The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-30

General is also good campaigner
and . good organizer. It is his in
tention personally to visit the forty
four states Of the American Repub-
lie and speak. He believes if the
people can be thoroughly aroused
We will win q great victory. If any
body can arouse them it will be
Weaver.
1T is his purpose to go to New
York and New England. Our party
is we'll represented in New York
particularly. and it is not unlikely
that we may carry one or two con-
gressional districts there.
Gen. Viewers principal work,
however, will be in the West and
South, where our party is the strong
est. We shall carry Kansas beyond
doubt. Our majority there ought
to be 10000 or 10000. The demo
cratic state committee has already
Endorsed our State and electoral
ticket, and that will make Kansas
as safe for the third party as Yer
mont is for the republicans, II the
democrats will indorse our ticket in
Nebraska we will also carry that
state, and there is no doubt of our
ability to overthrow the republican
control in North and South Dakota
We also expect to win in the two
Carolinas and in Georgia, although
/ am not so certain of these COM
monwealths as I am of the four in
the North I have just named.
"There is a mighty movement 60
ing on which the politicians don't
seem properly to estimate. There
is an upheavel imminent which
may upset all their calculations.
We shall be satisfied if we largely
increase our representation in the
House. We now have ten mem
bers. | think in the next House we
shall have sixty. That is not an
overcalculation. We are gaining
steadily and we have not lost any
ground anywhere. Some of the
Southern democrats, like Tillman
of South Carolina, are giving out
the impression that the democratic
party will dominate the alliance
movement in that state, but that is
not so. The men we shall elect
from the South will be third party
men, who will represent third party
principles. and who will not go into
4 democratic caucus. In my judg- |
ment, we are likely to hold the
balance of power in the next con-
gress and would not be surprised
if our strength was not nearly as
great as that of the republicans. 1t |
is in the House that we can do our
most effective work, and it is that
body of which we are the most de-
sirous to obtain control. At the /,
present time it is worth more to US
than the presidency"
The following is a report of Cen
eral Viewers speech of acceptance :
Gust previous to adjournment,
at 3 O'Clock Tuesday morning, Gen.
addressed the convention.
His words electrified the assembly |
into frenzy of enthusiasm and at
The conclusion of his speech the
delegates made one grand rush for
The platform to grasp the hand of
the chosen leader. Gen. Weaver
spoke as follows:
SYou cannot imagine the feelings
which animate me at this time but
| wish to congratulate this conven-
ion upon the splendid spirit which
has characterized its work from the
until the present moment.
It has been scene of patriotic de-
votion to duty. I have witnessed
no bitterness, and if there has been
any it has been less than / ever saw
in convention of this character
and magnitude. [Applause.] |
wish to thank you, in the name of
The people of this city, for your he
foic work here, for the sacrifices
you have made and the labors you
have endured. / have seen a great |
many conventions in this country,
and | can say to you this is the
greatest of them. [Cheers.] When
look over this magnificent gather
ng rejoice in my heart that the
cause of the people, which many of
you have been laboring for years to
advance, now shows unmistakable
evidence of speedy triumph. Zap
3lause.
''This is the grandest moment Of
our civilization. 1t is rallying the
pest hearts and best heads Of the
ration around the three great con-
entions of modern times-the great
and problem, the great currency or
financial problem and the great and
'vershadowing problem of trans
,ortation. Applause. These are
he centers around which this great
movement is rallying. You are
light, and you will be triumphant
IS certain as we are assembled in
his hall. Prolonged applause.
FOUR faith and your work will con-
Luer. This is no longer country
governed by the people, and it is
he great duty to-day, devolving
Al -. !