Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-08

oLOA4 EAoS1AA.
committee, had called TO order the Tenth
National Republican convention and an
nounced that DIR. Brush would act as con-
vention chaplain. At the end OF the pray
er, which was eloquent and appropriate,
the delegates took their seats and
moment later NJ. H. DeYoung read the
call for the convention. That formallty
over, Clarkson announced the selection by
the national committee of J. Sloat Fas-
sett, of New York, as temporary chair
man.
Convention Oratory Begun.
The temporary chairman was sitting
with the New York delegation, but at a
sign from Clarkson he rose and mounted
the platform. When there, in few well-
chosen words Clarkson introduced him,
and the first act of the national Repub-
lican convention was completed. Chair
man Fassett Immediately began his OPEN
ing speech. First thanking the conven-
tion for the honor, he then declared Min
neapolis, with its mills, factories, work
shops, and happy homes, to be Republican
doctrine epitomiZed in facts. The conven-
tion was warned that it was met for the
purpose, not of quarreling, but to select
the best man in the party to run for the
highest office in the gift of the republic:
and the man must be the embodiment of
the doctrines of the party.
Advice to the Delegates.
If to each delegate some one man
appeared better for the nomination than
anv other that was the man for the dele
gate to vote for The history of the Repub-
liCan marty since 1856 was the cOuntry's
history. When we named those whom we
taught our children to emulate we named
Republicans - Lincoln, Seward, Grant,
Sherman, Garfield, Logan, Harrison and
Blaine Those were few of our jewels.
He closed with a eulogy of the Republican
party declaring that there had not been
a masterpiece of constructive or progress
sive legislation enacted since the war that
did not bear the imprint of a Republican.
He contrasted the work of the Fiftieth
congress with that of the Fifty-first so far,
especially with reference to tariff legisla
| tion.
Plea for a Fair Ballot.
AT the rate the Democracy was going il
would take them 500 years to produce g
tariff bill complete. The speaker closed
| with an appeal for a fair vote and fair
| count, charging that the entire vocabu-
| larry of political crime has grown out o.
| attempts to describe assaults of the De
| mocracy on the freedom of the ballot
| Until every citizen of whatever race car
vote in security and have his vote counted
as cast. our liberties are unsafe, and in thii
| connection he referred to the fact that th'
| Republicans enter the contest knowing
that 1856 electoral votes are absolutely sc
cured in advance to the Democracy; south
ern states, he said, kept permanent!
| solid through perpetual violation of con
! constitutional guarantees.
Destiny of the Party.
Chairman Fassett concluded as follows
Sometimes-we are told that the mission o
the Republican party is ended; we have me
our destiny and fulfil ed it. But the destin
of a progressive party is never fulfilled in ad
vancing and expanding national life. 50 lon
as there remains wrong to be redressed; 8
long as there remains right to be enforced
so long as all the rrivie ;es of citizenship ar,
not freely enjoyed under the guarantee tina
| the constitution gives to all citizens of thi
| Union lust so long will there be a mission 70
| tn Republican party So long will there be
| great work before us.
Closing with poetical quotation tn
chairman waited for no applause, but IN
mediately asked: "W hat is the furthe
Measure of the conventionY