The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-05-18
LEADERS In COUNCIL.
Convention of the Republican Ma.
tional League at Louis vile.
Spirited and Eloquent Address by Retiring
President Clarkson Ringing Resolu-
tions Adopted Woman Suffrage
Indorsed-W. w. Tracy, of
Illinois, Elected Presi-
dent of the League.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 10.-The Ma
tional Republican League convention
assembled in Macauley's opera house
at II a. m. to-day. The building was
tastefully decorated with flags and
banners and the front of the stage was
banked with flowers and tropical
FOREIGN plants. Long before the dele
cations had arrived the private boxes
and galleries were packed with specta-
tors, among whom were many women.
When the delegates had all been
seated, President J. S. Clarkson, of the
league, called the convention to order,
and the Rev. DR.. Haywood, pastor OF
the Unitarian church of this city, in.
voked the blessing. At the close Of
the prayer Mrs. j. Ellen Foster was>
ushered on the stage and her presence
was greeted with storm of applause.
Col. Andrew Cowan, a member OF
the local Republican league, then in.
troduced Mayor Henry s. Tyler, who
welcomed the delegates.
Col. D. L. Crawford. president of the
Kentucky State league, was then in
troduced and welcomed the visitors in
behalf of the state. He said the dele
| gates were not only the guests of Louis
vile but of the entire Blue Grass state.
He referred to the fact that in Ken
lucky were over one thousand repub-
licans, who had cast their votes for
Abraham Lincoln At the mention of
Lincoln's name the entire audience
arose and cheered most enthusiastic
cally.
| President Clarkson next introduced
| A. E. Wilson who welcomed the league
in behalf of the republicans of Ken
lucky. He said that while the mayor
had delivered to the visitors the keys
of the city he would deliver the keys
of Kentucky republicans hearts. Con-
tinuing he said that sectionalism as to
the North and South was fast dying
out. The bloody shirt about which so
much has been said. was ghost of the
southern proscriptionist. In conclu-
sion he said. the first republican league
ever organized in the country was
organized at Louisville.
Col. Cowan presented President Clark
son with gavel made of nineteen
kinds of wood, all grown in Kentucky.
When Mr.. Clarkson rose to respond he
was greeted with storm of applause.
He thanked Col. Cowan and the repub-
licans of the state, and assumed the
chair and formally called the conven-
tion to order. The call of the conven-
tion was read and the roll call of states
taken. Thirtythree states responded
IS having delegations present. This
over, President Clarkson arose and de-
livcred his annual address. He spoke in
substance as follows:
We meet here to-day in the name Of the re.
publicanism Of Lincoln, Grant and Blaine
This is the republicansm whose eternal word
10 human liberty. 1t Is fighting repubcanism
and all the world loves man or party that be
lieves enough in its own cause to fight for it
For ten years the transition has been towarC
younger men and different methods in party
management
To-day man must be gained at his home be
fore he goes to the polls. Mr. Blaine, earlies
OF all our leaders, saw the new demand for
more diffused or structural form of party or
ganization He foreshadowed the league form
Of organization and the coming Of the youns
men. With the coming of the rule of tn,
younger men let US hope that we shall have
party OF greater courage in cardinal things ant
larger tolerance in minor things, A majority
OF the voters of the United States are republic
ans on the real republican issues. Too man!
voters have been alienated by what might HI
called the intolerance of morality. Let III
|
tive or foreign born, OF any church may fin,
welcome place in our ranks. Thus we shal
gain new votes and elements
AS we begin here to-day the march of victor,
in 1896 we have neither complaints nor apollo
gies, no explanations to make for the defeat O
last year. We have had democrat tic presiden
and a democratic congress sixty days AM
Cleveland has hauled down the American fla
where Harrison and the republicans ran it u
in the lame of liberty on the Sandwich Islands
He and his secretary OF the treasury hav
already frightened the business world an
created uneasiness and fear where safety an
prosperity ruled before They have shown q
adverse balance Of foreign trade in the las
four months OF $50 100000 as against a favorab
balance of 10 900, ,OC0 in the first four months
Harrisons administration
We go into this conflict to maintain our oil
principles with undiminished faith favorin
the rights OF men, protection to American worl
ingmen and American int rests The republ
J can league comes to Kentucky to deny tn
charge that there is a revival of sectonalisr
and the 'bloody shirt and to prove that it
false. We come TO say that the negro questio
has become merged in the larger one of equ;
J. rights of all parties, We come to prove tha
the democratic party has so far surrendered
the republican position on the equal rights
\ all parties as to admit that the negro has tn
right to vote hold office II he will act with tn
d democratic party. When the democratic part
thus accepts the negro AS a voter IL n
. longer challenge the right Of the republ
can party to do the same Public opiniO
as to the negro is rapidly dividini
o The democratic party has ceased I'll
cry that he is an animal and not man. Tn
cry Of ignorance no longer holds against tn
negro race alone The negro of slavery days
RD republican. The new negro, like the iyoun
As white man. will make his own terms with th
S5 existing political parties. The south has a
s. ready injured itself on this line more than
o9 can recover in generations, In teaching Il
ie young people dishonesty In politics IL has bee
n logically teaching them dishonesty in all thing
OF the millions of emigrants who come
8 America all seem to know that political libert
In some states Of the south is for democrats onl
II On the laboring men OF northern cities begir
to fall the greater injury Of the injustice towar
II the southern negro ibis comes In the menal
90 OF the degraded and cheap labor into which II
democratic party has forced the black man. A
~ ready some Of the large manufactures of ii
Ip north, with whom skilled and free labor
fz atruUuliu0 for fair wapes subs titutinV TN