The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-27
REPUBLICAN, ClhpllGl NOTES.

fSlVlOu W uOGlly james VI. Diane OF his
nomination to the presidential candidacy
OF the Republican party.
Promptly at III o'clock the committee pro-
ceeded in body 30 Mr.. Blaine's residence,
and We're received by Mrs. Blaine. AS the
day was oppressiyely hot and the rooms Of
the mansion crowded almost TO suffocation,
1t was suggested that the presentation be
made upon the lawn. Accordingly the COM
lnittee and guests proceeded to a well-shaded
portion Of the grounds, where a semicircle
Was formed and ali present stood with un-
covered heads, making it an impressive
scene. The r~ustling Of the spreading
branches of the great elms and the buzzing
OF insects were the only sounds to disturb
the stiffness, When all was in readiness Mr..
Blaine was escorted to the lawn, where no
stood within the arc of the semicircle
CHAIRMAN H~ENDERsoN's DIR
Gen. Henderson then stepped forward and
presented the address of the committee, read
ing from manuscript He spoke as follows:
Mr.. Blaine. your nomination for the Office Of
president Of the United States by the national
Republican convention. recently assembled at
Chicago, is already known to you. The gentle
men before you, constituting the committee COM
posed OF one member from each state and terri
tory In the country and one from the District Of
Columbia have now come as the accredited organ
OF that convention TO give you formal notice OF
the nomination and to request your acceptance
thereof. 1t is, of course, known to you that be-
side your own several other names among the
most honored in the councils of the Republican
party were presented by their friends as candi~
dates for this nomination. Between your friends
and the friends of the gentlemen so justly enti-
tied to the respect and confidence of their polit-
tcal associates, the contest was one OF generous
rivalry, free from any faint of bitterness, and
free from reproach or injustice. AT an early stage
of the proceedings of the convention 1t became
manifest that Republican states, whose aid must
be invoked at last to insure success to the ticket,
earnestly desired your nomination. it was
equally manifest that the desire so earnestly ex-
pressed by the delegates from those states was
but the fruitful reflection of an irresistible pop
ular demand. 1t was not thought nor pretended
that this demand had its origin in any ambi-
tious desire of your own, or in the organized
work of your friends; but it was recognized to
be what 1t truthfully is-the spontaneous ex-
preston by a free people OF the love and admir-
alton for
THEIR CHOSEN LEADER
No nomination would have given satisfaction
to every member of the party. This is not TO he
expected in a country so extended in area and so
varied in interests. The nomination of Lincoln
IN 1850 disappointed so many hopes and over
threw so many cherished ambitions that for a
short time disaffection threatened to ripen into
open revolt. In 1872 the discomfort was so pro-
nounced as to impel large masses of the party to
organize in opposition TO its nominees. For
many weeks after the nomination of Garfield In
1880, defeat seemed inevitable. In each case
the shock OF disappointment was followed
by sober second thought, and individua'
preference gradually yielded to the conviction O.
public duty. The p~romptings OF patriotism
finally rose superior to the irritations and ami
mosities of the hour. The party in every trial
has grown stronger in the face of danger. It
gives us pleasure to remembe those great meas
ures which furnished causes for party cOngratp.
lation by the late convention at Chicago, and
which are now crystaIlizedi into the legislation OF
the country; measures which have strengthened
and dignifed the nation, and while they have
elevated and advanced the people, have at all
times and on all proper occasions received your
earnest and valuable support. IL was your good
fortune to aid in protecting the nation against
the assaults of armed treason;. you were present
and helped TO unloose the shackels Of the slaves.
You assisted in placing a new guarantee or free
dom in federal institutions. Your voice wss
potent in preserving the national faith when
false theories of finance would have blasted ma
tional and individual prosperity. We kindly
remember YOU as the fast friend OF .honeA
| money, commercial integrity IN all that pertdiLl
to the security and rep0se or capital ana 40
dignity of labor, the
ELEVATION OF MANHOOD,
freedom of the people,, the right OF the oppressed
to demand and the duty OF the government to
afford protection. Your public acts have re-
ceived the unqualified endorsement OF popular
approval, but we are not unmindful OF the TACT
that parties, like individuals, cannot live en-
| tireiy on the past, however splendid the record.
The present is ever charged with lmInedilis
cares. and the future presses in with It's new
duties and its perplex1ng responsibilities Par-
ties ike 1UulV1uuakS, uOWtfeIs budO dlC lkCC l1OAh
| stain of violated faith in the past, are fairly en-
| titled to the presumption 81 sincerity III their
! promises for the future. Among the promises
made by the party in its last convention az
Chicago, are economy In administration; pro-
lection of citizens, native and naturallzed, af
home and abroad; prompt restoration OF the
navy; wise reduction OF surplus revenues, re-
lieving the taxpayer without injuring the
laborer: the preservation of the public lands fo~
actual settlers; import duties, when necessary
at all, to be levied, not for revs-
| pose of revenue and protection; regulation
of interstate commerce.: settlement OF lnterna-
| tional differences by peaceful arbitration, but
coupled with the reassertiOn and maintenance
Of the Monroe doctrine, as interpreted by the
fathers ofthe republic: perseverance IN the good
| work of civil service reform to the END that the
dangers to free institution which Turk In the
| power OF official patronage be wisely and effect
iyely avoided: honest currency based on coin o.
intrinsic value, adding strength TO the public
branch Of American industry. Mr.. Blaine, dur
ing the last twenty three years the Republican
party has builded a new republic, a republic far
more splendid than originally designed py our
| fathers. As its proportions are already grand,
they may vet be enlarged: its foundations may
sc. be strengthened and its columns adorned
with beauty more Respondent still. To YOU, as
| It's architect In chief, viii SOON De assigned tuis
| grateful work
=7 sfH. BLaESesEE'5 RESPONSE
Blaine listened to Gen Henderson's adj
dress, standing under IN elm tree with his
arms folded on his chest and his eyes usually
cast down, but at times wandering about
| scanning the faces Of the audience. When
Mr.. Henderson had concluded speaking,
Walker, the candidates son, stepped forward
| and handed his father the manuscript Of the
address Ia reply to that OF the committee.
Mr.. Blaine then read as follows:
Mr.. ChaiTraan and Gentlemen OF the National
| COMMITTEES: / receive not without deep sensi-
biliGy your official notice Of the action OF the ma
| tional convention, already brought to my knowl-
edge through the public press. / appreciate
| more profoundly than / can express tine honor
| which Is implied in the nomination for the pres
sdency by the Republican party OF the uatlon,
| accredited delegates. To be selected as a candi-
| date by such an assemblage. from the
| list of eminent statesmen whose names