Connecticut western news., 1892-07-21

committee. A committee of five will be appointed by the chairman to secure head quarters in this city.
 It was also unanimously agreed to con tinue Mir. Campbell as member of the ex ecutive committee. Mir. Campbell will take charge of the branch headquarters at Chi cago
 Mir Carter is but thirty-eight years of age, having been born in June Furnace, Scioto county, O., in 1854. In 1866 he moved to Pana, Ills, where he lived until 1875, when he moved to Burlington, la. He studied law in Louisville and Illinois, being admitted to the bar in Nebraska. In 1882 he moved to Helena, Mont, which is now his home He was elected territorial dele gate to the Fifty-first congress as its first representative. He was renominated in 1890, but was defeated. In March, 1891, he was appointed by President Harrison as United States land commissioner.
 Mir. Carter was one of the five men origi- nally suggested by President Harrison for the office of chairman when the national committee held its first session in Washing ton three weeks ago. His name was with drawn from the consideration of the com mittee for two reasons. He had arrived in Washington from Montana, whither he went immediately after the Minneapolis convention, only few hours before the committee met, and he said he could not consent to be elected chairman without an opportunity to consider the matter fully.
 His Speech of Acceptance.
 In accepting the position Mir Carter made the following speech:
 GENTLEMEN OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE To plead insensibility to the great trust which you have just conferred to my care would be to cast a reflection upon your judg- ment collectively and separately. As your worthy presiding officer, Mir. Sutherland, has well said it is task of great magnitude, a battle amounting to little less than a hand to hand struggle, with forces equally organized, to grasp the powers of government from the Republican party. We have passed into the history of the world beyond the time when men have overthrown governments for the sake of power, but the distance between the time of that passage and the present is not
 very great. The fact that the struggle does
 not involve life and death is only mitigation
 of the severity of the contest upon which we are about to enter.
 From these suggestions it may be inferred that appreciate, in some degree at least, the nature of the responsibility at hand and the character or the effort necessary to be put forth. I would shrink from the task as hope less struggle were it not for the fact that about the chairman of this committee primarily will be twelve shrewd, intelligent and capable mem bers of the committee itself, while supporting this organization, known as the executive com mittee, will be the national organization, representing every state and territory. Entitled to Victory. In addition to this the league of clubs and other aggressive forces, supplemental to the different state organizations of the party, and the county and district organizations with the people behind them, will make up all in 8 mighty force of earnest, sincere men, actuated | by lofty motives and desirous of perpetuating in their purity the principles of the Republican party.
 While the task to be performed is great, an aggregation of leaders whose hearts and souls are with the Republican party gives courage | and strength and confidence to all. This commit | tee will have perfected its organization before | its final adjournment. Relying we do upoI | the intelligence and patriotism of the American people, we can, supported by an earnest effort | confidently expect to meet with deserved vic | tory in November.
 | I can but promise to each and all the mem | bers of this committee and the greater body ot | the Republican party whom you represent al earnest, tireless effort to prove worthy of this | great trust. You have given me your conf dence, and of your support l have no doubt | shall endeavor to prove worthy of both and tc
 labor with you early, late and all the time tC | bring about the victory to which we are en | titled.
 | I thank you, gentlemen, for the honor yor | have bestowed upon me, and await your pleas | ure. [Applause.l