Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-29
A BRILLIANT SPEECH.
Hon. j. +. Deliver in the Republican
State Convention,
Iows's Great Statesman, william II.
Allison, for President, Eioquentiy
Endorsed.


Allison, for President, Eioquentiy
Endorsed.
Gentlemen of the convention: | need
not assure you that | appreciate the dis
| tinction that belongs 10 this chair, The
more so because this Is the most impor.
tant conyention in the history OF the
party in Iowa We are assembled with
one accord to convey our compliments To
the Republican millions Of the United
States and 10 present to the favor OF the
party for the highest station known to
our politics, the name Of q representative
Western Statesman--William b. Alison
| lGrcat applause, The reclamation with
which the Convention receives the name
of the foremost citizen of Iowa fifty In
| tcrpcts the relation of the man TO the
| people in whose service he has won the
shining reward OF n public honor These
applauding thousands coming to this cap.
ital from every voting precinct OF this
State, speak tor the tlresides Of Iowa, for
the quiet comfort of farm aud workshop
aud village. which the Republican plat.
form. like the acts of the Apostles is n
fixed article Of the household faith.
| lCheers For thirty years the Republi'
can party has looked toward the West for
reliable devotion to its principles aud
steady fidelity to its candidates, The az.
ricutural empire Is Republican both by
reason Of its traditions and its prospects.
| The miracle of homestead settlement
brought hither the best blood Of the
worlds cnergy--a heroic generation, that
with the rude ceremonies of poverty and
labor, dedicated this ample territory to
the Republican party. Nor have the
people of Iowa ever forsakcn their early
allegiance. In commenting Senator
| Allison 10 the judgment Of the American
people, we offer with his name, n clean
record of popular condolences and support
on all those great questions that enter
| into Tie history Of the party aud the
| country. The people of Iowa take just
pride in his career. because they them
| rClvcS have been faithful to his principles,
They made him their representative in
| tho darkest year of the civil war when
disaster had followed disaster, until dc
scrlcrS were openly advising tho nation
| 10 retire from active business. He was
their representative when Abraham Lin.
| coin committed the cause Of public lib,
| Crty to the keeping Of the Union army
and made the sword of Ulysses =, Grant
the servant of civilization. Great cheer.
ing He was their representative when
the question of bonds aud currency aud
coinage and the higher problem OF citizen.
ship were pressing with IN awful earnest.
ness upon the thought aud conscience OF
the nation. To every debate he gave the
the riches of growing knowledge while
| his recorded vote Is part Of every victory
of sound theories and economy and
finance. In those miserable years. when
adventures were threatening the national
credit, and labelling worthless medicines
| for poverty and debt. this unassuming
| Iowa Senator met the clamOr of ignor.
ance with level head and an honest
heart, because he acted for people
equipped with the saving grace OF u com.
mon scnse--a people to whose sense OF
| duty the public faith is rs sacred ~ their
! lives. And so from the first Monday in
December, 1868, for six years in the
| House and for seventeen years lin the
Senate, this people has found IN William
b. Allison, II statesman thoroughly es.
tablished in every good word and work
| We borrowed him from the State Of Ohio
in 1857. He came with that cntcrprisng
company Of Ohio men who driflcd West
before the war, and have since captured
half the Congressional districts of Kan.
sas, Iowa and Nebraska. Laughter.
| We are now ready TO give him back to
Ohio, prepared for the highest duties by
the unbroken experience OF twenty five
years. IL ought TO be some satisfaction
to the Republicans of that sta @, that
whatever happens at Chicago, they have
more than one chance to follow the ban
ncr Of an Ohio man. Cheers The
Republican party is approaching the crisis
Of its history. II ], perfectly evident that
| there are Republican voters enough in
the United States to elect President, not
counting the neighborhoods where the
| judges Of election nre authorized TO cast
the vote Of the township. II is equally
certain that unless the party can subdue
the noise of faction, and dissolve the
| partnership OF preiudlces and malice, we
need solicitor in bankruptcy worse than
q candidate for President. 1t is in vain
to look for help TO the dissentions that
vcx the camp Of the enemy. We are
face to face with an organization which
| looks upon caucus us II sacred thing and
considers bolt rs species Of blnsphcmy.
| II is an organization so proficient in the
lessons Of failure that IL has acquired a
| fOrtitudc which no calamity can dismay
| and no blundcr can stampede Even
| that disconsolalc host Of Democrats, with
papers respectfully returned, In their
| hands, give way 10 no useless wrath while
the crumbs are in sight that fall from the
| Chief Magistrate table. They may not
be permitted 10 eat, but they are not
denied the privilege Of standing near
enough to the table 10 keep the salvary
glands active. Great Laughter. As Mr..
! Trcvelyan observes in the early his
tory of Charles james Fox. lit is easy TO
| forgive those who have something to for
| give" The Republican party therefore,
| in order to make a winning fight, must
| hold the splendid advantages of the last
campaign and call up the reserves Of its
own strength. The party was not beaten
on its merits nor on The merits OF that
matchlcss popular leader whose unscldsh
zeal for the common cause, has tranSfiglr-
ed with light hope even the hard statistics
| Of defeat. The crratic son OF Martin
Van Buren, once told his father that he
would be known ia history only as the
father of John Van Buren," The
| present Chief Magi, rate will be re-
called by posteriy only a. The bene-
| ficiary of that grUlc,que play. accident
anu HlHIlNlll lHll GuiCu tut lllC VI
| James G. Blaine dong continued mp.
| plausc) when seven years ago, Garfield
was dying by the sea, aud General Grant
was just laid at the feet of his country,
the trophies of the worlds affection,
Grover Cleveland was daily resting his
elbows on the familiar counter of the
| Tcrrapin Lunch--'a plain restaurant
| soemnly remarks his biographer, where
| probably terrapin was never seen.
| Laughter.) Between the grave OF Lincoln
| and Cleyeland's final settlement for his
l0ard in Buffalo, seventeen years inter
| vcne. They are the grandest years IN the
rJgrcSs of the human race. They saw the
| polilicsof every section dignilied with great
achievements and the soil of every State
made holy by the dust Of patriots. states.
men and soldiers, Yet Mr. James Russell
| Lowell looks upon the figure by the lunch
counter as the only American worth
nenti ming since Lincoln was "snatched
| rom US
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
| Aud tain partitions do their bonds divide.
In Mr.. Lowell's case the partition is evil
Iently entirely removed, and the great