St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22
FROM THE SOLID SOUTH.
A Colored Brother From Missis-
sippi Gives Gresham a Lift.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 21.-Chairman EStee
asked if there were any more seconds.
There were loud cries of Lynch,
Lynch" and John r. Lynch, the well
known colored orator from Mississippi,
and former chairman of the Republican
convention, assembled the platform and
commenced his remarks in a slow,
measured tone. He said: gentlemen
of the convention, rise for the purpose
of Seconding the nomination of the gen.
tleman who, if selected by this conven-
ton, will, in my judgment, be equiv
alent to an election. | refer to that
toned and honorable statesman,
that heroic and incOrruptible judge,
Walter @. Gresham, of Indiana.
l do not mean to say that unless you
nominate the man of my choice the
party will not be victorious, for | am
thoroughly convinced that the nominees
of this convention will be successful,
whoever they may be. The people of
this country are now anXiously awaiting
the very first opportunity to vote the
present Democratic administration out
of power. That grand and glorious
state of Oregon
HAS GIVEN THE SOUND
already. The question IS asked some
times, What about Judge Gresham's
RepublicaniSm? Is he faithful, true,
tried Republican? Gentlemen of the
convention, permit me to say that
Judge Gresham is not Republican
from a change of heart. for his heart
has never been wrong. He is not Re-
publican from conversion, for he never
needed to be converted. He was one of
the organizers of the Republican
party, one of the men who brought it
into existence, stood by it from its in
fancy to hOary age, and has faithfully
supported its candidates from the day
of its organization up to the present.
Gentlemen, man to be leader of the
Republican party of Southern Indiana
must necessarily have some
TRUE REPUBLICAN BLOOD
i'm his veins. Judge Gresham, as the
candidate of the Republican party for
the legislature, from Harrison county,
Indiana, in 1860, was elected to the leg
islature by majority of nearly 100 votes,
when the same county gave a ma
jority of over 600 for the Demo-
cratic state ticket. AS the Republican
candidate for congress in one of the
strong Democratic districts in Northern
Indiana in 1866. he came within 800
votes of an election in a districtin which
there was Democratic majority of over
1900. From this l think we can infer
that he is man of the people, with
elected. But it is said in consequence
of the fact that he is not presented as
the first choice, as the favorite
SON OF HIS OWN STATE,
that he is not an available man. Gen.
tlemen, | admit that he is not thus pre-
scented, and L want to say here and now
if the choice of this convention should
happen to fall upon that heightened,
brave, honorable, gallant son of Indi-
ana in the person of Benjamin Harri-
| SON."
At this point Mr.. Lynch was inter-
rupted by wild cheering and great APP
plause from the Indiana, California and
Kansas delegations, who waved their
uproar, long-haired, wild-eyed indi-
vidual in the north gallery, with sweat
streaming down his face, yelled, ''you
haved pulled the bung instead of the
spiggot." Mr.. Lynch continued:
His friends in the state of In
| diana and outside of it will not
| be allowed to do more for
the success of the ticket than will the
friends and supporters of Judge
| Gresham. Those OF you VINO are ia
miliar with the manner in which the
canvass has been conducted in the cleo
ton of delegates from that state are
aware of the fact that the friends and
supporters of Walter @. Gresham were
more concerned, more anxious to MAIN
tain the unity and harmony of the Re-
publican party in Indiana than they
were to secure the election of Gresham
delegates. They were determined
there should be no faction, no division,
no strife created in that party OF in that
state by any act or deed ON their part"
At this moment there were cries of
"time" from several parts of the hall,
and the chair announced that there
would be no limit of time in
the convention in presenting the
names or seconding the nominations of
| any candidates. Mr.. Lynch, continuing,
said: will say very little more, While
it is true that he is not presented as the
| first choice, the favorite son of the state
which he honored so long and SO well,
| yet I think that the votes of this con-
vention will demonstrate the fact that