St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22
cast for Lincoln, for Grant, for Hayes,
for Garfield, and for


man whose name will stand for its in
tegrlty, its doctrines and its matchlesS
history; man who will execute the law
and ylndicate the honor of the nation.
whose very personality will be s'a sword
In the hands of honest freemen, where
with to drive from place and power" a
party which holds the reinS of govern
ment by fOrtuitous circumstances, and
against the true intent and honest de-
cree of majority of the nations SOW
ereigns.
This convention recognizes that the
campaign before us finds the common
enemy entrenched in the seats of ma
tlOnal power, with
THE PRESTIGE OF VICTORY,
the support of a solid South, the in
ffuence Of public patronage and an in
creasing appetite for office to give it en-
enlargement. But the country is tired
OF the shams, double dealing and medi-
0crlty. We have seen chief executive
who proclaimed his belief that the presi-
dental office should be limited to sim
gle term eagerly clutching at the nomi-
nation for a second. His promised re-
forms of the civil service have resulted
In the prostitution of his great Office for
the narrowest of partisan purposes.
Processing sympathy for the welfare Of
Wage-earners and established Industries,
he has forced upon his party a policy
which, If successful, would be
RUINoUS ALIKE TO BOTH.
Forbidding political activity in his sub
ordinateS, he has allowed them every
where to use the public service for the
advancement of his own personal ag
grandisement. He has inaugurated
and fostered diplomatic policy hostile
to the interest and dignity of the Ameri-
can people. lie whom | shall nOmi-
nate to you needs 30 Introduction. His
career, his character, his manhood and
his llluStriouS achievements are a part
of the nations history. The people
know him by heart. They whom l re-
present, and who ask his nomination at
your hands, point you to grand career,
beginning with those patriots who
rocked the cradle of Reppblicanism; to
a man who has been to the fore front of
every battle of his party. who has been
its council, it's champion, its strong
right arm; whose name is a tower of
strength, and
WHO WAS NEVER DEFEATED
for any office for which he was nomi-
mated. Those who believe that he who
has rendered the most and the best pub
lie service is entitled to consideration :;
who believe that experience in states
manShip is a prerequisite to high public
preferment; that it is not disqualified
ton to have actively and honOrably par
tlclpated in a generation of thrilling and
StupendOuS eventS-eventS more vital
to humanity and liberty than were ever
crowded into an equal period of the
worlds history; who have seen the dam
gel. and folly of placing inexperience
and mediOcrity in high placeS-haye
made fhpir nbOiOn Tho froopnan xuoi+
ing for the welcome day when there
will be no longer solid South; the
true soldiers of both sides who bravely
and Loyalty accepted the results OF war:
they who are waiting for the dawn of
that new day, when the right of suf-
frage dare not be denied to any man,
white OF black, when honest elections
shall triumph over intimidation and
tissue ballots and a purified franchise
shall preserve the jewel of liberty in
the household of its friend;" they who
are still waiting until the
TRUE GOSPEL OF PROTECTION
to man and to the fruit of his toll shall
be preached in myriad school houses
south of that political equator called
Mason and DiXOn'S line waiting for the
infusion of that spirit which brings
from mountain and valley the blessings
OF comfort, refinement and patriotism :;
that industry which opens new and
profitable channels of trade and COM
merce; which builds railroads running
north and south. as well as east and
west; which recognizes political meri-
dianS; they who believe that hon
est and intelligent Immigration
should be welcome, but that impossible
barriers should be erected on the Pacific
coast against the hOrdes of heather in
vasiOn-all these have found in him
their consistent friend and steadfast
champion. That grand army of men
who followed Grant and Sherman and
Sheridan. the widows and orphans of
their comrades, and thousands who be-
lieve that a soldiers honorable discharge
is no disqualification in civil life, and
thousands more who loved their coun-
try and those who serve it well
WELCOME HIM AS THEIR CHOICE.
They who deserve well of their coun-
try, who believe the English language
so cOupious an hundred pension yetoes
might be written without insulting
patriotism and loyalty, will rally to his
standard. He was the soldiers friend
in war. and he has been their constant
friend in peace. He stood by the side
of Lincoln and the army from the first
days of Sumter until another Sherman
marched from Atlanta to the sea, and
peace came on golden wings. War and
finance comprise much of the history of
nations. A people who gave a million
soldiers to the republic, found the man
to sustain them and their country's
credit in the darkest hour. Our financial
policy was as victorious as our armies.
Its inspiration, responding to every
need of war, proved equal to every de-
mand OF patriotism, until at last, hand
i'll hand, peace and prosperity,
TWIN CHILDREN OF LIBERTY,
gladdened the hearts of a reunited peo-
pie. The craftsmanship of resumption
his browning success, unequaIed in
any time or cOuntry-haS placed his
name upon the lips of gratitude
throughout the land. Do you want this
record? Read the history and the
statutes of the country for the last
thirty years. A broken union restored
and made stronger; race of men
emancipated; system of free public
schools extended to every state;
bonded debt, the price of a nations
life, reduced from $4,000, 100000 to less
than 81, 100, 000, 600; public credit made
firm as the everlasting hills; system of
protection to American industries en-
bedded in legislation and consistently
supported as wise public policy.
These are a few of the great achieve
ments of the Republican party, and
while every other candidate before this
convention has contributed full share
of honorable, patriotic and meritorious
service, no man has become, of the
whole splendid record, more INSOFAR
able part than he whom I shall name.
My countrymen, the central issue of
this campaign is an American policy
for the whole American people at home
and abroad. Before it all else sinks to
insignificance. What though our sys-
tenn of currency be the best in the
world? 1t is an achievement of Repnb-
licanism. What though
SECESSION AND SLAVERY
are gone f0rerpr2 They mnra ,uncbnd