The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28

Carnegie Hall, New York, August 27-
With the words of Mr.. McKinley's letter
of acceptance on nearly every tongue, eX-
President Benjamin Harrison acted as
the Eastern proxy of the Republican can
didate tonight and struck the keynote of
the Eastern campaign in an explanatory
and careful speech to 5000 people. Half
as many people as composed the audience
were denied admittance because of lack
of room. The enthusiasm was tremen-
dous and the many brilliant points were
received with hearty applause. The au-
dience was distinguished one, and from
the early hour when they cheered the
bands Interpretation of America dis
played their patiotism in every possible
way. Indeed the vast audience arose
and sang the national anthem with ardor.
The lower tier of boxes was gay with
beautifully dressed women and men in
evening attire. Mrs. Harrison occupied
one of the boxes withthe family of Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew
Mr.. Depew stepped to the front of the
platform and as chairman began his re-
marks. He said in part:
'This is an interesting and memorable
meeting. 1t is the opening of the Repub-
lican campaign. There is peculiar fit
ness in having the keynote of the most
important canvass sounded by one of the
ablest and wisest of the line of American
statesmen. His presence is Republican
platform. 1t is prosperity, work and
wages. The memory of his administra-
tion and the benefcent conditions which
prevailed during it's continuance relieve
the distress in which the country has
since been plunged, and is full of hope
and promise for the future. In these
days of theory and fancy and folly run
mad, we calmly point to the four years
under Harrison and confidently say that
the policies of sound money and the pro-
lection which then prevailed with wise
and capable President will come to the
people of this country when the policies
of sound money and of protection once
more prevail with another wise and capa-
BILE President.
Fortunately, in acting as citizens
upon issues which have been so suddenly
forced upon us in this campaign, the past
is full of experience and guidance. 1t is
all on one side. From the dawn of rec
orded history down to Mexico and South
America, despotisms, constitutional
monarchies and republics have tried de-
basing their currency In every case the
country has lost it's credit; it's business
and its industries have been demoralized
or paralyzed and its people have been re-
duced to poverty and despair. There is
no instance in the whole range of history,
of wealth, national or Individual, flowing
from reputation or dishonesty, from
Misrepresentation or fraud, from putting
the government stamp on to Il me assure or
value and declaring it to be double meas
IRE or value.h
Mr.. Depew then briefly reviewed the
action of the different political parties
from 1S4S down through the civil war;
showing how men put country before
party when crisis arose and said:
SIN this crisis when the national honor
and all that it involves to the business
the employment and the prosperity of the
country is at stake. the Republican party
welcomes with open arms the assistance
of patriotic Democrats who care more for
their country than for an organization
which has been temporarily seized by the
tumultuous and evanescent forces of rev.
olution, of communism, of anarchy and of
reputation.
1.-Two millions of men marched to the
front and half million of them laid
down their lives to stamp out sectional
ism and make these United States Il
united country. This effort to array one
section against another by an appeal to
prejudice and ignorance will be STAN ned
N-N1 AAOo y DAiiSSoi put ny DullOVS-W1ll
be stamped out, not by two millions of
men in arms, but by the intelligence and
the patriotism, by the knowledge that
each section has of the other, by the feel
ing that we are one people and that our
greatness is in our oneness, which will
move to the polls a majestic army of IA,
O00,0 of voters.
AT Albany Mr.. Bryan spoke sneer-
lngly of confidence as the confidence
man, evidently meaning that the gold
standard was n confidence man and the
free coinage of silver at 16 to industrial
and financial prosperity and happiness.
The gold confidence man who has been
governing this country since the war has
paid off most of our national debts; has
more than doubled the mileage of our
railroads and telegraphs and nearly dou-
bled the number of our States; has fur
nished homes and employment for &c, 900,
OOO people, to live better than 10000, 600
did before; has created the new South;
has advanced wages and decreased the
cost of living. And what has the free
coinage of silver confidence man done.
simply by the promise of what he will do.