The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-01
l PARTY LOVE FEAST.


| around he found the laboring people COM
posed entirely of poems in fact, slaves.
| without property without hope in life. l
| should like to see Mr.. Bryan hold up these
! serfs OF Mexico as examples for the free
and Intelligent laborers of the United
| States. He will not dare do that.
Upon second thought. there is another
| great man of the Bryan Democracy This
second great man is Henry NJ. Tel
Louis convention. Laughter1 He is
now now engaged in trying to get Con-
| of our bonds in silver, when it was under
/ stood at the time of taking the bonds that
pudiation. That is Mr. Tellers idea OF ma
! tlonal integrity. Now, how such great men
! as these can contribute a certificate of good
character 10 the Bryan Democracy passes
| my comprehension, but is respectfully re-
| ferred to the people. (Applause)
A DIFFERENT PARTY.
Passing to the other great party. 1 ask
| permission to submit the Republican party
to the same method of analysis and for the
same purpose of ascertaining its character
First, what is the history of the Republican
party? Were 7 to enter into a full discus
sion of this question. as applicable to it,
| the night would be consumed. will, there
| fore, condense it into a sentence Search the
chronicles of the United States for the last
forty-three years, which is the lifetime of
our party, and everything good great, pa
triotic and glorious in that period of time
| must be taken part OF party his
! tory. When the Republican party came into
/ existence 1t found Itself face to face with an
! institution now conceded to be the most
barbaric possible of human conception
! slavery as practiced in the South IN Il snort
| tlme the Republican party secured the pres
/ idency and then it was confronted with TINS
] institution and with civil of unknown
| and indefinite dimensions. Without hesta-
ton, Yielding no more to sentiment than to
| the perception of destiny, it entered the
/ test and at the end of five years after half
| million men were stain. and a debt of
| nearly six billions had been rolled up, this
| institution was OVerthroWn and the civil
| war was brought 10 a happy conclusion.
| Then followed the period or reconstruction
and the policy and efforts of the party
| just as happy as in the other Whether or
! not the people of the United States can ar
| ford, under the circumstances, to denounce
the Republican party and deny its excel
lence IN deed, achievement and character
L | DO not believe any inteiigent,, patriotic
Passing to our third question. who are
| our great men? Here are rich Probably
| no party in the world, certainly none in
| America, has had such roll great men.
| Perhaps you running over the list
your own mind, and l will make brief allu-
| sion to some of them: James A.. Garfield
! solder and President; Rutherford b.
Hayes. soldier and President; Benja-
lApplause.) Going to our soldiers
| Sheridan-and the mention of his
name brings to us Winchester and Apo
matoX: sherman, and the mention OF mis-
name brings with the hundred miles from
| Chattanooga to Atlanta and the march
| from Atlanta to the sea; Ulysses S. Grant
| the greatest soldier of the age If not OF all
| time. His administration purely and
! magnifcently Republican There is yet one
| other. | have reserved him for the last
! when probably he should have been first
| Abraham Lincoln. (Applause.) How often
liaNe Illeu ~ indiy1e illS sidtuic anu an
| attempts of the kind have left me in amaze
| A mind which served under all eXigencies
when required, as grave as a philosopher
| as logical as q chief justice, d soul peculiar
| in itself. 1t had all the tenderness of d wOm-
an, filled with charity to all mankind. Even
| latter years the men of the South We're Stil
/ his countrymen. He felt for them only pity
and paternal care. So, while the stars con-
| grow and rivers run their seaward destiny
! while waves run in from the main and
| break in thunder on the Shore while the
| earth stands and while men live with memo
! ries and responsive gratitude, Abraham
Lincoln will continue the foremost man of
! all the world, with possibly one rival, the
majestic Israelite who walked and talked
| with God and derived his inspiration from
| Him.
have applied the same method to the analy-
sis of the respective characters of these two
! parties. i leave the argument to your Judg-
ment and pass on to the topic assigned
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
what l have advanced, gentlemen of the
convention, up to this point is preliminary
to what L have to say touching the subject
meaning, of course, the future of the Re-
publican party. / have in the first place to
remark, generally that it has fallen to
the party to take the initiative in every
matter of reform, so that when we stop and
ask ourselves what of the days which are
to come, we must answer in great part,
from this distinctive feature. We find new
conditions upon the country and it is in
cumbent upon our party to take position
with reference to them For instance we
have upon US now the duty OF monetary re-
FORM 1t cannot be expected that other or
CARNATIONS will set the example to us, and
already we find the idea taking shape, in
fact already in form for action. There are
three measures presented. one by Secretary
Gage, one by President Mckinley, and still
another by the monetary conference COM
posed of business men OF the country al
most without reference to politics. All that
remains, consequently, is that Congress
shall decide between the measures; and
for one | nave not the slightest doubt of
the wisdom and ability of our representa-
tives. They will, think, do what is right;
The question of policy, whether our decided
majority in the lower house shall go for
ward irrespective of the adverse majority
Of no argument. The duty is arbitrary and
there should be no hesitation in placing re-
sponsibilites where they belong.
There have also arisen certain social and
economic questions. The conflict between
labor and capital, for instance certainly is
something to interest every intelligent citi-
zen in the land. The Republican party has
already broken ground on that issue, and
when the necessity for further action arises
we should not trouble our souls The wis
dom which has governed our conventions in
the past will not desert us. The justice of
the case is self-apparent. The principle TO
be recognized is that both capital and labor
are essential to the country and themselves.
The rights of both, beyond all peradventure,
will be asserted and maintained.
"Only one further idea. The glory of the
Republican party is in the fact that in all
the past it has had the courage of it's con-
victions 1t has dared do for the Nation all
that was required, and it is not to be i'm
aeined that in the years to come the or
SANITATION will be suddenly bereft of its
fearlessness and independence. If so, it's
future is assured. 1t will be to the gov
eminent all it has been in the past. Ii for
any reason it suffers diminution, it is not
to be forgotten that there is d great re-
serve in waiting. The time will come in
Colds good pleasure when the two million
and more Republican voters now under re-
preston in the South will be allowed, with
out fear, or hindrance, to present them
selves at the polls. ballot in hand which
when cast will be counted. This, it appears
to me- covers the ground of speech upon
this subject unless ] arrogate to myself
powers Of prophecy, which | would have to
do to speak more absolutely"
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Remarks of Messrs. Wingute, Coffin,