Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-08-25

wing TO the utmost Of my ability the
people Of the entire State. REGARDLESS
Of party. [Applause,]
A platform aud resolutions have
been presented and I suppose adopted
BY the convention. l have not had
the pleasure Of reading them. but
am satis fed with the united Judge.
ment Of the gentlemen who compose
the committee. II, however, there
were no platform At al. each and
every act OF the Republican party
during tho last year - = National
party 10 platform enough for tho Re.
publicans. Applause.
White House and when Roger Q.
Mills ceased to be the financial spokes-
man Of the Democratic party. silver
WAS worth from ninety Eve to ninety
eight cents per ounce and lead from
$3.50 to $3.50 per hundred. The
Republicans told the people Of tho
West that If they would successfully
support them during the ensuing
campaign tho miners of the West
should have protection for lead, and
thas silver bill should be passed.
They have been in power not quite
through one session Of Congress, and
silver 10 41.l9 and lead 10 $3.50.
Now, gentlemen, what better platform
do you wanH To suppose that the
people of Idaho will not indosse tho
National Republican party in this
campaign is to suppose that they do
not know their own interests. And
l hope you will psrdo" me il | repeat
little expression of Abraham LIN.
coin when no said to Secretary Sew
ard: "You can fool al OF the people
some OF the time, you can fool some
of the people all the time, but you
cannot fool ill the people oil the
time" (Applausa and laughter.
Gentlemen, / love the Republican
party for what it has done. [ love it
for the leaders who have lived and
died in it, service. love it because
Of the men who died that its principles
might live. But shove all aud be-
yond al, love it for what it has done
for Idaho. lApplause.
The FIRST great leader of the Repub-
lican party pledged US esesnally to
the dignity and the character of labor.
When his weary brain rested forever,
when his eyes closed III the endless
sleep, when his weary frame-weird
and ungainly as it was-was carried
beyond aud into the great unknown,
he bore upon his shoulders the ,shack>
les of four millions of human slaves.
Applause. 1t was, to use his own
language, "the last full measure OF
devotion for the eternal principle that
~ man is a man for a that" And,
Mr.. Chairman, that principle moves,
actuates and controls the Republican
party to-day. Go back but few
months only, to the beginning of the
present session Of Congress. You
remember how fifty thousand Of the
unorganized miners and mine owners
of tho West appealed to the Republic
cans upon the foor Of Congress to
protect the lead industry. They were
met there by the greatest combination
that assaulted the members of Congress
in the form OF lobby during the
present session to defeat that demand
and request. But what was the
result? You remember how anxious
you all were. The mine-owner IN bis
Office at night scanned the Geographic
reports, anxious to find out what the
result would be. He asked himself
repeatedly: "Will the Republican
party be true to its pledges and
promises:" The miner working in
the tunnel would suspend his up!ifted
hammer to ask his associate who held
the drill: "Will the Republican party
keep its word and protect US from the
peon labor OF Mexico?" Applause.
The answer came, gentlemen, swift
and sure 1t came, and was heard in
every cabin aud in every mining camp
in the State OF Idaho. No man was
so deaf that he did not hear the ring
as it echoed through the mountains Of
the STATE: 1--WE will protect you, and
you have doubted u.s." They did
protect US. They fulfilled every
pledge and every promise they had
made. Applause.
Gentlemen of the convention, We
are about to enter upon the FIRST con-
test for supremacy in the new State.
While l am perfectly satisfied that
we shall win the contese, do not be.
lieve it is to be won withou. s,rug-
gle. And ! state to you upon inform
alton and belief, that already an effort
is being made by the Democratic
National committee to vote and count
the polygamous Mormons OF Idaho.
l think it safe to say to the Demo.
cratic National committee that there 10
loyal hearts and willing hands enough
in Idaho to enforce the law. [Great
applause And thank God, gentle
men that we have q Governor, ard
you have Just nominated . man for
Governor. who has the ability aud the
courage to execute the law. [Stormy
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