St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-23

I sons. of the South, who fought in its
| defense under the lion-hearted leader
of the Democracy, Andrew Jackson.
There is land, the great empire OF
| the gulf, whose brave sons made the
name of Lone Star state immortal in
their heroic struggle for liberty, where,
| forever enshrined in memory, are the
| names of those who were baptized IN
blood at the Alamo; whose deeds stand
forth above the brayest acts of men ike
mighty moqntaina on the plain. There
| Is land, fragrant with flowers ana
| orange groves, where the golden rays
| of the setting sun are reflected from tue
waves of the Pacific. There is land
| where the glistening, snow-capped
mountain peaks of Nevada, Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and the Da-
kotas sparkle with their silver and gold.
Assembled Through Toll.
There is a land, the heart of America,
where hundreds of millions of bushels
of wheat and corn and millions OF cattle
| furnish food for our fathers and mothers
| in the East; land filled with schools,
| colleges and universities unsurpassed.
In that land west of the Mississippi is a
state larger than New York, surrounded
| by her sisters Missouri and Illinois, and
her younger sister Nebraska, state
| bordered OH the east and on the west by
the father and mother of waters, and
| held in their embrace: a state whose
| springs and brooks and rivers flow on
increasingly to the southern gulf, en-
| blematIc of eternal love. which should
forever bind4in unity the jewellers of
the great Mississippi valley. In that
state there lives noble son of New
York. hOnored by an election to
her legislature over quarter. OF a
| century ago, son worthy and we'll
| qualified for the highest honor which
this great intelligent convention can
place upon him. A son who, born and
reared in poverty, accustomed to hard
labor, has thereby learned to sympathize
with the poor and distressed, with the
laborers of the land. The name of that
noble son of New York, and adopted
son of Iowa, is Horace Boes.
In the days of Lincoln he was Re-
publican. But at that time, and until
1880, the Republicans of Iowa were as
| ardent advocates of tariff reform as are
the Democrats of today. Year after
year they met in their state conventions
and resolved In favor of a revenue tar
if, but never before that time in favor
of protective tariff. Before that time
there never was Republican i'll Iowa
who favored protective tariff. Grimes,
KirkwOOk and Allison were then all
tariff reformerS.
Where ROfes Quit 'Em.
When the Iowa Republicans, in 1880,
deserted their tariff principles and Iowa
followed the WOrshiperS of protection,
and when, by sumptuary legislation in
Iowa they cOnfiscated millions Of dol
lars worth of property without any
compensation, our candidate refused to
Democratic party. He did this without
any hope of political reward. He did it
when the Democratic party in Iowa had
been defeated by majority for Garfield
of over $4,000. He did it when Iowa
was the banner Republican state. He
was led to this course solely by the
courage of his convictions, by his con-
science and his innate love of justice.
From that time he has fought unceas-
inglv for the cause of Democracy. His
eminent legal talents led the leaders Of
the party to offer him the nomination
for judge of the supreme court of Iowa.
and his name has been frequently men
toned for offices, but since he came to
Iowa and until 1889 he has declined to
accept any nomination. and only con-
ernor then at the urgent solicitation of
his friends and when chosen by ac-
clamatiOn.
Put Bosses to ROut.
After receiving the nomination, his
sincere, logical, powerful, truthful and
convincing arguments brought dismay
to the intolerant bosses of the Republi-
can party all over Iowa. He abused no
one, but was the subject of constant
abuse. He kindled the SmOlGering
emberS of d emocracy into blaze of en-
thusiasm on every hilltop:a and in every
valley in the state. His cimeter flashed
at the head of an army of Iowa Demo-
Gratis who had fought more than thirty
battles, only to be OverpoWered by num-
berS, but never conquered. He infused
new courage into the hearts of all his
followers, and the Iowa Democracy, by
the aid OF tariff reformers and the OPP
ponentS of sumptuary laws. who have
since become Democrats, routed the
enemy and placed the laurel wreath of
victory upon the head of their hero,
Horace Boies.
Again, in 1890, his voice was heard
rallving the forces of Democracy against
the iniquities of the obnoxious McKin-
ley law, against intolerance, against
sumptuary legislation, against paternal
government. against Capitalization,
against the tyrannical kingly invention.
the force bill. and again the pennant Of
Democracy waved aloft in victory.
The Last Great Victory.
In 1891 he was again by reclamation
| placed at the head of the Democratic
| column for reelection, and in the most
stubbornly-fought political battle that
| Iowa ever witnessed, when $4,000 more
mems votes were pOlled than had ever
| been polled before in any state election,
| and nearly that number more than i'll
any presidential election, his majority
| for governor was increased from 6.523
| to S,2l6, and the entire Democratic
ticket was elected.
This increased Democratic vote came
not from the residents of cities, but
| from the farmers of Iowa, who were
tired of being impoverished by con-
stantly contributing to the wealth of
| others under the false pretense of rails
| ing money to pay the burdens of gov
ernmental taxation.
Under his administration the bust
ness of the state has been conducted
Systematically, skillfully. honestly and
satisfactorily. He has proved his emf
nent executive ability. He has by his
acts sllenced the vltuperation of his po-
| lItlcal traducerS,and STANDS To-Day at the
| head of united Democracy in Iowa as
aggressive, as courageous and as heroic
as the noble Democracy of Texas, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky or any other state.
A Natural Statesman.
Among the great leaders of the party
no one has sounder views OH the tariff
or any other political question. His
ideas are those of plain, old-fashioned
| Jeffersonian Democrat. He is by nat
ure Democrat, as we'll as Democrat
from principle. His writings, his
speeches and his messages prove him to
be statesman, standing at the very
head Of the list of eminent men of the
nation. His firmness, his judgment, his
| courage, his Intelligence, his honesty, his
easy assimilation with the masses, his
power to make men feel his brotherly
| affection, his power to give confidence
to all his followers will fit him as a
| great leader. Iowa Democrats love him