New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-03

EleVenth-Ihe debt OF this nation 7 o ths men
VINO preserved it cannot be computed from the
Standpoint OF dollars and cents. nations
gratitude is theirs and in proof thereof the ke-
publican party OF Minnesota, not grudgl1lgly,
put heartily, cordially and earnestly faYorS q
system Of pensions 50 liberal as to properly
provide for the living and tender.y protect
| rom want tile widows and orphans OF tue dead.
And we rejoice that the nations growth and
great prosperity of the government they served
! warrants us in making this pledge.
IWelfth-We recommend the work and the
object OF the State League Of Republican clubs
and advise a continuance OF the same
Thlrteenth-The Republicans OF the state are
heartily in favor of the protection ofits forests
SO lar as consstentWith its general interest
G. K DAVIS NOMINATED
observation-disclosures the Republicans Of Min
nesota, recognizing the conspicuous ability and
hdellty OF Senator Cushman Il. Davis have
manifested substantial unanimity in demand
ing his reelection to the position he has SO ably
tiled; and,
Whereas, notable precedents are on record
who are evidently the popular choice for United
States senator, thus making them the recognized
candidates OF the party for that high Office;
Resolved, That this convention hereby pre-
sents the name OF Cusnman K. Davis as the
chosen On nominee and candidate OF the Repub-
lcau party OF the State OF Minnesota for r.
election to the United States senate by the lesis-
lature OF 1898. H
NELSON NO MINATED.
The convention now being regularly or
ganized and possessed of PLATFORM was
ready to transact business. Nominations
for governor were declared in order and
the first to rise for the purpose of making
nominating speech was James A. TaWney
OF Winona. Mounting the platform. he
gave arecord Of the private life and public
services of Hon. Knute Nelson, and oil
lowed UP his Biographical sketch by say
ing:
With record such as this. such as he has
achi oirsf oil tbo n;vo
that accompany poverty and lowly birth, is it,
l ask, at all remarkable that to-day the choice
OF an overwhelming majority OF the Republicans
OF M minnesota for tie nomination for the office
OF governors Hon. Knute Nelson OF Alexandria?
Cheers.
We are are at this time confronted with cues
tlons oil the most vital Importance to the public
veal: questions. we must consider, and. blythe
peaceful arbitrament OF the ballot, decide OH the
Sth OF next November We have not had, we
will not have, during thisA last. quarter OF the
nineteenth century, more Important national
issues presented for our consideration and de-
terminate N than those which to-day divide the
people OF Minnesota into practically five distinct
political parties. That these questions may be
decided right. decided exclusively
IN rHE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE
OF our state aud nation, it becomes us as free
men and we owe it TO ourselves and to our par
ty 20 select as itsrepresentatives the menwhom
we honestly believe to be the choice of the peo-
pie With Harrison and Reid, G. K. Davis aud
knute Nelson, we can sweep the State of Mime
sofa and win Tor our party and its principles II
trlumphant victory OIL the 9Th of next Novem-
Der. III behalf, therefore, OF Winona county, OF
a large ajority OF the Republicans of this state
and especially i'll behalf of the Republicans OF
southeastern Minnesota. present to this con
yention as the nominee Tor the office OF gov
ernor the loyal, patriotic American cItizell Hon.
Knute Nelson.
DR.. Smith in a short speech announced
that the name ot A.. r. McGill had at his
request been withdrawn from the contest.
Frank r. Davis of Hennepin then took
the platform to second the nomination of
Knute Nelson he said
The face Of the Republican party is ever
turned toward the dawn. 1t bathes itseif,in the
sunrise OF promise ana on the eastern hills OF
progress pitches it's tent. a
III the full glow Of Gods sunlight, where men
are prosperous, where happy homes are built,
where wheels OF industry hum, where the face OF
E eedom lifts itself to the sky and the dark
congenial atmosphere. 1t has no field in the
shades ofl,ight, wl.re unho.y shapes OF want
and famine, OF poverty and calamity r-vel--
tina field it leaves to its opponents. Its orators
are not calamity orators, It's prophets are not
prophets OF evil. its adherents live not to block
and ret ard the wheels OF progress. but to move
onward the car OF man s advancement and eIe-
walton into broader fields and higher planes Of
human existence. Its mission is rot ended IT'S
mission Will n0t.end while unsettled questions
OF state confront NEIL i'll the ever chan ling eIr-
cumstalices Of American life.
AN AMERICAN PLATFORM
When the Republican, party makes a platform
it makes J, an American one It's Magma charta
is the bill of rights and the federal constitution.
You shallnot find in its platform. as you shall
find i'll that OF Democracy, a sentiment drawn
from the constitution of h rebel contingent, dis
loyal to country and hostile to flag You
shall not ina as It's cardinal principle
hostility to- American homes, Ameri-
can workshops and American bread
which to make America the slave of Europe It
is for good money. for honest money, or Tor an
obligation that represents an honest dollar ana
an honest ability to pay what Is pledged 1t
believes in universal suffrage not as y theory.
but rs an exemplified fact.
IT WILL MAINTAIN RIGHT
as it did in the days from Is to '65, even though,
tie. blood CT traitors be shed in the contest. 1t
is the enemy of anarchy and discore; it is the
foe OF the midnight assassin. OF the mask and
the cloak and the midnight raid, as it was once
the foe OF the bloodhound and the scourge.
IN THE CHOICE OF IT'S LEADERS
/ it has ever exhibited wisdom. II mas sought he
best for guidancs, for it has the best for guid-
,.nce. Men OF uncertain and unsafe statesman
ship it has laid aside, aud men of sterling worth
OF wise leadership. and CT broad state views.
it has be-n its disposition and its record to
honor.
To-day these cardinal principles of our creed
seek in this convention a leader III the State Of
Minnesota. He whom We present possesses
every qualification demanded. What is his
blood? That OF the Vikings. The men who iii
the early days OF Saxon England smote Anglo
and Saxon and placed a royal diadem upon the
head OF a sea rover. The men who created the
iron. dukes OF Normandy, who lin after centur-
les, on Tasting bloody field. made anew race
aud anew line OF kings for new England. His
is the Race that i'll this later day has made the
prairIes OF Mifinesota and the Dakotas blossom
into harvest fields.
IT Is A STURDY RACE.
and by the arts OF peace is making to-day n
greater nation than ever sprung from its com
tests OF arms i'll the centuries Of the past born
ION foreign SOIL it is still his proud record that
he has so far eliminated foreign hought, foreign
Gust ON and foreign prejudices from his nature
has become SO thorough y American that the