Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-03

promise you I will create no faction in the
democratic party Of Illinois. am anxious
simply to be the senator Of this state and 70
represent the democratic party Of Illinois.
lCrfes OF Good boy!" and great applause.l
have no enemies to punish; and. what is bet
ter. have no enemies to punish me- Jap
plause.l lhavo said nothing about any man In
this contest that desire to have forgotten or
forgiven: and II any man before me has said
anything about me that he desires TO have for
gotten all that no has to do is TO forget It him.
SELF (Applauscl
Now I shall leave personal considerations
and for few minutes will talk about q mat
ter close to my heart. have been in favor.
Tor oy this convention. Ihavc been in favor OF
this, first. to follow out the policy begun by
the party that think 1t in the line OF true
democracy, and have been much more moved
by another consideration. 1t Is this That
there never was time In my kno Wedge when
1t was more necessary that there should be Q
campaign OF argument. The democratic party
has been osrersed and abused and maligncd
for twelve months, end there has been practic-
ally no defense The abuse Of the republican
party and its nspersions have gone practically
unchallenged. and believe the time has come
when what shall call the conspiracy OF the
republican party to put the democratic party
In its stead, to receive the arraignmeut and
punishment due to republican sins. should be
met and laid bare before the people Of this
state. fApplause.l
A Voice--What do you think OF him nowg
Another Voice--He's all right.
Mr.. acNeagh-They turned the govern
ment OF the United States from their hands
into ours when the treasury was bankrupt,
and they knew it. They turned the govern
ment OF tho United States over to us when the
result OF their currency legislation had, to
their own personal knowledge produced the
panic. And having thus murdered the pros
perity OF the country they entered into a con-
spiracy to get innocent men hanged for their
crime
There is no better way to focus public atten-
tion upon q campaign than through q leader
ship like ours A scattered campaign OF scat
tered speaking Is OF bepeft, OF course. But
this situation demands organized argument
an argument which will not depend merely
upon the speeches Of the candidate but will be
carried forward by the cooperation OF the
press, the greatest power in Influencing public
opinion that We have. Therefore have bcea in
favor of this nomination without regard TO my
personal fortunes and without anticipating
the splendid fortune that have met to-day.
Now gentlemen. do not pause there: do
not propose that this shall be q campaign
merely of defense and OF explanation. / pro-
pose also that 1t shall be a campaign OF re-
affirmation, of reproclamation and the -e
establishment OF those principles for which
we fought two years ago Fapplausel; and, still
further than that, since they have challenged
us, propose that we shall carry the war into
Afri1a. Applause
trust that VIC shall al go hone resolved to
make this q campaign both of organization and
OF argument. I hope that we shall eli feel that
this is not year for the postponement
OF our loyalty, and that il is .
year which marks crisis in the lie
Of the democratic party of Illinois. This
Is not year 20 deny any service to the party.
1t is not year to postpone anything that
would help democratic success. You will find
no trouble with the conspicuous leaders OF the
party. l answer for them. They have been
aspersed during this contest over the question
OF whether or not nomination should be
made In this convention. The argument
has been that it would be unwise TO
make a nomination, because If one man were
nominated the rest OF the leaders would he
lukewarm. l resent this aspersiOn. because
was included in it, II had not been nomi-
mated here to-day 1 should have devoted as
much OF my time to the campaign as the con-
stituted authorities of the party would have
accepted. lAppiause And know that the
gentlemen who have not been nominated are
entitled to no less confidence and respect than
myself Do not, therefore, mstrust the con-
spicuous leaders But there a-e here and
there many democrats disgruntled because
some public servant or other has not per-
formed his duties TO their satisfaction. And
some OF them are inclined to let the party. on
that account. go to the dogs. But just exactly
how tariff rcformers could get tarin reform by
allowing the rroicction,st party TO get back
into power fail to see. fail to see how he
public servants are fafthless can teach them
faithfulncss by himself turning faithlcss. Some
one says that certain conspicuous Senctors-ldr.
German and MIR. Brice-are protectionists-
not good democrats should like to know how
1t would better things Sor uS to stay away and
put the democratic party wholly into the hands
OF Brlce and German. OF course. our dis
eruntled friends must be allowed time to get
their minds readjusted; but we, who have as
suraed by our presence in this convention the
responsibility for this campaign, must see to il
that no stone is left untulned to bring them
back into line.
And now. as We go into this contest. rny
friends. we know. and are strengthened by the
knowledge. that the democratic party is now Us
it has long been. the cnly party OF progress, be-
cause II is the only powerful PARTY that cares
in the least for ideas or principles reform:
and IL is also the only peoples party, because
1t Is the only party caring profoundly for the
people which, at the same time has the judc-
ment and the wisdom and the power to carry
the peoples cause forward to practical ends
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