The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-09-02

BENJAMIN HARRIsoNs REVISED DKARh
paign deemed TO think that might In
some way advance the interests OF those
principles which are not less dear TO me
than they are to you by making here, In
this great city, public address. Ap-
plause. thought they greatly magni-
fed the importance Of anything could
say, but could not quite content myself
to subordinate what others thought to be
a public duty to my private convenience.
Applause. l am here tonight, not to
make keynote speech, but only to ex-
press my personal views, for which no one
else will be in any measure responsible.
[Applause. For this speech has not been
submitted to the Judgment of any one
until now Applause 1 shall speak,
my fellow citizens, as Republican [cries
of Good, but with peri ct respect to
those who hold differing opinions.
Increased Respect for Democrats.
Indeed 1 have'never had SO much re-
spect for Democrats as l have now.
[Applause.l Or perhaps / should say
/ never had so much respect for so
many Democrats as 7 have now. Zap
plause.] That party has once more
exhibited its capacity to be ruptured,
and party that cannot be split is a
public menace. When the leaders of a
party assembled in convention depart
from its traditional principles and ad-
vocate doctrines that threaten the in
tegrity of the government, the social
order of our communities and the Sc
curity and soundness of our finance, it
ought to split, and ii dignifies itself
when IL does split. A bolt from any
party is now and then a most reassur-
ing incident, and was never more re-
assuring and never had better cause
than now. Applause and cries of
You're right But these Democratic
friends who are disposed more or less
directly to help the cause of sound
finance in this campaign ought not TO
expect that the Republican party will
disorganize itself because the Demo-
cratic party has disorganized itself.
daughter and applause. THAT was a
beaut."] The Republican party, the
Republican voter. If sound money tri-
umphs-as / belive IL will-must in
the nature of the thing constitute the
body OF the successful army. We ought
not therefore to be asked to do any,
thing that will affect the solidity, the
loyalty. the discipline or the enthus-
iasm of the Republican party ZAP
plause. A voice Nobody going out"
This reference to the Bryan meeting In
Madison Square garden was greeted
with prolonged applause and laughter
The Question for Gold Democrats.
The Republican party fronts the de-
structionist and trumpets its defiance to
the enemies of sound money 1t will
fight, however, without covering any of
the glorious notices and inscriptions that
are upon its banner. Applause When
the house Is on fire--and many of our
Democratic friends believe that TO be the
present domestic situation-the tenant on
the top floor ought not TO ask the tenant
In the basement to bury any of his opin.
ions before he joins the fire brigade, and
II our Democratic friends realize as we
realize the gravity, the far-reaching con-
sequences, of this campaign they ought
not 10 ask the Republican party TO reor-
ganize itself, TO put aside any Of the great
principles that 1t has advocated, in order
to win vote. If their opinion is sincerely
held, as they insist, 1t ought TO determine
their action for themselves without refer
snce to what anybody else should do. And
submit TO these gentlemen, for whose
opinions have the highest respect,
whether, IL 1t Is true as they say, that the
success of the Chicago nominee would
plunge this country into commercial dis
tress and drag the nations honor in the
dust, there can be any question for such
gentlemen but this: How can we most
surely defeat the Chicago nominees' ZAP
plause.
THE GENERALS PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
Considers It the Question of the Power Of
National Courts.
Neither conventions nor committees