The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-09-16

| Ill. 5. Orion. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ID. w. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Total. ...........".....
! Necessary to a choice l2l. .u.
SPEECH OF GEO. B. SMITH.
Hon. Geo. B. Smith, of Dane county,
paid fine tribute to the moral worth
and excellence of NJ. Robinson. He
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desire to say in t is connection Just one
word. L came here as delegate to this
convention with Charles D. Robinson. of
Green Bay as my first choice as the candidate
of the Democratic party for Governor of He
| State of Wisconsin and | will simply give
my reasons for thinking him the best man for
that position l regard him, sir,-havrg
known Kim for good many years, first, as a
representative man in the State of Wisconsin;
AM secondly, as an upright and honest man
4 [ Applause lie has not always agreed with
/ the Democratic party. but | thought it was
the policy of the Democratic party in the
| present hour to exercise the wisest statesman
ship, to accept things and affairs as they are
now and deal with them best we can for
/ the interests of the community in which VIC
/ live. | know that Charles ID. Robinson may
have held opinions antagonistic to these held
/ by the Democratic party, yet I know and
many others of this convention who have fought
side by side with him ut Various times in the
party that he is true Democrat and that his
! heart has ALWAYS beat in unison with the
rights nd interests of the people. An
| plause. -.
, If ne has been mistaken at times, so have
| other men, and | am willing to say, as my
! friend, 1r. Clark says upon this subject, let
by cones be bygones, and let the Democratic
! party show to the world that it is :. generous
i party as well as noble party, defening the
| interests and rights Of the people. APP
! plause. .....
But one word more In the nomination of
/ Charles ID. Robinson, we have put in nomiia-
ton a d omocrat. We have done more than
that we have opened the doors of the Demo-
/ cratic party to all men, who felt it tn cir
duty, in other days to leave us and go away
from us and have asked them to return to
the Democratic fold, where, not only their in
clinations but their duty and interests of
| the whole community invite them to come
l have thought proper to say these few re-
marks. believe it the duty of the Democratic
| party in this day and hour to recognize, as the
| chairman remarked in his opening speech
i to the Convention, that during the past seven
| We, rs this country has been in revolution, and
that during that time many changes have
| taken place.
We do not endorse the change by this nomi-
| nation, but we accept the situation as we find
| it, and deal with affairs as we find them to-
| day. Applause: There are many things
thai have been done by the Government that
cannot be undone in day, even if power was
! placed in the hands of the / emocratc party
tomorrow. The future will show but think
the present has sufficiently whether those
things that have been done 10y the Republican
party are we'll and wise for the great people
of this country not. If they turn cut to
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quiese in them, but if they turn out otherwise
there will come day when the people will re-
turn to Their old standard of constitutional
rule fixed by our fathers for the government
| of a free country
| cast my vote for Chas. D. Robinson with
pride as Democrat to show that | am ready
to extend to him the right hand of fellowship
when he is ready to extend both of his hands
| to tn. old party in which he was born and
which hehas served so faithfully in other days.
| Great applause
| COL. ROBINSON NOMINATED.
A vote was taken on the motion of Mr.. Clark
to declare the nomination of Chas. d. Robin
| son unanimous, and carried amid the greatest
enthusiasm
THE NOMINATION. FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
Hon. Geo. B. Smith moved the uoniin alton
of Gen. Milton Montgomery, of Monroe county
for the office of Lieutenant Governor The
motion was reSeiqed with much favor and
would doubtless have prevailed, but General
MoDtgomery's name was Withdrawn by au-
thorized parties who announced that he could
not accept the nomination on account of his
business interests. Capt Gilbert l.. Park, of
Portage county was then nominated by accla-
nation for that position.
A delegate from Fond du Lac made
lengthy speech in favor of the claims of the
Scandinavians to representation on the State
ticket. AT the conclusion of his remarks the
convention proceeded with the order of bust
nsss. ~
AMAsA O. COOKE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
E. E. Chaplin, Esq, moved that the cenven-
tion place in nomination for the Office of Sec
rotary of State, Amasa G.. Cooke, of Columbia
county, whose claims he supported briefly
The motion prevailed and Mr.. Cooke was de-
clared duly nominated.
A MILWAUKEE, MAN FOR STATE TREASURER.
Hon. II. L Palmer proposed the name of
! John Black of Milwaukee for the Office of
! State Treasurer, and spoke briefly and point
! eddy In support of his motion. Geo. Grotton,
esq, of Walworth county proposed the name
of Horace Latham as candidate for that Office