Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-08

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nearly all the most prominent Republican
leaders in attendance upon the convention
and in the vast hall were seated indiscrim
inately delegates, officers of the various Re
publican leagues, and fair attendance O.
ladies'
The meeting surpassed even the conven
tion proceedings of the day in point of en-
| thusiasm and evidences of good feeling
| The frequent references to Blaine. Harri
son, Mckinley, Sherman, Alger and Other
prominent Republicans of national or world
wide reputation evoked the usual manifes
tations of approval and admiration.
The speakers were about equally drawn
from the two factions and, although there
was much friendly rivalry manifested in the
cheers and counter-cheers throughout the
evening, there seemed a general desire te
maintain good feeling and harmony.
Goodenow's Words Of Cheer.
J. Goodenow, President of the Mlnnssots
State League, who said that this meeting
augured well for the future of the Repub.
lican party, when $4,000 men will turn
from the excitements of a political conven-
tion to discuss calmly and dispassionately
the issues on which the party is founded.
He added:
Our party is q great tree. The storms may
rage and threaten destruction, but the
mighty roots are down to everlasting rock,
and the tree is upright, stalwart and in
destructible. 1t def1es all dangers. We have
come here to listen tonight to the men who
teach the truths on which the Republican
party is founded. We will listen tonight to
Hon. John N: Thurston, of Nebraska,
(cheers), and Hon. X. e. Horr, of Michigan
(cheers).
The Marquette Quartet Club. of Chicago.
opened the proceedings with a campaign
song to the air of "Marching Through
Georgia." and on an encore responded with
political hymn beginning 'Cleveland's a
hoodoo, as sure as you are born"
John M. ThurstOn was now introduced,
and after the cheers of welcome had SUBJ
sided addressed the audience as follows:
Thurston Predicts Cyclone of Zeal.
We are in the vortex of the converging
storm center of preliminary politics, and
there are those who predict that out of the
passionate personal preferences of indi-
viduals at this convention there will
come disaster. disappoin tment and de-
feat to the Republican party. Let us
mot .or the futnf Out
grand cyclone of Republican enthusiasm
that will sweep away, once and forever,
every barricade that the Democratic party
progress. tApplause.l This assemblage
here tonight is not a convention, nor is it
proper that we here should voice our indi-
vidual wishes or our in lividual hopes.
This is a mass meeting of Republican
electors, and no matter what name may be
nearest the heart of another man, the name
upon the lip of every Republican in the
United States day after tomorrow will be
the ma me Of the nominee of the Republican
Convention. [Applanse.1 There is no po-
litical vendetta within the Republican
within the Republican ranks. There
will be. no halting when
the battle is once on, and the flag that repre-
sents Republican principles, whatever name
Republican patriotism, Republican progress,
Republican protection, and American power
against all the nations Of the earth, and es-
pecially against the Democratic party. Zap
lause.
Milestones OF Progress Placed by the Party.
We believe in the Republican party, be-
cause within single quarter of q century it
has placed more milestones upon the high
way of human progress than all other
instrumentalitfes in any four centuries of the
earth's existence. We believe in the
Republican party because every star
lection of every American man. [Applause.]
We believe in the Republican party,
for every policy of its governmental admin
stands with the highest measure of
American prosperity. We believe in the
party because every proposed
measure of legislation is intended to light
the fire of contentment and happiness upon
the American hearths, and to put the crown
OF sovereignty upon every America head.
We believe in the doctrine of the prot ection
of American industries. [Applause.1
We stand face to face with the Democratic
party as it proclains to the world that it is |
the right OF the American people TO buy |
what they want where they can buy it the |
cheapest. 1 deny that, broadly and |
utterly. 1t is not the right of any |
man worthy Of American citizenship |
abor IVY Without paying % fair price Of ordI for tbe
brain and the Drawn that enter into its |
[Applause.l 1t is not the
right of any man who deserves the blessing
Of liberty and good governments to buy any.
Thing so cheap that some man is robbed Of |