The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-04
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by acclamation of Gov. Washburn for
another term. Il integrity, ability,
honesty Of purpose, large experience and
pure record OF life entitle any man to
the united support of the citizens of Wis
consin, that man is Governor W ashburn.
His speech, accepting the nomination
we here give In full
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THIS CONVENTION Il have just been
Informed by your committee that it has
| been your pleasure to tender me unani-
| nous nomination for Governor. In ac
cepting the nomination | shall be want
| ing In words to express to you my thanks.
| Two years ago similar nomination was
rendered me and accepted, but not with
| out some dlstruSt on my part In my abill-
ties to meet the just expectations of the
| public. Accepting the nomination then
with the only pledge that, if elected the
people should have my best efforts to
promote their prosperity and welfare,
and that so far as the administration of
the laws depended upon me, my purpose
should be to render equal and exact jus
tice to all men, without regard to party,
sect, race. place of nationality, color or
previous condition, may | not regard
| your action now as evidence of your be
| lief that | have kept that pledge2 If re-
| elected | can only promise to serve you
| in the future as l have in the past.
Deeply impressed with my obligations to
the people of Wisconsin,, and with a de-
| termination to do my whole duty as God
gives me ability to know it, regardless of
| all assaults or personal considerations to
| myself, it shall always be my aim to SO
serve them that no honest man. or any
other man having at heart the honor or
welfare of the State, shall have cause to
complain. The great issues that have
divided parties for years are to a great
extent settled, but other issues are spring
| ing up, and the country is now greatly
agitated upon several economic questions,
which are being adopted by the Repub-
| lican party as their platform. as adapted
| to the new condition of affairs to carry
out these principles. What party is so
well calculated as that party which has
never failed te redeem its pledges nor 10
accomplish what it has undertaken. To
me they are not new questions They do
not take me by surprise. My only sur
prise has been that the people have been
| so slow to awaken to them. On these
| questions L may be often found upon the
record In days that are past, and always
| found the side Of the people but this
| is not the time or place to enter upon q
discussion of these questions. You have
| other duties to perform, and | will not
/ detaIn you from them. / will only add
| that shall feel it TO be my duty to speak
| publicly to the people at several place
in the state before the day of election,
| and none who can hear or read the news
papers shall be left in any doubt in re-
! gard to my position upon all important
questions. Trusting that moderation and
| wisdom may guide your counsels here to
! day, and again thanking you for the great
| honor you have done me, | bid you God
speed in the work you are in.
! The second ballot for Lieut.. Governor
resulted in small majority for Hon. r.
H. Baker of Racine. On the result be-
ing known, Mr. Baker was sent for, and
expressed his acknowledgment substanti-
ally as follows:
MIR. BAKERS SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION ::
You have overwhelmed me- [ am not
here with written speech. Ithank you
! for this great mark of honor L accept
this nomination from the Republican
party and think it will be carried on to
victory. know something of the duties
of the Office for which you have nomin-
ated me. and if elected, shall endcavor
to fill them accertably; and should the
office of Governor be vacated by death,
or the Governor be otherwise removed, [
shall try to fill the higher duties to the
best of my ability. In all cases he should
cfa nd hxrf hra. 81 q t,o L.
fearless independence.
We leave it to our readers to Judge of
his qualification.
The nomination OF E. W. Young for
Secretary of State will be hailed with
satisfaction by every Republican of Wis
consin. as he IS well known by his previ-
GUS services and honored as an able,
faithful and reliable man capable to fill
any Office within the gift of our citizens.
1t would be highly pleasing to us if we
could speak in as high and truthful terms
of the next nominee that of G. c. john
son for State Treasurer. We hardly need
to state that Hon. Henry Betz was our
choice for denomination, man whom we
have known-anG but to honor-for
years, who has filled every office he has
ever been elected to, with honor to him-
self and to the full satisfaction of his con
stituents and who did not offer himself.
but was urged by the best Republican Us
of our State In view of his excellent SER
vices thus far, to permit his name to be
brought again before the convention
The result was his defeat We will not
speak of the means used to bring about
that result. If it was urged that two
terms of service were all that could be
granted. that rule is as applicable to Mr..
johnson as it was to Mr.. Betz, while the
qualifications of the two men for that
highly responsible Office are as different as
day is from night. We do not blame ou,
Norwegian fellow citizens for their ankle.
ty to be represented among the higbes,
State ofheers-for they are and Away
; have been among the s,auachest defend
ers of our Republican cause, and there
for richly deserve every proper distine
ton, but we do blame them for their sup.
port of that candidate, who urged HIM
self upon them and who has been repre-
2 sented to US by several of his own coun
trymen-well educated and incomparably
better qualified themselves than thei,
/ capdidate-that Mr. johnson was MOI
: the man for that Office.
It is With the more pleasure then, thai
We can record the nomination OF an hon
ored friend in the person of I, F. Frisby
of Washington foF Attorney General
} one of the staunchest Republicans anG
most honorable citizens of Wisconsin
. uhn has ex er heen found On the si.le ~