The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-28

/" ".ison-Gorman bill. with all Its train OF
Calamities. shall be repealed. and by like
decree they have said that the Nation Will
so back TO protection and reciprocity. with
their train OF beneficial results. and they
shall again become the practice and policy
of the United States. To guard against
any contingency about ali this these same
people, by DEGREES which have come from
the primaries of nearly all the States. have
decided that William Mckinley shall adj
minister the government and execute the
laws they have decided shall be enacted in
THE "DEPEw OF OHIO"
The Tippecanoe wolcott Glee Club had
found it impossible to get through the
great throng to the fiag-decorated rostrum
and give a number for which they were on
the programme. and the "Depew of Ohio"
Hon. James H Hoyt, of Cleveland. was
the next speaker. He said:
''The city of St. Louis has been visited
by two cyclones lately. Both were ire
sistible In power and left behind them
of an Enlightened public opinion. One was
malevolent and the other magnificent. One
was terrible and the other was grand. The
first cyclone was typical of Democracy, Tor
the reason that il demolished in moments
the labor of years. and also for the reason
that death and destruction were ruthless
ly wrought by Il and sorrow and pain were
caused by IL. The only difference that a
thoughtful man can discover between the
first of these cyclones and Democracy is
fined its ravages to a comparatively small
region and exhausted its deadly energy In
a few hours
I'VE should be glad because we are men,
| bers of party which always rises 10 an
emergency and with which the interests
and the credit of the people and the gov
ernment of the United States are safe. We
are 10 be congratulated on the magnificent
platform adopted at st. Louis. In unmis-
Repubican % parfy PROPOSES to See sn to i IN
the future. as IL always has in the past,
that dollar of American money shall be
worth hundred cents. not only in this
country. but in every quarter OF the earth.
When the great French Napoleon was
at the zenith of his power the light of VIC
soldiers. even before the first shot had
been fired or the battle had been begun.
The faces of the followers OF the great
American Napoleon, so strong is their con-
fidence in his leadership, so magical is his
name. so capturing his personality. ale al
ready lightened by the glory of a coming
enemy has formed his lines. We shall win
a great victory this fall-a victory for pro-
lection. for sound money, for patriots
EDITOR SMITHS ADDRESS.
Hon. Charles Emory. Smith. of the Phil
adelphia Press. and ex-minister to Russia
was not on the programme. but Judge Day
presented him as a close friend and ad-
wiser of the martyred Garfield and the
late James G. Blaine. and it was a warm
frequently interrupted with applause. as
he eloquently said:
THE rulers of the Republic have for the
most part sprung from the communities.
Lincoln, Grant, Blaine, Harrison, met the
highest demands Of the Nation because
they grew up with the flavor of the soil and
in close touch with the plain people. To
this immortal roll of the peoples leaders,
Major Mckinley comes by the right of a
proper choice and appointment unsurpassed
in all our history.
FIFTY placed on the ticket with him is
Garret A. Hobart. of New Jersey. Able.
upright and true, he is worthy of the as
sociation. Speaking with personal knowl-
edge as his neighbor and friend. ! shall not
1 trust, overstep the bonds of propriety
when l say that in the personal dignity OF
his character. in the graces of his home
life, he is well matched with his chief, and
that this ticket as whole and in each of
its parts, in its stainless personality and
its sweet home influences, addresses itself
in the largest measure to the approval and
confidence of the million OF American
homes.
itself worthier of its high mission than in
its action at ST. Louis. Ii has never risen
TO loftier plane Of principle and courage.
Thirty-six years ago II met in national con-
vention TO name the first great Republican
President. That assemblage was a memora-
BILE and noble gathering The venerable
Joshua r. Giddings, the lion-hearted cham
pion of liberty. represented Ohio. William
NJ. Evarts, the brilliant lawyer, who aft
erwards added to his renown in the Senate
and as Secretary of State, led New York
Horace Greeley, the greatest of American
editors, cheered its counsels. Henry j. Ray
mond, the accomplished prince Of journal
ss r yas there ,S The pnerless GsSrgs G will
freedom, loving Republicanism sat as a
delegate: and while he afterwards left the
Republican ranks, IL is an inspiring re-
Election TO those who love and cherish his
memory that If he were living to-day on
the momentous issues of this time, his
matchless pen and voice would once more
be lifted for the Republican cause. Andrew
G.. Curtin, who became the great war Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was one of the shin
ing lights of that convention. George Ash
mum spoke for Massachusetts and Leonard
SWEET for Illinois. II was convention OF
distinguished leaders at the crisis OF the
stupendous moral prapple between freedom
and slavery. And yet, If you will go back
over the records. you will find that the
historic convention of 1860 was timid, halt
ing and uncertain compared with the con-
vention of 1896. 1t spoke in no such clear
and ringing tones. II showed no such lofty
courage of conviction and deter
sive personality of Giddngs. IL i
remember the history correctly. failed TO
carry a reassertion of the central principle
of the Declaration of Independence, that
all men are created free. And only on a
second appeal. with the glowing elocuence
of Curtis. was the convention brought to
reaffirm that God-given truth.
THE future years will look back to the
convention of 1896 with admiration and
gratitude for it's courageous spirit and its
unfiinching action. 1t was the bravest of
all conventions in the history of the party
and the truest in its direct reflection of
the peoples will
The next speaker was the Hon. r. W.
Taylor present Representative in Congress
from this. the Eighteenth district, which
was the constituency of Mckinley for
many years. In referring TO the Repub-
lican nominee, he said:
He is surely of the people; he was made
great by the people. and he now lives and
will serve as President for the people
He is. and he represents. the very antfth-
ess of everything which the people alb
hor. He sprang from the people. he knows
the people. he has always kept near the
heart and intelligence of the people. Nc
Kinley stands for McKinleyism. and Nc
Kinleyism stands for prosperity. not as "A
mere theory or conjecture. but as a veri-
fed and realized fact. We must. there
date of their choice. He represents the
principles 50 dear 10 every American
heart: he stands for America Cor amer
leans
GOVERNOR McKINLEY'S SPEECH.
During Mr.. raylor's address. a committee
was sent by the chairman 10 request Gov
ernor McKinIeys presence. Congressman
Taylor had concluded his address and the
glee club was singing. when roar or ap-
plause, blocks away. heralded the approach
of the 81. Louis nominee When ne aD-
peare1 before the sea OF faces that greeted
him as he stepped TO the front OF the plat
form, the wild and long-continued enthusi-
asm of the ST Louis convention bid fair TO
be repeated. The Governor made effort AZ
ter effort TO quiet the crowd and express
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