St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 June 1896 — Page 2

ffiTSDOWTOffOIK Republican Convention Opens in St. Louis. PARTY HOSTS GATHER Perfect Sea of Faces Confronts the Speaker. Chairman Carter of the National Committee Calls the Convention to Order—Routine Proceedings Take but Little Time—C. W. Fairbanks of Indiana Maile Temporary Chairman —Makes a Speech that Calls Forth Prolonged Cheers — Thousands of RnthusinSts Eagerly Seek Admittance —Scenes in the Great Auditorium. On Tuesday at noon the biggest national convention that has been held by the Republican party since its organization in 1856, when Fremont was nominated, was j called to order in the Hag-festooned hall I

which the people of St. Louis erected for its accommodation. It was a great procession that toiled up to the convention ball tinder the noonday sun. Nine hundred and nine delegates, a like number of alternates and 1 Ijmmi spectators were admitted to the great auditorium. Tickets were in high demand, and all St. Louis—that is, alt St. Louts which had a pull on the big sergeant-at-arms-—straineu a point to be present. ■ The following table shows the number of delegates each State and territory sent to the convention: Alabama 22 Montana 6 Alaska 2 Nebraska 16 Arizona 2 Nevada p ^ r o'i lls:, ;' < New Hampshire . s 2® ~sor 1 " li ‘ New Jersev 20 Colorado s Now Mexico. q Gonneeth-t 12 New York ’ I Gaware 6 North t 'amllnn.. .. 22 ... r .? f Golumbia. 2 North Dakota 6 IGorida s Ohio .... pj Georgia 2'l Oklahoma 4 ’’ all< ‘ 6 Oregon g IHlnols -IS Pennsylvania CO Indiana 30 Rhode Island.... s Indian Territory.. 4 South Carolina.... IS lowa 20 South Dakota s Kansas 20 Tennessee .... 24 Kentucky 26 Texas 30 Louisiana m Utah . S Maine 12 Vermont " s Maryland it; Virginia 21

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Massachusetts ... 30 Washington 8 Michigan 28 West Virginia 12 Minnesota 18 Wisconsin 24 Mississippi 18 Wyoming 8 Missouri 34 Total. 900. Necessary for a choice. 455. Os litis total there were no less than 138 conlested seats, distributed as follows: Alabama 20, California 4, Delaware 6, Florida 8, Georgia 10, Kentucky 2. Louisiana 12, Mississippi 18. New York 12. North Carolina 2. Pennsylvania 2, South Carolina 18, Tennessee 4, Texas 30. Virginia 4 and Arizona 6. In order to facilitate the distribution of the tickets Col. Byrnes had them tied in bundles—one for each member of the : national committee, one for Col. Byrnes’ | chief assistant, one containing thirteen ! tickets for the members of the National ' Republican League, one for the Woman's ; League, one for t'ol. Byrnes' personal use, one for the Woman's Republican Asso- ' ciation, one for the College League and ' individual tickets for the distinguished | guests. The fifty-one members of the i national Republican committee adopted i their own methods of distributing the tickets given to them. Most of them handed them out to their friends and political allies from their rooms or their State headquarters in the various hotels. It was not necessary to give out any tickets for delegates, each delegate having n certificate of election signed by the proper authorities in the district from which he hails and bearing the O. K. stamp of the national committee. The alternates were provided for in the same way. The 550 tickets allotted to the press were distributed among the accredited representatives who could show proper credentials. In addition to all these, Col. Byrnes iseued 1,500 certificates to his corps of assistants, of whom 500 were assistant sergeants-at-arms, 400 ushers, 350 doorkeepers and 250 messengers. Arranßeinent of Scats, There were 500 seats on the platform, nil of which were taken up by the distinguished guests. The fifty-one members of the national committee sat immediately in the rear of the speaker's stand, while to either side or it were the 550 represent-

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knives of the press, including the AssoI eiated and I'nitod Press. The delegates 1 were seated by States directly in front of the speaker’s stand in the very center of the h ill, while the alternates were seated on either side. Surrounding these wore the thousands of seats for the spectators, with as many Anore in the gallery that completely encircled the big hall. There was no lack of conveniences in the great hall. Half a dozen long-distance telephones connected it with every important city east of the Mississippi river, and not less than 2(H) telegraph wires placed San Francisco, Winnipeg. Montreal, Boston, Now York, Philadelphia, Washington. Baltimore, .Jacksonville, New Orleans, Galveston and all intermediate towns and cities in direct communication with the convention. For the esjH'eial use of 'he representatives of McKinley, Reed, Allison and other presidential candidates, sound proof boxes containing long-dis-tance telephones were placed at the foot of the stairs m the rear of the speaker's sf and. From these it was possible for the friends of the candidates to talk directl.v to them and consult them on every important move that was made or contemplated in tin* convention hall. The arrangement of the big hall so as

to admit the holders of tickets to th • various sections to which they were assigned was probably the most interesting feature of the convention arrangements. There were twenty sections in all. includ- : ing as many letters of the alphabet. Be- ; ginning at the northwest corner on the : Thirteenth street side. A. B, C and D were the sections on the west. Running 1 eastward along the Clark avenue side ; were sections E. F, G. 11. 1. .1. and on the Twelfth street side were K, L. M and N. J The north side, next to the city hall, com- i i pleted the list, with O. I’, Q. R. S and T. i । There was a first floor and a gallery secI tion of each letter, one being directly over ; the other, and yet the entrances were so I arranged that it was impossible for a perI son going in nt one door to got into any ; other section than that to which his ticket ■ admitted him. The same was true of the । entrances to the press box. to the dele- : gates' seats and to those for the alter- ' nates. No one could become misplaced unless by some hook or crook he should ! be missed by three or four doorkeepers. in which ease he would enter at the wrong door, and be then overlooked by a dozen ushers, twice as many assistant sorgeantsat arms and a whole raft of other employes. As a precaution against excessively warm weather, and in order that the doors might bo open without danger of the crowd outside jamming into the convention hall. Chairman W. li. Thompson of the executive committee ordered that picket fences be built around the main cm ranees. 1 hts enabled the doorkeepers I to swing the doors wide open and still be | able to cope witii the curious crowd. Crowd Begins to Gather, At 10 o’clock the band of forty pieces took its place in the gallery above the speaker's stand, and at 10:20 struck up the rousing air, “Black America.” Soon after the spectators began to stream through the entrances ■which opened into i tb.e lower gallery. Hundreds of assistant • sergeants-at-arms anil ushers were scat- ■ tered about the hall and galleries. Just before 11 o'clock the thunder of arriving

clubs outside the hall was heard, and the Alabama delegation appeared at the main entrance and marched to their seats in the ’ pit. The contesting delegations from the I State of Delaware, both in full force, the one headed by ex-Semitor Higgins and </|S K x ' TEMPOKAItY CIIAIUMAX EAIKUANKS. tile other by Mr. Addieks, were among । the first to arrive. At I1:2n Scna'.ir < irtcr, chiirmnn of the national eommiitee, who was to cal! , the convention to order, arrived and gav j his final instructions to the secretaries and : reading clerks. Within a few minutes the j delegations began crowding into their ; places. The arrival >f the notables, lv>w- ■ •■ver, was no* attend 1 by any J'Unonstralions. The m »st famous <»f the Republi--1 can leaders s -cme I to be unrecognized

from the g-illorhs. but were warmly i greeted by their friends on the floor. Senator Lodge. wh > is .it ihc hea.l of Reed’s New I! lahi ml deb .-.it inn. ut |,| W ho was the K*mer.il **f th*' radical Politicians, was besieged on ivrii hnml a. Irm talked ■ down the aisle. The i • merabl.t •‘Dick” l Thomp' hi. <>f 1 idiana. who part dt.it, 1 ! in the (’!ay-Jn* ks *n * ainpaign m | has iieen a conspieuoits figure a? over; r ]>nhliran convention since the organ;/.* i tion *f the pirty. aHricted much alienj tion. He lienr.s his 8? years -111 rdily .m l looked full *f vig >r. The t Tai., dclegai m. head* d by the dashing Foraker and doughty Hanna, who as M 'Kinley’s nt:i:iag'?r I has made himself famous within a few j months in the world of politics, passe I i d >wn tn their places, directly in fr-mt nf ! the speaker's stand, without .1 demonstration -*f any kind. AH wn- <onfiisi*>:i >:i the floor in th.' final moments preceding ; the calling of the convention Io order. \V!ien the big h ill was filled with people, wlii'ii the banners dcsignaiing the location of the S .ites were .'-■•t in plm ', the । binds began to play, nnd'thc great speakers and -tatesm m ami p->'itieians v.cre | assembled there, it was a sight unrivaled , by any national gaihering >f a political party ever held 0:1 Atneri iin soil. The chairman of the convention Imked down upon a spectacle no! exceeded in human interest by any previous gathering in the 1 politii al history of the country. The hall forme*! a fitting environment. The decoj rations were simple, but as striking as a , repetition of tings and portraits could be made. Red. white and blue bunting covered the huge trusses, and the walls were relieved by huge panels bearing pictures

of great Americans -Washington, Lincoln, Grant. Sherman. Farragut. Garfield. Interspersed were shields in the national colors, flags and gaudy lanti'rns. Shoulder to shoulder in a compact square a thou-anJ men sat ami faced the ; speaker's stand. Backed up in tiers that touched the very girders of the hall roof a sea of faces, eager and expectant, rei fleeted the grim earnestness of the chief actors in the arena below. Overhead a . white banner, bearing a design of an eagle 1 currying a ribbon inscribed "Republican

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Prosperity," furnished a standard anil battle cry for the assembled warriors. Epon the hearts of the champions, as upon the hearts of their alternates. glittering badges bespoke the purpose for which the multitude had assembled, and, as in the tournaments sturdy yeomen prided themselves in disporting the colors of their leaders, so, even to the topmost ring of the surrounding amphitheater of faces, ribbons innumerable peeked out between the shoulders of spectators to bear witness of the enthusiasm that thrilled like a dis-

charge of electricity the entire gathering. 1 he hands of the clock were at 12:30 when Chairman Carter of Montana tin-| waisteoated and with widespreading shirt bosom, stepped forward and with three fierce cracks of his gavel, byway of pre- S liminary, sought to make his voice pierce ! the general rustle. The attempt was a j futile one. however. He was exhorting ; the supernumeraries who crowded the aisles between delegates’ seats to “please retire.” These gentlemen failed to hear him. but his injunction was rapidly ear- I ried into effect by hustling badged ofli- ! cials, who swept down the aisles with j more vigor than ceremony. Then there ’ was an interval of comparative quiet, ! while Mr. Carter announced the prayer by Rabbi Sale. The thousands struggled up to their feet when they caught the significamv of the rabbi's out str •tehed hands and stood for three minutes with bowed heads. The rabbi prayed with open eyes, I and applause followed his prayer. Chairman Fairbanks’ Speech. 1 The first real demonstration of the conj vontion came when Chairman Carter in- ; trod need Charles W. Fairbanks of lu- | diann as the temp-nary presiding offieer. William H. Sutherland of the Now York delegation seeonde 1 Mr. Fairbanks' nomination. and bis selection was indorsed by the unanimous vote of tiie delegates. As M; Fairlianks • pped forward to de liver his speech a wave of applause ran around the galleries. inters[ierscd with staccato cheers. He spoke in part as follows; Gentlemen of the C invention I am pr fonnd'y grafefni for this expr< salon of your gem -»us ■outiden- ■■ A ; citizens we wore nevi r ca:b-d m to discluirge a more Im

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. portnnt duty .han that which rests upon us - the nomination of a President and Vh-c rrcsl- ' • dent of the United States. This duty is a ■ , peculiarly impressive one at the moment, 1 for it Is already written tn the bunk of fate t ■ that the choice of this i-onventiiHi will be the next President and Vice President of the great repulille. r Three years of Democratic administration t i have been three years of panic, of wasted j energy, of anxiety and loss 10 the American people, without :t parallel in our history. ! > To-day the people turn to the Republican । ; party hopefully, confidently; and It is for us , to meet their expectations; it is for us to j give them those camliilates upon whom tin it 1 hearts have centered, and to give them clear.

straightforward, emphatic expression of our political faith. For a third of a century prior to tile advent of the present administration. we operated under laws enacted by tiie Republican party. Ail great measures concerning the tariff and the currency originated with it. I nder the operation of these honest, tariff and honest money Republican laws the country grew in wealth and power beyond precedent. We easily outstripped all other powers in the commercial race. Foreign and domestic trade was greater in volume and value than it had ever been. Foreign balances were largely in our favor. European gold was flowing toward us But all of tills has changed. The Democratic party had at Chicago condemned the pro-

tectlve tariff principle as unconstitutional and solemnly pledged Itself to the overthrow and destruction of the McKinley law and to the adoption of free trade as the policy Mtn X ’ nlte, l Bta f M Thia bold > aggressive atta»k upon the long-settled policy of the Kepubllcan party bore its natural’fruit In shaken confidence, unsettled business; and we were soon drifting against the rock of destruction. The Democratic partv was harmonious upon one subject, and that was the deal motion ~f the McKinley law. But when । they came to the exercise of the creative fae- | ulty the enactment of a great revenue measure in its stead, there was discord. The im•‘s'7. ' 'J ''"’nests of the country watched and । united through the long anti anxious months for some settlement of tile important ques- \? n i‘ y . "'“’"ed an end of uncertainty. li, ! en g , J 1 Gic M uson bill wns adopted, aiid 1 it was characterized by a Democratic I’resi- , dent as tiie child of -pertidy ami dishonor." 111 ", as s " ,'* a d that lie would not contaminate , his hand by signing it. A bill that was too 1 base for Mr. Cleveland to approve is too j pj., “ for tbe “PProval of the American peo- ' Ihe bill struck down reciprocity, one of the j highest nchievements in American states manship. With its destruction fell advantageous commercial agreements. The substitution of ad valorem for specific duties has opened the way for systematic wholesale frauds upon the treasury ami producers ami employers of the country. Tints we have lost miilbms of dollars In revenue and the foro.gn producer has been enabled to unfairly possess oar home markets To meet tiie monthly deficit ami protect our ’■ret.it and save the government from protest the 1 resident Ims been forced to sell bonds- ■ in other words, he lias been obliged to mort- ■ bage the future tn a lime of peace to meet 1 the cut rent obligations of tiie government , This is in sharp contrast with the Republican I record. Onr tariff laws not only raisml the i revenue, but they protected oitr domestic I .mlnstties; they Impartially protected tiie i farmer and manufacturer, both North and South. Having attempted to reverse the tariff policy „f the 1 tilted states with such la-

mentable results, tlii* Denn k- ratle partv now proposes to reverse the currency policy. The present currency system Is the frtiit of republican wisdom. It has been adequate to 1 all our past necessities and if uncorrupted 1 will meet onr future requirements. 'Die very ! foundation of a sound currency system is a solvent treasury. When in the’ last half i century of our history did the Democratic j party advocate a financial policy that was in I the interests of the American people? Look ।at its nnte-beilutn currency record. Consider । Its hostility to the currency rendered neces- ; snry by the exigency of war, and later its । ff irt to .infiat" tiie currency in n time of peace by tlie issue of greenbacks. Witness Its ; opposition to the efforts of the Republic;):! ' party to resume specie payments. Rut four I short years ago it declared for a return to I the old discredited state bank currency. The Republican party has not been un- । friendly to the proper use of silver. The ! party, desiring fairly to secure a larger use ' of silver, pledged Itself in favor of an interI national agreement. Harrison, true to the pledge of the party, took tiie initiatory steps : and invited an International monetary conference at Brussels, nt which the subject of an international coinage agreement was ably and profitably discussed. Those who profess to believe that this government can. independently of the other grout eoniniereial powers, open its mints to the free and independent coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, when the commereial ratio in all the great markets is 30 to 1. and at the same ' time not drive every dollar of gold of cir- ' cuhitlon, but deceive themselves. Great ami splendid mid powerful as our government I is. it cannot accomplish the Impossible, it cannot create value. An attempt to coin uni limited dollars of such unequal value to circulate nt a parity Is bad In morals am! Is vicious In policy. Upon opening onr mints to the independent free coinage of silver foreign credits would be withdrawn and do- ' inestlc credits would be greatly curtailed. Moro than this, there would be a eortain and «nd-le:i eontrnctlon of our currency by the expi'lslon ~f s62o,oo*i.OiH> of gold, and our paper and sp- er currency would instantly and greatly dopr-elate In purchasing power. Rut one n -mlt would follow. This: Enterprise < c:M bo fur'i.er e-nb-irrassed. business I detnornliztion would be increased, and slill

- further and serious injury would be inflicted - upon the laborers, the farmers, the meri chants, ami all those whose welfare depends , upon a wholesome commerci’. > A sound-money currency is one of the es- > sential instruments in developing our eomj merce. It Is the purpose of the Republican party not only to develop our domestic trade, i but to extend our commerce into the utterI most parts of the earth. We should not bei gin our contest for commercial supremacy . ■ by destroying our currency standard. All the i : leading powers with which we must comi ' pete suspended the free coinage of silver । j when the increased production of silver ■ f weed the commercial ratio above the coin- , age ratio to gold. Shall we ignore their • ripened experience? Shall we attempt what they hive found utterly imposible? Shall it be said that our standard is below theirs? You cannot build prosperity upon a debased or fluctuating currency. A sound currency defrauds no one. It is good alike in the hands of the employe and employer, the laborer and the capitalist. We stand against the Democratic attempt to degrade our currency to the low level of Mexico. Chinn, India and Japan. The present high standard of our currency, our labor and our flag will be sacredly protected and presorted by the Republican party. The Monroe doctrine must be firmly upheld and the powers of the earth made to respect this great but unwritten law. Our devotion to the pensioners of the nation was never more emphatic nor more necessary than now, Tiie Republh-an party believes in the development of our navy and merchant marine until we establish our undisputed supremancy upon the high seas. The struggle for Cuban liberty enlists the ardent, sympathy of the Republican party. My friends, the campaign of 1890 is upon us. The great questions for debate in the august forum of the I'nited States are free trade and free silver against a protective tariff and sound money. Let us dedicate ourselves to the restoration of a protective tariff which shall be genuinely American ami the maintenance of an honest standard of value with which to measure the exchanges of the I people. A distinguished Republican has said that I the supreme desire of the American people . is for an “honest currency and a change to earn it by honest toil.” i TIIE CONVENTION GAVEL.

THE SOauAY SCHOOL. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive Lesson, and Where It May Be Found—A Learned and Concise Review of the Same. Lesson for June 21. Golden Text.—" The Lord is risen indeed.”—Luke 24: 34. The lesson this week is found in Luke 24 : 36-53. and has for its subject "The Rison Lord.” The new day Las dawned. Christ has risen from tiie dead'. And now every tongue is loosed, every foot is free. Tell the good news; hasten with it everywhere. The query has come to us more than once of late: Why does Christ so often say, "See thou tell it to no man,” or why do we so frequently read of him hiding himself from their eyes—even from those of his disciples? It was redemption in process. not in completion. Jesus was then atid there working out his groat salvation. They did not yet apprehend him; his work itself was not finished. But now, now! He is risen! The work is done; it is finished; redemption is accomplished. Withhold it no longer. Tei! the good news abroad. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life!” "The rosy morn has robed the sky; The l.or*l has risen to victory; Let earth bo glad and raise the cry. Alleluia!" LcsfOt Hints. "As they thus spake.” Malachi says. “Then they that feared the Lord spoke often one to another and the Lord harkened and heard it.” There was one hearkening and hearing in this case that they wot not of. "A book of remembrance” indeed. Remember in order to be remembered. And there he stood in their midst! While they spoke of him on the roadway he came and walked with them. And now when they are telling of him again, behold him present. Have we not seen it so at our work and on our journeys by the way, and particularly in our circles of prayer? And yet onr Lord's second word needed to be a rebuke, "Why are ye troubled?” Troubled at peace. Troubled because of the Christ! Surely they did not recognize him. these men of little faith, no better, we. And yet, by God's grace, out of their ill we got good. Who can say now that the resurrection figure of our Lord was invented by his disi-iples? Why, they were not even expecting him. The Jews themselves, as Mr. Moody says, had better memories, for it was they who went an 1 warned Pilate of Christ’s declaration, "After three days 1 will rise again” (Matt. 27: 63). "('onciTning mo." says Christ as he points to Pentateuch, psalm ami prophecy. < Jbrist is the key to it all. We do not understand it without him to unlock it. Even so he spake to the Jews before. "S ireh the S -ript tires, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me" ( John 5:30). In what way did he open their understanding? Was it not, ns the context implies. by teaching them of himself, of his sufferings, his resurrection, his powers to remit sin as all enwrapped in his wonderful theanthropic nature? Can we who would study the word go to a better teacher? Ami can they who ignore the life of Jesus, objectively or subjectively consi 1ered, ii -irm't us in the word? Endue meat, blessing, are the two thoughts with which the lesson closes. Twice blessed were these, the Saviour’s lifted hands.,the Spirit's indwelling presence. Surely now the church must go its way bearing this stamp and imprint; blessed ami blessing, spiritual and spiritualizing. Thus is Christ glorified, revealed to al! the world as "rivers of living water" flow forth. Illustrations. The mounds of our dead arc hilltops of victory. At the grave, where Satan seems to have us at his greatest advantage, we have our mightiest conquest. Marvelous and gracious resurrection! "O, death, where is thy sting? O, grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our I.ord Jesus Christ." "Above the tempest wild I hear him say. ‘Bey ri 1 this darkness lies the perfect day, In every path of thine 1 lead the way.’ So whether on the hilltops, high and fair, I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where The shadows lie—what mutter? He is there!” O the free air that breathes on the furtiier. sunny side of the resurrection! It is all elation here, all praise and adoration. When they used to remonstrate a bit with that simple hearted child of grace and heir of glory, Billy Bray, over his jubilating ways, he used to say, you remember, "When we get to heaven walking will be praising; one foot will keep saying glory! while the other foot cries hallelujah!" What kind of an impression does the perusal of this narrative of the resurrection make upon you? Does it melt you? Does it make your heart to lie moved? There are those who read it heedlessly. Possibly it once touched them. To-day it seemed an idle or at least an alien tale. Ah, this easy-going indifference. Alas, it is the dullness of creeping faith. They tell us that when men are freezing to death they see pleasant visions, hear sweet music, feel as if resting on soft cushions. It is the sign of desolation. O the terrible apathy of the world, looking at the Christ. Christ is beyond the grave. Re warned, men of this world. Death shall not enable you to escape the judge. In a fatal theater fire across the water the largest number of victims wore found at a barred portal over which were the deceiving words, "Emergency door in case of fire.” Christ is beyond the grave. Rejoice, ye saints. Alexander willed the world "to him who will rule it.” It waits the mortal still. You have tried and failed, and one by one they have ignominiously gone beneath the sod. Christ came and by his very death prevailed. And we are of his hosts. Rejoice in him. "O bless thee, bless thee, treacherous world, That thou dost play so false a part. And drive like sheep into the fold Our loves into the Saviour’s heart. This love I leaned upon, sweet Lord; This world hath had thy rightful place; But come, dear jealous king of love, Come and begin thy reign of grace.” Next Lesson—Review and Symposium^