St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22

Gresham and addressed the convention
rs follows:
"We bring no favorite son to this con-
ventiOn. Our choice springs from ma
toms spontaneity. Amid the clamor OF
political strife the cry of faction has too
often drowned the voice of the people,
but the articles of which that cry is
born gives not to it enduring life, and
when the s'still small voice" musters its
strength and proclaims to the world its
power it is
THE VOICE OF GOD
and cannot he withstood. That voice
demands him for whose cause we speak.
The generations of the old and new
gather within the walls of this cOnven-
ton. The old were knew when they
gave Lincoln to world yearning for
freedoms vindication. Their zeal for
right beneath his leadership wrought
Outu success. To-day that generation,
sacred and worn. but crowned with
laurels green as Gods green fields, leans
on this newer one. Their union is
bond of strength that heralds victory. l
point you to his sacred face upon your
walls and Say-ye men of yesterday.
with grasp fraternal. we do clasp your
hands and bid you in these solemn coun-
sells and at this hour of crisis give us
such another captain. They are all
splendid men whose names are called.
Pluck not one leaf from any crown.
Yet one seems greater than them
all. Not for wiser statesman
ship or broader mental Wis
lon-not from experience widening with
time which comes from lifelong famili-
arity with public trust, but for his sterl-
ing common sense. combined with vir
tue and integrity, for qualities that
made our Lincoln great. His, too, is the
divine attribute of courage, poisoning
into acts of heroiSm in field and council.
1t has marked the man no greater when
it flashed from blade unsheathed beyond
the foremost battle line beyond Atlanta,
than when, from out the sanctity of the
word wealth'S proudest autocrat, and
lift up into light and sunshine labOr's
dignity. If were called to paint the
picture of an ideal candidate, his would
1spread upon the canvas and
CALL HIM GRESHAM;
If | were called to write the history of
the greatest candidate a party ever
named, I'd write it in two words-Abra-
ham Lincoln; and if challenged to
match that with another, alike in birth,
in training, courage, convictions and
pOpuldl ClOISSs L u yOu w oltCl
Gresham. Give us the man of the peO-
Pile; such as he are freedoms lawful
heritage. This is the nations watch
word. / hear it amid the murmur of
the Northern pines-I hear it in the
sigs of heaven that come from harvest
laden prairies, waiting the gamers
sickle to feed hungry wOrld-from
lands that yearn for statehood wrong
fully denied. l hear it in the thunder
of the handicapped peaks of Allegheny
and Sierra, speaking in tongues of ava
lanche down mountain canon. l hear it
I'm the rush and whirl of commerce and
amid the crash of loom and wheel; it
rides upon the wind that blows through
the Golden Gate OF fans the brow of
Liberty upon Manhattan's bay-wher
ever toll from earth, or air, or sea brings
to the human race its fruits of labor.
These are the days of stern debate and
lofty council for the coming fray. That
fray will be
NO EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT:
1t shall parallel the shock of Millions
angel cohorts. Behind us lies a field of
conflict, dark with disaster and defeat
The brave grow anxious and the timid
faint-lOw burn the fires of hope within
the breast-the star of hope shines
feebly from heaven dark with clouds
and rent with storm. In this your hour
of hesitation Gresham shall lift the
fallen Standard and marshal anew the
broken column. The old, the new,
unite i'm him, and this new fight which
we must take for victory, like that of
old, will find its earnest of success in its
magnetic name. The leader who, upon
the line of march could yield unasked
his saddle to sick and weary comrade
soldier-bOy, and make his way on foot
through storm and mud To field of ac-
ton, shall be hero candidate fol-. sol
der patriots; and for his utterances
. from nthe bench, unmoyed by wealth,