Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-15

that political morality and purity OF samtnts.
a annatr hse more precious than party, are now,
dental domination in the interest Of what!
tn lHl;c oe.exe to be pure Republicanism, Of
pupnc welfare, and OF the honor Of the Amer
ane republican nomination has for the
ume superscded all other issues by raising
me question of official honesty. This ques-'
thAt the Official character OF the candidate
need not be considered, and tina in order to
secure ire "a party President the members
candidate who has been regularly rHs n ois
mated This is a plea beyond which
parry madness can not go. Acquiescence
canaidate SO unfit that this plea would not;
ne aei i,,sta MS support, and Republican success.
lie lie eo9vseea by an + M rgm1ne mt which detes pub
me VIA principle of party, and would show
mat me spirit and character which created its
great traditions are rapidly perishing.
Upon practical questions of the tariff and
nnMHce' and other questions upon which both
par a are divided within themselves. we are
a forc oii Inv e. in opinion; We shall vote there.
otner officers according to our Individual
ol n1annn Of their political views and their
persona a . H. character. Divided on other ques-
1Ounaation of Office and honor should be
pure and that the highest office in the coun-
unsuspected integrity.
ame address then goes on to review the
Denocratic candidates record, and concludes
py teclaring that his qualities are what the
Pohslcal situation demands in the Chief Ex-
ccutlve officer of the Government and such
as 1ae lndependent voters desire. Such In
HepgsaGnt voters do not propose to ally
such Republicans 10 not propose 70
n the Republican party nor to
mvrEe themselves in any other party;
Pnollcan nomination which, not for reasons
OF expedicncy only, but for high moral md
patriotic considerations, with due regard for
the Republican name and for the American
character, was unfit to be made. They desire
noI 70 evade the proper responsibility OF an
they desire, also, to make their votes as ef-
1ectlve as possible for an honest AM pure and
Wise administration
How can such voters who, at this election,
can not conscientiously support the Repub-
lican candidate, promote the objects which
they desire TO accomplish more surely than
by supporting a candidate. who represents
the Qualities Of spirit and purpose which
they all agree in believing to be of con-
trolling Importance to this election? No
citizen can rlghtfully avoid the issue
trust and every voter is a trustee who. for the
good OF the Government, is bound to answer
to his private conscience for bis public acts.
This confidence, therefore, assuming that the
Republican and independent voters who for
any reason can not sustain the Republican
nomination, desire to take a course which un-
der the necessary conditions and conssitu-
tional methods ofthe Presidential election Will
most readily and surely secure the result at
which they aim, respectfully TO
all such citizens to support the electors who
will vote fOrGrover Cleveland, in order most
e~tfectually to enforce their conviction that
nothing could more deeply stain the Ameri-
can name and prove more disastrous to the
public welfare than the deliberate indifference
OF the people of the United States to the in
creasing public corruption and to the want of
official integrity in the highest trusts OF the
Government.
Mr.. Curtis during the reading was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. and when
he had finished, the resolutions were adopted
without a dissenting voice.
Mr.. Williams, of Massachusetts, in a few
remarks criticised the action of Governor
Long, of Massachusetts, and Theodore
Roosevelt, of New York, in indorsing Blaine
after having denounced him in the conven-
ton, and he denounced the rule of the con-
vention which compelled the delegates to
stand by the choice of the party.
Mr. William Everett, of Massachusetts,,
offered a resolution naming Cleveland and
Hendricks as the nominees of the confer
ence. It was laid on the table, and soon
after the conference adjourned. After the
adjournment the National Committee Went
into session and discussed a plan for perma
nent organization, but no definite action wa.
taken, and the matter was referred to a sub
committee, consisting of Messrs. Demins
and Miller, Of New York, and Pearce, o
Ma Sachusetts, to report a plan.