The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

But there is one thing / am no long
er willing to submit to in silence, and
that is with being requested to make
recommends at one end of the line.
and then being charged at the other
with Jolnlngg in some conspiracy to
break down the Civil Service policy Of
the President. Applause.
And what | say for myself in this
regard, | feel I can say with truth, in
regard to every member of the Wiscon-
sin delegation in Congress.
Gentlemen Of the Convention: In
persuing the line of remark which
have done thus far, trust you will not
think that | have forgotten the high
honor you pay me to-day. For five
years | have represented in Congress
the constituency which you represent
there. No words of mine are needed to
tell you their character. Situated in
, the oldest settled portion of the State
surrounded by wealth gathered in the
most legitimate manner, blessed with
happy homes and fruitful fields; in a
region interspersed with beautiful
lakes, and young and thrifty manufac-
turing cities and towns, with CONNER
clal and educational advantages on
every hand; without exhibiting the
bad taste OF Wanting them over 9th
ers, it seems to me that if there be a
constituency anywhere capable of re-
allzlng the American idea of free gov
eminent, in it's best estate, that con-
stituency exists in the First Congress
sional District of Wisconsin,
To represent such constituency for
several terms ought to impress any
man not only with the honor conferred,
but with the responsibility imposed.
Hearing something this year Of ''ma-
chine politicians"o of "cliques and rings
of "Wire pullers and workers." at the
adjournment of Congress returned to
my home and remained there, and if
any one has heard or knows of my say
ing or doing or writing anything in
consistent with the proposition, that
my nomination must come if it come
at all, by the free and voluntary choice
LOT the people, untampered with and
unsolicited by me, he is at liberty to
declare it. Applause.] / mention this
that it may be known how nominal
tons are made in the first district. [
hope the rule may not be changed, but
that whoever shall receive it hereafter.
may receive it as / have done thus far
unhampered by pledge, unshackled
by q promise, and that in return, he
may have the honor to remember and
the manhood to acknowledge, tbs deep
sense Of obligation under which such
generosity places him. In this sense
and in this spirit, [ accept the nominal
ton rendered me. And as [ see before
me middle-aged and gray haired men
with whom | have served at the bar
almost from boyhood, or been associat-
ed with in the State Legislature, or in
business or social life; and when I
see them year by year waving all
claims and coming up steadily to my
support, and when I see gentlemen Of
the local press who have supported me
so faithfully without the hope Of fee or
reward, words of gratitude and of
promise rise to my lips; but as | real
ize to-day--more than ever before-the
responsibilities and perpleXities of the
position for which you have named
me, and how little any one man, how
ever we'll intentioned, can accomplish
there, feeling of caution admonishes
me. and [ can only say to you and ask
you to say in turn to your constituents
and mine, that all I can promise is,
that as in the past, have done as well
as could, so in the future / will do as
well as can. Loud Applause.]