The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-20

astray by malignant influence an
dominated it down to the grleyou
days of the rebellion, again in full con
| troll of it's affairs. If a majority of tn
: American voters favor the giving ava
of the home market, inccmparably tn
: best in the. world, and the forcing o
our people, now the most prosperou
and happy on the face of the earth
into competition with and down to thu
level with the cheapest, poorest ant
most miserable of our foreign rivals
the Democratic reac, ionary doctrine!
will prevail. If the Republican party
Will resume its authority and success
fully lead this great country with IT
beneficent institutions toward that
sublime goal which all patriots believe
Is It's heav"n-ordalned destiny, | have
no doubt of the results
| Chairman Jones then introduced ]
S. Thurston. of Nebraska, as temper
airy chairman of the Convention.
NOW COMES A KICK.
Delegate Osborn, of Kansas, OBJ
| lected to the assumption on the part
OF the national committee Of the right
to name the temporary chairman. and
asked if Thurston had been elected by
the convention.
Chairman Jones replied in an en-
phatic affirmative. for which he was
vigorously applauded, but Osborn was
not to be subdCed and in the
| same tone said his delegation de-
clined to be responsible for the action
of the national committee in this matter
| and regarded 1t as a great mistake.
| (Hisses.) He desired the roll Of States
| calei in order tina Kansas might cast
its vote for Hon. William Warren.
No attention paid to his dem aud, how
ever, and Thurston Immediately began
his address.
Mr.. THUsToN' s PECULIAR STATEMENTS.
Gentlemen Of the Convention-Iam
deeply sensible of the distinguished
honor you have conferred upon me as
presiding officer of your temporary Or
ganization, / am also mildful of the
grave responsibilities of the position,
aud if they are successfully met, it will
be due to continuance ofyourgenerous
favor and the bestowal of
your loyal assistance. l have nc
words in which to fttingly ex-
press my heartfelt appreciation,
vi tOul CODu JlldUh yOur SCu-
tlemen, not for myself alone, but for
that great and growing west which
never dIsappoints Interpretations of
The Republics party. l come from
State whose vast domain has been
l-rgeiy appreciated by the surviving
veterans of he Army of the Republic
under the bene6cient provisions of the
homestead and PIE emption laws, en-
acted bv Republican congress, and
true to the heroic recollection of the
past, the homesteaders of the west still
march on Hnder the banner of repub-
licanism. In victory and defeat, in sun
shine and in storm, in prosperity and
adversely.
THIS MIGHTY VEST
retains the courage of its con-
victions and holds. that devotion
to principle, though it brings defeat, is
better than success achieved by broken
VOWS and political dishonor. We are
met as National Convention for de-
liberation and conference The Repub.
hcan party of the United States relies
upon the wisdom of it, assembled dele
cation for such as will insure success; if
we are prepared to honestly and fairly
meet the supreme issues of the hour
with clear, fearless and ringing dec
laration of principles, and to nom
mate a ticket which will commend !
itself to the loyalty and intelligence of
the country, we can grandly win. To |
enter upon the proceedings of this |
prepared to sacrifice indi- !
Vidual judgment to the wisdom |
Of the majority, and to lay down per-
sOnal preferences on the altar of party, |
IS success. When our candidates are |
chosen, we will g join with heart and
soul in a grand chorus of rejoicing and !
the rainbow OF on harmony shall give !
certain promise of glory, of a victorious
in November. When the
Democratic party at the close Of the
asst Presidential election
ROBBED Us or A VICTORY
honestly and fairly won, we patiently
waited for certain coming Of
Justice of the years. We hoped
md believed that 1888 would
1ght the national wrong of 1854
Right it not only for the Republican
party, but also for the grand and glori-
,us candidates whose names were the
nspiratlon of that wonderful cam.
,aign. The infinite wisdom of an All
Wise Provide &c has otherwise decreed
hat one of them, tie citizen soluier,
be warrior statesman the black eagle
II Illinois, be summoned by the silent
messenger to report to his old comrades
'eyond the river, bat although John
\. Logan is dead in k,dy, yet he lives
gain in the illuminated pages of his !
ountry's most splendid history, and !!
ives in the gratefullove of free people,
those union he so calamity fought to
reserve; he lives in the blessings of ;
ne downtrodden race. whose free !
ON he so maDfully struggled to !
he lives in the future song and !
tory of a hero worshipping world, 7
nd along the highwayfo of The nations 1
lory, side by side with old John I
rown, Abraham Lincoln and Ulyssus v
rant, his soul goes mslching on. The
Their, that gallant leader, the chevalier
American politics, the glory of Re- "
nlicanism and the nightmare of the t,
emoclacy, our Henry of Navarro, is n
eking in foreign travel long-needed :,
.laxation and rest from the wearisome y
lrdens OF public lie and ser lice. =
18th the sublime magnanimity of his v
greatness, b has denied +