Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-21
After greeting of applause Mr.. Owens spoke
CHAIRMAN OWENS SPEECH.

CHAIRMAN OVENS SPEECH.
1.-TWO great dangers menace the democratic
party. One is external, the other internal The
first il the organized machinery Of organized
capital, supported by the whole power
OF the government The second il
tendency among democrats to make
issues among themselves. Two needs, therefore,
stand before us indispensable to success: Unity
and harmony. OF the one this chair and gavel
stand representative; it remains for you to sup
ply the other. In this spirit I greet you, fel-
low-democrats, as the advance guard Of grand
army sent forward to blaze pathway TO victory.
How momentOus is your responsibility ! need
not tell you. II your work be done in wisdom
the millions toiling in mine and shop and field
will rise and call you blessed. The roll call Of
the republic attests that its heart and its con-
science are with Us in our war with
the representatives Of greed. The best
thought Of our party IL a platform that chal-
lenges the appreciation and invites the support Of
the people. We can succeed we must do more,
we must deserve success, above the wreck, if
need be, of selfish combinations; we must rear
a temple to the plain people and build a shrine
so broad that there every lover Of his kind may
kneel. The burden must be lifted from the back
OF labor and to that end it has . right to de-
mand that whoever bears our banner must lift
1t above the smoke Of conflict and the din Of
faction, that every democrat of the Union may
bats. Let us not mistake. The gravity Of the
situation demands the broadest patriotism and
every needful sacrifice.
"Our work but begins here. Under the suns
Of summer and the frosts Of autumn we must
carry 1t forward with unfaltering courage to q
paign Of education. The study Of the corn
field begun in the west and south
must be carried into every hamlet of
the east and north. The people must learn
their true relation to the taxgatherer. They
must learn that no railroad presidents cham
maskers write our tariff bills. They
must learn, too, that for personal and
political advancement their country was
menaced by the threat Of war, and they will
learI with shame and regret that the very day
the warlike proclamation Of their President was
read in the halls Of Congress the peaceful re-
Spouse OF the little eight-by-ten republic Of
Chile accepting the terms Of the presidential
ultimatum was read in every capital Of the
world.
"Our opponents must be measured BY their
deeds and not by their professions. The Fifty
first Congress wrote the blacklist page in our
Legislative history and became thing Of the
past. 1t challenged the approval of the people
and they responded in tone 80 portentous that 1t
seemed the voice Of God With a unanimitv
that finds no parallel in the history of popular
government it was determined that 81 600 200, :
uOO was lar TOO much TO pay for such q museum
OF freaks. II we but permit 1t they will stand
by their verdict.
THAT our cause may triumph let MS work IN
kindness. In the heat Of contention let us not
forget that our political brother may be lust
as honest and perhaps better informed. I'M
PEELED by one purpose, that purpose the public
good We will free ourselves from the chickering's
and heartburnings that characterized the re-
publican party when its Marshal Ney went down
at Minneapolis before the mailed legions Of the
bread-and-butter brigade
CALLING THE BOIL.
The speakers voice penetrated to the farthest
recesses Of the galleries and his remarks were
cheered to the echo. q, Pee. -. ..
At the close Of Mr.. Owens speech, upon mo-
ton Of Delegate White Of California the roll
was called for the constitution Of the committee
on credentials on rules and order of business,
on permanent organization and on resolutions,
each state to name one member Of each
committee. All reports and communications
to the convention were ordered referred to the
resolutions committee.
resolution extending sympathy to James
G. Blaine was adopted amid great cheering all
over the hall.
The convention then adjourned until II
O'Clock tomorrow morning.