The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-26

issue-the financial question-which is
peculiar to no party, but embroils all
Results in 1898 are certain TO be uD-
certain McKinley's heart Is right, and
it is because of the future, the decrease
Of partisanship, the conflicting condi-
| ton Of all party issues that he is keep
ing his judgment close TO his heart.
For he realizes that in a turmoil. the
great common mass of citizens, usually
manipulated by politicians, suddenly
become all powerful, and once allpow-
erful they have little thought Of the
man who has been unthoughtful Of
them.
Mr.. Conkling made ''the greatest ef-
fort of his life'' in his speech putting
General Grant in nomination at cAi-
cago in June, 1880, and the applause
which he called forth was tremendous
and prolonged. James A. Garfield fol-
lowed, presenting the name of John
Sherman, ''cold-blooded" man who
never won the affections of his follow
ers- General Garfield opened his
speech with this allusion TO the effect
OF Senator Conkling's address:
Mr.. President, have witnessed the
extraordinary scenes of this convention
with deep solicitude. Nothing touches
my heart more quickly than a tribute
of honor to a great and noble charac-
ter; but as l sat in my seat and wit
messed this demonstration, this as
semblage seemed to me human ocean
in tempest have seen the sea lashed
into fury and tossed into spray, and
its grandeur moves the soul OF the
dullest man; but remember that il IS
not the billows, but the calm level OF
the sea, from which all heights and
depths are measured. When the storm
has passed and the hour OF calm settles
on the ocean, when the sunlight bathes
its peaceful surface, then the astrono-
Iner and surveyor take the level from
which they measure all terrestrial
heights and depths.
General Garfield proceeded to point
out to the delegates that your present
temper may not mark the healthful
pulse of our people," that when your
enthusiasm has passed, when the emo
tions of this hour have subsided, We
shall find below the storm and passion
that calm level of public opinion from
which the thoughts of a mighty people
are to be measured, and by which their
final action will be determined" He
went on:
Not here in this brilliant circle where
15,0o men and women are gathered. is
the destiny of the republic TO be de-
creed for the next four years. Not
here, where / see the enthusiastic faces
of 756 delegates, waiting TO cast their
lots into the urn and determine the
choice OF the republic; but by four mil
lions of Republican firesides, where the
thoughtful voters, with wives and chill
dren about them. with the calm
thoughts inspired by love Of home and
country, with the history OF the past,
the hopes of the future, and reverence
for the great men who have adorned
and blessed our nation in days gone
by, burning in their hearts. there God
prepares the verdict which Will de-
termine the wisdom of our work to-
night. Not in Chicago. in the heat of
June. but at the ballot-boxes of the re-
public, in the quiet of November. after
the silence of deliberate judgment, will
this question be settled.
To the one belief that Mckinley has
always a thought of the fireside, al
ways a conviction that 'there God pre-
)ares the verdict" is more of his pres
INT strength to be ascribed than 10 any
)ther thing. And it is the constant
wish of his friends that that convic-
ion will remain in his heart and judg-
nent uppermOst.