The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-14
A FINE SPEECH,
SECONDING CLEVELAND'S
NOMINATION.
James 4. Mckenzie, of Kentucky, at
the Chicago Convention, Talks
Sense and Delights His Hearers.

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chairman of the Kentucky delegation
arose and said;
"This State has no candidate to
present to the Convention, bat we
have selected Mr.. Mckenzie to second
the name of a gentleman already in
nomination.
lanes A. Mckenzie-l shall not
long intrude myself upon the patience
of this convention. l want to say in
the outset that if | address it longer
than three minutes, | sincerely trust
that some honest, tired Democrat will
suspend my cadaver from one of the
crossbeams Of this highly artistic but
somewhat leaky auditorium. | arise,
sir, tor the purpose of seconding the
nomination of a distinguished New
Yorker, .one whose nomination has
already
A voice-"Which one?"
Mr.. Mckenzie-You wait minute.
One whose nomination has already
been made by a convention larger and
more potential than this; convention
of unbought and unpurchasable Demo-
Gratis; a convention remote from
towns, unawed by influence and un-
bribed gain; convention whose hall
reaches from Rainy Lake to Key West
and from Androscoggin to Yubadam.
This period of the speaker produced
a convulson Of laughter at the subsi-
dence of which he said, as several
cries of "Go on" fell from the air:
Give me time to catch my second
wind, won't you? IA voice-"Give
him an hour Pardon the force and
seeming profanity of the last geogra-
phicaI allusion. Laughter. All over
the country the Democrats realize that
Mr.. Cleveland-[loud applause and
cheers is the honest, earnest, per
sistent, defiant, relentless opponent of
that axiom of the Republican party,
which announces that "in the sweat
of hired mans face thou shalt eat
bread"
AS the speaker paused, apparently
to catch his "second wind he was
greeted with cries of "Go on "Take
your time" awe will never suspend
YOU"
The speaker continued: If you
knew how many good things l had to
say, you would keep as dormouse in
prayer meeting. Laughter and an
occasional cry or "time's up."] Do
you want me to stop? [The audiance
indicated that it did not in a most
emphatic manner.] The American
people believe that Mr.. Cleveland is
the most persistent advocate of every
thing on Gods green earth that is
right-[applause] and the persistent
advocate, or opponent, rather, Of
everything that is wrong, [laughter]
and he wants to see the blessings Of
civil and religious liberty entailed
upon the remotest posterity, and if
you can pick flaw in that platform,
do it.
Republican party levied a tax upon
everything that enters into the do
mestic consumption of the average
household, except air apd sunshine
and water [laughterl- and the only
reason they have not taxed these
articles is because nobody in New
England is engaged in the manufac-
ture of either one Of them. cloud
applause and cheers.) Mr.. Chairman,
if anybody in New England ever sets
up sunshine factory, they will start
the report that God Almighty is
making an Indifferent article of sun
shine, and that it is initiating against
the dignity of American labor.
81 represent, allow me to say in
conclusion, in my judgment, more
than half of the unterrihed Demo-
Gratis of kentucky-Ooud cries of
''GOod)-a State, thank God, where
the "damned lie'' is the first lick
! (laughter)-a State that uses kind
of liquor so good as to make intem-
perance virtue; State that produces
4 breed of horses SO fast as to keep the
wind in perpetual jealousy, and make
the lightning like pulling paralytic.
Laughter.)
"Representing, Mr.. Chairman, more
than half the Democrats of that great
State, it affords me great pleasure TO
say that on every hillside, in every
valley of that magnificent common
wealth, where the sun delights to kiss
her cheek like a lover, everybody,
male and female, including Indians
not taxed-Oaughter)-is for Grover
Cleveland" (Applause. )--Chicago
Herald