The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-21
SENATOR THURsToN's SPEECH
The Brief and Eloquent Talk of the
Nebraskan.

In seconding the nomination of Nc
Kinley, Senator Thurston said:
Gentlemen of the convention: There are
voices today more powerful and eloquent
than those of men secOnding the nominal
ton OF William Mckinley. They come
from the forest and the farm the noun
the east and the west. They are the voices
of happy homes, of gladdened hearts, of
porous millions, of re-established business,
re-employed labor, re-opened factories, re
newed national credit and faith
In all the whole broad land every fur
mace fire that roars, every spindle that
sings, every whistle that blows, every
mountain torrent set to toll, every anvil
that rings, every locomotive that screams
every steamship that plOwS the main
every mighty wheel that turns, are ali
joining in the grand glad voice of pros
porous, progressive, patriotic America,
seconding the nomination of our great
president William Mckinley.
And who is William Mckinley? Born of
the common people, struggling up through
toll, he stands today before the world the
foremost representative of all that is most
glorious and grand in our uplifted civiliza-
Who is William Mckinley? A citizen
soldier of the republic, the boy volunteer.
knighted by his country's commission for
daring deeds in the forefront of desper-
ate battle.
His alma mater was the tented field his
diploma of valor bore the same signature
as did the emancipation proclamation:
When Sheridan, summoned by the
madly down from Winchester and drew
nigh to the shattered and retreating col
umns of his army, the first man he met
to know was a young lieutenant engaged
in the desperate work of rallying and re-
forming the Union lines, ready for the
coming OF the master, whose presence
and genius alone could Wrest victory from
defeat. That young lieutenant of the
Shenandoah has been ra1lying and form
ing the Union lines from that day to this.
He rallied and formed them for the pro-
lection of American labor; he rallied and
| formed them to maintain the credit of
our country and the monetary standard
of the civilized world He rallied them
in the great struggle of humanity that
suffering people might be lifted from
| the depth of tyranny and oppression He
| might astound the world and make our
| flag respected in all the earth. He rallied
! and formed them that law and order
might prevail and prosperity and life and
/ liberty be secure where the banner OF the
republic waxed in sovereignty above our
| new possessions in the east.
His name is on every tongue, his love
in every heart, his fame secure in all time
to come and his reelection by the people
whose welfare and honor he has so jeal-
/ ously guarded and maintained is as GER
/ tain as the rising of the morning sun.
/ | can not dare not, stand longer be-
/ tween this convention and its will You
| are the delegates of the people. You rep
resent their wish as it is soon to be unan-
| inously recorded.
Of the outcome of the contest that is
to follow, we have no lingering doubt for
we trust that the intelligence of the
/ American people and we believe in the
4 justice OF Almighty GOD.
other candidates of other parties will
seek the public confidence and popular
vote. Hawks and buzzards sometimes
soar aloft until they cheat the human
| vision to believe them eagles: but the
/ eagle calmly circles high above them all
| the one sole peerless monarch of the
| snow-capped peaks and the empyrean
| blue. So in the realm of craftsmanship
| William Mckinley stands above all the
4 worthy successor of Washington, Lincoln
/ Grant and Garfield. Our president. now
| our president to be. William Mckinley OF
Ohio.