The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-03-06
HARRISON,
MORTON.

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The efervesclng good-humor, bright and apt
speeches of the leaders passed the hour most
pleasantly until there came a veritable feast o:
reason and flow Of soul.
Ladies' and gentlemen Michigan Republi'
cans intoned Senator Palmer in his familiar
baritone, II remember that four years ago the
Michigan Club was organized 10 redeem those
who had gone after false gods and who needed
some united effort 70 br ng them ba k. The in
crease in our majorities here is due more TO tho
Michigan Club than any other source We need,
ed new iuel Weneeded new stokers. We rave
| brought Michigan Republicans together Wa
are no longer mob, but an organized mCh.
| year ago our Presdent-elect said here Il am
u dead atssman, but n live Republican, and
that L believe had much 10 do in getting him
the nomination at Chicago. although Michiean
didn do much for him We have comb al
the practical and sentimental in politics. Such
Gatherings as this educate and unity the peo-
! Pile
Gov Luce was then introduced TO deliver the
address OF welcome, and the Governor was given
q round OF huzzas
Il asst year we had with us here" said Gov.
Luce, "the man who is 10 assume the Hottest
position ON the face OF the earth We are soon
| to be in possession OF the Judiciary, the Execu-
| tive and the Legislative Departments OF our
! God and man for our trust. We welcome these
| distinguished men, esking them 10 contribute OF
their wisdom III this important time. You who
are members and you who are guests are thrice
| welcome at this feast Il reason"
I'm political well as in military affairs
prefaced the toastmaster TO Warner Miners
/ speech. there are crises which have to be met.
| There is no man In the United States TO whom
I greater credit is due for pertinacty and cour-
age knowing that he was to be sacrificed, but
The tall, handsome, massive Warner Miller
was given He's all right. You bet !" His
theme was The Future Of the Republican
Asa New-Yorker, 1 came TO Michigan, said
Mr.. Miller, with the feelings OF father 10 his
son, for we of New York gave TO your State its
hardy pioneers. Ny subject covers the greater
| and the better part OF the history OF our COM
mon country. For though our party is but
| thirty years OF age, in that time IL has had its
| growth and advancement. The coming his
] toran will dwell longest on tie past twenty.
five years. The Republican party came into ex-
| istence as the organized conscience OF the peo-
! pie 1t gave 20 the American people as theft
Moses, Abraham Lincoln. The question was,
were we O nation or league? The idea that
nation had been born in day was not realized
/ by great portion OF our people But on the
bloody battlefield it was decided for all tune 70
come that the people OF this country were one
and united and indivisible.
Then the Republican party turned its atten-
tion 10 the reconstruction OF our country. To the
development Of its resources Many OF It's meas
ures have been criticised by men of our party.
But no party has been bold enough TO 80 before
the country and ask for the repeal or annulment
OF those measures To-day we are "a united and
harmonious people. The South would not
store slavery IL it could. The history OF the
world does not give like example OF the peace
! full disbandmeut OF our citizen soldiery. We
called into that conflict more than 2,OO0,C00 men
from the North. They returned unconcernedly
10 their pulpits, their plows, their Offices. We
! ruled for twenty-five years after the war. We
built up the waste places New life and new
| energy were instilled into the blood of all. Be
fore we paid down the government temporarily
we had laid more than half the great debt OF the
war. We had made America the greatest man
ufacturing country in the world, increased It's
| commerce, opened tho northwest, driven the
frontier into the Pacific Ocean, and made it the
greatest agricultural country in the world.
But theory OF government goes further
than mere national progress. The Republican
| holds that government
do with the intellectual and moral well-being OF
the people 1t began with a moral question 1t
Is in this great principle that is 10 be found the
future of the Republican party. We hold that
universal education is a duty OF government
because by so doing you develop and educate
| human nature the more. To the young men be-
| fore me let me say that you need not mourn
| because you were not alive TO be in the contest
from 81 to '65. IL doesn't take much courage
! 10 march to death when there are 5000 or more
with you. But il does take courage 10 stand in
times of peace for morality. We propose 10
have in New York on our statute books a law
which will make bribery practically impossible
Ex-Gov. A. q. Porter, OF Ipjiana, who placed
Harrison in nomination AZ the Chicago Conven-
lion, responded TO the toast The Ballot" Il
can safely say he began, that no man shall
hold office under Harrison WI does not respect
the purity OF the ballot. The strength OF ov-
eminent and the stability OF society have been
confirmed by the extension OF the elective fran
chise to all classes. The best way 20 teach 4
man how TO vote is 20 give him chance 10 prac-
tice il. There needs 10 be an augmented sense
Of the purity of the ballot. Frauds upon the
ballot have grown more general and more tn
genious than ever before. 1t has been reserved
for a new people. on he continent OF Australia,
TO discover the most efficient means Of conserv-
ing the purity OF the ballot"
Congressman VIM. Coggswell, OF Massachu-
sets mad 70 do with The Duty and Lesson OF
the Republican Party" Orat rical in manner,
combining polish and deliberation, he carried
the vast audience by storm. when Senator
Pelmer asked me here your repres entative. Mr..
ODonneil, said TO me: You had better go the
Michigan Club makes Presidents And 1 am
here.
@The Election Of 1888" was the inspiring theme
committed 20 Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor Of
Ohio. He did not attribute the result in Mchi-
gan to any one individual but to the Repub-
lican masses. We only had one question of
commanding Importance in the last campaign.
There is one thing that Grover Cleveland has
done. He honestly and persistently proclaimed
an opinion and stood by IL. But the Republican
party has settled that this country is TO be de-
veloped and fostered by the protective policy,
by the energy OF some other American citizen.
Never have l known in all my political ex-
perience Republican TO deposit false ballot
or return n dishonest count. Ballot reform is
the mission of the Republican party.
The following letter was received from Presi-
dent-elect Harrison:
Fred f.. Farnsworth, Secretary Michigan Club
1T gives me great pleasure 10 acknowledge
the receipt OF the invitation OF the Michigan
Club TO be present at its four h annual banquet
on the evening Of Feb. 22d. The evening spent
by this invitati, n and is recalled with great
pleasure If / could be present with you again
j should very much enjoy 10. Please convey to
the club my thanks for its friendly recollection
OF me and my good wishes for the continued
prosperity and usefuness of the organization.
Very truly, BENJAMIN HARRISON
Gen. james Longstreet's regrets read
and the address he hal prepared was read by
Alton Anger. National Unity" was his sub
ject. Congressman Jacob H. Gallinger, Of New
Hampshire dealt with Protection.
Editor Patrick Ford of the Irish World sent
his regrets. The University branch of the Mich
ignn Club gave a fine rendition of ~Hark, Hear
Voice." and Col. Clark II. Carr, of Illinois, gave
response 10 the sentiment, The Day We Cele-
brate."
Gen. j. H. brigham, head Of the Ohio State
Grange finished the celebration by telling what
the farmer had to do with Harrisons election.
The evening was closed with Aud Lang Syne.
An Indiana schoolmaster has been
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