Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-28
HARRISON !!
He is Nominated for President by the
Republican Convention.
Levi z. Morton. of New York, NOmi
mated for Vice President.
The Announcement of the Result Re
ceiyed with Deafening Cheers
Enthusiasm Unprecedented.
Republican National Convention.

| The eighth National RepublIcan Con
vention convened at Chicago, June 18th.
1t was grand occasion! Il was a grand
convention! It was grand and noble
looking body OF men! That momentous
interests enter into the rivalry Of favor
tie sons, that this occasion was more vital
TO thu party than any since that day in
the old wigwam when political Israel
found a Moses, was evident 20 the least
observing. After twenty eight years old
relations are restored, old conditions re-
appear, and old views threaten. Drawn
together by sympathies and affnities that
! take life from the spilit of dangers past
and perils ominous, the men OF 1883 met
as seriously, as apprehensively, as did the
men of 1860 to confront anew the evil Of
those darker days, and choose again 9
deliverer. This convention will be one of
the most memorable in our country s
, history, one of the most important and
significant, and the vast throng that made
brilliant its informal and preparatory
opening gave proof how deep, centered
is the interest of the people in the pro-
gress or decisive issue of this portentous
conference.
When at 12:30 O'Clock the gavel summon
ed the assembly TO order, and the sudden
touch of an electric button flashed refUl-
gent light through the red, white and
| blue cOlors of a massive crystal shield
that surr ounted the arch of the proscen-
ium, the scene within the splendid audi
forum was one to delight the eye and
THRILL THE SOUL WITH ENTHUSIASM,
On every side, below and above, compact
ly filling the convention floor, thronging
the TERED balconies and the improvised
, galleries, mass of people, eager, ex
pectant, patriotic, in whom love of coun-
5 try inspired hope of party; surrounding
and surrounding them legion OF lumin-
: Gus burners lighting the flags of the Ma
3 ton, the pictured arms of States, and the
festoon- circled portraits of the cOuntr Us
heroes and statesmen. Heroic cartoons
, Of Lincoln and Grant face each other
+ across the central division of the hall,
> about them blaze of stellar glory typi-
f cal at once of the splendor of their mortal
/ deeds and the immortal famo that encir-
cles their names On a lower plane, and
in smaller style, range round the balcony
fronts medalliops of Conking, Garfield,
Logan, Blaine, Sherman, Lrthur, Sheri-
dan, and others whom the people delight
ed and delight to honor. And there,
under the exalted band stand high on
S the south wall, hangs large painting of
that battle of Atlanta fought July %,
1864, where Logan won perpetual laurels
/ and Gresham proved his courage and self
devoted herOism. The effect of the many
: gracefully draped flags and banners, the
glow of the incandescent lights, the judic-
ious and artistic arrangement of pictures,
and the close rows of people rising to
dizzy heights like spectators in an am
phitheator was at once inspiring and
joyous, exciting an influence that must
, prove magnetic and animating when the
c1citements of the convention are at
their height, The hum and murmurous
confusion of multitudinous voices gave
soul and interest to the picture, and
proves the comparative nearness of all
! portions of the audiance and how easy it
will be for all TO hear the speeches and
, proceedings when proper order and quiet
! are observes.
Chairman Jones spoke ably and briefly
in convoking the convention, and then iD-
PRODUCED its temporary chairman in the
person OF the aon. John M. Thurston,
: who was received with applause, and he
delivered rafting speech, one that every
republican should read. After referring
to current issues, he sald
There are those in this land who seem to believe
that
THE MISSION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
is at an end That the emancipation proclama-
, ton. Appomato8, and the constitutional amend
mentS are at once the monuments of its glory and
the gravestones of its demise.
But the work of the republican party will never
be done until every American citizen enters into
his unqueStioned inheritance of liberty, equal
rights. and Justice; until representation in con-
gress is based upon votes freely cast and fairly
counted: until adequate provision has been made
Tor the helplessneSS and old age OF the disabled
veterans and widows and orphans of their dead
comrades; until those policies OF government
which insure national and individual prosperity
are firmly established, and until patriotism and
10y atty are the only qualifications, except fitness
for official position in the service OF the republic
| There are these In the land Whs insist that the
republican party keeps alive the old time sec
tiOna feeling and that it refuses to let the dead
past bury its dead
The republican party longs and prays for the
coming of the millennium of its hopes when IN
spirit and in truth Mason and DXons line will be
bctted out forever. When fratern1zed ties and
COMMON INTERESTS UNITE US ALL.
when the whole people are found rejoicing to
sether that the Inherited institution of human
slavery was destroyed by the justice of God.
Glad together that the holy bonds of union could
not be severed; Hopeful together for magnif-
cent national destiny. Loyal together to COM
mon country and Its unconquered nag
| But when that glad time comes, black and
| white must march side by side in the broad sun
shine OF safety, and lie down peacefully ana sum-
Der In the untroubed shadows OF protected
homes.
The republican party turns to the new South
with |iae open arms 1t offers noyaI assistance eI
in the development of its agriculture. the open
ing OF its mines, the building up of its manutacto
ries. 1t proposes to break down the barriers OF
unpleasant memories with the hope OF a new
prosperity.
The great distinctive issue of the present cam
| palgn Is the issue of the tariff.
| To the support of a protective tariff there viii
| rise up an overwhelming army OF intelligent,
| thoughtful and practical men, and the east and
the west the north and the south viii join hands
together TO forever exteTnlinate IN TINS republic
! the pern1cIouS doctrine of free trade.
| AS we gather here we remember that other
| great convention held in this city in 1850 We
| remember how it was inspired with the wisdom
| and courage TO select that great man OF the
people-that Moses who led US through the parted
waters OF the sea. past the wilderness OF battle,
over tne Joruah OF safety INTO Inc Fronllsed Land
| In 1854 we were driven back into the wilderness
| again.
God give US the wisdom to find another Moses
| Of forty.
| The mighty past is with US here to-day.
II Ills Us with the same spirit of freedom, patr1
otSIl. and devotion whice breathes into the COM
mon dust OF ordinary humanity the sublime in
| SEPARATION Of heroic deeds.
LET Us READ ITS LESSONS RICHLY
and he'd its precepts dear.
| When Robert Bruce, King of Scotland iayupoo
| his dying bed he requested his heart should be
| taken from bis inaniInate body ana borne oy
knightly hands 10 the Saviour'S sepulchre After
his death. James, Earl of Douglas undertook the
sacred mission and with the heart encased in a
golden casket set out upon his pilgrimage for the