint the
White House red; man who takes great
pleasure in being his own worst enemy.
(Cries of name himl name himW Great
confusion, and cries Of pain from several
harmonious delegates who are getting the
worst of it,
Not to take up your time let me say in
closing that the day for great men as candi-
dates for an important office is past Great
men in great country antagonize different
factions and are then compelled to fall back
on literature What we want is an obscure
and silent chump. have found him. He
has never antagonized but two men in his
life and they are now voting in a better
land. He is plain man, and his career at
Washington would be marked with more or
less tobacco juice. For over fifteen years
he has heen constructing at his country
seat a lurid style of whisky known as The
Essence of Crime. Quietly and unostenta-
tiously he has fought for the emancipation
of whisky everywhere. He says we are
too prone TO worry about our clothes and
their cost and to give too little thought to
our tax ridden rum.
Then, Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen, here
in the full glare of public approval, feeling
that the name am about to pronounce will
in a few moments fash across a mighty con
tinont and greet the moist and moaning
news editor, the grimy peasant, the pussy
Eoulrot. nd thu Gfraa kpd iaDnlS DlaYer. that