Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-28


cation. ! am also mindful of the grave
responsibilities of the position; and if
they are successfully met it viii be due to
the continuance Of your generous favor
and the bestowal Of your loyal assistance.
have no words in which to fttingly tx
press nv heartfelt app. eciation of your
confidence. thank y GU, gentlemen, not
for myself alone, but for that great aud
growing West Which never disappolnts
the expectations of the Republican
party.
| come from a State whose vast domain
has been largely appropriated by the sur
wing veterans of the Army of the Re
public, under the benefcent provisions of
the Homestead and Pre- ptiun laws en-
noted by Republican Congress And,
true to the heroic recollection of the past,
The hunesteaders of the West still march
on under the banner of Rppublicanjsm.
In victory and defeat IN sunshine and
in storm, in prosperity ard adversely, this
mighty West retains the courage OF its
convictions and holds that devotion TO
principle, though it brings defeat, Is bet
Ger thad success achieved by broken VOWS
and political dishonor.
We are met in National Convention for
deliberatiou and conference. The he-
publican party of the United States relies
upon the wisdom OF IS assembled dele
gates for such action as will insure sue
cess. IT we are prepared to honestly and
fairly meet the supreme issues OF the
hour with a clear, fearless and ringing
declaration Of principles and TO nominate
ticket which will commend itself TO the
loyalty and intelligence of the country,
we can grandly win.
To enter upon the proceedings of this
convention prepared TO sacrifice indiyld-
nal judgment 10 the wisdom of the ma
iority, and to lay down preferences on the
altar of party success.
When our candidates are chosen we
will all Join with heart ano soul
in the grand chorus of rejoicing, and rain
bow of our harmony SHALL give certain
promise of the glory oy victorious
morning In November.
When the Democratic party at the
close of the last Presidential election rob
bed US of victory honestly and fairly
won, we patiently waited for the certain
coming of the justice of the years. We
hoped and believed that 1883 would right
the great national wrong of 1884. Right
it, not only for the Republican, party, but
also for the grand, glorious candidate 3
whose names were the inspiration of that
wonderful campaign.
The infinite wisdom of an all-wise
Providence has otherwise decreed. One
of them-the citizen-soldier, the warrior
statesman the Black Eagle of Illinois,
has been summoned by the Silent Mes
senger to report to his old Commander
beyond the river. But, although John
A. Logan IS dead in the body, yet he lives
again in the illuminated pages Of his
oountry's most splendid history, lives in
the grateful love of a free people whose
Union he is so CALAMITY fought to pre-
serve, lives in the blessings of down
trodden race, whose freedom he so man
fully struggled to achieve, lives in the
future song and story of a hero worship
ing world ard along the highway of the
Nations glory, eide by side with old
John brown, Abraham Lincoln and
Ulysses s. Grant, his soul goes marching
On.
The other-that gallant, the cheyaier
of American politics, the glory of Re
publicanism and the nightmare of Democ-
racy, our Henry of Navarro, is seeking
IN foreign travel the long needed relaxa-
ton and rest from the wearisome bur
utuS OF puuiS llit anu stINitSs WIN
the sublime magnamity of his incompar-
able greatness, he has denied us infinite
pleasure of supporting him in this con
vention. Desiring above all things,
party harmony ana success, he has step
ped from the certain ladder of his own
iaudable ambition that some other man
may climb to power. Al his true friends
we cannot dare not, commit the politi.
nj Of l,.nl,.as.v,,a IN,
cd will. We can not place him at the
head of the ticket, but We will make him
commander in chief at the head of the
forces in the field, where he will be iu-
vincible, Aud, though James q. Blaine
may not be our President, yet he remains
Our unorowned king, WELDING the baton
OF acknowledged leadership, supreme in
the allegiance ~ his devoted followers
honored and respected by all honest and
loyal men, the greatest living American,
and the worthy object of our undying
owe.
But the Republican party is not left
without great men TO place upon it's
ticket. We have that honest, able and
experienced huaucier, statesu an and
Senator from Ohio. aud his no less dis
tiuguished colleagues from Iowa, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin present TO US
gallant soldiers, while New York, New
jersey, Kansas, Connecticut and other
States offer worthy and favorite sons.
From this splendid galaxy OF political
store we can not choose amiss. The Re
publican party points with pride to the
great achievements OF its past. and offers
rs an earnest of its future faithfuluess
an unbroken record of services perform
ed for freedom. Union and national
prosperity. Ii ia permanently the party
of protection 1t was born of the ire
Pressitle desire to Protect the slave from
the lash of the master, and 70 save our
civilization from the blghting cCrse of
its crime against humanity. II perform
ed the sacred mission of protecting the
republic from secession ana dsunion
and in the later time IT succeeded in
protecting the credit and currency Of
the nation from population and inha
ton.
Its T atform epitomized stands for the
protection of popular government on the