Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-25
BRlcE AND CAMPBELL.
Campbell Receives an Ovation and sena- tor Briee Makes a Lengthy Speech.

when senator Dflce appedESQ oH bHc stage at 1o:15 he was given fairly cordial reception by the 1,5oo dele gates and spectators that packed the floor and galleries almost like layers of figs from Palermo Ex-Gov. Camp bell followed soon after the senator and took his seat among the Third district delegates. But as soon as he appeared the convention rose as one man and cheered again and again, while the band added to the din with "The Campbel1s are Coming"
 At 1925 State Chairman M. A. Smalleyucalled the convention to or- der. Prayer was offered by Rev. S F. Breckenridge, and then amid more cheers, Senator Calvin $. Briee was presented as temporary chairman. Senator Brfce's Speech.
 Following is Senator Brice's speech: 1 GENTLEMEN OF THE CorvENTIoE-I recog nfze the honor and responsibility of the posi- T ton which has been assigned me, and shall en- deavor to fill 1t to the best of my ability, with perfect impartia1ity, and due regard for the rights of each and every delegate. l can only succeed with your forbearance and assistance, upon which I shall rely, knowing that we have all come for the same general purpose the success Of the democratic party i'll the state. We may, as we often have in the past, differ us to details. and have warm eontrover- 1 sies as to the manner in which, and the in- strumentalities by which, we may best ac- 1 eomplish our common purpose. but this year, if ever, the Ohio democracy must fight with l unbroken ranks and against the common enemy.
 MUST TAeE THE SITUATION.
 Wemust recognize the gravity Of the situation. It is now less than | year since we were beaten i in this state by nearly 10000 plurality nor was this D local disaster affecting only the l party in the state. We suffered from the Att lantic to the Pacific, and from the lakes to the l gulf. We were beaten in our stronghold as well as in doubtful places, and 1t is idle to talk Of it's being the fault of any one man. 1 or any single act Of the party any of the minor causes that affect political success. The shadow of the great worldwide panic. the Industrial and | financial depression. low prices for all prod uets, low wages or no wages for worlsingmen everywhere, despair for farmer and mechanic, I terror and ruin for bankers and merchants, l and at the bottom of all Q false tariff system i running in turn manufacturer and consumer, and an unwise and fatally weak currency stt- l uation had thrown over the whole nation re- l sentiment againt the party which happened to be in power when the disaster came. Millions | of democrats renamed at home-hundreds of l thousands in our own state-as mute protest agalnst the powerlessness of their president and their congress to prevent and protect them I from these disasters.
 I SAID THE PARTY WAS DEAD
 ! Men from all parties, and everywhere, were freely saying that the democratic party was dead-dissolved-g off into the camps of populsts and the socialists, and had become mere wandering bands of fugftives, without union and without hope. There was wild, fierce clamor against the president, against the dem ocratie senate, against the democratic house l So widespread was this feeling of hopelessness among our party that we have already lost l our majority in the senate, not to be regained in many years. Our majority of more than 100 in the house of representatives has been reversed, and our membership in that l branch of the political congress is mere handful Is this the time for those who remain steadfast and loyal to the great party of Jeffer- son, Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland to indulge 1 in quarrels and recriminations? Should we l not rather welcome all those who are willing to join hands and build the democratic structure on which, as we believe, lies the happiness and safety for this government and its people
 SEES THE CLOUDS BREAKING.
 But gentlemen, does not this convention and the intense feeling manifested by those who attend it. and those who have sent thear dele gases here, tell the story that change has come over the public mind; that the demo- cratic party is no longer prostrate; that it's fortunes are rising, and that it Is quite worth ] while to be in the democratic army which al- ready has the assured and confident step Of march toward victory? Panic and fear have passed away The benefeence of democratic l legislation has already produced and is pro- i ducing its effects Faith is rapidly being re- stored; confidence re-estabiished and busi- ness everywhere reviying, and it is now clear that it is only question Of time either In Mo- vember of this year, or next year when the American people will reward the democratic party for it's profound service to the republic.
 THE GREAT PROMISES.
 The three great promises made to the Amer ican people in 1892 have been more nearly full filled and carried more nearly into execu- tion than any three promises ever made by any party in any platform. What were they? They were summed up by Samuel J. Tilden forty years ago as home rule, sound money and free trade as nearly as govern mental requirements permit and under the very shadow of the disasters brought on by the republican laws against which We protested and whose repeal we demanded-the force bin the Mckinley bill and the Sherman bill. These promises were fulfilled. The democratic party repealed and wiped from the statute books the force bill and gave home rule to this i country as far as your national legislature had l anything to do with 1t, and next repealed, un- 1 conditionally the Sherman silver law, and 1 thereby prevented the absolute bankruptcy of the United States treasury, which seemed im- minenI There is no human being whose i Judgment is entitled to the slightest weight who does not know that the gravity of the situation, and the immtnence oi the peril was averted by the repeal of the Sher- man law. And the third~-and in the demo- cratic heart the most desired-the repeal oi
 the Mckinley bill was secured against the greatest obstacles and the hereest and bitteres' opposition. and in it's place was passed dem- ocratic tarin bill, which will long stand as the law Of the land.
 THE TARIFF MEASURE.
 I speak with some fullness of feeling ane n knowledge of this particular bill, because took great interest in it during its eonsidera- tion by the senate. Many of my democratic
 frienas in Ohio were seriously disturbed, soms