The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-30

toast. "The Republican Presidents.v The
banQueters their numbers reinforced Dy
the admission of several hundred ladies 10
the balcony, rose and cheered for couple
of minutes. The Governor first reviewed
the life and services of the Republican
Presidents paving an eloquent triDute TO
Abraham Lincoln. Speaking OF benjamin
Harrison, he said that his administration
was pure, vigorous and patriotic. and his
own contemporaries will give him his true
place in history. His administration
taught the nations OF the world tnat no
country can with safety molest an Amer
lean seaman or insult the American nag.
In concluslon he said:
The history Of the Republican Presidents is
the history OF the party for more than thirty
years. The Presidents. howeve did not create
the cause for which the Republican party had
contended. That cause was created in the con-
sciences OF the people OF the North, and 1t has las
been triumphantly sustained and vindicated by
the repeated verdict of the American people and
the deliberate judgment Of mankind. The cause
is just "a great as good and triumphant as 1t
ever was In the past. The country needs the
Republican party, for Its principles, and pur-
poses, and policies underlie every American In
advancement.
We have now reached in the national pathway
the place where the ways turn. Since 1859 ur-
til the 4th day of March, this year. the Demo
cratic party has been without power to do any
thing with public measures without the SANCTION
the psry m al all tine dness sss me
the legislative and executive branches or the
government: They have both now They are 10
full and undisputed possession. The have no di-
vided responsibility. There Is no longer any ex-
cuse for pretense; no longer any room for hypoc-
risy. Ii they believe in themselves and their
professions of thirty years they can now make
them effective. What they will do 1 do not
know. Icannotkn0w for they do n0tkn0w them
selves. There is no cause for disbursement on
our part We have but to move on with our old
time vlgor, yielding nothing of principle. As
Mr.. Lincoln said, Nov. 10, 1858: This fight
must go on. The cause must not surrender at
the end OF one, or even q hundred defeats"
The next toast was "The Purity of the
Columbus. ex-Attorney- general of Ohio.
responded. He was followed by Hon. T. e.
Young. of New Lisbon, o.. who spoke to
the toast THE Present Duty OF the Repub-
licen Party" Hon. w. ]. Squire. of Toledo.
ex-president of the Ohio Republican
League. responded to the toast 1.-The Young
Men in Club Work." and State Senator
John p. Green (coloredl. of Cleveland.
spoke on american Citizenship" The
Future of the Republican Party" was the
toast assigned to Hon. 3. A. Northway, OF
Jefferson. o.. and James r. Garfield. of
Cleveland, responded TO "rhe Young Re-
publicans." The last toast was "Ohio." "
and the response was given by Hon. j. X.
Richards. Attorney-generel of the State.
There were one or two short addresses on
subjects chosen by the speakers.
A significant feature of the event was
the reference made by almost every one of
the speakers to Governor Mckinley as the
one and only Republican nominee for the
presidency in 1896. Toastmaster Fawcett
voiced this sentiment in introducing the
Governor and it brought the audience to
its feet with torrent of applause that as
not quelled for several moments.