New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
SOUND SENSE FROM A SILVER NAN
A RATTLING REPUBLICAN SPEECH.
WON'T FOLLOW STEWART AND TELLER OUT
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

WON'T FOLLOW STEWART AND TELLER OUT
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Hon. Thomas Fitch at the Arizona Territorial
Convention. April %:
i thought that the secusion that the upper gal
!ery grants, combined with other circumstances.
before this convention but your repeated calls
leave me no alternative consistent with courtesy
The speakers who have addressed YOU have spoken
Of the Rpubcan party al Sfr fear that the st. Louis
Convention may compel us to retrace some OF our
control the ' action of A this convention have not
included me among those deemed most fit to repre-
to tell the truth. "a voice: Let's have it." APP
s no Of free will vs p sdnas Ya s sso
the Inception Of the moyemen l. as viee.Pres'dIent
conyentOn, in connection with A., ], Warner, the
president Of the committee. travelled through the
allism. and ! have never since had occasion to
10 this Eso os Ss co
restoration OF silver as money metal; and yet
which must be potent in determining my future
action and the future action Of many Republicans
This morning friend, who is member Of this
convention ana who nov hen .Hs me VIII his
ways been pronounced advocate Of the free coin
age Of silver, what viii you do If the st; Louis Louis
favorng a single gold standard and dehouncng
Ren but wth Your He will do
l belong to the Republican party because Its his
and the freedom Of this Nation because its pur.
labor without being the foe of thrift because it is
wise. because it is just: because its restoration TO
the turbines. and I'LL the land with the music OF
ou and We PAID toll n and ha put bread
| pause.)
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| the world has ever known; because under Its wise
Ship after ship has been added to fleets factory
after factory has been added 10 our resources.
wealth, city after city has been developed from
our villages. and the land has been laced with a
| Illuminated the night. and the grand dapason OF
| labor has been made to sound throughout the con-
| tinent
| l belong to the Republican party because under
It's inspiration those United States once wranrline
shomsd With s2yery and dsre e Ta the
come country where no slaves presence dis
| honors labor where no freeman's utierances are
his hat to another except through the courtesy OF
| equals, where education Is free. whore manhood
| is respected and where labor Is protected. cloud
Under the patriotic rule Of the Republican party
| these United States have become Nation whose
| credit relgns at the head OF the worlds finances
| (Cheers) Whose flag floats proudly upon every sea
| out Of the hives OF industry 10 swarm in the dc
fence of their country ON every shore (Cheers anc
'rnder. the rule Of the Republican party thes,,
/ most prosperous Nation under the light OF thu
| sun. Great cheers)
belong to the Republican party because II gave
land TO the andlcss. because II gave work 10 tn
| Industrious because Il gave freedom TO the slave
because when the Nation was In peril II gave
arm IS and for her preservation (Cheers.
| Forty years ago then lad OF eighteen. JOINED
| the Republican ranks. and. too young 10 vo;e. ye
| ! flung my blazing brand aoft for Fremont an6
| Jessie. ! was present as n newspaper reporter a
| the Chicago convention IN 1860. when all ll.!no.
| shouted Abraham Lincoln into the Presidency
(ChccrsD ] heard the song OF John Browns sou
| sung In baied breath and in secret gatherings q
his sympathizcrs and four years later on thes
| distant shores almost caught the echo OF It's re
| frain when armies chanted II for their battle an
| them. (Cheers) enjoyed the eloquence and friend
| ship Of Baker and Starr King. and Butler an
| Bingham and Garfield and CorkliDg and tina
| nobiest Roman OF thom all James c. Blaine
CHEERS and applause)
| Who. then Is there in al this land that shall
| dare to ask 10 betray these memories bccaus
| OF difference OF opinion concerning the condition
| under which silver dollars shall be coined? VIII
| shall dare 20 tel me that IL Is my duty 10 leave IN
| path along which my youth and my manhoo
| marched. and whore when the evening bugle shall
| sound the final reveillc my shall be fOun
| s,iI marching? (Cheers) Rather Will turn &
| the Republican goddess the same stcadfasi fac
| that | bore when my locks now whitening yer
| black az the ravens wing. and 20 her Rutl
| said 10 Noaml whittier soever thou goest / wi
| 20 where thou stayest | vii! stay. thy people shall
| BE nv people and thy God my God. and wher
| thou dies; will die and there Will be buried"