Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-27

| headed by Alexander Sullivan.
When the applause4had subsidized the
! nomination of Sherman was seconded
III an eloquent speech by Gov. Foraker,
! OF Ohio. Mr.. Arson, of North Carolina,
I also seconded the nomination.
Mayor Filter, of Philadelphia, was
then placed before the convention as a
candidate for the nomination by Charles
Henry Smith.
| At the close Of Mr. Smiths address
the calling of the rollLof states was con-
tJnued No response was heard till
Wisconsin was reached. Senator
Spooner then assembled the platform
and was introduced by the chairman.
II said:
i M President, and Gentlemen Of the Convention:
Fully mindful of the disadvantage on this oeca-
SION which lies in tine fact that Wisconsin is last
IN the roll cali OF states turn tor courage to
that other fact that her stalWart and splendid Re-
pGblicanisn has placed her, and keeps her, al
ways well up toward the. head of the column
when the fighting is on.
From the days when the, second National Re-.
publican convention presented tor the SURFACES
Hannibal Hamlin, down to the fatetul year
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, when
under superb and inspiring leadership, the
defaa Wisconsin, %Hs Sss never ap
failed you, or justly given you one
moment of solicitude. To-day, for the first timer
for the name and merit OF one of her own lovedi
and trusted leaders your thoughtful considera-
ton Happily for the party to whose fortunes,
we are all devoted / am not able with good
warrant of truth, to urge in advocacy of your
adoption of her choice that you will thereby
turn doubtful into a certain state, for without
hesitation declare in this great presence that
to the nominee of this convention whatever his
name shall be, and from whatever state he shall
come, will be given at the appointed time, the
electoral vote of Wisconsin, usual.
ought also to say that you sadly underestimate
the value of our patriotism iii there shall gain
lodgment tor a moment here the belief that we
tribe with this convention in this crisis OF the
party's life and OF the eountry's good, by urging
upon Its notice name simply by way of comDli-
ment to tavorite SON. Those for whom 1 speak
deem this n hour TON wise counsels and delib-
crate judgment in the interest OF the people, not
for compl1me nt to any man. He who is TO lead
this great party in the campaign upon which we
now enter must be chosen not because his state
asks it, not because his friends demand it, not
because he wants it, but because the people aUaht
and need him.
The order of thas impending conflicts is to be
quite new to US. The beating of the long roll is
not to summon Us, as hitherto, from tents to
repel attack. The bugle notes which call us into
action Will sound the advance. Those who lead
US are to heada storming party against foe
alert and prepared to receive our onset, strongly
entrencbed behind works which they have been
long building.
The rank and f'e of the Republican party look
trustfully to this convention for wisdom and
they will tolerate no mistakes They demand
for leaders those who have walked the mountain
ranges in full view Of men, who have kept their
feet out from the sWamps and tie boys of life.
whose careers are without ambush for the
enemy, whose adherence to tha principles of the
party had been without variableness or shadow
OF turning" who are strong ia the robust and
attractive qualities of leadership: men who came
from the ranks of the people, who have borne
the burdens of life common to the people; men
whom the people may cheeEfully, and without
mental or moral protest. follow to the end for
what they have DONE and for what they are, and
for what they may be reasonably expected to do.
Wisconsin sends you such man.
''Iali men: sun crowned, who live above the
fog in public duty and in private thinking
Is 1t against him that be does not come from
doubtful state ! DENY that fidelity to Republi-
can principles has undergone such deseriora
ton as to diminish the avail labil1ty OF ones
candidacy IN proportion as the unyielGing Re-
pNblicanlsm of the state in which he finds his
nome has placed her above suspicion of detec-
ton. Ii In this Claim too much; IT the voice of
Wisconsin must fail upon unwilling ears because
of the steadfastnes of her political faith, be it:
put 10y tne same token your canGloate should
not come from Maine, or Pennsylvania, or Ohio
or Illinois, or Michigan, or Iowa.
Holding therefore to the highest standard of
party duty, and demanding the subordination
of all personal ambition to party welfare, bow
ing in advance of the decree Of this convention,
the Republicans of Wisconsin, with enthusiastic
unanimty, have instructed their delegation to
name to you, as their choice for the first place,
one who by long lite OF conspicuous public
service IN divers fields of effort have proven his
right to stand the peer of any man in stainless
character, in patriotic devotion to the best in
terests OF the country, in political sagacity, in
unerring judgment OF men in heroic courage
many times shown amid the rush and Whirl of
battle-and in extraordinary execut We capac-
ity. His name is not unfamiliar to the country.
1t is jeremiah n. RuSk-the honOred governor
of Wisconsin.
| to be by many considered a fundamental ele-
ment of eligibility TO such a candidacy; he was
| born in the state of Ohio. He spent his youth
| and young manhood in the rough but disciplin-
| airy work of the farm. Over three decades ago
| he sought home in one of the newer counties of
| Wisconsin. Rich in nothing but BRAIN and
! brawn and principle, and honorable ambition,
| accustomed to hardship and not ashamed to Ia
Dor. he cheerfully mounted the drivers seat of a
frontier stage coach, as Lincoln in early life
went out from the rude cabin of his father with
the axe upon his shoulder to split rails the long
| day through, and as Garfield sought and fol-
! lowed the towpath of the canal, thence through
life of high endeayOr to enter the portals Of the
| White House.
| 1t is testified by those who knew our young
| Ohloan IN tnoee days that he never wandered
from the road or upset the coach. Never an
| oIncc-Seeker. he drew to himself from the outset
{ the confidence of his neighbours and was chosen
| by them to various county positions Like one
now conspicuous in public life, in no good quail
| ity or tainment his peer. he held and dis
charged the duties of the Office of sheriff of his
| county; but lest prejudice arise from this SINH
/ larity of career, perhaps [ ought to say that
| capital punishment had then been abolished in
| Wisconsin.
When the fearful cloud which had been so long
| gathering in our political sky burst upon the
| country withthe Jury OF tempest; when the
| flag was no longer sacred from the assaults of
| treason when the Union, the source of ali our
strength and prosperity and hope, to struggle
for its life; he answered the call of Lincoln, and
| leaving those who were dearer than aught
else on earth but his country, he found straight
way tho front, and there he rode again and
again, calm and intrepid. on bloody fields where
the missiles of the enemy, ''were Weaving.the air
with lines of death and danger" above him and
about him; and he turned homeward his face
only when the angel of peace gave the glad COM
mand fright about and he saw the flag under
whose folds he had marched and fought with
Sherman to the sea the emblem of union 1e-
deemed and regenerated by patriot valor and
blood, with q star for every state and state
for every STAR and, under Gods blessing, the
the ensign of our people.
Loved by those whom he had led, honored and
trusted by those under whom he had served, he
marched back. with the star OF a general upon
his shoulder well earned in the hell of battle,
to give again into the keeping of his state,
stained and tattered but glorifed by battle,
names never to be forgotten, the standard which
bore with him to the front
After serving with remarkable financial ability
as bank comptroller of the state, the banner
Republican district of Wisconsin sent him to the
halls of the National Congress. There for SIX
years he rendered faithful, patriotic and able
service to the district and to the country. In
the Forty third Congress he served as chairman
of the committee on invalid pensions and as in