The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-01
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CALVIN s. BRTcE, CHAIRMAN OF THE MA
TLoNAL COMMITTEE.
hosts Of the Democracy and in a few
crisp words called the convention
which will nominate Grover Cleveland
for third time for the presidency to
order
Hosts of Democrats were about the
convention hall long before the APP
pointed hour and by noon the great
galleries and the press stand and plat
form were all well filed.
just ut nOuh there came vivid flash
of lightning, while booming report
of thunder reached the ANXIOUS crowd.
Quickly followed rafting of bursting
rain upon the roof, and almost in
stantly u stream of water flowed down
through IL crack in the center, directly
upon the heads of the New York del
egation Umbrellas were hoisted and
the storm was on.
MIR. Owens Made Chairman.
When order had been brought out of
the apparent chaos Chairman Brice
presented the Rev. John Rouse, who
offered prayer.
Then Secretary Sneerin announced
the temporary organization; Chair
man, William G. Owens, Kentucky;
secretary, S. p Sheeriu; principal read
ing clerk, Nicholas A. Bell of Missouri;
scrgeant-at-arms, Richard j. Bright of
| Indiana, Charles Jewett of Indiana,
and Thomas Wilson of Minnesota;
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois was named
to attend Mr.. Owens to the speakers
chair. After a greeting of applause
Mr., Owens spoke thus:
Two great dangers menace the Demo-
cratic party One is EXTERNAL the oJher in
terna The first is the organized ma
chinery of organized capital, supported by
| the whole power of the government; the
second is the tendency among Democrats to
make issues among themselves. Two
needs therefore stand before US
Indispensable to success, unity and har-
m0ny, or the one this chair and
gave stand representatives it remains for
you to supply the other, In this spirit
greet YOU fellow Democrats, as the nd
vance guard, of grand army sent for
ward to blaze u pathway to victory. How
momentous is your responsibility, l need
not tell you. II you work in wisdom the
millions toiling in shop and mine and field
will rise and call you blessed
Theroll call Of the republic attests that
its heart and its conscience are with US In
our war with the representatives Of greed
The best thought of our party is platform
that challenges the appreciation and invites
the support Of the people, We can succeed
we must do more; wo must
If need be, OF selfish combinations
we must rear temple to the plain people
and build shrine so broad that every
lover of his kind may know it, The bur
den must be lifted from the back of toll
and to that end it has right to demand
that whoever bears our banner must lift /
above the smoke Of conflict and the din o
faction, that every Democrat of the uniOl
may follow its lead in exultant and ir
resistible combat
Let us not mistake The gravity of tn
situation demands the broadcast patriotism
and every noedful sacrifice. Our work bu
begins here. Through the suns of summer
and frosts of autumn we must carry for
ward with unfaltering courage to trium
plant close. This again must be cam
paign of education, The study of the corn
field, begun in the West and South, mus
be Carried on to every hamlet Of the Eas
and North
The people must learn their true relatio
to the taxgatherer. They must learn tina
unes of the peoplc--no taXmas
tiers write our tariff bill. The
must learn, too, that for pei
sonal and political advantage thei
country was menaced by threat of wal
and they will learn with shame and regre
that ON the day the warlike message Q
: their president was read in tho halls O
congress the peaceful response Of the ltd
eight by ten republic of Chill, acceptiu
the terms Of the presidential ultimatun
was read in every capital Of the world.
Our opponents must DO measured
, their deeds and not by their professions
Tho Fifty-hrst congress wrote the blacl
esJ page IN our legislative history ana d
came thing Of tho past. II challenge
the approval of tho people an
they responded in tones so pc
= tentious that 1t showed the voice of Coo
With q unanimity that finds no parallel
the history Of popular government the
determined that billion dollars was fl
too much to pay for such museum
: freaks, II we but permit it, they wi
= stand by their virdict.
That our cause may triumph let us wor
In kindness. In the heat Of contention Il
US not forget that our political brother
may DO just rs honest and perhaps bottC
; informed. Impelled by ono purpose, tn
t public good, we will FREQ ourselves frol
, the chickering's and heart burnings tn
! characterized the Republican party whC
lis before the mailed legions of the breG
and butter brigade
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