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Mr. Charles S. Hamlin, of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of th'?, convention: The _American peor/e adrire frankness, sincerity and courage in public life, and I should be false to 1;assa., chusetts,-b-lle cld Day I did not pay my personal tribute, as well as that of my State, to this expression of these qualities Just given by our nominee for President. The courage he has shown is the courage that elects Presid,mLs of the United States. 7.ry friends, I shall take but one moment of your time. The distinguished Democratic leader of the House, Mr. Williams, has told you that in committee we voted down every kind of a finpncial plank because we wished to keep the monetary standard out as an isstie; that we thought it hrld no place in this campaign. This is true, so far as concrns a majority of the resolutions committee. but to prevent any misapprehension, I want to say that we of the minority believed there should be a positive declaration for the gold stalalard and we did not cease our efforts until hours after the qold resolution, after long, weary debate, had been defeated, by a vote of thirty-five to fifteen. As a result of that vote there has arisen some misapprehension throughout the United States. I am frank LInough to say hero that I think that apprehen- sion, unexplained as to the facts, in some respects may not be without justification. recolution, fie the representative On being defeated on minority report; and cY Massachusetts, I felt it my duty to file a I m L7oinr to t,a1 you why I ia not do oo. It yUC,Li because I fwmred this convention, that a minority report might not be accepted by in the coming cam. and that such a result would periouoly affect us paign. Why? Hot beaausa we do not all acknagladge that the gold 1m of the land, Standard is a factl-undiermted and uncontested,-the being a but because the dolocatee might say, "Doing not an issue, to live is:-;ues, dead issue, we do not want it in a platform devoted people of the and therefore we will kqep it out." I feared the country might misltn-63rs .;11ch :.cton, if triken, and I relied with ever he mlitht certainty upon a declaration fraq the candidate, whomso ,s any possible doubt of 1,13 or the Party's pc,sition upon , be, to romo, this matter. trefore filed no minority report. Our nominee, however, by hin manly telegram, has made known his viaws t%nd we inv3t rely in no linrtnin hooitation now, the Denocratie party is lost. to our foot and take advant, It the:re Li any If, horover, we rise of our opportunity, w.3 shall find that the American people, admiring courace, truth and honor, rally to our st' adard and. we wil:1 enter on a lasting career of pure Democracy, the Memocraoy of the people. • •034, apal to you, our Zrienda intue danger i3 over-hanging you. means. You know what the Republican platform It =cans future Force bills. do not fear Force bills. You know what outh. The peciel,: of 7;:u;3achu:etts . w would submit to be interfered we n,:!‘p. with in our just rights of votj:ag. Lut, n,y friends, whn the Force bill was introduced in 1890, the (ilouth called to us for help. Ve rallied to the polls; we dhallmged the Republicans to debate that measure under the shadow of BoAriker Hill, and we buried it by our votes as deeply beneath the ground as Ainker Hill monument riv;es proudly above it. Lt XricTi the oc-Juraje of our convictions. Tot us vote to send this telegram to this great leader, and we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that immediato and sure. admire courage. he response frau the people will be Let us not fear to be couragoous. Lot us say what we mean. Ie. U3 The people tell our xxxxk , r..Aflard blarar that we understand his views and that they are not objectionable to the Party. The gentlenan who nominated him yorsterday uttered a noteworthy sentinent. So baid,-"71:e is content to be the serva7it, not the master, of the Democratic convention". as true today as yesterday. Thove were true words, But, my friends, in this respect the Master im that platform has not spoken, and the servant, with a • 46.41. to sone of honor 'Yorthy of vnuint.an, hat; fmnlay reveled Vle nnoter his opinion and asks that that opinion be rocorded. frimds, wo kayo ti-uo opportunity of n Iifettme. Wo hnve the opportunity to re-establish a goverment of laws in place of the zsrp3rn=nt of riA=m now at 7a3hin.zton. Iet us not at it ay. Let us sand ou:L this molmge, ...and I nako the prediction thnt when the.i vote are ccunted an election day, wo ..7il1 find that the country ham declared ow!rwheimtntAy for that upright Judge, that 7:orthy atizm, yes, that proved statemman--Alton B. Parker. (Applause)
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