New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-08
A BIG MASS MEETING.
SPEECHES by JOHN NJ. THuRsToN And ROSWELL
G. HORR


G. lIoRR.
Minneapolis. June THE meeting at Cohvehu'"
Hall 70 night under the auspices of the state League
-, pepu,lcan Clubs was attended, By fully lOVoo
peopl. Tho rainy weather outside appeared hoI U
dnmupn tho ardor OF the ethusiastr Hephpi'""s.
Upon the platform we're seated he'r'S "
The most prominent Republican leaders III a"e'"
are upon the convention. ami n inc N's' IA"
vera seated Unfortunately delegates. oHeers vi "u
various Republican, leagues and iMr aOe''' "
women The meeting surpassed even the conVehuo',
nr,coadncs OF the day in point Of enthusiasm ana
evidences Of good feeling. The frequent references
10 Blaine Harrison. Mckinley. Sherman Aser ''a
other prominent Republicans evoked the u>"''' ",'"
f.Stations II approval and adnlrltih. III" T"
we're alout equally drawn from the t"o ic.'''n ~
lions and although there much friendly HN"i'
manifested In the cheers and c0untrrcheers thro"t"
out the evening, there seemed sehe''h u''"0 ="
maintain good feeling and harmony.
The meeting was called TO order BY Johh j. "o',
now president Of the Minnesota state LEAGUE WIN
said that hi, meeting auglr"d well for 'he iu'"e "
the Republican party. when l2"" men "ou'u yum
from the exclt.ments OF political convention 10 us
cuss calmly and di>passionatoH the issues on WHICH
tho marty was founded d" Our country Is ike grea'
,,c. he said "T1e storms may rage and threaten
destruction but the mighty roots are Gown 10 inc
everlasting rock and the tree Is upright eta"ar' am
iudestructIbie; IL dches all dangers We nave co"ie
bere TO listen tonight TO the men VINO 'each
~. truths on which tho Republican party Is
founded We will listen to night TO the Hon. John VI.
Tnurston. Of Nebraska CHEERS and the Hon. H. IT,
uorr OF Michigan" lCharr'j
The Marquette Qmrtette club. OF Chicago. opened
In. procecdings with Il campaign song 10 inc HIT
Marching Through Georgia." and on an encore re-
spondcd with political hymn beginning 'eNe
i,nd.s n hocdoo n rs Won are born
,o,r n r,urston was then introduced and after
,h che,s ~ welcome had subsidized addressed the audi
cnce IN part as follows
". are in the vortex OF the convcrslng storm centre
- preliminary politics. and there are those VINO pr dict
,,,t out Of .hc passionate personal preferences ot in1
,ua, n, ,hi, convention there will come disaster. Dis,
u,ontmfn, and defeat to the Republican party Let us
no. worry for future out n this hepuonean contest
VIII come a grand cyclone OF Hpuo'i'ah enthusiasm u'
win sweep away and forever every barfesds 'n.
~, pemo,r,tlc party erected upon the pathway OF
American progress. (App'anse)
This assembage here tonight is not convention
nor Is 10 proper that we should mere voice our i"'
d,vtdual wishes or individual hopes ms
- . mass meeting Of Republican electors. and, no matter
hot name may H. the heart Of another man inc
nam, mon he lip Of Republican in the Cnt'i
states dov after tomorrow VIII De 'i' mann vi u" '''"
,, NJ lie Republican Convention tAppauN'J
Tbe,, IL no political vendetta within The Relubncah
marty There no squaw men "ith'n 'i' "p"""'
can ranks. There will be no hating Wn'h INV o"'''
4. once on and the tag that represents h'Puon''" P
ciucs whatever name may BE- inscribed upo" ~ y ~"
tanner ~ R.pnbllcan patriotism Republican progress
Republican protection and American power 'e'h' al
The nations Of earth and especially against ,"c po
cratic party. ApplluSe) We p'"''e !" ''' " y. -,
,y because within a single quarter OF century |" mas
I'D moro mllestones unol the highway OF huha"
n,oyre.s than all other instrumenntes IN any '""r
centuries OF the carth's eNi'thc' We "'",N' ~ -"
pepubllcan party because every sur III 'ne "P
rag shine. for tle rot elton Of every American man
(Applausr) . lilo.
~. b.lieye IN the Republican party. for every poeN
OF It's governmental administration stand, win the h'en
est ne sure OF American prosperity w" oc''>" !" '
p-nutllcan party because proposed m"sne OF reg
,i,,. = intended Ia pht the OF contcntmnt and
no pnn,s u.n the Amc he1rth- ard 10 put the crown
Of .oy,r isnty upon every Amer can head we '''N' !"
the doetriue OF protection of American iha"sT'> mp
,,use, W., .and face flce with the Democratic party
a. rrocaims /, the world tina: II Is the right oil American
,.onj, Ia hny VIA, they want wher' they Gun buy ~
the cheapest. deny that h,o'dN ana ut riy IL i nov
e RIGHT of any worthy Of American ciI'eh-hp I'd o"'
m, n,drct Of human labor without paving fair price
for the brain and br,wn that enter into IT. Manu-
f,c,ure C\ppause) 1t Is no. Hight 81 any man VINO de
serves the blessings OF liberty aud 1ool government 10 o"y
ANYTHING 50 cheap uot some man Is robDd oil some Just
.asi,e Of Inf, daily toll II not right OF any man worthy
~ American citizenship to buy coat at such pric"
,h., the family VI some poor tailor Is deprived
IN. comforts y,a Of the necessities OF NE IL % not r,sh.
f any man worthy OF American citsrenship to wear SF'
mon which poor woman has worn o't pody' hea''
and s.ul for u paupcr's price (AS.l,use0 II there
il any man under the protection q the STARS
and Stripes who desires u buy the product Il
human liberty az such price LOT w" S" '' ''" ~
into souo other country where there IL neither freedom
nor s,ice nor conscience manhood nor liberty. nor
Dag that carries power and glory into every corner OF the
earth Great sppauseD
In almost every other land upon the earth the infant
in the cradle to an estate from which 1t scarcely
sb,e he can escape. In almost every other land Of
III ,nn earth the son Il peasant lives and dies
tho son Of butcher lives and dies butcher the son Of
m. mechanic lives and dies mechanic, and
the son OF lord ditto; but within the United
states under the 81 endd in plroton Of Its free insttu
,Ions the son OF the American peasant born Amcr
can prince In the broad highway OF American possibility
the barood boy oustrp the golden chariot ancestral
wealth. prolonged oppause)
In concluding Judge Thurston defend d the Nc Kin
,ev law ana the Election bill OF the Inst Con
cress and predicted that in tho coming election the
Republcans would elect their candidate for the Pr