. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. d from the next Governor of Pennsylvania, from the mosteloquent man who ever held the office of President of the State League of Republican Clubs, , and from the President ofthe National League of RepubhcanClubs—Mr. Moore—to call upon mereminds me very much of GeneralStewarts story told at the Union Re-pubhcan Clubs banquet about a manwho wanted to sell a horse. Aftergetting it in shape (as those peoplewho know something about selHnga horse usually do) he sent word outthat the horse w
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. d from the next Governor of Pennsylvania, from the mosteloquent man who ever held the office of President of the State League of Republican Clubs, , and from the President ofthe National League of RepubhcanClubs—Mr. Moore—to call upon mereminds me very much of GeneralStewarts story told at the Union Re-pubhcan Clubs banquet about a manwho wanted to sell a horse. Aftergetting it in shape (as those peoplewho know something about selHnga horse usually do) he sent word outthat the horse was for sale and a cus-tomer arrived. The customer lookedover the horse for a moment andasked the price of it. The sellerasked five hundred dollars. Theother man hesitated a little whileand then said, I will give you seventy-five dollars. Theseller said, Well, it is coming down an awful long way, but Iguess I will take it. That is what you are up against now. Youare coming down an awful way from the previous speakers tomyself, but you will have to put up with it for a little while.(Applause.). MUREOCK KENDRICK,SOLICITOR A. R. C. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 137 The spirit of anniversary and jubilation is on us. We arecelebrating a magnificent event as well as holding at the sametime two Conventions, that of the National Republican Leagueand that of the State Republican League, and while those in chargeof the celebration have insisted that partisan politics must beleft out as much as possible during the celebration, I believe thata Convention of the State League of Republican Clubs is the placewhere a man can stand on the platform of stalwart republicanismand speak for the candidates on the ticket. (Applause.) This morning someone made the mistake of trying to helpthe Lincoln Republican Party, and at this moment while I wouldlike to talk on that question, instead of that I will speak for amoment of a man of whom Philadelphia is proud, who stands asthe one most elig
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