The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-14
GENERAL HOWARD'S TALK.
Addresses Himself in Part to the
Young Men-The Supreme Court.

General Howard spoke in part as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow-citzens,
Comrades of the Wharf.-The work in Indian
apolis. to my establishment, seems to be
already done. (Appiause.) No argument is
necessary. After Iorty-four years of con-
tinued service under the law / was retired
to private life and / had long meditated
taking some part as you have DONE COM
rades, in public affairs, and now | stand
witness. ! want TO witness to these young
men, | could not vote while j was i'll the
residence was; my residence could not
travel around with me, and did not have
a special car such General Alger has
had to take ME over the continent With.
So when the election day came around my
heart beat in the right direction all the
time, but L could not exercise my privileges
or my rights a citizen Some people have
claimed not citizens; Were army
officers and therefore not citizens; but ]
have always claimed / a citizen, and
now | propose to show / am citizen of
the United States. (Applause.) Young men
tered. (Applause.) You are all right with
glad you have. that facility. am already
registered. and now when the day comes
for voting, if the Lord spares my lie and
| get through with this campaign, ending
in Philadelphia on the 24th of this month,
/ will, go to Vermont as soon as possible,
began the campaign this year in Vermont.
L made as many speeches as could there,
and a great many others made speeches. /
cannot claim that had any great influence,
but always stood up for the farmers;
was farmers son.
(The speaker was here interrupted by APP
plause at the entrance of General Sickles.)
Il only afraid that this extraordinary
reception will take all the Democracy that
is left out of him.
Il had a little run through another State
the State of Maine, the State of James G..
Blaine. (Applause.) l was born the
banks of the Androscoggin, and L love to
go there and look over the whole country.
l never saw Maine looking so well as it
and hun \, fO-
Maine) 1t seerls by positive voting 10 have
led the host in advance toward putting
Comrade Mckinley IN the White House.
Appause)
Now. comrades, those of you who are
before me, somebody said you were to
and Tilman and Bryan declare But We
don't want you TO obey any commands of
ours We will try to set you a good eX
ample. General Sickles as a good Demo-
crat, always sets a good example, and !, as
q black Republican. endeavor to do as well
as / can (applause), and we are glad to
come here and find you already all right.
But there is one thing that was put into
my ear just before l came to the hail. 1t
was this: That there are others besides
Veterans here-there are the sons of veter-
ans here. applause and hurrahs for sons
of veterans) Now, these sons of veterans
the car General How ward, you people who
lived in your generation have had every
thing that was nice and good; you have had
ali the glory and all the honor and every
thing in the line of enterprise that IS WORT,
doing and there is nothing left for us
Now. let me say to the young men, now
and here is your time; this is the time to
test young men, to test the sons of veter>
We don't want to comm and; we want
you to exercise what mind you have ana
V hat opiEionS you have for the right
Speaking of the government. the General
said; We have magnlt1ce mt q epartment
We sometimes put in the wrong man. See
to it in Indianapolis and see to it in Indiana
this time that you put in The right men to
sustain Y, nr9dR Mckinley. sADOlauSf.1
We have a Supreme Court that is magnih-
cent. The courts of the United States
there is nothing better, there is nothing
purer: there is nothing that gives better
security to all States in their intercourse
of the United States The decisions OF the
Supreme Court are final And now they arr
attacking it. OF course, it is insdious
hut they propose to turn and oV art Ir1 until
they get the courts all subject TO the direct
win of the populaco. (Cries of 'Nevert)
No. you don't We want TO preserve that
fc rm of government. 1t is aGsaiied directly
by those who call themselves Democrats.
who are associated together they call
item the Bryan wing of De1nocra y; and a
bad wing, too lappiause); a step further
than that Popuists so. They propose to
blot out this form of government and sub
stitute a new. / will just say to you young
men, now is your time to show your
strength; now is your time to show your
intelligence. Life has nothing more inspir
hope high as heaven, it has labor, it has
wrongs that must be righted, noble deeds
that must be done. IL mas great battles
which are unfought. it has great triumphs
which are unwon. Go on now from this
beginning and do your duty, and see to it.
young men. not only that you vote, but
vote right and bring up all the friends you
can with you to do the same thing. ZAP
plause.)
You will hear a good deal about boss
ism. 1t is all sheer nonsense. A good boss
is simply good leader. Without organiza-
ton you can do nothing. 1t is great and
rood thing to have discipline of the right
sort and you want it in politics always.
of course there may be bosses that
bad: then kick them overheard and put in
those that are good, but never become
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