The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-17
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER.
Depew's Great Speech at the Re-
publican National Convention.
The Republican Party Amply Provided
with Suitable Material for the Pres
idency-The Party's Claim to
Popular support.

IN winch was u CiiOIuS VI OuC tiOuSdhu
voices supported by the Second regi-
ment band of Chicago. Avast audience
numbering fully twelve thousand peo-
ple witnessed the imposing ceremonies,
and the scene was one long to be re-
membered by those present The in
augural address was made by Hon.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, who in his most
pleasing vein spoke as follows:
About eighteen hundred years ago,
when Rome was mistress of the world,
the Emperor Titus. who was counted
the most enlightened and liberal of the
Caesars, celebrated universal conquest
by the dedication of the coliseum.
Within its walls were gathered eighty
thousand spectators, who represented
all that there was of the religion, poll
tics and culture of the Roman empire.
Neither eloquence. nor music, nor song
was present Captives who were the
flower and youth of every nation were
forced into the arena as gladiators, and
five thousand of them were slaugh-
:ered amid the plaudits of emperors,
senators. priests and people. Thou
sands OF early Christian martyrs-men,
women and children-were mangled,
torn and devoured by wild beasts.
Centuries have come and gone, most
of them presenting only bloody records
of suffering and sorrow. Millions have
died upon the battlefield and upon the
scaffold, dynasties have been over
thrown. empires disrupted, continents
ravagcd and the people kept in british
ignorance and slavery, but upon the
western hemisphere freedom from
caste and tradition. the equality of all
men before their Maker and the laws,
the equal opportunities tor every one
to rise 20 the highest places IN the state
and to grasp the largest industrial and
commercial prizes. the generous recog-
milton of mutual obligations. one to the
other. have created an empire greater
in power AID incidentally better in
every attribute Of bencEccnt sovereign
ty than Rome. The principles OF its
government have been influenced and
are influencing and iiheraliziug the in
stitutions OF every nation in the world.
1t has welcomed the people from every
land. and over the unseen wires of af-
lection the messages of liberty are
passing from every emigrant's home to
the village of the old world from which
he came.
In this hall will gather tomorrow the
representatives of Cne-half or more of
the American people. They meet to
nominate the man who shall conduct
the government and formulate the pr n
ciples which will control its policy.
The stake is boundless empire ard
majestic power. 1t is a prize which
has been in all ages the fruitful source
Of rebellions and of civil wars, but
under our institutions the issue is
settled not by bullets. but by ballots.
II the result of the final contest shall
be defeat for the man and the measures
here put before the country the minori-
ty will LOYALTY support the government
and maintain its laws. If it shall be
victorious the defeated party will with
equal good temper acquiesce, and the re-
suit will rebound to the glory of the re-
public ard to the happiness Of its people.
4 distinguished statesman from Mis-
souri, remarked the other day that the
differences between the parties were
so unimportant that it did not make
much difference to which of them a
citizen belonged. We who have come
here as representative of the repub-
lean party DO not entertain any such
idea.
The history Of our organization, its
men and its measures of the past are 4
part Of It's claim to popular support.
The democratic party neither through
the mouths of it. orators nor the utter
anceS of its conventions nor the editor
ials Of is newspapers ever refers to 4
democratic statesman since Gen. jack
son with one exception. They DO speak
Of ex-Pres.dcnt Observation-Disclosures
from ALBANY and then again 70 SYRIA
crse; sometimes ii the New York
World and then again in the New York
san. But 1t i difficult to put = states
man II the category of Jefferson or Of
jackson when part of his party ascribe
him y 4 mountain Of light and the
other part Is a mountain OF beef. No
mention : ever made OF Polk. Pierce
or Buchanan. No statesman OF demo-
the needs o. the obligations OF the pres
ent- The republican party. on the other
hand. hangs mp on ;he walls Of its con-
ventions the portraits of its presidents,
and knows, Is the country knows. that
their lives and achievements are the
best history 90 the country.
At the head Of tie list stands the
r III l,
cipator of slaves-A braham Lincoln.
Then comes the great soldier. whose
genius OF war gathered the scattered
fragments OF power and welded them
into that irresistible force-U lysses ).
Grant Then comes the educator. soldier,
statesman and orator, who has been an
example in the theme of college COM
mencement and the aspiration of
American youth--James \. Garfield.
Then that admirable officer and model
gentieman-CheSter 4. Arthur. We
honor and express our best wishes for
long life and happiness for Rutherford
B. HAYES; and whatever may be the
outcome of this convention. il will
place upon record its pride in the Won
derfully useful and patriotic admins
tration Of Benjamin Harrison.
Our democratic friends seem TO be re-
markably deficient in presidential tim
Der. 1t is Cleveland or Hill and moth
ing beyond. Cleveland and reform or
Hill without reform. That peerless
journalist, Henry Watterson. has re-
Gently said that the democratic party
was between the devil and the dark
blue sea. By which one of these meta
phors he intended to refer to Cleveland
and which one TO Hill he does not say,
but he left the democratic voters who
are seeking light and safety in the con-
dition of the colored convert when the