New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-10-31
AN ADDRESS
TO THE REPUBLICANS Of MIN
NESOTA.
HEADQUARTERS }
Republican State Central Committee.
ST.. PAUL, MINI ,OcT GOTH, 1888. }
FeZZOzD ReDzlbZicU7zS::

FeZzo1U Republicans:
On the sixth day Of November an
election will be held in this State
which is as important to the inter
ests Of the party and the people, as
any which has ever occurred in our
history. The State Convention last
June, rejecting and representing
the manifest wishes Of the party,
renominated the observation-disclosures
of the elective State offices. Their
records for efficiency and integrity
in office fully justified this course,
and each Of our candidates now
stands on that tried and approved
official record, in addition to his
claims for unanimous support by
reason of his regular nomination.
No attempt has been made, iii
the press or OBJ the stump, by the
opposition party during the current
campaign, to impeach the character
or the record of single candidate
on the Republican ticket! This is a
fact almost unprecedented in the
annals cf political warfare, IN
Minnesota or elsewhere.
And yet our opponents are not
idle. They have nominated as their
candidate for Governor, a Democrat
of the strictest sect, who happens
to be native of the same foreign
country with a considerable num-
Der Of the loyal Republican citizens
of Minnesota. On this basis the
race issue has been raised, and APP
peals are made for the support of
this candidate, solely on the grounds
Of his nativity. There is no pretense
that he is better qualified than the
Republican candidate for the. re-
sponsible duties Of the high office OF
Governor of Minnesota. But race
partialities and race prejudices are
invoked to induce adopted citizens
to forget party principle party feal-
ty, the best interests Of the common
wealth, and the glories of American
citizenship.
This is very dangerous politi-
cal innovation. There are, happily,
little grounds for predicting its sue.
cess. But the very fact that it has
been attempted, ought to arouse
the Republicans Of the State of all
nationalities to al active support Of
the whole ticket, and especially of
its honored head. Governor Luci-
Gus T. Hubbard, by his high char
acter and his eminent services, is
entitled to the unlimited confidence
of the people. His long and hon
orable business career in this State;
his gallant services in the army: his
experience as State Senator, and
his faithful discharge, for two years,
of the duties of the chief executive
of the State, combine in giving him
a title to unqualified confidence.
His defeat, by the means sought to
be employed by the Democratic
manipulators, or by any means
whatever, would be calamity to
the State, which, fortunately, we
are not called upon to contemplate.
Any serious reducation of his mai.
GRITTY, or of that of the ticket, would
be a party calamity which every in.
telligent Republican in Minnesota
would soon come to feel as a per-
sonal humiliation. Let that con.
tingency be averted beyond ques
ton! This can be done, if every
Republican to whom this address
shall come, will constitute himself
vigilance committee Of one 70,
service during The remainder Of the
campaign, and at the polls.
E& See that that the Repub]i
can tickets are printed straight, anl
that the name. Of LUcIcUs T. HUB
BARD heads the ticket
R. N. McLAREN, Chairman,
MARK D. FLOWER, Secretary