Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-06-24
KENTUCKY ORATORY.

Temporary Chairman Owens Pleads for
Unity and Harmony.
These gentlemen assembled in front of
the platform and then proceeded down
one OF the side aisles to the place where
the Kentucky delegation sat. Mr.. Owens
arose and walked up the aisle with the
committee. When they appeared on
platform the convention applauded and
the applause was renewed when chair
man Briee announced he had the honor
and pleasure of presenting to the con-
vention its temporary chairman. Mr..
Brice retired leaving the space i'll front
of the chairmall's desk to Nh Owens.
The chairman said:
Two great dungers menace the Demo.
cratic party. One is external, the other
internal. The first is the organizsd ma
chinery of organized capi III. H;lpl ortcd by
the whole power Of the government. The
second is IL tendency among Democrats to
make isSua among themselves. Two
needs therefore stand before lis indispens-
able to success Unity and harmony OF
the one this chair and gavcl stand repre-
sentative. 1t remains for you to supply
the other. In this spirit greet you, fel-
low Democrats, rs the advance guard OF a
grand ARMY cent forward to blaze IL path
way to victory. How momentous is your
responsibility. | need not tell you. If
your work he done in wisdom the millions
toiing in mine and shop and field will
rise and call you blessed. The roll call of
the republic attests that its heart and it's
conscience are with us in our war with
the representatives of greed. The best
thought of onr party is platform that
challenge the appreciation and invites
the support Of the people. We can sue
ceed-we must do more; we must deserve
SUCCESS. Above the wreck, If need b., of
selfish combinations we must raise
temple to the plain people and build Il
shrine so broad that there every lover of
his Shrine may kncel. The burden must
be lifted from the back Of labor, and to
that end it has right to demand that
whoever bears Our banner must lift it
above the smoke Of conflict and the din of
action, that every Democrat of the Union
may follow its lead in cXultant and ire
sistible combat. 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 it forward with unfaltcring
courage to IL triumphant close. This,
again, must be a campaign of education.
The "Study of the Cornfield' 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 tax gatherer. The must learn that no
railroad presidents champion the tribunes
of the people; that no task masters write
our tariff bills. They must learn, too,
that fog personal and political advantage
their country was menaced by the threat
of wa, and they will learn with shame
and regret that the very day the warlike
proclamation of their president was read
in the halls of congress the peaceful re-
snonse of the lttls eight by ten republic
of Chilli, accepting the terms of the presi-
Dental ultimatum, was read in every
capitol of the world.
Our opponents must be measured by
their deeds and not by their professions
The iifty-first congress wrote the blacklist
page in our legislative history and became
thing of the past. 1t challenged the ap
proval of the people and they responed
in tones SO portentous that it seemed the
voice of God. With unanimity that finds
no parallel in the history of popular gov
ernment they determined that billion
dollars was far too great a tax to be borne.
If we but permit it, they will stand by
their verdict.
That our cause may triumph, let us
work in kindness. In the heat of conten-
ton let us not forget that our polstical
brother may be just as honest and perhaps
better informed. Impelled by one pur-
pose, and that purpose the public good.
we will free ourselves from the chickering's
and cart-burnings that characterized the
Republican party, when its marshall ney
went down at Minneapolis before the
mailed legions of the bread and butter
brigade.
Mr.. Owens had a respectful and an in
terested hearing, but there was no great
enthusiasm over his remarks until he
came to the "legions of the bread and
butter brigade" Then the convention
cheered again and again.
The call of the state for committees
was the next order of business.