The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18

siastic, did not want to miss q single sem
ttnce. A sympathetic feeling seemed to ex-
list between the speaker and the audience,
and instead of the distance which some
times characterizes public addresses. Mr..
Irish seemed to be talking to a congrega-
ton of acquaintance. Towards the close
of his speech he stopped and looked at his
watch. Keep on!' Talk all night!' were
the various shouts that came from all over
the room. Il would like to talk all night
to you, my friends said he, but there is
a limit to physical endurance, and as L
have been talking every day, 1 will have
to forbear that pleasure with YOU"
Colonel Irish's Speech.
John r. Wilson, in a brief speech, intro
duced Colonel Irish, who spoke. in part, as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow-citizens Of In
d~iana-There is compressed in the history
of every nation that which makes 1t I'M
necessary that those who come from the
border to the center to fight for honor, or
those who *come from the center to the
border to fight for honor, should make any
apology for their efforts in such a battle.
/ have come from California to do what L
may to maintain in their strength ana their
integrity the ancient and honorable pr1n-
cipieS of my party, and at the same time
to do what L may to save from stain ana
dishonor the integrity of my country. ZAP
plause.)
Twenty years ago I took part in a ma
tional campaign in your CommohWeait9
sixteen years ago upon your soil L defend
ed the cause of the gallant Hancock; eight
years ago, in the State of Indiana, l FOL
lowed the STANDARD of that leader VINO, res,
directing this ancient party, commanded
it to victory in the ballot box in three cam
paigns. (Applause.) l am here tonight IN
behalf of the same principles which en-
listed my labors twenty years ago, and SIX
teen years ago, and eight years ago. And
if age Shall spare my strength and time
leave my faculties unstricken, you VIII
again find me either upon the soil OF lndi-
n No - nrL nra Ara ale n no h401nnc
standin out with my voice and strength
in behalf of those same principles which
cannot perish without insuring the passing
of liberty from the Republic. lApplause)
Il am aware that men. say the chicago
convention was regular; being the regular
action of the party, how can L separate
myself from the party and oppose their &C
ton? Suppose that there were met IN the
State of Indiana under the regular forms
an annual conference of the Methodist
Church. the presiding bishop sitting over
the deliberations of tnat body. and. instead
of standing by John Wesley and free grace
and the other saving doctrines OF that very
should go back to the mother church, avow
their fealty to the seven sacraments and
against All the ordinances of that ancient,
venerable and excellent church-and say
to the Methodists of Indiana, This was all
done regularly and you must submit to IL
Is there.a Methodist in the state OF lndl-
ana who would leave his doctrine ana
come out of his amen corner and follow
that conference under the plea OF regulari-
ty? No. In other words, in poltlcs ana IN
religious bodies with authority We cannot
forget the obligations of conscience ana or
honor; and their principles shall be In line
with the history of tradition and the princi-
Piles OF the party whosename they bear. Any
other declaration at right angles to such
principles and history, instead of being in
line with it, absolves every man devoted
to those principles that have been violated
and prevents them from supporting the
declaration of such a body.
POPOCRATS CONTROL 1T.
"Why talk about regularity? Regularity
has been the cry in the State of Indiana
to whip Democrats into line whose con-
sciences are in daily and nightly revolt
against the Populistic declaration of Chi
cago. And to what feast of regularity are
you who have stood in line invited now?
Your State committee is empowered to do
nothing but organize and conduct a cam
paign. Your Bryan-Populistic State COM
mittee in the State of Indiana is authorized
to do nothing about the ticke nominated
by the convention of the party except to
fill vacancies that might occur by death
or resignation in that ticket; and then to
fill those vacancies with Democrats, and
not the members n rs Of any other ef tPn astE Rop Thst
so-called Democratic national committee,
at the dictation of the Populist party per
Sc of the State of Indiana, has ieft out nVe
men who were Democrats on your electoral
ticket and has put in their places 1--WE men
who belonged to that class OF men once
parties who let their hair grow long Zap
plause) and went into the heresies OF Top
cratic State committee are invited to place
them on your ticket, and for them you
State committee might Just as well have
effected it by force and violence-and L am
told that violence had almost to be used on
nv old friend Jason Brown daughter and
applause)-and l am told that the ROAD pc
tween Indianapolis and Jason's nome looks
at this moment like a cyclone had passed
over il O~aughter), so thoroughly had Ja-
sons temper, not to say ms Iaaspaeanou
green thing that lay in his track. daugh-
ter and applause.) BY force almost these
men nave been removed and five Populists
nut in their places. 1t simply illustrates,
my acknowledgements, the danger of set
ting your feet by, one hairs preadtn out
of Democratic principle (applause), when
once you go back on the work OF the "a
theirs. when once you surrender the pr1n-
cinles in which YOU were taught, which
you nave loved and which yop have fol
lowed cheerfully either to victory or de-
feat.
BOASTS OF P~OPULISTS.
To-day Populism dominates the Demo-
cratic party of IndiaEa; and the secretary
of the Populist national boasts
that he has forced the Democratic party
in three-fourths of the States, OF this Union
to repeat the outrage that has just been
c~onsummated in the State OF Indiana But
he has forced this Populist Democracy of
Chicago to go further than that. In the
State of Washington he has forced them
to surrender the Democratic name, and the
organization in Washington. is known as
the PopuIist party. He has forced them in
tie State of Oregon to surrender the Dem
ocratic name and appear as Populists
purely. He has forced them in the State
of Michigan to dilute by ~elongation the
rame of the Democratic party, calling it
the Democratic Peoples Free-siiver
Party" daughter and appiausel
party; in behalf of its history. its prin.
ciples. its leaders; 1 stand here In behalf
we witnessed under such inspiring circum-
stances in this hall but little more than
six weeks ago. / stand for the ~Indianap-
oils organization and platform OF the Ma
tional Democratic party. And. standing for
that, / stand, my countrymen, for the
Democracy OF the future (applause); be-
cause after the present witch dance is over
(appIause)-after the kettle IS done boil
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