The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-25
REPUBLICAN,
LEAGUE CLUBS.
The Annual Convention Meets
in Milwaukee Today.
They Are Called on "tO Save
Their Homes
A DIRE PREDICTION.
| DIRE PREDICTION.
Opponents of Gold Called the
Enemies of the Country.
Address by WOodmansee and Nc
Alpin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 25.-It was
nearly noon before President McAlpin
| called the Republican league convention
to order. The New York delegation
came in carrying at their head the
banner awarded the Buffalo club for
the largest attendance at the Cleveland
meeting and singing a campaign song.
The orchestra saIuted them with a
medley of airs. The handsome banner
and the stars and strips also carried by
the delegation were taken up on the
stand and arranged on the side of the
Mckinley and Hobart pictures amid
the applause of the New Workers, who
were the first to awaken enthusiasm in
the gathering. The band played The
Old Kentucky Home" and My Mary
land but Dixie" brought forth the
first yell
Secretary Bowling came in at IL
O'Clock and was greeted with cheers
when he appeared on the stage. The
New Orkers kept up the excitement by
shouting for McAlpin. The Gordon
people called their bluff and shouted
Whats the matter with GOrdon?"
He's all righti' The Wisconsin boys
gave the university yell, and then some
body wanted to know what was the
matter with Milwaukee, and the crowd
yelled, shes all right!'
At 11:11 a. m. General McAlpin took
his seat on the platform and was given
great ovation The New Workers
stood up, waving their hats and shout
ing, Whats the matter with McAIpin?
He's all right" The Maryland delega-
tiOn then came in waving gold hats,
which harmOnized nicely with the dec
OrauOnS of the hall AS soon as the up
roar subsided President McAlpin said;
This convention will be in order
After the prayer General McAlpin in
troduced Mayor Rauschenberger, who
made a brief speech of welcome.
S. A. Harper, president of the Wis
consin State League of Republican
Clubs, was then introduced and was
greeted by the Wisconsin university
yell from the Wisconsin delegation.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of Washington,
who is to make an address, occupied a
seat on the platform while the ad-
dresses of welcome were being made.
Bert MOrphy, the celebrated English
baritone, who has created a furore
wherever he has appeared, and who is
now under the direction of the
national committee. rendered
stirring campaign solo, accompanied
General McAlpin introduced D. D.
WOodmansee of Ohio, to respond to the
addresses of welcome. On behaf OF the
young Republicans of the United States
he thanked the Wisconsin people for
their welcome The party, he said, was
entering on a great campaign. The
greatest since the boys went out in 1860
to save the country. Reputation and
anarchy went hand in hand and w. J.
Bryan represented these principles. It
would be worse he said, to open our
factories to foreign labor than to open
our mints to the silver of the world.
Who was it that rejOiced in the nomf-
nation of William Mckinley, ne asked.
It was the patriots of the land, the
fathers and sons who felt that their
homes needed protection and as certain
as November came, William Mckinley
would be elected president of the Uni
ted States. He told story of war
days and how the strains of Home
Sweet Home had caused two armies
the rampartS to greet each other. The
American homes today are in danger
and he closed by calling upon the dele
gates to go home and work to save the
to the echo. At this point in the pro-
ceeedings following Mr.. WOOdmansee
of Ohio, President McAlpin arose and |
delivered his annual address He said:
IF I understand the present condi- |
tfons Alright and interpret correctly the |
action of the various conventions that |
the Republican convention, we |
appeal to our fellow citizens, above and |
beyond our belief in our own party !
along lines broader and higher than /
that, and ask that, as a matter of pat /
riotism there shall be united front op- |
position to those who are trif1ing with /
the nations credit, disturbing her bus |
mess interests, or appealing to human |
prejudiceS as a means of arraying sec
ton against section, or class against /
class, in the hope of gaining political /
preferment.
Abuse IS not argument. Mere viii !
hcatiOn is not convincing. Campaigns
we have had in which our people diff
fered widely on questions of govern
mental policy and where popular feel
ing ran high, but never, since the adop-
ton Of the constitution, with the single
exception of the secession period has
the integrity of the government been
ieOpardized-
For the first time since civil war
divided this nation, and at a moment
when memories of strife are becoming
merged into a reaWakened brother
hood, a deliberate effort is being made |
to array one section against another; /
and by fervid appeals to passion and |
prejudice to array in bitter strife the
different social classes that combine to
make our national life.
Have sacrificed lives and treasure
seased to teach their lesson? grave in
Iced is the responsibility upon any man
Who would try, as he stands within the
shadow of the rebellion to deliberately
livide the country into sections; her
people into classes. arraying them
lgainst each other, either for personal
or to SubSerVe political ends.
such course, although begun merely
n public discussions will, if persisted
n, threaten the permanency of our in
titutionS. That such an effort will not
De successful, I firmly believe. The
superior judgment of our people is not
o be seduced by the cunning phrases
# political platforms or the harangues
# political demagOgues. In the COM
ng struggle not only the Republican
)arty is arrayed against the threaten
ngs and vagaries of the Chicago con
-ention, but with US are many to whom
We have been previously politically OD- |