The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-08
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srsazsrnszs rnzs 10 -s-t1-al eoaver flc7
was evrr vrexE5sd oTer wiee more anAlalT
or WITH rrzore fairness Eaan ~ yczrseA,-
f(-h@~rw ana cries OF .Earrstv. I ear ex-
press 20 s4tter visa <1r myself iran tsz-
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my ceu~se By yer sw-. a-1 nv YraS-ses
~ yussr example. fTSasers.) TIE rcSt-
tso-s x~n1erren. 10 wAsra yoa have cEcs-
e. ere srrolves SOL g~sat personal honor
ard Keen responsibility. Fer RE acror
thank you. for me responsibility / would
BE wholly inadequate 30 6sp~n6 upon my
self. bar you~ gracious aid VII make II
easy ard rs harden EgEz-- That aid con-
Silently inwoke from yoz n oeH2ze %
case szn1er whose banners we Rave
sozsxns SC many battles. and which uow
e@rnanss % IS =-ach ssauzra devotion and
sssea Scyzl s~rw1ceA / regret Rat my name
ssould have heea brought IN most courte-
ossx art se-&oxa r1u1kcatso7 with sx.zt OF
ator from New York faDplsasel. bus shs
werY fact Eat ] have permitted 4 q %
6oze resates tae suggestion thai has been
lrnp-ovtxNrza- made On TITS eocr thai
essAer or these whcrn have the honor
70 represent vouid ever heap indigntty
tpon that brave and nlxlztrfous hsad-
Great appaassse.l No d4spa ssienAse tsdx-
rsent- gentlemen can ever aatssnteEpfet
yoar meaning. TIE senator crora New
York himself must know. as ] know. as
you know. taa. there IL no personality n
The preeerrnenr which, has been gfven me.
ycu sssst know. and TIE whole country
that watches these proceedings mist
know. that r Is solely due 20 tbs pTiac3-
ples that tkis great majority OF Demo-
crass sand for and that they know stand
for tappsaaseb. and That - given In Tho
spirit 0s instructions received BY these
representatives OF sae people. 10 whom
al Democrats viii ever bow as 20 tha
purest and original source OF all power.
TIE birth OF the Democratic party was
coeval with the birth OF ne sovereignty
o. the people II can never be destroyed
until tho Destination OF American In1e-
pen1ence Ia forgotten. and thai sovereign
~ Is crushed out tGreas spDsausel
Il am happy, gentlemen. 10 knew that
the majority In this convention IL not 2ar-
sonal. neither Ia any sense Is Y sectional.
IL blends the palmettoes and pines IN
Maine and South Carolina Ii begins with
the sunrise I'm Maryland and spreads int,
ths suu54rsi in Louisiana and Texas II
stretches in one unbroken column across
the American continent from the Atlantic
shores OF the old Dominion and Georgia,
and Il sheds its silysry beams over the
golden gate Of California tApplanse.) II
sends forth its pioneers from Plymouth
Rock. and waves over the golden wheat
fields OF Dakota IL has its stronghoids
IN Alabama and Mississippi, and its out
posts IN Minnesota Florida and Oregon.
tApplaase) II sticks Ike a tarheei Zap
piz1sel down In the old north state. and
1, writes Is 10 on the saddle bags OF the
Arkansas traveller. cloud appiaase) It
pours down It's rivulets from the noun
tains of West Virginia, and makes great
lake In New Mexico. Wyoming. Idaho.
Utah. Nevada. Montana and Colorado. IL
stands on the ground OF the national capt
toll and the District Of Columbia tcheers),
and IL camps on TIE frontiers OF Okla
horna- II sweeps ike q prairie fire over
Iowa and Kansas. and puts up red light
on the confines OF Nebraska II marshalls
its massive batialions IN Ohio, Indiana, IL
linois and Missouri Last, but far from
least. when / see this grand array and
think OF the British gold standard that
was recently urfurled over tina ruins of
Republican promises AZ st. Louis think.
too. OF the battle Of New Orleans. OF
which II was said There stood John Bun
ia martial pomp. but there was old Ken
lucky tApplause.)
brethren Of the East there II no South,
there Ii no North. there is no East or
West. IN this uprising Of the people for
American emancipation from the con
spfracy OF European kings led on by
Great Britain. which seeks to destroy half
OF the money OF the world ana make
American manufacturers. merchants.
farmers and mocha MICS mere hewers OF
thing golden which has characterized
your conduct here. the golden rule TO do
unto others as you would have others DO
unto You. Forget not that absolute ac-
quiescence IN the viii Of the majority Is
the vital principle OF the republic. i trust
yen VIII ever acguiesce gracefully 10 the
VIII OF this great majority OF your fellow
Democrats. and ! ask that you so with
them "a they have often gone with you.
tAppiauSe.l Do not forget that for thirty
years we have supported men that you
have named for our
Greeley. Ttlden, Hancock, and twice Gro
yer Cleveland. Do not forget that we
have submitted cheerfuiiy 10 your COM
promise platforms ard have patiently
fnsnliment- Do not forget that al the last
convention OF the party in 1888 you PRO
claimed yourselves as being in favor of
the use OF both gold ana silver as the
standard money OF the country: for the
coinage OF both gold and silver without
discrimination against either metal. and
that tbs only question left open was the
sAt46 R--S FrEA TIC &IlEA4Ass 10 not S1TENt
thar Just foar years ago, IN the Demo
cratic convention in this city. the New
York delegation stood here soildIy and
immcgably for a candidate committee 10
the free and unlimited coinage OF silver
and gold az tho ratio OF ~ to I. and III
we are SIN for Il. let IL not be forgotten
that we eve II IN some measure IN *salr
teachings. applause That we eve much
- the men Of the East We readily ae-
knowledge. We owe 20 you the force bflI
and the Mckinley bsI ard the sherman
bill, the triple snfaEny Of Republican leg
is'ation. TIE first WAS aimed no more al
the Soa;b than At the great cities OF the
East, and Grief among them the great
Democratic city cf New York With SIS
magnificent patronage That hin 70, ,ta
aesthhlew III the senate. but there was
rot a single Dem ocraf from New York or
New England 20 vote against It. Gentle
men. Ia this high noon Of our e0u>tfvss
fraternity none can revive force 81 IN
tiis reconcilea and reunited republic. our
opponents themselves have abandoned
u. There Is none that can stand be-
tween thn union Of hearts and Union OF
hands that II, :. Grant lu hss aFlrx SIS on
Sa% coming en- angels wings 70 an Ire
SOFAS - eur c1mguan country When Chi
cago dressed the Southern graves IN dow
ers SIZE barred secJional3sYn under a noun
tsin q fragrance. When the Southern
HN---tas7 Nti @e7+.ssA4 %s4aF-4HA kttF HGFIfelt-
"a heTo - the North Ia Richnsora. thu
South answered back. Tsst as have
peace poAee. rnlSu ard liberty. uew aud
forever
AS The majority of the Democrats par
- IS Rot sectional neither does * stand
Cog SuY privileged ~ class legislation. The
active business men OF this GENTRY. is
manufacturers. merchants. farmers and
saas ~ toit Ia conafiug room. factory.
Net& ard nina kweH tnnr rsgesrrasssssrs 81
tie cgrreaey sweeps away. wgth the silent
snd ressstless fgree - Eravftatfau The
procfs - sheiT enterprise ard invest
meets They knnsx TOO. that fhs rssa