The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-10-07
PLATT IN LINE.
Great Speech Of the New York
Republican Leader.
He IS no Prodigal But a True Republican
His Ringing Words in Favor OF the
Repu1Jiean Candidates and
Republican Principles.

New YORK. Sept. 29.-The first repub
, Ecan mass meeting of the present pres
idential campaign in this city was held
last night in Cooper union. There were
fully 5000 persons inside the hall-al
it could possibly HOLLAND twice that
number without, vainly seeking admis
sion.
The hall itself was profusely decor
ated with American flags and on either
side of the speakers stand We're the
German and Irish flags. Back of thu
platform lung the portraits of Harrison
and Reid, draped with flags Long be-
fore the meeting began the enthusiasm
manifested itself. 1t was music by the
band, songs by the Protection quar-
tette, and the audience went wild over
the entrance of Thomas C. Platt, War
ner Miller and Chauncey NJ Depew.
When some degree of silence had re-
turned, Chairman Brookield, of the re-
publican county committee, advanced
to the speakers platform and announced
that he had been charged with the
pleasant duty of introducing the chair
man of the evening, the distinguished,
the aggressive, the loyal republican,
Thomas C. Platt.
Mr.. Platt'S name was received with
cheers, increasing in volume as he him
self stepped forward to the speakers
desk. When the subsistence of thc APP
plause permitted him to DO so, Mr.. Platt
said:
Mr. Chairman: I thank YOU and the commit
tee for this high honor. and. fellow republicans.
thank Won for this warm greeting It's cor
F.. diality and generosity suggest the suspicion
! that may DC regarded by Won in the light OF n
/ prodigal son. Surely could lay no claim 70
+; the title Of "iavOrite SON." and must protest
against being stigmatized as prodieaL The
modern David takes frequent occasion to as
sure the public of The imperishability of his de-
mocracr Ny past record renders 1t unneccs-
4 sary for me TO impress upon you the fact that 1
am n republican. have been republican ever
since the old party was organized, and never
expect 10 be anything but i republican. APP
/ plause.l
There can be no prodgal sons this year. The
/ great fundamental principles OF the party are
at stake. Applause.
! Our friends, the enemy. and our enemies
claiming TO be friends [laughterl have mani
/ tested much anxiety over the great contest
which took place ut the last national couyen-
tion between the friends OF the different as
prants for the presidential nomination Only
two conventions have occurred since the repub-
lie was founded in which the flercest strife has
not been engendered, and those were the con-
ventions which nominated for the second time
the father of his country, George Washington,
and the savior of his country, Ulysses ) Grant
lApplause.l
1t is right The hign ONCE OF president of
this great republic should be the browning re-
ward OF noble ambition; the reward for dis
tinguished service and successful public life
the great seal OF a nations trust and the recog
milton Of its tried and faithful servants. The
republicans who supported the different candi-
dates have nothing for which TO apologize. ANY
one of them is qualified to rule this nation in
the darkest hours OF trial or in the golden days
of its prosperity. Applause Contemplate
the ilustriOus trio and mark well these remark
able men:
There was the champion of the great princi-
pie Of protection to American industries a
statesman who has been weighed in the balance
and never found wanting. republican tried by
every test and true the steel of Damascus
blade, Ohio's favorite son and governor, Will
liam Mckinley. Jr. lApplausei
Grandly as ever doomed up in the list the stall
Wart form Of the man whose name has stirred
the hearts of millions Of republicans through
out the land as they have been inspired by no
man of his generation. You anticipate his
name. and L hardly need mention James u.
Blame, OF Maine lApp1auSe
But a majority of the convention decided that
he who, four years ago. rescued the alton from
democratic misrule: who during the years OF
his incumbencv had so faithfully borne the re-
publican standard. and whose administration
had signally promoted national prosperity,
should lead MS again TO victory. and Benjamin
Harrison, of Indiana became the republican
nominee. Great applause
He stands today as the representative of the
grand old republican party, the bearer Of the
flag of protection, reciprocity and honest
money: and as such regardless OF all former
preferences we pledge him 4 united party with
unwavering loyalty and faith. and from this
night we march forward till the sth of Novem-
Der, solid phalanx, bearing banners illumi-
mated with the inspiring inscription: Harrison,
Reid and Victory" prolonged applause
The democratic party can boast of two honest
and consistent statesmen, Larry O'Neil Of
Ohio, and Henry Watterson, of Kentucky.
[Laughterl They. like John the Baptist of
old, have prepared the way for Us and made
Mr.. Cleveland and Senator Hill. the deIa0cratic
party cannot go into this campaign un3er the
lying banner of tariff reform"
The democratic convention at Chicago would
have no such milk-and water principle, so ii de-
nounced the Mckinley tariff as cheat and
fraud. denied the government the right to pro-
tect the workingmln, threw the plank OF tIrif
reform overheard to the fishes and substituted
another plank saved out long ago by the late
Samuel J. Tilden. viz Tariff for revenue
only" and on that plank the republican party
joins issue with the democracy. Applause
The republican party believes that the most
sacred fupctOn of government is the protect
ing of the workmen- and the nobest work to
which any party can dedicate itself is in the
building up and fostering of those great .1dus-
tries by which the progress and prosperity Of
the nation are assured. lApplausel
Mr. Cleveland and Mr.. Hill both agree in de-
claring that protection is n cheat, but neither
Of them dareS indorse absolute free trade, so
they are both compelled to repu1iate the plat
form and 10 straddle the issues They prac
tically declare that we cannot afford labor full
protection, but may give il just little. In his
letter Of acceptance, Mr. Cleveland has been
forced to wrestle with condition. not theory,
viz, he has undertaken TO spit on the platform
and to expect to rate as a consistent democrat
lLaughterl
There are other conditions that are not theo-
ries. which ne neglects 70 address himself. For.
instance. one OF the vital Questio which can
no: be ignored and which is very deeply agi-
taiing the democratic machine politician of
the state and nation is whether it Is ordained
that the lIugwump tail shall was the democrat
&c dog. Laughter This course is said TO have
been defined At dinner where the mugwump
was excluded and in favor of the machine, but
the great democratic masses n this moment
have no reliable information on this nom entous
question.
Again, he overlooked tina. c-lbar- lssny con-
dition which was embodied in the recent report
OF that excellent democratic official known as
the commissioner OF statistics of labor. He
should have definitely settled the question
whether Peek should be crucified TO appense
the wrath OF the free trade mugwump, and thus
be put on the list Of martyrs 10 the holy cause
OF protection. also that other burning question,
whether the tariff should be mIde a local issue.
and Peck facts, Peek figures and Peck meas
ures should be excluded from the canvass by
the democratic courts