Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

After the cheering for Hays as the
Ohio candidate for President had
in the State Convention at
Columbus, Ex-Governor Noyes was
called out and spoke as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE Conventional desire to return
you my heartfelt thanks for the re-
ncwed expressions of your conf
dcnce, of which l have been the re-
cipient to-day; for regard it as a
very great honor to represent in the
National Republican Convention the
great State of Ohio. Applause Ii
is peculiar pleasure to me to repre-
sent that State in our coming convcn-
ton this year, for the reason that we
shall present to that Convention the
name of one of our distinguished citi-
zcns distinguished in war, dis
in peace, q gentleman, q
scholar, patriot, and an honest
man, who has had the great good
fortune to beat George II. Pcndleton,
Allen G. Thurman and William Al
len. Great applause. l am only
afraid that there will be no dis
tinguishcd Democrats left for him to
run against [laughtcrl for one by one
they are joining the imumcrable
caravan that moves to the pale realms
of shade. Renewed laughter
lam delighted that our Convention
has been SO harmonious to.day--that
they have performed their duty with
such excellent good spirit. I am glad
to know that they will go into the
National Convention prepared to sup
port heartily and honestly Governor
Hayes for the highest Office in the
gift of the people ofthe United States.
l believe i'm the Republican party;
believe in its past, and | have faith in
its future. This is a peculiar year.
The public mind is peculiarly sensi-
tive at this time TO whatever pertains
to the public welfare. We hunt down
and bring to judgment. and bring to
punishment, now as never before,
every man who is found to be dis
honest or false to his trust APP
plause. Reform and economy are
to be the watchwords In the contest
which is before us this year. don't
agree, l may remark, with the latest
Democratic candidate for the Prcsi-
dency, who said that while all Demo-
Gratis are not horse thieves, yet all
horse thieves are Democrats. Laugh
ter. For, unfortunately, there are
some horse thieves and some other
kind of thieves who turn out to be
Republicans. and don't blame the
Democrats for being mad when a
thief is found in the Republican par
ty, for they know he don't bclon g
there. Great laughter. But l will
tell the Democrats what we will do, if
they will letus alone, and their inves-
tigating committee won't put any OBJ
staclcs in our way. We will take
care of our thieves, We will bring
them to punishment by impeachment,
or indictment, or whatever may be
necessary 10 the case. l only want to
remark incidentally that according to
the latest accounts they are in no
particular condition to put on airs
about it. Laughter and applause. /
tell you have faith in the Re-
publican party, i'm its past and in its
future. Think of it +! Think of what
grand things it has done in the little
fifteen years-evcntful ycars-since il
came into power in this country! II
brought to successful issue the
bloodiest war of the century, and
saved the honor of the Government
and the life of the Nation, and, when
the war was over, confronted as il
was with the greatest possible prob.
lem which ever demanded the atten-
ton of any people, it has met every
demand and has been true to every
trust we have paid off largely oul
debt; we have appreciated the public
credit; we have settled all foreign
difficulties without n resort to war
we have pacified and recognized, and
reconstructed the South; we have
given liberty and citizenship, and
suffrage, to four millions of our fell
low-citizens, who were slaves before
we have made it possible for our for.
cign-born fcllow-citizcns to go across
the sea, and armed only with neu
tralization paper, issued by the oh.
scurest Probate Court in the smalles,
county of our Union to go up and
down the world protected by oul
flag and backed by our Government
Great applause Is this nothing te
have been accomplished in fifteel
years? Who shall say to us here to-
night that the Republican party il
ended, that its career is closed? 1t il
on the very threshold of the mos
brilliant experience which any party
has ever known since the world be
gan. Allthat we need, gentlemen, il
an honest platform, and upon it hon
est and capable men, and we will
bear our banner to victory next fail
as we have born it to victory before
Renewed applause.
Ohio occupies peculiar and inter
csting position. Our election = oul
State clcction-is to be held i'm Octo
Der This State lost to the party, ant
the Republican cause is lost to the
Nation. With a candidate to suit us
with a platform upon which all hon
est and patriotic men can unite, W.
will go forth united, shoulder Il
shoulder, and with the touch of tn.
elbow, as we did during the war, ant
we will march to victory again
Great applause and cries of Good"