Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-28
REPUBLICANS AT CHICAGO.
Platform and Candidates Report
Of Proceedings.
General Hen: Harrison, Of Indiana,
aud Levi r. Morton, Of New York,
are the Chosen Ones.

of the National Republican Committee,
sounded sharply upon the mahogany desk,
and the Republican Convention of 1883
was formally opened. The humof CONVEX
sation ceased throughout The vast Audi
torium and the buzz Of expectation gave
place to impressive silence as the Chair
man introduced the Rey. Frank w. Gun.
sau.us, of the Plymouth Congregational
Church, of Chicago, who opened the
proceedings with prayer. Mr. Jones,
Chairman of the national Committee,
after reading the call for the Conven-
ton made an address, and announced,
Mr.. John NJ. Thurston, of Nebraska. as
Temporary Chairman, who was conducted
to the platform, and spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Convention; 1 have 10 words
in which to tittingly express my heartfelt ap-
probation Of your confidence. thank you
gentlemen, not for myself alone, but for that
great aud growing West, which never dsap-
points the expectations Of the Republican
party. | come from State whose vast domain
has been largely appropriated by the surviving
veterans of the Army OF the Republic, under
the bcneticcnt provisions Of the homestead and
presumption laws enacted by aRcpublican Con
gress, and, true to the heroic recollcctions OF
| the past, the hOmesteaders OF the West still
| march on under the banners of Rcpublicanism.
In victory and defeat, in sunshine and storm,
in prosperity and adversely, this mighty West
| retains the courage of its conscience and that
devotion to principle, though it brings defeat,
is better than success achieved by broken VOWS
and political dishOnOr. The Republican party
of the United States relies upon the wisdom Of
its assembled delegates for such action as will
( nrpnarpl A honestly
| and fairly meet the supreme issues of the hour,
with clear, fearless and ringing declaration
of principles and to nominate Il ticket which
will commend itself to the loyalty and intclli
gcnCe OF the country, we can grandly win,
When our candidates are chosen will we all
join with heart and soul in the grand chorus
OF rejoicing and a rainbow Of our harmony
shall give certain promise or the glory of vie
| torious morning in November When the Dem
OCratic party at the close of the last Presden-
tian election robbed us of Il victory honestly
and fairly won, we patiently waited for the
certain coming of the justice of years. We
hoped and believed that 1888 would right the
great national wrong of 1884. The speaker
culOgizcd the Republican party leaders and the
| old soldiers who had died since the last Ma
tiOnal Convention. He then said that the gal
liant leader and chcvalicr Of American politics,
glory of Rcpuhlicanism and nightmare Of
Democracy, our Henry of Navarro Is seeking
in foreign travel long needed relaxation and
rest from the wealisome burdens of public life
and service. With the sublime magnanimty
of his Incompatible II CatreSs he has denied
us the infinite pleasure of supportieg him in
| this convention. Desiring above all things
| party harmony and success, he has stepped
from the certain ladder of his own laudGble
ambition that some other man may climb to
power. As his true friends we cannot dare
not commit the political crime of disobedienCe
| to his expressed will. We cannot place him at
the head Of the ticket, but we will make him
cOmmandcrin-ChiCfa at the head of the forces
| in the field, where he will be invncble Al
| though James &. Blaine may not be our Presi-
| dent, yet he remains our uncrOwned King
welding the baton of acknowledged leader
| ship, supreme in the allegiance of his devoted
followers, hOnOrCd and respected by all honest
and loyal men, the greatest living American
and the worthy object of our undying love.
But the Republican party Is not left without
great men to place upon its ticket
We have that honest, able and experienced
| iinanCicr and statcman, the Senator from Ohio
and his no less distinguished colleague from
Iowa. Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin present
to us gallant soldiers, while New York, New
Jersey, Kansas, Connecticut and other States
offer worthy and fayOrite sons. From this
splendid galaxy of the political store we can
, not choose amiss. The Republican party points
to the great achievements Of its past and offers
as earnest of its future faithfulness, unbrOken
record OF services performed freedom, union
anu HdllOudl prosperity. IL was Dorm Oh an If
rcpressible desire to protect the slave from the
lash OF the master and to save our civilization
from the blightng curse of its crime against
humanity. 1t performed the sacred mission of
protecting the republic from secession and dis
union, and in later time 1t succeeded in pro-
tCCtng the credit and currency of the nation
from reputation and imitation. Its platform
epitOmzed stands for the protection of the
popular government on the American CONT
ncnt. 1t stands for the protection of all gov
ornamental and international rights from re-
strictiOn or invasion. Stands for protection Of
the life, of the liberty and the property of the
individual; stands for the protection OF all the
immunities and privileges of American citizen
ship; stands for the protection of the ballOt-bOx
from the crimes of intimidation, robbery and
substitution; stands for the protection Of
| American commerce, American manufactures
and American agriculture from destructive
| foreign competition; stands for the protection
| of home invention, home skill and home labor
| against the free trade hercSes which would
paupcriZe and degrade them all stands for the
| protection of the people from unjust and OPP
| prcssive eXaCtions and combinations of aggre-
gated capital and corporate power; stands also
| for the protection of both capital and corpora
| ton from cOntiscatiOn and mob violence, and
| above all stands for the protection of society
| and the happiness Of the American home. 1t
| welcomes to our shores the dOwntrodden and
| the oppressed OF every land, but it insists that
| the inestimablc blessing of American citizen
| ship, purchased with the priceless blood of our
| heroes and martyrs, shall be extended to those
only who are in full sympathy and accord with
| fundamental principles of our government, and
| who will Loyalty support the sacred provisions
Of the United States. And, it holds that Con
| grcss has power to save American civilization
| and morality from the lcprOsy of Asiatic pa
| ganism degradation and cOntagion. 1t main
| tains that the Nation shall extend the benefits
of free government to all true lovers of liberty,
but dc haf hn nf tha LAM hall
| be shield to those who obey 1t, and that for
| anarchist, communist and criminal, American
| justice has nothing to offer but the sword Re-
| constructed Democracy has now been in power
nearly four years. Its administration
has been most satisfactory to those
who hold office under it. Its
| loyalty has received the approval Of every
enemy of the government. The courage Its
foreign policy has amused the great powers
| and pleased every coward. Its civil service
has been so thoroughly reformed as to delight
Mr.. Virgins. Its justice to the disabled
| who gave them their wounds. Its financial
movements have been safe because Of its in
| ability to destroy the resulting prosperity of
Republican legislation. And It's unparalleled
stradde Of the tariff question has been a
source OF wonderment to goods and men. "
1t is strong in the imbecility of "innocuous
desuetude," and deserves to live as reminis-
cence Of promises forgotten and pledges I'M
| redeemed. There are those in this land who
seem TO believe that the mission of the Re
| publican party Is at an end. That the enamel
| patton proclamation, Appomatox and the
constitutional amendments are ut once the
monuments OF its glory and the gravestone OF
its demise. The work Of the Republican party
will never be done until every American citi-
zen enters into his unquestOned Inheritance
OF liberty, equal rights and Justice, until rep
reSpntatiOn in Congress Is based upon votes
freely cast and fairly counted; until adequate
provision has been made for the hclplessness
and old are of disabled veterans and the Wild
ows and orphans OF their dead comrades; I'M
til those policies OF the government which
ensure National apd industrial prosperity are
firmly established, and until patriotism and
loyalty are the only qualifications, except Mt
ness for an official position IN the service or
the Republican party. There are those who IN
Insist that the Republican party keeps alive
the old-tme sectional feeling ana refuses to
let the ''dead past bury its dead" The Re-
publican party longs and prays for the coming
of the millennium of its hope when In spirit
and in truth, the Mason and Dixon line will be
be blOtted out forever When fraternal ties
and common instincts unite us all. When the
whole people are found rejoicing together
destroyed by the justice of God. Glad to-
gcthcr that the holy bonds union could not
be severed. Hopeful together for magnificent
national destiny. Loyal together to the COM
mon country and its uncOnquered flag. But,
when that glad time comes, black and white