The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-26
GENERAL HARRIsoN's SPEECH.
The Ex-President VOciferousiy he-
ceiyed by the Convention.

The Ex-Presfdent Nocher""''
ceiyed by the Convention.
After Chairman Thompson concluded MS
speech he turned to ex-President Harrison.
who was sitting behind him The crowd knew
that the favorite son of Indiana was to
speak, and before General Harrison even
arose from his seat there was a wild scene.
Delegates jumped to their chairs and waved
bandkerchiefs and canes, shouting at the
ton of their voices, while women In the
gallery used handkerchiefs vigorously in
greeting. AS General Harrison stepped TO
the front of the stage the sea of faces
assumed the shape of billow arising from
the center of the hall TO either end. The
moment his voice was heard there was a
respectful silence Throughout his address
the distinguished speaker was given hearty
applause, and at periods this applause grew
to a roar. AS he proceeded and warned the
Republicans against overconhdence, insist
ing that it was the duty of defeated candi-
dates to go home with no sore spots In
their hearts, the convention manifested its
enthusiastic approval Of the sentiment
When he said it was the policy of the Re
publican party of Indiana to conduct the
benevolent and penal institutions of the
State on a nonpartisan basis the delegates
approved this by their demonstration.
The speech of the eX-President is as fol-
lows
Mr. President-My venerable and honored
friend, l congratulate you. | congratulate
the Republicans Of Indiana that you are
permitted again, on this hopeful day, to
preside over a gathering Of the Repuoilcans
of this great State. (Applause) You nave
battled for the principles of the party for
many years; you have been the able, daunt-
which called the party into existence, and
which have won for ii so often and through
a series of such brilliant years Of admins rs
United States. (Applause) As you have
been faithful to the party in the hours of
weakness and darkness. We are glad that
you are here this morning, when the coun-
try is awakened TO the fact that a restora-
ton of Republican principles in administra-
ton is essential .s to the prosperity ,a and hap
A GRATEFUL CITIZEN.
To you, my friends, come this morning
with an acknowledgment of my grateful
obligations for those undeserved and
| cumulated favors which you have heaped
| upon me. 1 will not undertake-it would
| be inappropriate-any full discussion of Re-
/, publican principles. l will not stand be-
| tween you and the important work which
| you have assembled to do and which you
| are eager to be about: At some time dur
ing the campaign which so auspiciously
| opens to-day-if it be the pleasure of my
| fellow -citizens-I shall hold myself at their
service for fuller. discussion. Great
| cheering) 1 cannot allow, as / have said
| before, that an eX-Presidsnt has lost his
| citizenship daughter and applause); nor can
L admit that a calm and temperate dis
| cussiOn of great public questions is undig
| nifed in any man. (Applause) We have
| had, beginning with those years when, as
| champion of the Whig principles, you turn
| ing to Colonel Thompson) spoke 70 your
| fellow-citizens of Indiana, down to the last
| national campaign continuous debate
upon the question of the tariff. The people
| have now accepted one view of the ques-
| ton. and now, turning, have adopted the
other. (Applause) The debate seemed to
have worn itself out. Even your silvery
| eloquence. sir, hardly equal to stirring
| great interest in the question.
| Our people became prosperous, rich,
labor was so universally employed at good
| wages, that men ceased TO appreciate the
| danger and the disaster that was involved
| in an abandonment of the protection prin-
| ciple. Applause) No orator was equal 10
| the task of maintaining their interest. But
events have stirred that interest to the
| profoundest depths of society. (Ap-
| plause.) What the orator and the pamph-
,eteer could not ;,f DO; bitter experience r that
| into many brought starvation, has done
| and is doing to-day.
CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.
| Our friends may endeavor TO persuade
| the American people that this period Of
depression is only one of those periodic
| panics that they say at intervals, more
| or less certain, necessarily fall upon us.
Some may endeavor to persuade you that
the influences that have brought il about
| were climatic seismic. But l believe I
| do not state IL too strongly when l say
| that the common mind-the close obserVa-
tion of those who are interested and in
| Structed by facts rather than given 10 re-
| fined theories-has settled upon the cause
Of this present disastrous depression. Tney
| find that cause in the attempt 10 wipe
| out protection legislation and to substitute
| for il the doctrines of revenue tariff.
They find it in that uncertainty which has
n iTf M hflC
| enterprises, which has paralyZed energy
| and which has compelled the wheels to
| stop while this great issue was being con-
| Guided The American workman is real
| iZing to-day that Ii Is not possible for him
10 separate mmSeh IN interests iI, frqm the ne
| cannot. listening to the wild and vicious
| appeals which have been made TO him,
to labor without bringing the blow back
in recoil upon himself and upon his fam
| ily. (Applause) Tie times are full Of
| unrest disaster and apprehension. 1 be-
lieve to-day that all the tumult OF this
sea would ee st stiiied as by a n2 voice OF ON ON
! meTcial classes of this country could know
| to-day that there would be no attempt TO
| strike down protection in American legis-
lation. (Applause)
! SILVER AND GOLD.
The Republican party is friendly to a res
titution of silver TO a place of honor among
the money metals Of the world. (Applause.)
Some OF my friends in the West thought I
was uttering new doctrine when declared
that / believed the free of silver. upon
an international agreement that would as
sure it's continued equality with gold, would
do more than anything / knew OF, save the
establishment Of the protection principle,
10 bring again prosperity into our COM
merce tApplause) The trouble upon this
question has been that some of our West
ern friends would not receive any man as
the friend of silver who believed that we
! could only coin IL freely and maintain its
parity with gold by coming into en ar
! rangement with the other great CONNER
cial nations OF the world. They should nave
been more liberal / believe to-day that We
can see in England-the nation that has
stood against the larger use OF silver; in
Germany. nation that has followed Eng
land-the clear indication OF the growth
of sentiment for International agree
ment upon this question is increasing in
power. and / believe IL rightly and wisely