The morning call., 1893-05-11
ON SOUTHERN SOIL
Republican Clans Are
Gathering.
LINCOLN'S HUNORED NAME
Greeted With Perfect Whirl-
wind of Cheers.
WOMEN'S WORK IN GOOD CAUSE
Given the Key to Kentucky and the
Key to the Hearts of
KentuckianS.
woMEN's WORK IN A GOOD CAUSE
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

Lne OHlO men, WHO are booming OQulIe LOT
the place. The contest seems to be mar
rowed to these two, though the Spooner
men are doing good deal of quiet work
and hope to secure the prize.
The galleries of McCauley's Theater
were crowded long before the National
League assembled, the audience includ-
ing many OF Louisvlle's famous beau
ties.
The theater was tastefully decorated
with flags and banners, and the front of
the stage was banked with flowers and
tropical plants. When all the delegates
were seated the convention was called to
order by President j. S. Clarkson.
The appearance of Mrs. j. Ellen Foster
OF Iowa on the stage was greeted with
storm of applause
Mayor Tyler was introduced and vel
coined the delegates in behalf of the city.
Then Colonel d. l.. Crawford. president
Of the Kentucky State League. welcomed
the visitors in behalf of the State. In the
course Of his remarks he referred to the
fact that there are over one thousand Re-
publicans in the State who voted for Abra-
ham Lincoln.
At the mention of Lincoln's name the
entire audience. delegates and onlookers.
arose and cheered enthusiastically. The
league was also welcomed on behalf of the
State by A. L. Wilson, who said the dele
gates had not only been given the keys to
the city, but the keys TO the hearts of Ken
lucky Republicans. He referred to the fact
that sectionalism was fast dying out. and
that the first Republican club organized in
the country was organized at Louisville.
Colonel Cowan presented President
Tlr- Ii,
of Kentucky wood.
When Clarkson arose TO answer he was
greeted with O storm of applause He had
been quite i'll yesterday and il was feared
for time lie would not be able to attend
the convention to-day.
After Colonel Clarkson's response TO the
addresses OF welcome, the roll was called
and thirty-three States responded.
Then President Clarkson arose and de-
| livered the annual address,
Clarkson said: Owe meet here to-day in
| the name of Republcanism, Lincoln, Grant
and Blaine This is Bepubleanism, whose
eternal watchwOrds are human liberty
1t is fighting Republicanism, and all the
world loves the man or the party that be-
lieves enough in its own cause to fight
! for it,"
| The speaker then dwelt at some length
on the transition which had been going on
for ten years toward younger and different
methods in party management, resulting
| in the league organization and more diff
fused work. He hoped that with the CON-
| ing of younger mon there would be party
of greater courage in cardinal and larger
tolerance in minor things.
"The majority of the voters of the
United Staies," he said were Republi-
cans on real Republican issues. Too many
voters have been ahenated by the intoler-
ance of morality" BE asked that the
platform be made so broad that any man,
native or foreign born. of any
church, might find welcome in its
ranks. and continued as follows: "As
we begin here to-day the march of
victory in 1896, we have neither COM
plants. nor apologies. nor explanations
to make for the defeat OF last year. We
have had a Democratic President and Con-
gress sixty days and Cleveland has hauled
down the American flag where Harrison
and the Republicans ran it mp in the name
| of liberty on the Sandwich Islands. He
and his Secretary of the Treasury have al
ready frightened the business world and
created uneasiness and fear where safety
and prosperity ruled before. They have
shown an adverse balance on the foreign
trade in the last four months of SSO, 900, 600,
against favorable balance of $4,000, 600
in the first four months of Harrison's ad-
ministration." lie added: THE RepublI-
can League came TO Kentucky to deny the
charge of the revival of sectionalism and
the bloody shirt, and to prove it is false, "
and continued as follows: I'VE come to
say the negro question has become merged
in the larger one of equal rights to all par
ties. We come TO prove the Democra tic
party has so far surrendered to the Repub-
lican position as to admit the negro has the
right to vote or hold Office if he win act
with the Democratic party.
when the Democratic party thus ac-
cepts the negro as q voter it can no longer
challenge the right of the Republican party
to do the same. Public opinion as to the
negro is rapidly dividing. The cry of ig.
norance no longer holds against the Negro
race alone. The negro of the slavery days
is Republican; the new negro. like the
young white man, will make his own terms
with existing political parties.
1.-THE South has already injured Itself or
this line more than it can recover in agen
GRAFTON. In teaching its young people dis
honesty in politics 1t has been, logically
teaching them dishonesty in all things
or the million immigrants who come t
America all seem to know that politica
liberty in some of the States South Is fol
for Democrats only. On the iaboring meI
Of the Northern cities begins to fall tn;
greater injury of the injustice toward thu
Southern negro. This comes in menace!
of degraded cheap labor, into which thu
Democratic party has forced the blacl
man. Already some of the large manu-
factories in the North, with whom skilled
free labor is struggling for fair wages, ar,
substituting this cheap labor from thu
South for skilled men.
"As 10 money and banking, the country
will depend on the Republican minority
In Congress for defense from threatened
harm. They will doubtless provide, will
the aid of conservative Democrats, SOM
provision in substitution for the Sherman
act which will preserve the continued
parity in the value of coined gold ant
silver. Neither an extreme Eastern view
that would force this country to q golt
basis nor the view that would max
money dearer and all other property viii
solve the problem TO save the country
This is silver-pr0ducing nation and ou
, money should be gold. silver and paper
, every dollar OF which should be as good a
| the other, and the volume of safe none
made and kept sufficient for tie demand
Of our expanding nation"
The speaker then made plea in behal
OF extending the banking system to smalle
5 towns. SO that the farmer and working
man might be able to get money at chea
rates of interest. These he gave as hi
individual opinions. for which the part
is ro. re ponsib.e. He closed by suggest