Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

man needed the call. Through storm and OBJ
struction he reached the crest OF the Alle-
enemies and saw what was the horror-wonder OIL
the world.
The Generals Work ut Johnstown.
There he went and there he worked, saving
the living from themselves and gaunt starya-
ton; succoring the wounded and giving TO the
mangled and dead a Christian burial in that
blood-washed valley of the Conemaugh. Going
to the wrecked city a humanitarian. he re-
mained an indefatigable Christian worker and
when the work had been done and succor and
Tener had been fully extended, he returned TO
MS home modest hero and the peoples canol-
oaIe for Governor. (Applause.
lie is man who. from penury and poverty
has worked himself into the very front rank OF
the foremost men of the country, and VINO mas,
w1thal, preserved his personal honor unsullied
mate candidate whose success does not de-
pend upon whom or how the enemy may nom
mate tapplause for two minutesI; for whose
public record no apology or explanation Is re,
scrutiny the most exacting. General Hastings,
history has been studded by trials. by hard
work, by privations. by the kind Of cruci6ie
that tried and tested the lives of Lincoln,
Grant and Garfield. Mr.. Chairman. name to
this convention Daniel Hartman Hastings
There was a magnificent outburst, with
flags, hats, canes, fans and arms swinging in
the air when Mr.. Orlady finished. The old
axiom was evidently repeating itself. The
applause was one mans, while the nom1na-
tion was another's. W. j. Shafer, of Del
aware county, seconded the nomination OF
General Hastings. He said he was proud
to take part in the glorious task of this con-
vention. No State can boast OF such a
galaxy of Republicans as this grand old
Commonwealth.
A Comparison of Meade and Quay.
He recalled Gettysburg with the great
Meade, and years afterward, when the man
hood that saved the country again needed a
leader, they found him in Matthew Stanley
Quay, who reinstated the Republican party
in power. Coming from Hastings man
this was direct line thrown out for votes
favorable to Quay. Shaffer contended that
Hastings name was synonymous with a
great event. In the greatest calamity of
modern times, the Johnstown food, the fin
ger of destiny pointed to leader of men.
The stricken Conemaugh Valley was demor-
allied, chaos reigned everywhere. General
Hastings stepped to the front, martial law
was declared, and he became the ruler, not
only in military sense, but one whom the
people respected and loved to obey.
After the Johnstown flood he was the
peoples candidate for Governor. The young
men asked for this man; his name is an in
spiration to them. He is candidate that
will set Pennsylvania on fire. Mr.. Shaffer
proved to be an able colleague of Lawyer
Orlady. He is young, full of fiery eloquence
and dashlng In style. Undoubtedly the
Hastings people possessed the orators OF the
day.
Oaborue's Philosophic Oratory.
Alfred Darte, of tuzerne county, NOM
mated Congressman Osborne. His remarks
leaned toward philosophy, finally coming
out of the darkness of metaphorical illum-
nations with the statement that this con-
vention is the opening of the campaign
of 1892. He sketched the military and
civic history of General Osborne, which he
declared was equal to that of any Pennsyl-
yanian. The nomination was seconded by
G. 7. Halsey, of Wilkesbarre, who pleaded
for the recognition of soldiers. Not much
noise was made over the nomination of Mr..
Osborne, for the reason that his delegates
were few and that the contingency Of COM
promise candidate was out of the question.
Mr.. Halsey retired to the rear, and Chair
man Lyon observed Major William G.
MoreIand, of Pittsburg, standing on the floor
with uplifted hand.
"Mr. Moreland, OF Pittsburg," announced
the Chairman.
A request came from the body of the
House that Mr.. Moreland 60 upon the plat
form so, he could be better heard. The
genial City Attorney complied with this in
vitation, and as he faced the audience a
murmur seemed to run over the surface of
faces as though something good were ex-
pected. Beginning in his usual manner the
Major allowed his flow of eloquence to
gradually rise until he had enchained the
attention of every man present. He cap
tured the audience in an entirely different
way than any preceding speaker had done.
The SkiIIfuI Rhetoric of MoreIand.
Orlady's fierce manner and burning decla-
rations had aroused the people to boisterous-
musical voice and commanding appearance
made a decided impression another way.
He perhaps had the most attentive udience
of any OF the orators. He said:
Gentlemen Of the Conventions:
Such q splendid audience; such afare and
matchless occasion should command power
utterly foreign to me. I can best commend
myself and the cause and the man 1 have the
honor of presenting to this convention at this
time by extreme brevity. 1 am admonished by
the speeches which have been made that am
left an exceedingly barren field, one In which
the sheaves shall not garner the grain. I shall
not consume your time in an effort to initiate
the brilliant and almost matchless oratory to
which you have had the pleasure of listening
this afternoon, nor seek to challenge your
attention by pointing you to that grand old
State of Allegheny and presenting geographic
cal considerations to this convention.
You have met in an interesting and an i'm
portant time. You have come to the bar of
judgment and the bar of conscience in q mass.
-Ir hnrr fA 1n
shall have gone down tonight, and tomorrow
breezes from the Delaware to the Ohio
watt the name of the man who receives your
votes You are to present to us man equipped
for the high Office No lnvidious comparisons
should move you against conscience and judg-
ment but if they all be equal in the splendid
manhood presented to you this afternoon, then
if there are geographical considerations you
ought to enter into. may then have the pleas
ure and the privilege Of presenting them. Do
you want Governor in the prime and full
blossom of manhood? Do you want a scholar
who finds recreation with his books2 Do you
want a lawyer whose lndefatigable industry
has helped him to forge to the fore front of his
profession? Do you want a man devoted to
his home, devoted to = 8 country and true to
his God? A man who'uocause of birth, educa-
tion and impulse, desire and motive is an Ameri-
can from head to foot.
His Record as n Soldier.
Do you want for Governor man who, when
his heart was young and his brain had scarcely
formed the future of the man. who, when he
heard the roll of the drum and sound of the
cannon, took upon his shoulder musket and
marched to the front, knowing but the unsul-
lied flag and the life of the nation? Do you
want a man who, when armed treason sum-
moned the loyal North to that contest Infinitely
bloodIer than Marsalia's bloody field, was
among the first to respond to his country's
call? Do you want a man whose deeds upon
the field have crowned him for his chivalry,
whose efforts as q citizen has endowed him
with dignity, education and honor? If you
want that man you have him. with all the quail: