Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-31
The Ninth District.
A Complete Report CT the
Republican Convention.

arrived, N. hellOSS, OIL w auSau,
chairman of Congressional Com
mittee took the chair and called
the convention to order. On
motion, L, B. Noyes, of Marinette,
was unanimously elected chairman
of the convention. After being
conducted to the chair he made
the following appropriate remarks:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION.
Called by your kind courtesy to
preside temporarily over your
deliberations | return my sincere
thanks for the honor conferred.
Tempered with difidence of my
ability to serve you satisfactorily,
you do not expect a speech and
shall not attempt to bore you with
one.
We are again confronting the
common enemy as we have been
periodically for the past twenty
years. It's emissaries have howled
it into the ears Of the people year
after year, since the close Of
the great civil war; that the Re
publican party had out-lived its
usefulness, that its mission was in
fact ended. Steadily at the annual
recurrence Of the "ideas of Nov
ember" has the republican party
ncgatived this proposition in a
majority Of the states Of this
Union.
That grand political organiza-
ton, whose inception came from
the necessity forced upon our adj
vanced civilization of upholding
and maintaining human liberty
regulated by law, when that liber-
ty was assailed by a despotic slave
oligarchy bequeathed to us at our
national birth has given to society
the political conditions under and
by which we have made all the
gigantic and magnificent progress
sion of the last quarter of cen
tury. 1t preserved our liberties
when assailed by the mailed hand
of rebellion. 1t has thrown the
mantle of radiant, magnanimous
charity over the passionate deeds
of repentant kindred. 1t has given
free lands to the homeless of
earth's weary ones from all civil
lied nations.
1t has wiped the dark stain of
compromise with the most heart
less despotism, from our national
constitution, and has fostered and
protected our home industries, and
industrial organizations from the
onslaughts made upon them by
the pauper labor systems Of the
old and decaying civilization of
Europe,
Parasites have chung to it,
leeches have fastened upon it, only
to be shaken off by the vigorous
vitality of its advancing strength
and the powers of its moral force.
1t has taught and is teaching
the lesson that as capital is but
human labor impressed upon mat
ter; they arc natural allies, and
that there can be no real conflict
between them, but that the real
conflict IS between labor and legit-
innate capital on the one hand and
monopoly on the other.
And while there is a free born
american citizen anywhere i'll this
broad land whose right of thought,
freedom Of expression and freedom
of suffrage is illegally curtailed or
trampled upon, while emissaries
from foreign shores are seeking to
break down the bulworks that
protect our adopted as well as our
native born citizens, all alike in
the enjoyment of the fruits of their
labor, SO long as a remnant of that
spirit that was met and vanquished
on the battle field, remains incar-
nate III an opposing political organ
ism, just SO long the mission of
the Republican party is not ended.
Hoping that the utmost har-
mony will characterize your DELHI
erations; that none of the
chickering's and strife which may
be engendered here will be trans
terred beyond these walls, but
that all will accept good naturedly
and even enthusiastically the
result Of our deliberations. and
trusting that you will charitably
excuse whatever errors | may
commit as your presiding officer,
Again thanking you for the honor
conferred, await the pleasure OF
the convention.
Motion was then made and
carried, that a committee of SIX
be appointed by the chair as com
mittec on credentials, The follow
ing gentlemen were appointed as
that committee:
81 II. McCord, B. L. Taylor
W. II. Upham, Z. S. Miner, Eli
Waste and MIR. Wcrhcim.
On motion the chair appointed
the following gentlemen as com
mittee on permanent organization
7. B. Scott, c. S. Ogden, c. l.
Wiley Geo { Gintnr IcrneSt