Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-07
TIE ARGUS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 7. 1892
MIGHTY ONSARTIN'
What Will be Done at the Min
neapolis Meeting.
LEADERS RUNNING NECK AND NECK
If Lung Power Is Any Criterion-Dedi.
cation of the Convention
Hall.

Depew Makes the Speech and Names
Harrison and Blaine, Each Being Re-
ceived With About Equal Enthusiasm
Both Sets of Partisans Remain Conf
dent, the Blaine Men Doing Most
Shouting on the Streets-A Few of the
Delegates Polled-Contests and Tenn
porary Observation-Disclosures for Chair
man.
MINNEAPOLIS, June THE great con-
rention hall in which the tenth Republic
an convention met today was dedicated
last night by musical exercises and
speech from Chauncey NJ. Depew. The
immense gathering of fully 1900 persons
which filed every part of the building
was manifestation of its capacity, and
The exercises, both musical and oratorical,
put TO the severest test its acoustic proper
Ties 1t was evident that the music was
heard to good effect; the speakers voices,
after the first few minutes during which
cries of Louder" We're raised, also ap-
peared TO reach to the remotest corners of
the vast auditorium.
Got Out Too Big a Bill.
Governor Mckinley, of Ohio, was billed
Dor an opening speech and ten or twelve
elaborate musical number, each good for
twenty minutes or more were to follow. At
The end OF this Depew was put down for a
iedicatory address. Governor Mckinley
tailed to appear and fortunately the mus
tcal program me was not carried out as ar
ranged, SO that Depew was able to make
his address early. He WAS introduced by
Governor Merriam. In opening he paid a
tribute to the hall by saying that he had
seen the efforts Of places much larger
than Minneapolis to accommodate a con-
vention, but this was the first hall he had
ever been in that would take care OF them
ALL
Embarrassed With Riches.
After some comment on the record Of
the Democracy, which it goes without
saying was not complimentary, the speak
sr said, referring TO the men in the Repub-
hcan ranks who would make good presi-
dential timber: The Republicans are
embarrassed with riches Ohio, the
mother of presidents and the mistress Of
ofhces, has upon this platform admira bic
qualifications, for the chief macistracy in
Governor Mckinley. She has the states
man whose creative mind has formulated
whose name will live forever as one of the
greatest of American statesmen-Jol.n
Sherman. Iowa has the experienced and
able Allison; Vermont, Edmunds; Michi-
gan, Alger; Wisconsin, Rusk; Illinois,
Cullom and Lincoln. l might exhaust
four patience before l exhausted the list.
Strikes the Popular Chord.
"There are two names which at present
belong to no state, but to the country.
One, that singularly gifted stateman who
has contributed so much to the improve
ments of our industrial possibilities, and
the glory of American diplomacy-James
g. Blaine. The other that levelheaded,
wise and and eloquent soldier, senator and
president, who upon the platform of the
people and in the chair of the chief maCis-
trate has maintained the best traditions
Of the presidential office-Benjamin Harri-
son The Republican party is united in
Its policy in every part of the Union, ex-
sept where here and there the bugle may
give shriller note because there is more
silver in the instrument
Drops Onto Democracy Again.
"The Democratic party is hopelessIy d.
vided upon its industrial policy and on
the crucial questions of sound finance and
honest currency. A Democratic voter,
anxious to understand what his party be-
keves, who reads first Cleveland with clear
utterances on the one side, and then eight
tenths Of his party leaders with the other
emphatic declarations on the other, and
then studies Governor Hills mastery bal
ancing on the financial fence will be men
tally in the inebriated condition of the
alcoholized channels of the Swiss noun
tains, who jumps from jag to jag"