Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-07
han of a great national convention.

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morked no , svmpathv and roeling which
canght ororv msmbor Of tba vost ond;once
ono nf tho son,opcas that broke tho n,i,ful
stillnoss ~ tho g,tberinp was the declare.
tlon that tho people of tho new movement
ionl,oI 70 T. |. Poll ne tho Lincoln of nm
arn - freodom
"Rrother Polk ~ the snso,,er continual
nvos tbe ono man whose Mace cannot he
n,Ied. He was the one around whom all
our bonos con+urod no tbev can around No
otber man Ua diod n MARTYR to orr cause
cron, o,.rror -
Editor McCupe followed He said.
.,Tbose who sna,v our lost friend b.st loved
him host The NOZZLE soul the MAGNIFICENT
brnin. the wonderful orntorv of /. l., Polk
were given to the couse of orr nova ment
He devoted himself to tho destruction of
secuonalism which had been fosterod nv
those eorrunt politicians who ruled this
land in tho interests of those bv whom il
wns robbed The cause which Col. Polk led
meant freodon Of labor the triumnh of the
peonle
IH,d be heen here tomorrow amid the
rou,ino cheers of the audience he would
hive been selected to bear our banner aloft.
lot us keen in view the oxnmple Of our lost
leader and determine that wo shall not lag
hahi,d until tbe couse which be cbamnioned
shall he carried to success. ~
Mrs Todd of Michigan mid n touchipc
tril,ute 70 the memory of the deceased leader
She said his attitude toward the debsuoherv
Of the present system OF government rnined
for him persecution and villainous SANDER.
She said he was crucifled as tho saviors of
| the people have ever been crucified in one
| form or another. "But he Is not dond. he
MAYER lived until now and the recollections
OF his deeds will over act as OH inspiration
until the victory of our cause ia nroclein.
ed
Gen. Weaver summed IN in pathetic and
touching words the life of Col. Polk "Tbe
name OF Col. Polk. the sneaker concluded
"will remain for ages a monument of mower
In this country and great bulwark against
the surrinp tides of hatred and poltical
animosity. May we cherish his memory
and may we see that his family. which has
lost head and ia ther, shall be cared for. ~
This reference to the family of the de-
ceased was received with n favorable re-
sponse.
A speech marked by so,emnity> and
earnestness bv Mrs. Lease of Kansas vas
most eutOLv
day-tbat of Hon. Icuatjus DonnelIy. ga
great man. - said Mr.. Doanellv. "has fallen
We erect today over che dust of orr dead
friend and brother n monument more en-
durino Than brass or mnrblo n monument
of affection and honor. His rrcot heart
was in this work. II be moves omonp us
invisible ot this moment ha will lit,la REGARD
the honors we paw his memory but he ssos
the vast vista of the future and the I'M
countable millions of other nations whose
faces are to be wreathod in smile. or dis
torted with agony as wo succeed or foil.
Mr.. DonnelIv then touched unon the char
actor of Colonel Polk and called unon the
audience to look to him as their exampler.
A fitting epitsph ovor the tomb Of the de-
parted leader, he declared. would be the
lines of the Quaker poet OF New England;
"Large Drained. Gear eyed of such as he.
Shall freedoms young apostles be-.
Delegate Gillette OF iowa. spoke of DR..
a1u Go ~ al p pn ''''u'e 70 'N' in''iio-