The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-15
TO THE YOUNG MEN.
The Republican Nominee Talks 10 IL
lnang KrnnhlicAnH. :

II Mr.. Chairman. BOYS; Laughter ana appausel
II Certainly this is an Inspiring scene, The man
II whose heart would not pulsute with a quickeied
thrpb as he sazed In these ardent young aces, Is
Il mt only for treasons strategens and the SPOTS OF
II party There is something inspiring In being
Il confronted with the ardpT, the strength and the
i resolution of youth; and only wish that felt
i tonight in physical state commensurate with
i this occasion. unjust beg your Indulgence. as
Il appear before you Tonight positively unnt 10
i speak. happen to be one of the Older boys,
/ and hope as hong \ live to carry in my
| heart atender recollection of my youth, though
! II was passed way back fprty years ago, upon "A
sterile hin side, lin New York. Reared in poverty;
accustomed toall the priyatlons OF a poor farmer
/ boys lot, yet 1. look back upon it to-day asnd
/ draw from IL u thousand Inspirations and en-
couragements for this hour. | have always felt
| tender side for the boys. Who among us to-day
realizes fully the strength OF sentiment that the
Il BOYS carry in every household and in every
/ avenue and condition of LIE. Why, during the
i army, boys. when the general or the command
i ing officers desired To call men to the very
i highest pitch of heroism and courage what did
he say To them? What cognomen did he
| address them by? What rallying cry did he
reach out towards them with? Did he say "old
| men charger No. What did he say? Boys,
| get thereP tLaueh ter and appausc1 Univers
| ally the term was, Boys" boys" everywhere
Gray. haired men fighting for their country
day responds to uo appellation gladly us that
| OF boys There is an intrinsic quality oil
| human nature in this, and am glad 10 be mum
| bered among the boys. The boys of 81. the
boys OF IS; and l hope when | become so per
| ineaseo with dry rot that am no longer good
| for anything; they viii simply iay away. and
! consider me hot as nm old ican, but n played
out boy.
ELRcTIoNs AS EDrCAToRs.
We are. my friends, engaged to-day In one of
me recurring political contests of our national
HE IL Belongs To the order in which live
Every Aour years this country is assembled M
me ieet oil political ora tory AT the feet OF polit
| ical tnterest, and taught the law under which WI
/ iva 1t is the great qnadrenniel school To whch
We ali -; and it is essentially necessary in the
" "naG,s OF oar political lie Do we fully
sixty five mi. hons of people? Do we clearly
understand what it means to educate sixty
i've millions OF people, and hold them slunrcly
ami fnirly in the line of American destiny and
4 American progress Without these recurring
u schools, 10 VIII oh Young men can come, 10 which
old men can come to which we all can come as
citizens, and brus hiIg aside The dusty accumu-
I lauons of four wears If business, again seek to
Il draw inspiration f.om the fount of our Ameri-
Il can thought, and become convcrsdnt with the
principles that cnderie our American struet
ures-I say, without this we would soon drift
system, wisely devised by our forefalhers that
we should have frequent recurrence to first
Il principles. tAppausel
Therefore, when the yOun1 men show by their
interest in politics that they are DESTROYS of be-
Il coming rooted and grounded in the faith that
led 10 the formation of this government, the
fhitn that has CALAMITY led to.its defense. the
faith that Is so grandly keeping IL III line to-day
the citizen who does not feel that interest In this
matter deserves not the priceless gift citizen
4 ship. believe that no matter how family and
H now ieebly one may respond there IS not citi-
\ zen to-day in America that should not stand up
n and, 81. Paul says, "GN a reason for the hope
4 that Is within him" Applause,
sTANDUP AND STAND SQUARE.
4 nen have always liked the idea OF political indie
Il that man who can crystalline his own convic-
j tons don't care whether he agrees with me
4 or not Ii he feels that his citizenship compels
him To an analysis OF the faith that is within
him, and for its gallant defense he is my brother
4 and he is my defender. Applause Hence |
am glad TO see these young men coming forward
4 m att md I ola of u
grander and better sense, that Of
Anf hs1tr citizenship have always had
| dare stand up and be counted. Applause
IAeese lived once in the little city of Williams
gsSt, Pa, an old judge by the name of Williams.
THIS old judge was noted for two things: For
getting mellow" occasionally, and for being
piucky and courageous under all circumstances,
old judge that whenever he got mellow he
grew correspondingly religious. One night he
wantrereti into pTotracted revival meeting and
seated himself upon the front seat, full of 'spir
itUsi influence" of some kind. Laughter The
clergyman, engaged in his preaching. rose to a
HrVld pitch OF elequence, and in the midst of il
exclaimed: "Show me the drunkard Show me
the drunkard OF all men on earth the
most unfortunate: show him to me-" To the
CONSERVATION of all present the old Judge arose
and nnsteadily maintaining himself exclaimed,
Well; sir, here am iLaughter.l The clergy
man, having realized upon his investment much
sooner than he anticipated, didn't know what to
do with it, tLaughter,l They finally pulled the
old Judge down, and the incident had passed ont
of memory almost, when the clergyman again
exclaimed, in The honesty Pa and nd fervo G
rrite;, show me the hypocrite. of ali men on
Gods green earth the most despicable. Show me
me me nypoctite,, The old judge rose the second
,ship s" old deacon exclaimed, deacon, why
Inc seEts don't you get up when you are called
con ILaughterl
Now Of the two characters, boys l would
ts,ther the old iudpe- with.
and fraflties, than the deacon: not that would
f9r e:moment condope either, but for the char
Standing ur. eyincing the old fashioned
AmeticaE, spirit of pluck: and NO raaat-
stanJ The.per called cal IN one senss or another
| qusity 81 American citizenship You are
| en- en- aged to-day, my young friends, in
| TIE development of this same quality Of char
, acter. You are about to take upon yourselves
| the duty of citizenship. You are about to come
to the possession many of you for the first time,
of that big hest honor of American citizenship,
the right to cast a ballot representing a free
| mans will; representing freemans thought;
| representing freemans conscience; represent
snE , fPe ed m power Tor disposition OF him.
| shall govern him. Applause Not
only that that, but you . are coming to
| about certain principles. All, the great diff
Guilty with us in American life to-day is that we
| have forgotten too much, forgotten too widely,
| forgotten to an extent that is npping the foun-
! dations of American citizenship to-day, the
| value of principle in politics. We have too much
| grown to partisans hip. We have forgotten that
| this government founded en principle; that
| it has been defended by principle; that oceans
| of blood and tears have been shed that il might
live; that it is principle that lies at the bottom
| of our coalition and our crystallzation as
| nation; and it must be principle that must enter
| the hearts of the young men, or they can not
| become citizens in the best and fullest sense of
\ the word. Applause.
| AS STUDENTS OF PRINCIPLE.
| Therefore hail You. hail you, boys. hail
ola 70 nj 1N1y flGun hint
| students of principle: and hope that you win
| Continue; that you viii become grounded in the
possession of Judgment in this matter that you
| ma Ike it n study; that you do not allow citizen
| ship to rest lightly upon your shoulders but
| consider that wherever you arc beneath
| the broad acgis of American liberty you the
examples, in your politi al action OF principle.
! Applause.
we often hear the doctrine enunciated II
| don't vote for measures; vote for men" Then
| we hear the opposite: Il don't vote for men;
| vote for measures" Half a truth is always the
| hardest statement to analyze The whole truth
| should be put together, and the American citi-
| zen should always say: II vote for the combf-
| nation of men and measures" In that case you
| have something TO go by
| There is a wonderful power in leadership
| wonderful power in leadership. Have you ever
thought that intelligence and study must he be-
| meath your own following Of leadership, il
Will be the result of blind following. Turn back,
for instance, to the great war of the rebellion.
What was It that preeipitated nine millions OF
| What was it that took that
| vast number OF people and dashed
tn IN against the very bulwark of destruction
| us against the bucker, YOU might say, of Ameri-
can thought, American sense and American
Judgment; and finally preeipitated that whole
| nation almost, into the mire and dependency
| ola defeated attempt to disnember this goyerc-
| ment? What did that thingP blind follow.
ing of leadership forgetting of the principle OF
patriotism; partisanship that was placed before
patriotism. Partisanship first their motto.
And what was it lead those men in this blind
| way \ lack of knowledge When / think Of IL,
| that marched for aihundTed and fifty miles,
| through the most populous portion of Virginia.
| the oldest portion of the continent nj;
! most, and never saw school house, could
| wonder then, boys, that those people were taken
| and led as by fate that dashed them in pieces?
| remember looking over the muster-rolls of
| thirty Confederate regiments and finding in
those muster rolls the signatures of the private
soldiers there. Alb there told the story,
| From so to SO per cent. of the men that signed
those muster rolls did so with the mark. That
| is the key TO the fact that those men were led
| bindly: from 80 10 50 per cent of those names
| were signed with the cross. Do you suppose IL
| those people had been Intelligent if they had