The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conycn.
tion:
am glad to greet the Democrats of the
Ninth congressional district In conven-
tion assembled While | am not dele
gate TO this convention i am In sympathy
with the object Of your meeting and will
rejoice with you should the result of your
deliberations prove acceptable to the rank
and file Of our party. When Democrats
meet to take counsel Of one another they
should never forget that 1t Is the duty OF
she minority to submit to the will OF the
majority ! h...e such faith in the una
dultcrated Democracy Of the Democrats
OF this district that feel the choice OF
this convention Will receive the vote vi
every Democrat I'm tn district IL loyalty
prevails In our party Mr.. Lands will sur
render his seat i'm congress to your nomi.
nee and che citizenship you represen. will
have protector and defender against
those influences that make against our
national life
The Blue aud tho Gray United.
We meet. my friends, under unusual
circumsta stances. More than 80 years ago
the great civil war enced that threat
ened the life of our nation, but unfortu-
nately the bitter animositics kindled by
that conflict have manifested themselves
In some manner in every campaign since
the close Of the struggle. Party leaders
have not hesitatcd To seek party advant-
ages by tanning anew the dying embers
OF sectional strife. To-day, h ,wever. pub
lie opinion demand that Mason and Dix
on's line be "Dliterated that it may no
longef lie flaming wall-sn impassable
barrier 10 "A friendly intercourse between
the north and souta, aid that the differ
ences out Of which the war came must not
be cited as "A reason for the ascen icncy OF
any particular patty
The boys who wore .he blue have
clasped hands across the bloody chasm
with the boys who wore the gray, and
shoulder to shoulder they are standing
this hour under the folds OF one flag In
defense Of a common country. Fortu-
nately for IN we are not now engaged in
war among ourselves. Within our own
boundaries we are at peacr. We are
united rs one man against Spanish
Tyranny and spanish oppression. We
have heard the voice Of the oppressed in "a
island. and. yielding to ;hc
OF humanity. we have determined,
IL matters not how great the cost may be
In blood and TREASURY, To deliver the
Cubans from bondage. This Is the pur-
pose and Inission of the American people
Of party affiliations. for In this
war there should he no politics and So
long ~ the objecs and purpose for which
war was declared are adhered TO and good
faith prevails in its prosecution. damned
should be the man or party that shall Mt
tempt to gain partisan advantage
IL.
Democrats F,r-t For Cuban Independence.
Ii l. to be regretted that the suggestion
II occasionally made that Indiana should
go RepuL lean at the next election be-
cause the present admini-l ration has the
war on Its hands. My friends, 1t Is true
TINT the president. who l. tn. command
er-in-chicf of our armies and navy, Is a
Republican,. yet the Democratic party
stands ready to strengthen the president :
hands la escry way pn.siblc. aud through
it, representatives IN congress IL will
gladly JOIN IN voting every man ana every
dollar necessary to all in prosecuting the
war To "a n e,'iv aud successful conclusio
And nov warn our is'pi1lican iriends
that IL they insist thai thc voters of lndi-
ana should support the Republican ticket
next fall because OF the war, we shall not
hesitate to remind them that Marcus
Hanna and his adm nistration were
Against the war until the cxcoriation OF
public opinion lashcd them into IL. The
Democratic party was demanding the in
Of Cuba when the Republican
party WAS in a state OF lethargy IN the
subject. Wall street had sat down 90
heavy on Mr.. Mckinley and his advisers
In opposition to the war and In favor Of
tn holders Of Cuban bonds. that the pres
snce Of leading Republicans Of Indiana
was rcndercd necessary in Washington to
point out 10 the executive the disinte
grating Influences at work in their party
ranks and TO impress upon him that all
chances Of Republican success at the com
Ing election would bc lost unless war was
declared.
Democrats Win the Victories.
We eshali not stop here. Ifit becomes nee
essAry we will not allow the voters to for
get that the man who ON that memorable
Of May plowed his way at the
head Of the American fleet through the
engines Of death and destruction in Ma
Mia harbor. and who. after battle that
amazed and startled the civilized world,
planted the stars and stripes ON Philip
pine soil. was commodore. now Rear Ad.
lniral Dewey who Is Democrat
We will not forget to tell them that
Hobson, who destroy I'll and sunk In the
channel the vessel that bore him
above the waves while hell was bclching
her fury on him from the Spanish forts
ON oil the hills around. and who fingered
his time I'm n Spanish prison. Is Demo
crat. We will tell them. too. with bccom
Ing pride that the man jnder whose direc-
tion Md command Cervcras fleet was
swept from the seas and IT,. arm Of Spain
puralyzcd In war WAS tho daring. dashing
Schlry, n Democrat
cannot tell you Of the bravery OF these
men. My words are too few and too
|eeble Ths /.ct and tho cssayist ars zoe
hSs hnrrs I. N.