Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1892-06-16

departure. That there should be strong con.
victions and their earnest express sion as Ia
preferences and policies Is characteristic Of
the right OF individual judgment which Is
the fundamental principle of Rcpublicnnisfu.
There have been occasions when the result
was so sure that the delegates could freely
indulge In the charming privilege Of favoritism
aud of friendship. But the situation which
now confronts us demands the exercise of
dispassionste Judgment and our best thoughs
and experience. We cannot venture un.
certain ground or encounter obstacles placed
In the pathway OF success, by ourselves.
The Democratic party Is now divided but
the hope of the possession OF power once more
will make II In the final battle more aggres.
sive, determined and unscrupalous than ever.
II starts with fifteen states secure without an
effort. by proces>es which are a travesty
upon popular government, and II continued
long enough will paralyze institutions founded
upon popular suffrage. Ii has to win four
more states In Q fair flght-statcs that are
doubtful. The Republican party must appeal
to the consciences and judgment OF the indi-
vidual voter IN every state In the Union. This
Is In accordance with the principles upon
which IL was founded and the object for which
Il contends. II has accepted this issue before
and fought Il out with an extraordinary con-
tinuAnce of success. The conditions of Repub-
lican victory from ls5I TO 1850 were Great ed by
Abraham Lincoln and Y. 4. Gfsr:. They
were that the saved republic should be run BY
It's saviors: they were the emancipation Of
slaves. tho reconstruction of tine states. the
reception of those who had fought 10 destroy
the republic back into the fold, without
penalties or punishmeDts, and TO an equal
share with those who had fought and saved
the Union, In the solemn obligations and In
estimable privileges OF American citizenship.
They were the embodiment into the constitu-
tion OF the principles for which two million
fought and half a million had died.
They were the restoration of public credit,
the resumption Of specie pay hents and the
prosperous condition Of solvent business For
twenty-five years there were names with
which TO conjure, and events fresh In tho pub
lie mind. which were eloquent with popular
enthusiasm. II needed little else than a re-
cital of the glorious story Of Its heroes and .
statement uf the achievements OF the Repub-
lican party TO retain the confidence OF the peo-
ple. But from the desire for change which Is
a reversal There came as check to the pro-
gress OF the Republican party four years Of
Democratic administration.
These four years largely relegsted to the
realm of history, past issues, and brought Us
face 20 face with what Democracy, its pro-
fessions and its practices mean today.
The great names which have adorned the
roll OF Republican statesmen and soldiers are
still potent and popular. tThe great measures
OF the Republican party are still the best part
OF the history OF the century. The unequalcd
and unexampled story Of Hepublcsnism In
it's promises and In it's achievements stands
unique In the record OF parties In governments
which are free. But we live In practical
times, facing practical Issues which affect the
business, the wagcs, the labor and the pros
perity Of the day. The campaign will be won
or lost not upon the bad record Of James X.
Polk, or Of Franklin Pierce. CT OF James Bu-
chanan- upon the good record OF Lincoln.
or Of Grant. OF Of Arthur, or Of Hayes or Of
Garfield. II wflI be won or lost upon the pol-
Icy, foreign and domestic. the industrial meas.
ures and the administrative acts OF the sd-
ministration OF Benjamin Harrison, Whoever
receives the nomination OF this convention
will run npon the judgment Of the people, as
TO whether they have been mere prosperous
and more happy. whether the countryhss been
in better condition at home, and stood more