The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-10-05
WHOLE NO. 2I49
PLATT NOT A PRODlGAL-
He Is a Republican and Never
Expects to be Anything
Else

I held tonight AZ COoper I nlon- ne news
4 that ex-senator Warner Miller, ex-Sena-
tor Plstt, Chagncey NJ. Depew and
WhitelAE Reid were to be present at
! tracted large crowd These gentlemen
arrived at about $50 o'clock, escorted BY
the Lincoln Pioneer Corps. Ofthe Eighth
Assembly district. Their reception was
most enthusiastic Nj. DePew entered
inst, followed by Mr.. Reid, Mr. Miller,
Mr.. Plztt, Marshal Jaco6us, William
Brookfeld, Elihu Root and other notable
men in the party. As soon as they Eere
seated DR.. Brook6eld, chairman Of tke
Republican State COMMITTEES, stepped to
the front and presented as the presiding
officer Thomas c. Piatt-
Mr.. Piatt was received with applause.
After the applause which his appearance
had evoked had subsided, he thanked
the audience for its kind reception, and
said he must protest against being stig-
maiized as prodigal son. He was Re
publican and never expected 20 be any
thing else. He then referred to the live
ly contest which took place at the last
convention between the friends Of the
different aspir4nts for the Presidential
nomination, and, continuing, said.
@Only two conventions have occurred
since the Republic was founded in which
the hercest strife has not been engender-
ed, and these were the conventions
which nominated, FOR the second time,
the father Of his country, George Wash
ingtou, and the savior Of his country,
Ulysses s. Grant [Applausel- The Re
pubIicans Who supported the different
candidates at Minneapolis have nothing
for which 20 apologize. Any one Of them
Is qualified 10 rule this nation, in the
darkest hour Of trial or IN the golden day
Of its prosperity. LAPplausel-
Ak ILLrsrKIOCs TRIO.
~Contemplate the illustrious trio and
marx we'll these remarkable men. There
was the champion Of the great principle
ofprotection 20 American industries,
statesman, who has been weighed in the
balance and never found wanting, a Re
publican, tried by every test, and true as
the steel OF Damascus blade-Ohio's IA
v0rite sou and Governor William Mckin-
ley, Jr. { LAPPltusel. ].
-Gr1ndly as ever, loomed up u the list,
the s;aIwart form Of the man whose
name has stirred the hearts OF millions Of
Republicans throughout the land, as they
have been inspired By To man Of his
generation You anticipate his name,
and need harily mention james q.
Blaine, Of Maine. [ApplAusel.
~But a majority Of the Convention de-
cided that he who, four years ago, res
cued the n.tion from Democratic mis-
rule, who, during the years Of his ineum-
bency, had 50 faithfully borne the Repub-
Hcan standard, and Who's administration
had 50 signaIly promoted national pros
perity, should lead y again 70 victory,
and BENJAMIN Harrison, Of Indiana, be-
came the Republican nominee TAP
plagssl.
The Demoertic convention at Chica-
70 denounced the Mckinley tariff a. a
cheat and fraud, denied the Govern
ment the right 70 protect the working
men, threw the plank Of tariff reform
overheard % the fishes and substituted
another plank, sawed out long ago BY the
late samuel J. Tilden, viz Tariff for
revenue only Ca that plank the Re
publican party Joins issue win the Dem
ocracy. LApplInssl. The Republican
party believes thas the most sacred func-
ton Of government Is the protection Of
the workingrnan, and that the no5iest
work 70 which any party can dedicate
itself i IN the buiijiugup and fostering
Of these great industries, by which tie
progress and prosperity Of the nation are
assured [ApplsGsel. Mr. Cleveland and
Dir. Hill both agree in declaring that
protection Is z cheat, bur neither Of them
dare endorse absolute free trade, 50 they
are both compelled 70 repudiate the
platform and to stradile the issus-
cLEvELASD's INCONSISTENCY.
an his letter Of acceptance Mr.. Cieve-
Iand has been forced TO wrsstls with
condition not a theory, viz He has been
forced 70 spit upon the platform, and 10
expect to rate a. q consistent Democrat
/ Laughter. There are other conditions
that are not theories, 70 which he neg
Iected to address himself For instance,
one Of the vital questions which ea1nCt
/ be ignores, and which is deeply agitat-
/ ing the Democratic 'maehiae politician
Z Of the state and the Nation, Is whether
I It is ordained that the M1gEunp tail
shall xag the Democratic dog. [LAugh-
teri. This issue 3 said % have been de-
( lined al a dinner, snd was decided in
favor OF the machine, but the great Dem
ocrarie masses, az this moment, have no
reliable information On this m0msntOus
question.
Again he oFerlo0kel that enbarrass-
| ing condition, which Vas embodied II
the recent report Of that excellent Demo
cratic official, kn0xn a. the Commission
er Of Statistics Of Labor He should have
definitely setfled the qaessioa Shether
Mr. Peek should % eruciie j 70 appease
the wrath Of the free trade Mugwumps,
and be put on the list OF martyrs 70 the
holy cause Of protection lie has been
driven 70 embrace the tariff IDEAS Of MS
arch-eaeny and TO humiliatingly adopt
the imaginary issue Of tie journalistic
statesman, who has stignziizsd him as
A ssudsd prophet In the expressive
IanSu.y= OF that same Democratic oracle,
The tariff part OF Mr. Clevelaad's letter
IS foil Of carefully considered maxims
and Is as elastic as caOGtchouc. Laugh
ter and spplausel-
For the future the party Of Andrew
Jackson, Joha c. CIihoua, james Bu-
chanan aud David 3. Hill may be con
sidered As relieved from the necessity
and trouble Of holiing NItionAl Conven-
tons. A self instituted cemmit.ee Of
aIl-Eise NgsNumps rla be relied upon 10
furnish the cABdnla5e, and their eandi-
date will never faiI to be platform unto
himself" Laughter
Mr.. Piatt .hen weat on 10 define the
position Of the Republican party, on
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