The Portland daily press., 1898-11-01
GOV BLACK SPEAKS.
Makes His First Address in New York
Campaign. M

New York, October sl.-A mass meet
ing in ratification Of the Repubtioa n
nominees was held under the auspices of
the Plaza Republican club at the Lenox
Lyceum tonight. The attraction was
Gov. Black 8 speech, his first in the cam.
paign.
Former Mayor Strong presided and in
troduced Gov. Black. The governor was
received with deafeniDg cheers.
GOV Black said in part:
Inc reason for my appearance Is to be
iound rather in the gravity OF the present
SITUATION than in any expectation that
my counsel will either instruct or enter
tain. Ihe duty existing between public
servants and the people is not wholly on
one Size. The servant owes to people
diiig nee, faithfulness. and integrity,
the protection and advancement Of pub
lio interests, no matter what stands in the
way. But when these thing are done,
the contract is not yet fulfilled. There re-
maius yet undischarged a most important
part, for the people owe that servant
encouragement communication and sup
port. This latter half of the obligation
is too often overlooked. Criticism. is
apt to be bestowed where appreciation is
dus.
10 the small, benighted, lamp-lit mind
the glories of the sun ars lost in the con-
this country is, and | suppose in every
other, that too many lamp tenders have
turned astronomers; too many fault-hnd-
ers nave turned statesmen. We are now
at q time and place where we must decide
whether we shall attempt to measure by
these rules the gigantic operations OF the
national government during tne last year.
IN Of tho A
pls. there is no single event which has
more fully illustrated the American char
acter than the war with Spain
Bot the war Is over now ana already
the lesson i'm parted by 1t is beginning to
grow dim.
Let MS contemplate the achievements Of
the past in the spirit OF those who, Know
ing the sacrifice and privations of war,
are rot uninindful of the blessings which
those sacrifices bring.
The spring had fully opened before the
war begun; the summer was not ended
before the war was closed and yet these
great achievements on 80 vast q scale
wrought on the field of international war
are marked by sacrifices whose small
nees seems Incredible. In all the conflict
less than 5000 men died from any cause.
OF the 900. 900 who served their country,
9d7. 200 are now alive. You cried for
war with such reslstless fervor that you
forced the President into it unprepared.
In less than four months he brought you
out Of II victorious. Have you 80 soon
made up your minds not to sustain himp
And with him through all this tempest
stood one whom 1 shall name because he
has SO often suffered at the hands OF the
unthinking and unjust-a hero OF the last
war, a statesman in this, courageous, up
right, the secretary Of war has stood per-
forming his duty and has not been
swerved tharefrom either by the perils OF
war or the ASPIRATIONS Of his oountrymen.
In the presence of such record how
small be that spirit that now arraigns
the national administration and asks
that it be convicted. The pride Of victory,
the maintenance of national honor the
reunion of all the states. ARE these to be
forgotten because the whisper has been
heard that hardships were encounteredf
The governor then proceeded to consider
state issues and recalled what Republican
has done for the state DUR
ing the past four years. such as oomplet-
ing the Capital building, preventing the
destruction of the forests, enaoting
primary law and reducing the rate OF tax
alton.