New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-22

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Ism has placed her and o hsep S afs the lighting
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Hamn, down to the fatcful year 1854. Wnen, nsrtv
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failed or %s ny yea time ycp in 0an Ssss Year,
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OF one Of her own loved and trusted leaders your
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with good Of TRUTH to urge IN advocacy Oh ycus
ot hsr ccra state FOR without hesitation
declare in this great presence that TO the =,
whatever state he shall come, VIII 30 given a. INC
appointed time the electoral vote Oh WISCONSIN,
usual
NOT MERE COMPLIMENT.
I ought also to say that you sadly underestimate
the quality of patriotism II there shall gain iodg
ment for moment here tho belief that we frino "tn
this Convention, in this crisis Of the partys lilo ana
the country's good, by urging upon Its notice ns"s
simply by way Of compliment to fayorfte son'
Those for whom speak deem this an hour for wise
counsels and deliberate judgment in tho interest OF tae
people. not for compliment to any man lie who 70
lead this great party in the campaign upon which We
enter must be chosen not because his state asm
IT, not because his friends demand it, not because 10
wants It, but because tho people want and need him.
The order Of the pending conn,t Is to bc quito now
u.s. hitherto, from our tents to repcl attack mo
buge notes which call into action will sound tho
advance Those who lead US arc to head stormine
party against foe alert ana "r 90 wScS tSoy
have been long building ,.
Tho rank and ME OF the Repu6ecan pa ,hsv viii
tolerate mistakes. They demand for leaders those
who have walked the SSr s u The
and the bOgs of lfe whose careers AFFORD no amDush
q ss the S.s have esn
shadow Of urning' who are strong IN the rce1s s
burdens of life common TO the people, men whom the
Tor what they are and for what they may DO reason
ably expected to do We hiring you such man.
a' In public Ss duty SrSs and In T private thinking
Is It against him that he does not come from donns.
ciples has undergone such deterioration as to diminish
the OF Ses o thy 81 "a which S
find; his hG%e has placed her sSoys os P%nc
SSes Of sas nSSefsr
cause of the seadfastness Of her political faith SO pe
not come from Maine, or Pennsylvania or Ohio, or
Illinois. or Michigan, or Iowa ..,,. y. Marty
duty and demanding the suhordnation Of all PERSONAL
ambition to party welfare. bowling In advance 70 the
eSnse W with i enthnsastic nnanimty have Instructed
their delegation to their choice Tor the
c's Pase divers sds Of effort
stand the peer Of any man In oS rs
s OF meS in hsroc shown amid
executive capacity HIS name IS not unfamiliar to the
country i + jeremiah Al RusA'nS h0n0'0o '0'-
HE WAS BORN IN OHIO.
Governor Rusk possesses what seems In
these days to be by many considered
fundamental element of eligibility to such candi-
dacy. He was born in the State Of Ohio He
spent his youth and manhood in the rough but dis
cpllnary work Of the the farm. Over three decades
ago he sought homo in one OF the newer counties
Of Wisconsin Rich In nothing but brain and Drawn ana
principle and honorable mention, accustomed to hard
ship and not ashamed to labor he cheerfuly mounted
drivers of frontier stage COACH as Lincoln IN
early life went from tho rude cabin Of his father
with the axe upon shoulder to split rails the long
day through and as Garfield sought and followed the
owpath OF the canal, thence through life OF hign
endeayor to enter the portals OF the White 1
ia those days that he wandered nom The road
upset the coach Never an Office seeker ne oTs%
bors and chosen by them to various county pos,,
ge one now sOnspcuSSH9s in public s III e .na u
discharged the duties Of the Office OF shcrn o. MS
t 0 a%s arise ss @ es
ment had been abolished IN Wisconsin.
When the cloud which had been so long gathering
in our political sky burst upon the country with the
fury Of tempest, when that flag was no longer sacred
source Of ali our strength and prosperity and hope
was to struggle for its life no answered tho call
aught else on earth but his country, he straightway
found the front, and there he rode again and again.
Of the enemy, were weaving the afr with line: Of
death and danger above him and about him, and no
5s Ts a
flag under whose folds he had marched and fought With
hs to as sea s 1sS and boo
for state and state for every star" and
upon tho breeze the ensign of our people
Loved by those whom he had led, honored and
Th the sy saT Of the general his shoulder
earned in tho hell Of battle to give again INTO tne
fed by battle names never to be forgotten the stand
ard which he bore with him to the front
FAITHFUL CIVIL CAREER
After serving with remarkable financial ability
as Bank Controller Of tho State the banner Repuo-
lcau district Of Wisconsin sent him to the halls OF the
National Congress. There for six years he rendered
faithful patriotic and able service to the district and
to the country. In the XLIIId Congress he served
as chairman Of the Committee on Invalid Pensions,
and in that day. both In Congress and at The white
House, the pension held debt Of honor, to DO
cheerfuly paid he able to render 70 tho survfv-
ing soldiers of the Union Army and to the widows
and orphans OF the dead service which they have
not 8sqb s h present term tho un
precedented honor win be his of having served -
He has borne himself In every detail OF duty ID tns
high Office to win the confidence and respect Oh nis
constituency regardless Of party lines, and 10 cndear
himself to every man throughout the country who has
the brain to discern and the heart to appreciate tbae
the only sure guarantee of liberties ~ the promps
and strict enforcement of the law 1t Will be well ana
long remembered the honor of this man that when In
sidous and dangerous elements in midst wcs-cd OF
sappng the foundations Of our social faorcl
came boldly into the sunlight with the red nag o.
anarchy when men shrank back affrghed at tho hot-
ribe sight of death in Chicago's streets when tho cry
Chamber Of the Executive for tho protection which
well-executed law throws alike around the rich mans
timorous vacillating demagogue to whisper honeyed
words into the ears Of mob but a man with clear
eye to discover his duty and the strength OF pur-
pose discharge It.
Tender and sympathetic as a woman, he mot emer
gency with hand OF iron and, with the overwhelming
Communication which HIS acts evoked he gave It to b
understood at homo and beyond the seas that this 10
Nation of law that this people has tho strength end
the will purge itself Of hostile forces, and that
nelther Anarchy, Communism any Kind Of red