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rnents, as in the economy of God, fulfill
ment follows prophesy.
Have we among our number some one
who, in his public service, has been a
contributor to the rehearsal of Republi-
can Inducements? Some one who, in
the legislation of this generation, has
aided in writing this record? Some one
whose recorded votes show that upon all
questions that for q quarter of a century
have tried the courage and tested the
wisdom of patriotic men he has been
upon the right side-as time has deter
mined the right in the honest conviction
Of the Republican party of this dayl
Gentlemen, the state of Iowa bids me
name you this man-fit to be your can
didate-
William b. Allison. of Iowa.
OF all living men he is the one we most
do honor. Iowa asks his selection. 1t is
the prayer of that state that has been
more true to Republicanism than all the
others that have been truest. All others
have sometimes wavered. Iowa never.
In all others, at some time in your history
some part of your ticket has met defeat
In Iowa never. In thirty -four years of
consecutive victory no man has been in
Quoted into state Office, or been ac-
credited to the national senate, who did
not follow your flag and march in your
column. Fortunately for our candidate,
In the republic we recognize no rights of
pedigree or ancestry.
There is no primogeniture nor entail in
the honors of the state, save those Of
worth and genius. In these he is richly
endowed. He was called to the public
service in the early days of 1851. The
times needed high courage, hopefulness,
integrity, practical common sense and
unlimited capacity for work. His early
life and experiences taught him that
these qualities were the antidote for the
rigors of the newly begun and humble
fortune. He begun to
Deserve Much at the Hands of the People,
and they recognized the value of his SER
vices, have been honored by his presence
in the congress for more than twenty
Ave years-twetnty-fve years of most
evsntfuli history, and every page
of the legislative portion of the
record William B. Allison has helped
to write. 1t is in these records that you
will find the attestation of his worth
When he entered the congress he rec
ognized the perils of the situation-a
continent at war, human liberty, mans
capacity for self government, the issues.
He knew that it was only by the use of
all the resources Of the nation that sue
cess could be won. So we find him In
the legislation of that day aiding by mar
shaling the men and granting the treas
ures of the nation with unstinted hand
to meet all the acquisitions of the COM
mander-in- chief. And when peace was
won we And him striving on all oeca-
sions to pay, so far as payments can be
made, the just claims of the heroes. nu-
tilated and warworn, who, by imperish-
able deeds,
Had Saved the State.
We of Iowa know that in here naming
our friend, we place him In generous
rivalry with most iilustrious names.
Sherman, of ripe experience, sagacious
methods md honest purposes Ben Har-
rison, the worthy son Of an ancestry re-
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of our own party? Who, by personal
courage and sublime confidence in his
own convictions, is an ideal leader OF
the American people? Who most strik.
ingly stands for our cosmopolitan Ameri-
can character?
These are the questions of the hour sd-
dressed to us all. suggest the name of
Walter q. Gresham, of Indiana and I'LL
nOis,
and invite thoughtful consideration of
some of the reasons why he should be
nominated
He has always been an unwaverinR
and infiexible Republican. One-third of
a centuray ago he organized the party Of
Fremont and Dayton in his native
county, which consisted, all told, Of FOUR
PEOPLE. In 1860, then at the age of 20,
he was elected to the state legislature,
at the same time Mr.. Lincoln was elected
president from a strong Democratic
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November"
In October Indiana's majority of nearly
1000 for the Republican candidate for
governor informed the country how she
would go, and in November New York
and the nation
Re '.rboed Her October Voice
Indiars is no longer an October state,
yet In 1850, as now in 1888, she seemed
largely to hold the key of the position.
She is always regarded as close state,
but whe i the Republican party is thor
eughly organized VIII n it has done the
preliminary work of the canvass; when
its spirit is kindled into fame-Indiana
seldom fails to elect the candidate. She
has never been better organized for a
successful Republican contest than uow.
The preparatory work has never been
more complete and thorough, and the
Republican masses seem never to have
been more highly aroused and eager for
the struggle. Give
Gen. Benjamin Harrison
your commission to lead them, and they
will Immediately fall into line and press
forward with enthusiastic confidence to
victory.
The convention that lately met at st.
Louis disappointed tie Democracy of In
diana by refusing to place an Indiana
candidate Oh their ticket. There is a
tide ip the affairs Of parties, as well Of
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JOHN SHERMAN.

0hiO's Bulwark of Intelligence Placed in
Nomination by Hastings, of PennsyI-
vania.
Hastings, of Pennsylvania, nominated
Sherma and spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: Penn
yi,ania is opposed to Grover Cleveland
and TO continuance of his administra-
t:uu Her elactoral vote will be cast for
the ;'minIe of this convention. Penn
sy.y.,.Ii has never faltered in her devo-
tiou - He ublican principles, and will
MOI T., Nv. Her metropolis was the
cran." '.,arican liberty and the Re-
putfc-" ,.t..'- birth and baptism were
both y,...ail soil. With her the
fundauIcBt Id elementary principles
OF Republica.. 81 have always been held
sacred as a chapter ~ her liberties and
in memory of her oil. soldiers. OF this
her majorities are proof, maiorities une-
qualled in the sisterhood of states,
cast for Lincoln, for Grant, for Hayes,
Garfield and her beloved son, James G.
Blaine. Pennsylvania comes to this con-
vention and with great unanimity asks
you to nominate standard bFarer who
will represent the principles, traditions,
hopes and aspirations of the Republican
party. A man whose name will stand
for its integrity, its doctrines and it's
matchless history. A man who will ex-
ecute the laws and will viudi@..tr the
honor of the nation.
He whom l shall nominate to you
needs no introduction, his character, his
manhood and illustrious achievements
are part of the nations history. The
people know him by heart. They whom
/ represent and who ask his nomination
at your hands point you to
the grand career, beginning with those
patriots who rocked the cradle of Repub-
hcanisn, to the man who has been in the
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does not come from doubtful statei I
deny that fidelity to Republican princi-
pies has undergone such deter
ioration as to diminish the availability
of ones candidacy in proportion
as unyielding Republicanism of the state
in which he finds his home has placed
her above suspicion of detection II in
this ] claim too much, IL the voice of Wis
consin must fall upon unwilling ears be-
cause of the steadfastness of her political
faith, so be 1t. But, by the same token,
your candidate should not come from
Maine, or Pennsylvania, or Ohio, or Illi-
nois, or Michigan.
The Republicans of famous Wisconsin
with Enthusiastic Unanimity,
have instructed their delegation to name
as their choice for first place one
who by long life Of conspicuous public
service in divers fields of effort has
proven his right to stand as the peer of
any man in his stainless character, in
his patriotic devotion to the best inter
ssts of the country, in his political sagac-
ity, in his unerring Judgment, in his
heroic courage, many times shown In
the rush and whirl of battle, and In his
extraordinary executive capacity. His
name is not unfamiliar TO the country.
1t Is
Jeremiah d. Rusk, Honored Governor of
wisconsin.
The. remainder of Senator Spooner's
address was exceedingly long. He gave
a sulogistic review of the career Of Gov
ernor Rusk. He closed as follows:
Take him, gentlemen of the conven-
ton, for your leader and the Republican
party of Wisconsin bids me pledge you
that when the fierce white light Of the
campaign shall beat upop him IL will
disclose no weakness in his armor, no
spot upon his shield, and when victory
shall have been won you viii have in
stalled In the White House once again an
American president in favor OF protect,
ing American llbor and upbuilding
American industries, OF enforcing 10 the
full extent Of executive powsrI IA CON
stitutional right q tFss balltt nA4A ~
sount.
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county and by the aid of German
votes. There he originated and
passed law which authorized
Oliver p. Morton, Our Greatest War Gov
ern&r,
to organize and arm, at the expense of
the state, any regiment anywhere in the
state. We owe the peace and loyalty of
Indiana at his critical time to the admi-
rable workings OF this law.
After performing this service of great
value to his state he selected /, 900 young
neighbors and friends and marched at
their head into Kentucky, with Gen.
Sherman, at the very beginning of the
war. But for the presence of these
troops the Ohio river would have prob
ably been the dividing line and southern
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois would have
been the first battle ground. He was fire.
Quently promoted for
Gallant Conduct on the Battlefield,
and was called upon when sharp work
was to be done and Hnslly fell, pierced by
Minnie ball, while leading his division
into the shot and shell of the enemy at
the bloody fight of Leggett's Hill in the
suburbs of Atlanta. The next day he
awoke from morphine sleep in dazed
condition, and said to soldier in attend
ance:
"Whose body is that9'' pointing to
coffin In the same car with him
'sThat is the dead body Of your COM
mander, General Mcpherson"
Thus the commander of the army and
the division commander had mingled
their blood upon the red field of Leggett's
Hill
But il is not in his military career
--dashing and brilliant as that is-that
we find the browning reasons for his
nomination.
He aided in reducing the letter, news
paper, and parcel postage, thereby saving
millions to the public and encouraging
the dissemination of literature and in
telligence.
He was also the first to vigorously en-
force the United States statutes against
the abuse of tie mails by lottery vendors
and other swindling schemes by which
the credulous and weak-minded were i'm
posed upon,
And Their Confidence Betrayed.
It is, however, in the discharge Of his
duties as United States Judge that the
higher and browning glories of his char
acter appear.
The contestants in one of the greatest
railroad strikes that has arisen in our
country have also been before him. BY
9 wise and happy decision he adminis-
tered exact justice to all, prevented the.
strike from becoming universal, public
traffic from being paralyzed, the nation
from couvulsion aud the most serious
damage to au UNKNOWN number OF indi-
viduals.
Wherever, In all his life, he has
touched anything 1t has been improved,
beautified or adorned. He has always
had the happy faculty OF quietly doing
the right thing ct the right time, and be
As good qualities o. the ,.epublicsn
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nowned for worth. Gresham, the SOL
dier, the statesman, the Just Judge, varied
has been the character, but never vary
ing the pure quality Of his extended serv-
ice. Alger, who has no enemies save his
country's enemies, and who wins the love
Of men, whether he leads them in the
fierce shock of battle or guides them in
the quiet walks of peace. New Jerseys
son, cultured, ELOQUENT, wise. How con-
tentedly we could all follow him as our
leader. Rusk, fearless in duty, the
clamOr of the mob has no fears for his in
flexible soul, and Ingalls-how the affec-
lions OF my old comrades flow toward
him as their champion, who never fall
tiers In his strife to secure redemption of
the pledges made to the boys who wore
the blue.
The Candidate Have Named
we Of Iowa commend to you. A man of
that calm poise of mind, who seeks the
methods of judicious conservatism,
and yet who has, on all occasions, the
courage to do right; who excites no
anger and has no enemies; who is saga
cious, conservative, versed in the details
of the public business, whose integrity Is
above the reach of calumny; who has the
respect and confidence and kindly regard
of all who know him, and in whose can
didacy all classes of Republicans can
unite, and so uniting he will lead har
monious party to satisfying victory.
We cannot tell you all that would be
done were he to direct the administra-
ton of affairs; but you would always
find him true to the country and the
principles Of party. Wise in determin-
ing the better course, courageous in pur-
suing it, honest in the administration of
public affairs, calm, deliberate, conserve
tive, kind and honest, giving the country
an administration that would meet the
demands and secure the benediction of q
contAndeded neorle
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party. Under his leadership the csm-
paign cry will be

party. Under his Leadership the csm-
paign cry will be
Live and let Live"
In personal characteristics, In the msN-
ner and condition of his candidacy and In
his relations to the presidential Office,
judge Gresham is more like Abraham
Lincoln than any other living man The
movement in his behalf, like the move
ment for Lincoln, il the spontaneous and
unOrganized action. of the people. like
Lincoln, Gresham IL not working for the
presidential Office.
Back in 1919, at the age of "a, / first
met Abraham Lincoln, he being then Al.
Ever afterward sat at his feet, as Saul
of Tarsus sat at the feet of Ggnaliel, and
was permitted as we walked together the
journey of life, ''to lean ON his own great
arm for support"
The same sympathy and confidence ex-
list between Gresham and people that ex-
listed between
Lincoln and the People.
His heart, also, has been in sympathy
with the sons of toll for he has labo-ed
with them in sunshine and in the cold.
He, too, has been promoted from their
ranks, and knows the taste Of poverty,
and like them, has earned hi bread iii
the sweat of his face"
The rich, too, have found ample pro-
lection and the adjustment of every
right in the equipoise of his character.
He has always stood with his party for
the protection of American labor against
foreign competition, and has always be-
lieved in fair wages for work. He has
advocated liberal pensions for the
MANNED, worn and dependent
Defenders of the Union.
He knows by experience how the rebel
bullet tears and hurts, for he hims .lf
has been wounded and carried on q
stretcher from the field of battle and has
borne the pains and sees the needs of the
decrepit and health-broken soldier.
Therefore, under the circumstances
and necessities of our party, and without
disparaging In the slightest degree the
merits of the other candidates, offer
this convention the rarest opportunities.
But nominate Gresham and the people
will bear hin in triumph on their shout
ders to the White House and to the off,
cial seat of Washington, Lincoln, Gar
field and Grant.
In behalf of the laboring man, of whose
struggles he is the living embodiment; in
behalf of the soldier, whose garb he has
worn with honor; in behalf of patriotism
and loyalty, of which he is shining rep
resentative and example, and for the
state of Lincoln, Grant and Logan, /
nominate as candidate for the president
of the United States the son of Illinois
by adoption-Walter Q. Gresham.
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fore front of every battle OF his party,
who has been its counsel, its champion,
its strong right arm, whose name is q
tower of strength, and who was never de-
feated for any Office for which he was
nominated Those who believe that he
who bias rendered the most aud best pub
who believe that experience in states
manship is prerequisite to high public
preferment, that it is not Disqualified
ton to have actively and honorably par
ticipated in generation. OF thrilling
and stupeDdous events, events more
vital to humanity and liberty
than were ever crowded into
an equal period of tn" worlds history,
who have seen the danger and fully Of
placing ineXperience and mediocrity in
high places, have made him thslr choice.
They who believe that honest and INTEL
ligent immigration shall be welcomed,
but that an impossible barrier should be
erected on the Pacific coast against the
influx of heathened hordes of Mon
goiian barbarians Ill these have
found in him their consistent friend and
and steadfast champion
The speaker then graphically reviewed
9hsrman's career since the war and
closed as follows:
Nominate him aad the feeling Of ma
tional security, of safety and OF eonii-
dence In the future will crystaliss int
triumphant victory.
fSminate the patriot, ststesmas and
honest man, JshA Sherman.
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men, which, taken at the flood, leads on
to fortune. The present condition of af
fairs is the Repu blican pGrty's opportu-
nifty. Why risk shipwreck on any shall
lows when the full and welcoming sea
invites your sails?
Benjamin Harrison came to Indiana in
1854, at the age of II. He came
Poor In Purse, But Rich in Resolution.
No one ever heard him make the first
reference to his ancestors. Self-reliant.
he mounted the back of popularity with
out the aid Of q stirrup. The hospitality
Of his ancestors had given their property
to those whom they had served. The
care had gone to the people, the rind only
to them and their families. He received,
indeed, something from their talents,
their integrity, their fitness for public
trusts. And what to some persons would
have seemed q misfortune, but to heart
50 stout as his was, the highest good for
tune he received from them was an in
estimable legacy Of perjury.
Upon his arrival in the state he entered
at once upon the practice of law aid i'm
mediately achieved success
Aptitude Of preparation, a large view
Of questions, mind marveIously prompt
In yielding up its stores, and so exhaus-
tive in its power of reasoning that no ar
gument that would help his cause was
ever found to have been submitted
these
Give Him Rank at Once
in his profession. In union with him
there was found a fairness that sought
no mean advantages, and an integrity
that never could be shaken, The young
lawyer leaned on nobodys arm for help
Modest and self-confident his manner
seemed to say
81 am an honest tub, standing on its
own bottom"
1t was perceived from the start that in
the web and wool he was made of heroic
stuff. While he was engaged In the
practice of law and rapidly risidg to dis
tinction the great rebellion raised its
hand to strike down our union. Relin-
gushing his profession, its emoluments
and fame to which it was becLoning
him, he yielded to
The Imperative Demand of puty,
raising q regiment and receiving from
Governor Morton the commission of
colonel He marched with Sherman to
ths sea. he was in the thick of the fight
- hssasa aid Atlanta, and his gallantry
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our choices We re
member that we
enter upon the
struggle a beaten
party-that we
were not beaten
for want of num-
bsrs, but for want
of harmony. We
q r g 8 t TO Il g
enough to compel
a triumph, but it
will require the
united efforts of
us all to clutch it.
Is it possible for
nc RI. dow fn nannn
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in the fact that
Wisconsin is last
in the call CT states,
l turn for cour.
age to the other
fact that her stall
wart and splendid
Republicanism has
placed her and
keeps her always
well up toward the
head of the col
umn when fighting
is on. From the
day when the sec
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WILLIAM 3. ALLISON.

Speech of w. =. Hepburn Nominating
Iowa's Favorite Son.
Hepburn, of Iowa, nominated Allison,
and delivered the address which follows:
1t is the laudable ambition of every
member of this convention that to-day
we pursue such a course as to deserve
and win success at the end of this CAM
naiRn Is there such q course Open to
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RUGGED OLD JERRY"

The Claims of Governor Rusk as a Caudi-
date as Senator Spooner Outlined Them.
John c. Spooner, nominating Rusk, of
Wisconsin, said;
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION: Fully mindful of the
disadvantage on this occasion which lies
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president for co.
600, 900 of free
people. Who
most in character
is the very es-
sence of these
people? Who, OF
all tn e names
suggested, will
draw support the
the most largely
from all classesi
Who can best
b ring together
and reunite the
broken fragments
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to take part in
the memorable
cam paign Of
that year, he
was asked on
e cry hand:
Glow will New
York go at the
presidentialelec-
ton. "
Tell me, " re-
piled the great
orator, " H o W
Indiana will go
in October and
then | can tell
you how New
York will go in
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open at your touch to let in the Joyful
air that shall bear upon its winds mes
sage that Benjamin Harrison, their sol
der statesman, has been nominated for
president of the United States. -
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Brilliant Efforts of Oratory that
Are Destined to Become
Historical.
Panegyrics for Men Well Fitted to
Lead a Party in Its Fight
for Victory,
Among Whom Are Gresham, Sherman,
Allison, Harrison, Alger, De-
pew and Rusk.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

The Gensalogy of His Family tor the
Past Century Reviewed by Ex-Governor
Porter.
Ex-Governor Porter, of Indiana, nom
mated Harrison with tine following
speech:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: When
In 1880, Roscoe Conkling visited Indiana
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We Of Iowa know that in here naming
our friend, we place him In generous
rivalry with most iilustrious names.
Sherman, of ripe c, perience, sagacious
methods md honest purposes. Ben Har-
rison, the worthy son Of an ancestry re-