The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-10
Straightforward Speech by the Candi.
date, Who Believes Republicans
Can Carry the District.
UNCLE DICKS BENEDICTION
Although Hardly Able to Stand
He Acted as Chairman.
Indiana's Grand Old Man Predicts Ulti-
mate Republican victOry-Lake
County Situation.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal:

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Aug. s.-Mr
George w. Faris, OF this city, was nomi-
mated for Congress to-day by the conven-
ton of Republicans of the Eighth district.
He led on the first ballot and gained stead
lily until the fourth. when he received 1is
votes, or forty-one more than enough TO
nominate. Opposed to him were ex-Con-
gresham Johnston. of Parke county; f. S.
Holiday, of Clay county; the Hon. Thomas
n. Nelson, of this county; Judge George
w. Buff, of Sullivan, and some votes were
cast for ex-Judge OF the Supreme Court
Coffey, whose name, however. was not for
mally presented to the convention, and who
authorized Mr.. Faris to say that he could
not have accepted the nomination IL II had
come to him.
The convention was called TO order in the
opera house by Nicholas Filbeck. chairman
of the district committee. Ii was decided
last night that Col. II. W. Thompson should
be the permanent chairman, but this morn
ing it was understood that he had suffered
another of those mysterious attacks which
PROSTATE him, and that he would be unable
to be present. While the hasty consulta-
ton was being held select some in
his place his venerable and familiar figure
appeared on the stage. The greeting by
the delegates and others present was hearty
and affectionate. 1t was announced that
Mr.. A. b. Anderson. of Charlottesville who
had been implored by the anti-Faris people
to permit the use of his name a dark
horse candidate, but without avail, would
act as vice chairman Mr.. George NJ. AL
len, of the Terre Haute Express. was sec
retary, assisted by NJ. a. c. Duddleston. Of
the Terre Haute Mail.
Colonel Thompson, on taking the chair.
spoke briefly and with less ease than ever
before in the presence Of a Terre Haute
audience He very weak, but as he
proceeded his voice became stronger and his
form more erect, although wlen he had
concluded he was assisted 10 his chair.
where it that the effort had been
a severe tax his strength. He said that
nothing short of attendance on Republic
an convention would have brought him out
of the house to-day.
COL. THCAIPSON'S ILLNESS.
81 have been suffering" said he, for
year or two from violent attacks which no
physician has been skinful enough to de-
fine. Without anything Ike vertigo. am
suddenly prostrated. 1 am liable TO fall
any moment L had OF th,se attacks
since daylight to-day. You can therefore.
judge of my zeal in the Republican cause.
/ feel that so long as / live 1 shall be COM
PEELED by a sense of duty to my own con-
science to labor for the advancement Of
the Republican cause 1 am too feeble to
make what Is ordinarily called a speech 1
assure you l am scarcely able TO stand.
I'VE are surrounded by conditions Whlcn
require united effort to bring the govern
ment back where our fathers left it 1 be-
lieve that the Democratic party is utterly
Incapable. 1t has demonstrated that by the
position il now occupies. Congress has been
in session nine months and nothing has
been done with the exception or passing
five deficiency bills. There has been no
general legislation. The great fundamental
principles of our government were laid
down by the wisest and best men, our
revolutionary fathers, acting with a single
idea of building up a powerful nation.
Among those principles was the oDllgatlon
the protection Of the diversified interests OF
the country. So long these men livei
or their example was fresh in the memory
of the people, there was no controversy
At last it was found that the North trans
cended the South in prosperity. The SOUTH
brought on the war of the rebellion, wnlcn
you put down That same party is in the
saddle now 1t conducts the affairs of this
Nation Speaker Crisp belongs to 1t, and
he controls the chairman OF the ways ana
trolls both of them. 1t is not what the
representatives in Congress think, but
what Grover Cleveland thinks. The ques-
ton is whether this government snall stop
for want OF revenue simply because they
cannot agree on the rate on WHISKY ana
sugar You cannot tell how MEMBER OF
Congress is going to vote by what ne says:
he does not know tonight how he will
vote tomorrow The government Is re-
duced TO a mere system OF management
When General Harrison closed his admin
istration applause the highest eonpnment
/ could pay TO IL was 10 say that IL was
a Republican administration (Applause-l
There fault-hnding, and We entered
tory, the product OF Republican leglsla-
ton. Industry was fully d&sveioped- & rae ahe
world were covered with our commercial
flag Transporting the products OF our In
dustry In short period snat ,bs eonal5,Jn al.oSa
country was subjected 10 influences that
were altogether uncertain. Can ANYBODY
get any price for anything?
How are to get along tomorrow -
the question with every man. have
deep and religious conviction that the
ever The people will not give it up. We
must not 90 backwards. / believe the coun-
try will go forward. .os1iv IL does nor make MAKE
be here much longer-a few Meeting months.
may be feeting days-but | pray TO Al
Republicans TO place at hazard that great
fundamental principle Of protection
A PRAYER FOR HARMONY.
while / do not know what the result
of your deliberations may be. and 1 have
no choice among the candidates, yet L
trust the result may be sucn as 10 create
the district and to the country to be in har-
mony May God permit His kindest prov
idence to preside here. and now and for
ever over the interests OF the Republican
party"
AS the Colonel concluded and was
sisted 70 his chair there was a peculiar
sensation throughout the audience. There
was applause, but IL hesitating. All
were looking with solcitude IL not alarm.
at the grand old Mr.. Anderson
came forward to assume the active duties
of chairman. He was received with ap-
plause and proceeded at once TO expedite
the proceedings of the convention. Mr. t.
H. B. Mccain. editor of the Charlottesville
Journal. as chairman on the committee OF
resolutions made a report In which the
Republicans of the Eighth district de-
cla=ed their allegiance 10 the Republican
platform of 1892 The platform further de-
cie red thai the Democratic party obtained
the Vlc.o~y ia 1892 by false promises and
pretenses. The Cleveland Democracy was
denounced as being q tax the fact being
fully attested by the condition OF the coun-
trv' II was declared that the conVen-