Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-18

pledges in case your nomination shall be rat
ied by the people of the district at the polls in
November. But 1haye to say this, that what
ever 81 ability or influence am pos essed of
shall be exerted 10 the best interests % Thu:
people Of this Congressional district and State,
and this { mean ID its hroadest sense ~
y haye no interest III thk connection not!
common 10 you all s Y
- have: no ambition but to- serve you faith
fully, earnestly and Justly and should failinl
the future to meet your expectations and ap-
prevail, I assure you II will not come from any;
lack of good intentions or zeal In your behalf.
And in saying only this much, / feel that I
assume no slight responsibility
As look over this Congressional district,
stretching Is ltsdoes from the rich valley Of
Red River Of the North to our port intrenched
at the head Of the .Great Unsalted Sea- TAX
ing the broad sweep an empire Of agricultural
wealth, and thence on to the head Of naviga-
ton Of the Father Of Waters, with all the vast
and varied interests Of navigation, commerce,
manufactures, and all the great industries in
cident thereto, feel that in assuming to
represent them Ill only as best can, faithful.
ly and firmly, assume great and important
duties.A &2s#<s $50 Ike # T1#Js1, e.
In this as In other campaigns in this dis
trict and State, much. has been said as think,
unnecessarily and in very narrow spirit,
about localities of candidates and special local
4 interests. 80:
Now, l desire to say here and to you that,
so far as am concerned, should be elected
to represent this district In Congress, I do not
propose to bind myself to anything that can
tial to all sections and localities, could not
do otherwise il would. Varied and import
ant IS the interests of the district are, I can
discover Or comprehend no natural antagon-
isms or clashing of interests. : /
The vast resources Of the agricultural re-
gion lying between the st. Croi1 and Red
River Of the North cannot be de, eloped with
out the commercial and manufacturing Gen.
ters feeling it's stimulating effects. -
No Improvement of our harbOr on the lake
or of theinavigation of the Mississippi, bywhich
the disideratum of cheap transportation can
be obtained, but that the PRODUCING DIST lets
will rep the beneficial results in common
with the commercial and manufacturing cen
tres. The Improvement of the navigation of
the Red river; the early construction Ofthe
great continental line Of railway to the Paci-
fic, and other enterprises of like character
now being pushed forward In the develop
ment Of the country, are of such Importance
that all good citizens should strive to pro-
mote them in every legitimate way.
It might be possible for the inventive gen.
ius of man to devise some plan whereby our
great river should be diverted from its old
channel and turned in some other direction.
Should such an evil genius succeed in the un-
dertaking, the great commercial and manu-
featuring industries that have grown up on
its banks would become crippled and soon
languish and die. Similar results would fol-
low any like exhibition of either genius or
stupidity that would do anything to cripple
the resources or embarrass thetdevelopment OF
this region tributary to the business centres
of the State, or stop the flow of wealth that is
being constantly poured in upon them. None
OF us can afford to adopt policy so foolish.
desire in conclusion to speak only brief
word on general or national Uolitics, and of
on: duty as Republicans.
presume all or nearly ali, of us followed
he Republican flag since it was first thrown
to the breeze In 1855, and have stood In the
ranks since first the Republican party was or
ganized to resist the spread of slavery at
time when 1t threatened to bear its black ban.
ner over the entire domain of the Northwest,
and to blast with its whitening blight the
beautiful region that now blooms. and bios
SONS like the rose under the inspiring effects
of free labor and free institution
When, later, treason AMI rebellion organized
to destroy our government, the same party
manned the breach until the old flag fOated
the country over, mathematical of the Union
preserved
And later still, when the public credit has
been assailed, and public faith-the sheetan-
Choir of nations life-has been threatened,
the Republican party has renamed faithful to
lIo -IIu6CSs
And it seems to me there has never been
greater occasion for our ranks IT, be kept SOL
id and unbroken than at the present time.
The revolutionary conduct of the party now
in control of the lower house of Congress
shows but too plainly that the interests Of the
country are not safe in it's hands, and should
be solemn warning to every Republican in
the land to stand firmly in the nture as in the
past by the party that has borne the country
safely through SO many trials and dangers.
There, gentlemen, is where you will find me
always.
During the time that intervenes between
this and the election in November, hope to
be able to visit large portion of the district
and meet many Of you near your own homes,
whom, trust, may be able to eerve, and to
learn, as far as possible, the wants and wishes
of the various localities.
Gentlemen of the convention, again thank
you for the high honor you have today con.
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