Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-03
GOVERNOR HASTINGS
A GOOD SIZED
LAST NIGHT.

He Pays q High Tribute to the Pres
dent and 10 the Republican Party
4, He TAX Full Of Rsr,inIsosr css IN
I'll LIstsnsd to With Profound Atts,
a tIon
The Phillips was comfortably file
last night to hear the address of Coy
ernor Daniel II. Hastings of Pennsy
: vania. That the hall was not flied I
: overdowing as it should have been, wa
probably due to the fact that many o
the Republican workers are devotin,
almost their entire time in this laS
week of the camp>ign. In various part
OF the county aud state and many o
the wards and precincts are hoidins
meetings to get rything in readi
ness for the election next Tuesday
However, last nights crowd was al
lappreeiative one and listened to o1s
OF the best talks that has been giver
IN this city for some time. 1t was 8
fa:e to face talk, rather than a poiiti
cal speech and it was received a. such
1t was quite relief to the usual long,
drawn out, oritorical efforts in which
tariff, free coinage of silver at ratio
of l6 to |, free trade and other wei
known issues have been discussed un-
til every intelligent American has them
thoroughly fixed in his mind aud has
made them part of his every day life.
The Richmond quartet, composed ct
Messrs. Taggart. Alvey, Eggemeyer
and Lieve op ned the meeting by
singing Just Behind the Times" in a
very pleasing manner and responded
to an encore. C. C. Binkley introduced
the speaker in a few complin entary
| remarks.
Governor Hastings said that he was
a Pennss ivanian and therefore a Re
publican. He believes in the princi-
Piles of the Republican party, and is
more proud of the fact this year than
be has ever been before. He said he
was not here to talk much politics. but
to have a good time with the "Quakers
OF the west" and enjoy an evening to-
gether. In speaking OF the outcome
of the war and the after effect on the
country Governor Hastings aid: Over
In Pennsylvania We haven't a bit of
fault to find with President Mckinley.
We have admired the position he took
with the people before the war, and of
LIS oououCt uuIiHS TIC WAE, duU can
say nothing but words of praise and
commendation for our noble ehieftain
and leader - Viii lam McKinley.
(Cheers.) Was there any mistake IL
placing the United States army in the
hands of a man who never lost a battle
A. Milesf Was there any
mistake in the selection of Joe
Wheeler, Hobson, Dewey, Sampson
and others of our great leaders?" The /
speaker narrated incidents of the late |
war brought out in his conversation with
Fighting" Bob Evans, Hobson and
others during the recent peace jubilee
1t Philadelphia and the stories were
o1aifG GheSe aEs some things, |
savs sss.so nSaas ssa Ess u Al forss
powers that we are capable of perpet-
aating our Republican form of gov
that we have young men
who are suited by their early training
and education to take their places in
our army at any time and fight foE
their country: that they are fit to take
the places of their fathers and their
and they have not taken a
bit of luster from the soldiers of pre-
vious wars, but have only gone one
better by adding to it deeper color |
But what shall be done with Cuba. |
Porto Rico and the Philippine islands, |
The question Of Porto Rico is prac
tically settled, as we have gained that
by right of conquest. We have prom
ised to free Cuba and it is oar duty to
keep that promise. 1t will not be
many years, said the speaker, until we
will have Cuba in our poss ession
at their own request. The
work of DR.. Wood at Santiago
was praised and he told how
the Americans uuder his direction had
opened up public schools. cleaned and
washed the streets and had driven out
the dread yellow fever until there has
not been a case in that city for the
past sixty days. He said that the
Americans had done more for that
county already than the Spanish gov
ernment in the past 800 years. 1t
would be most unjust and most I'M
patriotic thing for the American people
at this time to turn their backs on the
President, but we should rather extend
a vote of thanks to our American Presi
dent at the polls next week for the
manner in which the war has been con-
Quoted.
Regarding the Philippine question
the speaker said: Speaking for my
self (and l have not the least
donbt that the President
will finally settle the
matter in the right manner, | say that
if had the settlement of this question
[ would keep every island in the
Philippine group" prolonged cheer
ing).
The tariff and free coinage questions
| were lightly touched upon by the
speaker, and he closed with grand
| tribate to Lincoln. Grant and the
heroes of the late war. Washington
wrote the word Independence" across
the American flag, Lincoln the word
Freedom" and William Mckinley
the word Humanity"
With q final appeal to the voters to
stand by the administration, the gov
ernor closed his excellent talk, and the
lauartet closed the program of the
Ievening with another campaign sone
to the tune of ION the Banks of ths
4 Wabash, Far Away"
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