Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-18
TRUE TO
HIS TRUST.
Mark naRna's Great speech al
Cleveland After the First
EIeeiisn o. Mckinley
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR
EIoquent Tribute 10 The ffeei-
dsuf wio Would Not Stuitify
HEs Character Per ans
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sscEaxrsy Interesting Il This time
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The unscn essb--I have ! great fee
ing q RELIEF tozisAr sueA . feeling
cs rsatsf and nv ~ 4 neyer bad ee
fore. and I neser ssx 70 happy ~ !
sra soright. Ores n 20 / ~e
ans apslsssel w friends. MS tohnes
yery nesr ssng sn anniversary. Aboat
two yeaSa ago-vnft cutie that AonE
i began nv work ~ devotion and lose
30 oar eAlss. Two years ago ! tcok
from hlrn ray Inspiration. When "
laid upon me thar confidence Which
he let and said n ms ny frisni.
i tfust you With ny future W aiso
saId. Marx. there are rome things ]
viii not 60 ta be president ii The Init.
81 states fapplause and ebsersJ. and
i lesye M honor q Foar haaas And
frcsa tia, dsy, DsAriy VI pears aEa.
b4gaa tssa campaign
III . rather esle fras siaasa,
er1. shat .hs boys afe likely y fai'
a xs!lt hant. bit 4 4 true that had
ia bsrthdsy heart sva sears i Y,
dAy. i embarked upon Tia, duty viii
q fual hear sof > mar shorn love
because ! hsd learned % refDees and
honor him. II Was a mission q iOgs
inspired by that mobile character vhlct
has 30 peer IL The world Trsme1
dous applsuseJ sill nos weary ~
With an account n details of The cart
stages a that campaign. ] called q
aid rnen sho had known the effect q
Maj McKinleys magnetism and wh'
loved and admired him esen as ! did
ard fhe territory IL which 1 fount
them was cot bounded by Ohio. bul
reached from the Atlantic u the "a
ciGc. applause Scores and hun
dreds Of men who loved HIN
an did rallied with McKinic,
as the word on their lips an
their country their prayer. tApplaus'
ard crieg N good. good The neyl
epoch Wal that wonderful convention
at 81 Louis. where Mckinley received
eel votes. believe those figures ars
right You all read of It's marvellous
scenes. When took that charge d
McKiniey's honor ! swore 10 my Make
that / would return 4 unsuilied. ZAP
pIausc and checrs) And when re
turned from that memorable conyen
ton. proud and satisfied with III
work his friends had done. ] went 4
Canton and laid my report Al the fee
IL my chieftain. and ! said 10 him
Mckinley. ! have not forgotten TN
trust and | bring h back without
blot and not a single promise to re
deem, think have q right TO fee
proud Or that tcheors and applause
because In the succession OF the al
minIstration from Lincoln's time I,
the present era no man ever enjoye'
that privilege before tTremendou
~appianse)
Then began the battle royal. tn
Chicago convention flung forth y
cdict which shocked the nation and d
most Frustrated the country. Follow
Ing that came that grand wave ~ y
SEPARATION from Mckinley. Hls nam
and all he stood for WAS the batti
cry from that time on Never bcfcr
was such a battle Naged. II wa
against an unknown, unseen enemy
which faced is under cover on ever
side. but before us WAS Mckinley
name. and every rye VA hKed On 4
and every hear; wa bound 70 Il a. I
a guiding star Tremendous q
piauseJ
There we're dark days Thct
were days when even The best me
in the country lost faith 10 IL eos
eminent And Why Because, as
said. TIE lemy wa an unseen on'
and the blows ii was striking wer
blows al the very foundation q thi
government. And they did not kno'
the inner workings of ON part Of ID
campaign. When I left New York =
come 10 Cleveland to vote for M
friend william Mckinley tapplaus'
and cheersl. | looked out Of the cal
window in the early dawn and saw
the sun rise, and that sentiment Of
Garneld's Applause and cheers)
came 10 me, God reIgns' f~tremendonl