The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-27
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED.
The Committee Wait Upon sir. Blaine
{ Chairman Henderson's Speech and Mr.
Blaine's Reply.

Tho Committee Wait Upon Mr. Blaine
{ Chairman Henderson's Speech and Mr.
BIaine's Reply.
at eleven o'clock on the morning of
the 21st, the National Committee pro-
ceeded in a body to Mr. Blaine's resi-
dence, and were received by Mrs. Blaine.
The presentation address was made upon
the lawn. General Henderson presented the
address as follows:
Mr.. BLAINE our nomination for the Of
fee of President of the United States by the
National Republican Convention, recently as
sembled at Chicago, is already known to you.
The gentlemen before you, constituting the
committee, composed of one member from
each State and Territory of the country, and
one from the District of Columbia, now come
as the accrediSsd organ of that convention to
give you formal notice of the nomination,
Of 1t is, of course, known to you that,
beside your own, several other names among
the most honored in the councils of the Re-
publican party were presented by their friends
as candidates for the nomination. Between
your friends and the friends of the gentlemen
so justly entitled to the respect ana confidence
of their political associates, the contest was
one of generous rivalry, free from any faint
OF bitterness, and equally free from the re-
proach of injustice. AT an early stage
of the proceedings Of the con-
lican States whose aid must be invoked at
last to insure success to the ticket, earnestly
desired your nomination. 1t was equally
manifest that the desire so earnestly eX-
pressed by the delegates from those States
was but the truthful reflection of the irresisti-
Bile popular demand. 1t is not thought, nor
pretended, that this demand had its origin in
any ambitious desires OF your own Or in the
organized work of your friends, but it was
recognized to be what it truthfully is, the
spontaneous expression by Tree people of
love and admiration OF chosen leader. No
nomination would have given satisfaction to
every member OF a party. This was not to be
expected in a country so extended in area
and so varied in interests. The nomination
Of Mr.. Lincoln in 1850 disappointed so many
hopes and overthrow so many cherished am
biticns, that for a short time the diSaffection
threatened to ripen into an open revolt. In
1872 the discomfort was so pronounced as
to impel large masses of the party to organize
opposition to its nominees. For many weeks
after the nomination of Mr. Garfield, in 1889,
defeat seemed inevitable. In each case the
shock OF disappointment was followed BY the
"sober second thought" Individual prefer
ences gladly yielded to conviction of public
duty. The promptings of patriotism finally
rose superior to the irritations and animosi-
ties of the hour. The party in every trial has
grown stronger in the face of threatened
danger.
In rendering you the nomination, it gives
us pleasure to remember those great meas
ures which furnished cause for party CON
gratulations by the late convention at Chicago,
and which are now crystallized into the legis-
lation Of the country--measures which have
strengthened and dignified the Nation,
and while they elevated and advanced,
the people they have at all times
and on all proper occasions re-
ceived your earnest and valuable support 1t
was your good fortune to aid in protecting
the Nation against the assaults of armed
treason; you were present and helped to un-
loose the shackleS of the slave; you assisted
in placing new guarantee of freedom in the
Federal Constitution; your voice was potent
in preserving the National faith when false
theories of finance would have blasted the
National and individual prosperity We
kindly remember you as fast friend
of honest money, of commercial integ-
rity in all that pertains to the securi-
ty and repose of capital. the dignity of
labor, the manhood, elevation and freedom o&
the people, the right of the oppressed to de-
mand, and the duty of the Government to
Afford protection. Your public acts have re-
ceived unqualified Endorsement and popular
approval. Butwe are not unmindful Of the
fact that parties, like individuals, can not live
entirely on the past, however splendid the
record. The present is ever charged WITH
immediate cares, and the future
and its perplexing responsibilities.
Parties like Individuals however, that are
free from stain of violated faith in the past
are fairly entitled to the presumption of sim
cerity IN their promises for the future.
Among the promises made BY the party in it's
late convention at Chicago are: Economy in
citizens, native and naturalzed, as home
and abroad; prompt restoration of
the navy /; wise reduction Of the
surplus revenues, relieving the tax-pay-
er without injuring the laborer: the
preservation of the public lands for actual
settlers. import duties, when necessary at all,
to be levied not for revenue only, but for the
ddouEle purpose OF revenue and protection;
the regulation of internal commences; the
settlement of international differences
by peaceful arbitration, but coupled
with the reaSsertiOn and maintenance
of the Monroe doctrine as interpreted by
the fathers of the Republic; perseverance in
the good work of civil-seryice reform, to tho
end that dangers to free institutions which
Turk in the power Of official patronage, be
wisely and effectively avoided; and an honest
currency based on coin Of intrinsic value, adj
ding strength to the public credit and giving
renewed vitality to every branch of Ameri-
Mr.. Blaine, during the last twenty-three
years the Republican party has builded a new
Republic, Republic far more splendid than
that originally designed by our fathers. AS its
proportions are already grand, they may yet
be enlarged; its foundations may yet be
strengthened and its columns adorned with
beauty more Iesplendent still. TO you as its
architectin chief, viii soon be assigned this
grateful work"
When General Henderson had concluded
speaking Mr.. Walker Blaine, the candi-
dates son, stepped forward and handed his
father the manuscript Of the address in re-
ply to that of the committee Mr.. Blaine
then read as follows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
NATIONAL COMMITTEE; receive, not with
out deep sensibility, your official notice of the
action of the National Convention already
brought to my knowledge through
the public press. / appreciate,
more profoundly than I can express, the
honor which is implied in the nomination for
the Presidency by the Republican party CT the
Nation, speaking through the authoritative
voice of its duly-accredited delegates 10 be
selected as a candidate by such an assem-
bage from the list of eminent statesmen
whose names were presented, fills me with
embarrassment. [ can only express my graft
tude Tor so signal an honor, and my desire to
prove the worth of the great trust reposed in
me.
In accepting the nomination, as I now do, l
am impressed and | am also oppressed with a
sense of the labor and responsibility which
attaches to my position. The burden is light
ened, however, by the host OF earnest men
who support my candidacy many of whom
add, as does your honorable committee, the
cheer OF personal friendship to TIE
pledge of political fea'ty. A more formel
acceptance will naturally be expected, and
will in due season be communicated. Tt MAJ,
however, not be inappropriate TO this time 60
say that have already made a careful study
of the principles announced by the National
Convention and in whole and in detail they
have my heartest sympathy and meet nay UNI
qualified approval.
Apart from your official errand, gentlemen,
l am extremely happy to welcome you all to
my house. With many of you have already
enjoyed most cordial friendship. / trust
your journey from all parts Of
the great Republic has been
agreeable, and during your stay in Maine you
will feel that you are not among strangers.
but among friends. Invoking the blessing of
God upon the great cause which we jointly
represent, let US turn to the future without
fear and with manly hearts.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Blaine's re ply
the members Of the committee were intro
duced to him individually, and an hour
was spent in social and informal converse.
Terrible Fate of Two Firemen.
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