The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-15

once heard friend make of a certain man. Of
whom he satd that he would hold cent so
closely to his eye that he could swear by all the
gods In the calendar there wasn't iull moon
that we must not be led away from the broadest
view OF this ease. But my friends in
What You do as citizens, growing
The, duties of citizenship, seek for inspiration.
seek for inspiration always What Is party,
boys l wan give you little definition, the
pei ever heard, coming from the lips of an old
negro down South. He was preaching and he
says What Is the church? It's crowd. What
is the world the flesh and the devil? That's
another crowd. What is good, and religion, and
reforming? Nothing more than swapping your
crowd Changing your crowd
THIS CROWD AND THAT.
Now, my friends. what Is party? Often We
hear II talked as though party was some great
mysterious essence that nobody could define. 1t
Is nolhlng 6ut crowd. A party IS crowd of
men. And this crowd boys partakes of certain
principles aud certain essences. 1t is the essence
Q. certain convictions Now, then. when stop
20 look for myself as 10 which crowd would like
10 be loIg 10 my mind runs back for twenty-five
years, tweIty-si& years, twenty seven years.
lwenty-seYen years ago last May, |,
boy like yourselves, found myself
IN one crowd. That crowd was sent 10 the front.
The crowd that stayed behind me and supported
me, that said 10 me-, DO the best you can that
voted me men, voted me food voted me clothing,
voted me moral support and said. mo matter
what comes, we will stand behind you if you
Will do the best you cau''-that crowd has been
To me an Inspiration ever since Loud
applause Do you think | could turn my
back upon them? You might as quick ask me to
turn my back upon the mother that bore me,
mat stood by me III sickness, that nurSed me
when babe; that kindly cared for me when Il
child and young man. As quickly ask me to
be ungrateful TO the hottest thoughts of my
nature, as 10 ask me 10 turn my back upon a
class of men that stood by me in the hour of my
dlrest peril and necessity. Applause
On the other hand this other crowd What
were they doing? They met in Chicago and
voted me a failure The snid every boy with
me was failure. Now my friends they did not
do by me ms the other crowd did; ana as n con
sequence my heart has gone out and | found
myself lrrcsistibly looking upon the history of
this Republican crowd; and | found it true To
the instincts of patriotism; / found it
true 10 the instincts of statesmanship:
| found ii defending by courage sublime the
hollcst elements of American history | found
itNOting right; | found il lighting right: found
II thinking right and appeal to you as an in
splration 10 your young lives, to know whether
you cannot find in that history sufficient to enlist
your most ardent sympathy. Whether Won can-
not md In that history, that which shall make
you feel larger and better and grander as ciU-
zens Remember, boys that that passage of
Scripture is without yariation.''As man ihinketh
so Is he.' 1t is the thinking that man does that
shapes the outer life. 1t is that idshiouing
spirit from within that gives to him stature, re
ligiously, politically and socially. Aud say to
you, boys tonight, that In the Republican
party you viii find an inspiration for all future
effort and bid you God speed as the coming
rulers OF this commonwealth and this nation.
lGreal cheering and applause.