Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

merchant and the manufacturer, the law
yer and the physician, the clerk at his
desk, the minister in his pulpit, the labor
er upon the street; from the mechanic
earning his daily bread by honest labor
and loving the laws, the institutions and
the government under which he lives:
from the quiet farms of the state,-those
unfailing reservoirs of republican
strength, where the interests of capital
and labor meet in an inseparable union,
there has come to US command, from
the very sources of political life and
power, that we shall nominate Jeremiah
M. Rusk for governor and they will elect
him.
The friends of Governor Rusk come into
this convention making no claim upon
the republican party. The republican
party comes into this convention making
an earnest claim for the friendly services
of Governor Rusk. That claim is urged
not simply for the purposes of party adj
vantage, but, rising into that higher ali
which narrow partisanship cannot reach
and where patriotism dwells forever, be-
cause he has stood like a solid rock for
social order.
1t is not necessary for me in the pres.
ence of this body of men to refer in de-
tail to those public services of Gov. Rusk
which have been the fruitful outgrowtb
of long public career. They are a part
of our political history known and an
preciated by US all.
I nominate Jeremiah NJ. Rusk as orr
candidate for governor, in behalf of the
friends of order and state government
everywhere.
nominate him in behalf of that SEN
timent which recognizes in the marked
efficiency of public officer, reason for
his retention in the public service.
l nominate him in behalf of that senti-
ment still lingering in the brasts of patri-
otto Americans, which would prefer in
honor those men who stood amid the
storms of battle and under clouds of dis
ease and danger, fighting for human liber-
ty and national life.
nominate him in the interests of labor
to which he has ever been intelligently
true.
I nominate him in behalf of the men
and the women and the children upon the
100000 farms of Wisconsin, to whom he
has been an answering and an able
friend.
And finally, nominate him in behalf
of the republican party, which he has
hOnOred, and which will honor him, not
merely because his breadth of brain has
given him an enlarged comprehension of
the duties of the first officer of the state.
not only because he is born leader of
men, but it will both honor and love him
for that greatness of heart and that ten
derness of human sympathy which have
made his name household word in all
the homes of Wisconsin.
vote was then taken by reclamation
and Governor Rusk was unanimously re-
nominated.
The governor was waited on, escorted
to the chamber and addressed the con-
vention as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention. From the bottom of my
heart l thank you for this continued mark
of approval
Coming, as it does unsolicited, think
L may be pardoned for feeling an honest
pride in receiving this great compliment
from such convention
When nominated two years ago, I hop
ed the affairs of the state would be so adj
mlnlstered that it would not be necessary
tn levy any taxes for state purposes.
now have the pleasure to state that for
the past three years no levy has been
made, or any tax collected for the ordin-
airy expense of the state. Although the
legislation at the last session made addi-
t1onal appropriations, over and above the
ordinary expenses of the state amount
ing to about 100000, no tax was levied
to meet these appropriations, but they
were paid out of the general fund, and
there is still remaining in that fund 1890.
900.
Unless the legislature, at its next ses-
sion, makes additional appropriations
outside Of the running expenses of the
state no tax for such purpose will be needed
for the next two years.
The appropriations I nave referred to
were made up of large items the princi-
pal of which were for taking the census,
for the rebuilding of Science hall of the
university, the erection of buildings for
the state school for dependent children,
increased amounts for the National Guard
and the compilation of Wisconsin's war
records.
The legislature, at its last session, pass
ed law leyying a one-mill tax tor COM
mon school purposes. This mill-tax,
together with the other common school
fnnd income of the state is distributed to
each county in the state, according to the
number of children of school age. In
some localities the impression prevailed
that this was state tax, for state pur-
poses, which was entirely erroneous, as no
state tax whatever has been levied for
state purposes.
In the discharge of my official duties,
which at times have been very unpleas-
ant, especially during the trouble in May
last, have endevored to secure for every
citizen of the state equal protection IN
der the law, without regard to previous
condition or political creed. If I have
succeeded In part in satisfying the expe
Citations of the people, l am content. I
fully appreciate the responsibility of the
position, and should the people again
designate me as their servant, will do
my utmost to be faithful in the trust.
Again thank you for your esteemed
confidence and approval.
THE BALANCE OF THE TICKET.
Governor J. NJ. Rusk was renominated
by reclamation, G. W. Ryland, of Grant
county was nominated for lieutenant
governor On the second formal bal
lot.