The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-06-13
National Leaeue of Republican
Clubs at Louisville, Kentucky.

! the advance guard of delegates to the
league of republican clubs when the
doors were opened. The platform
had been banked with the choicest of
growing flowers, palms and exotics,
which shed their fragrance through
the spacious auditorium. Before the
chairman's table rested mammoth
shield, supported on either side with
silken flags. Stretched across the
parquet from the proeenIum boxes
was a silver filigree transparency
bearing the names of all the states
and territories of the union. From
gallery to floor the pillars were
twined with tri- colored bunting, and
thousands of miniature flags encir-
cled the balconies, suspended from
the chandeliers, and formed an arch
way through the long corridor and
out to the sidewalk.
Over this there huttered an i'm
mense "Old Glory"
The convention was opened with
prayer by Rev. DR.. j. II. Haywood Of
the Unitarian church. Mayor Tyler
of Louisville, who was heartily
che cred, delivered the address of well
come in behalf of the city. He said
he was glad as the democratic mayor
of a democratic city to greet SO large
and influential gathering of their
republican brethren, and the city of
Louisville would do its utmost TO
give them a genuine Kentucky vel
come.
PRESIDENT cLARKsoN's ADDRESS.
As he advanced to the footlights
the delegates rose to a man and
cheered again and again. Twice he
essayed to begin his annual address
and as many f1mes the applause
forced him to stop.
Quiet at last restored, President
Clarkson spoke as follows:
I'VE meet here today in the name
of the republicanism of Abrahm Lin
coin, Ulysses S. Grant and James G.
Blaine. This is the republicanism
whose eternal word is human liberty.
It is a republicanism that respects
itself, loves the republic and its fell
low men, never hauls down the
American flag, reveres God, hate
treason and tyranny, and despises
ingratitude either in political parties
or in nations. 1t is a fight of repub
licanism, and all the world loves q
man or a party that believes enough
in its own Cause to fight for it.
"a majority of the voters of the
United States are republicans on the
real republican issues. The many
voters have been alienated among
strong elements by what might be
called the intolerance of morality.
Let us make the platform so broad
that any man, native or foreign born,
any man of any church, or of any oc-
cnpation, may find a place aud
welcome in our ranks.
"The democratic party, that saw in
the republican policies only robbery
of the American people, has now
been in power two months and the
robbery still goes on by democratic
consent and under democratic au.
spices. We have had a democratic
President and democratic Congress
sixty days and there are some results.
Cleveland has done several things.
He has hauled down the flag where
gallant Ben Harrison and the repub-
licans ran it up in the name of liber-
ty on the Sandwich Islands.
"On all the cardinal issues OF re-
publieanism - the rights of men, pro.
lection to American workingmen and
American interests, reciprocity with |
non competing, nations, good and
sufficient money and safe banking,op.
position to monopolies and trusts, just |
and sympathetic care of the Union
soldiers, and the revival of the Amer
lean merchant marine on all the seas,
practical civil service reform, the re-
striction of vicious pauper and con
tract immigration, the Monroe doc
trine and the Nicaragua canal, the
spirit of Americanism and respect for
the American flag everywhere, as an
nounced at Minneapolis, we stand
for yet. Applause.
NEW DEPARTURES PROPOSED.
President Clarkson continued at
extreme length to refer to "new
grounds and new departures in
which the republican party might
safely lead.
Among these he enumerated a one
term presidency, a new plan of civil
service reform, the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people, governmental control of tele-
graph, courts of arbitration and con-
ciliation for the settlement of labor
disputes, improved roads, and equal
political rights for women. All these
suggestions were loudly applauded.
He concluded an address, which
had occupied over one hour in de
livery, with this exodium: "The CEN
sps of 1890 showed that there was an
increase in the previous ten years of
100000 in the number of men of
voting age, or 100000 new voters
every year. This will give 5000, 600
voters in the election of 1896. A ma
jority of these men will believe in
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