The Princeton union., 1896-08-06
proudly call my friends (Applause.) "a
voice. Yes, Judge, 6OOO0.l Z came here

voice, Yes, Judge. 6O,oOo) I came here.
/ fellow citizens, to make my home, and ]
have made it. ca came here to make friends
I came from a country famed for its hos
pitality the wide world over. came to q
/ people whom had been led to believe
land distant. They have taken me to their
hearts and their homes, und all that I am
and all that hope to be owe to them.
With them I expect to go up, with them
prosper; and If they fall with them I ex-
| pect to fall. (Applause.) They have
treated me with Kindness, with q help-
| put to shame the Old Dominion in its
palmiest days. I love this people, and I
am here tonight, fellow citizens, to an
to answer that call, would feel that was
traitor and a bastard. say to this peo-
PIE tonight that wou1d rather give my
my heart than betray them with that
trust which they put upon me-
Applause) Now, fellow citizens, we
a Crucial point in its history. This
country today is in the throes Of the
place since the stirring days Of 1860. The
principles today are something like they
were then. These old soldiers, the patrf-
otie N IN this nnt hs s Ma
as the emblem of purity and honor here,
and whether 1t shall not the world over,
Applause.)
I look upon the call that you have placed
upon me as the call to battle. and ask the
people of this city and of this district to
stand with me in that spirit. / have not
been a. self seeker. call to witness every
man who has been with me in every politi-
of this city that have been only 8, trusted.
private soldier. stayed by my friend,
Colonel Graves in 1885,. and all of the
in 1888 and 1880. stayed by Mr.. searle in
1892, and stayed by Mr.. Charles A. Towne
in 1894. (AppIause.) Now, what I shall
have to say, hope, In this campaign will
shall not hesitate to call things by their
names. I yield to no man in this town in
my personal friendship for my opponent.
score. But say, fellow citizens. that I
will never follow him on the platform on
which he now stands, and no man who
has ever called himself a Republican, and
publican party declared two years ago,
can conscientiously follow him. shall
always speak truthfully, as God shall give
me to know and see the truth. I hope
that I shall not in this campaign at any
time speak maliciously.
Now, fellow citizens, let us look back for
a few years. Let us look back for a few
years, and let us see what there is before
lie pSOple Ol ILLS commonwealth THIS
contest. Let us remember the hard battles
OF the past, what we were fighting for
and are not the same principles here?
Wherever the Republican party has stood
battle, the old Republican party has al
ways been victorious. It stands today in
the same way. It accepts the guage of
battle. not only on the question Of protec-
tion, but it accepts the guage of battle on
the question of the finances of this coun-
try: a voice: Where is labor pro-
tected ?'l We heard something Of that
We heard something Of that In the cam
paign of 1892. We heard the Democrats
who came around to tell us that If the
Democratic party We're put in power, labor
it was then receiving. They went around
the country and said then that the issue.
was whether or not the laboring mems
boring man in this campaign whether his
wages have been increased, and ask
many of them whether they have any
wages at all. Now, fellow citizens, am
not going to talk to you about the tariff,
not one word. Lips more eloquent than
mine, two years ago, laid before you that
subject You have not forgotten, you will
down the guage Of battle to us on the
france question, and we gladly pick it up.
But want to recur. In 1888 we went mag
nifcently to victory--we went magnificent
ly to victory in state, county and nation,
and we elected BENJAMIN Harrison as
president of these United States. Gap.
plause2 Lips !ps more MOI eloquent " aa II than mine,
cent prosperity that followed the inaugu-
ration of Benjamin Harrison, and contin-
ued to the end of his term. (Applause.l
for some unaccountabIe reason, some rea-
son that neither you nor I can fathOm,
changed this government, and placed 1t in
the hands of the Democratic party. In
three short years that Democratic party
has shown it's absolute incapacity for ad-
ministration, and has further shown that
the policy which they then declared has
brought destruction and ruin almost to
the whole country. Isn't that fact? Do
we not know those things? Have they
not been brought home to our hearts and
to the home of every man in this common
wealth? Two years ago! All, fellow citi-
zens, is this the same old city of Duluth?
Is this the same old Republican party that
remember so well in the spring Of 1894?
Is this the same city? we remembered
then that for two years we had been wan
dering in the wilderness of Democratic in
that the people we're looking to the Re-
publican party to carry them out of the
Wilderness-looking to that great old party
as they would to the shadow of a great
that. And we remember in that spring
| campaign in the spring of 1894, here in the
icity of Duluth, how the Republican hosts
5cinct in this city, except st. Croix avenue
! (Applause) We had the unprecedented
majority for my friend, Captain Lewis,
/ Lie 8OVeIg we res
cued the city from the hands of the Demo-
/ Gratis, and we said then that that was q
! preliminary combat-that we would sweep
/ forward to the final victory. At that time
/ there had come amongst us, and had been
living amongst US, gentleman, person
of eloquent speech, polished in manner,
accomplished in attainments, and we
| placed him at the head Of those. victorious
ilegions, to lead us in the coming battle.
and we carried him to place and power by
!. the unprecedented majority in this district
/. of over LOCO, and by the unprecedented
i plurality Of over 5000 Do we forget those
/ things? Now, I don't t know what the other
speakers said in that campaign, don't
know what Mr.. Towne said. I was too
busy talking for Mr.. Towne to hear Mr..
iToWne talk. I was too busy carrying my
musket and shooting my gun in that bat
tie, but know what he must have said;
! 7 know what said; know what every
/ other Republican, If he spoke the truth
]! said, and twas that we knew that in that
campaign we could not accomplish protec.
tion-we could not restore the Republican
party to power. We knew that no matter
by what majority we might carry thu
&; house OF representatives we would not b,
able to get q two-thirds majority In tn,
senate, and we would have against us
hostile executive. Didn't we say that