, 1889-09-12


ordered to be sent by the secretary, un.
der the direction Of The chairman. The
band played to kill timo while the cont
mitteo was being waited for. Then
there were loud c0lls for Voorhees,, and
he came forward and was introduced by
the chairman. lie said:
VOORHEES, SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of tho
Committco--lt ~ needless for me to un-
dertakc to express the deep sense of
satisfaction that comes over me ut this
greeting 1t indicates that IL | did carry
your standard to defeat last year still
have. some friends. Applnuse. You
are here as representatives of that party
which has alwnys looked iavorably upon
those who acquired this territory and
organized IL and issued It certificate of
sovereignty in 1850. lApplausc. You
are TO carry on the plan by nominating
q ticket which shall administer to the
Improvement of the new stute.
The ink is hardly dry in
the republican platiorm--the platform
and against the people. That platform
claims admission as n state for republi-
can congressman, forgetting that these
territories would have come in before
had they not so long opposed Dakotas
admission as one state. Two states
there meant more representation for the
republicans, and they stuck TO 1t, so the
democrats gave IL up. In their desire to
admit the states they sacrificed politi-
cal advantage, and consented to give
this territory home rule and government
by the people. The next claim of their
platform advises tho people to stand by
the men who followed tho flag
and preserved the Union, and then
when an old soldier marched in and
asked for the nomination for governor,
telling them of his marches, his suffer-
ings and his services in the army and
displaying His faded blouse of private
and his buttlc-stuinod muskct, that con-
Vculion nominated man who never
smelt gun powder in his life; who, when
this crisis WIS upon all tho land, was
collecting taxes In Tennessee IAN
plause.l This Is the party of false pre-
tense. Again, when II was necessary to
name postmaster in Goldcndule and
the gentleman who wrestcd the stand
ard from my hand last fall wns called
upon to name candidate hc selected an
eN-tOnicdCratc soldier never "A soldier
for that Office. Further, thcy call upon
you to follow the principles of noble
mem among them j. \. Garfield who
said lie was IN favor of that kind of pro.
lection which leads ultimately to free
trade. We believe in Jeilur,on's ; prlnci-
pie that the people were not born already
saddled for Il few mon to ride. The
democratic party Is party of free trade,
but OF honest trade. lAppluuse.l Cen
tlemCu, | didn't come to talk. This
j. n time for action, II timc for every
democrat to get TO his home
and announce to his constituents
that we come into hattie united
and with a solid front against tho army
and If the god of battles Is as Just In tie
iuture ~ lac has been in the past victory
viii perch upon our banners | thank
you, and wish you goodbye" I'M
mcnse applause.
Lewis, Elmore, Mctcalin and Others were
called for. Fillmore said that as there
was no business ready he moved TO adj
iourn to i. NJ. But the convention
wouldn't adjourn and kept ON calling
for dilicront ones TO address them. No-
body accepted the invitation, how
ever, and the Tacoma band be-
ing stirred responded with u waltz,
while Landlord Jackson's roast
pig and chicken dinner awaited
and suffered for eaters. Scmplc, Met
coltc, business and other things were
called for and there wasn't really any
reason to prevent either of them from
appearing, but they didn't, aud the
lpcnl band took II turl. Then Clrson
said, I'VE could go and get our suppcrs,'
ana then tho landlord had told him it
would be q cold one unless they got
around to 1t by $3.50. lie moved TO ud-
journ TO L. NJ. That fetched 'om'
and an enthusiastic delegate couldn't
wait for Carson TO reach his motion but
loudly seconded II before hc made il. IL
prevailed and at o o'clock the conven-
tion went To supper to return ut I L. Nj