New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-03
q protection. recognize IN thai single act q

NOT ONE OF DIHE0YALTY
premacy Of personal conviction. have heard
It SAID that for this act he is not 8 Republican.
say IN the presence OF this convention that for
Ems ACT OF personal grandeur he has spiendidly
exempilfied his Republcanism In that principle
which has guided him rather than party dictnr
ton For the man who honestly differs from
me on principle have the highest regard. He
has fought 49,
THE BATTLES OF REPUBIICANIBM
IN this stste. his voice has been upon the
stump, his strong personality has been injected
INTO our political contests. Nospot is upon his
character no stain lies upon his political career.
his hands are brown with toll MS his heart IS
q devotion to his party principle He has been
no seeker for this Office In his quiet homo by
the lakes OF Alexandria, he has waited
UNTIL THE PEOPLE CALLED.
Defections nave occurred in the ranks OF the
Republican party III the State Of Minnesota.
been loyal for years to our principles and our
organizations. We need these forces that have
strayed away from US. They are made Of tho
men whose hearts are true, but whose Judgment
has been led asrray by sophistry, by divers cir
.cumstances or by misfortune in no wise due to
the action or attitude OF the Republican, party.
They are among Il class of yeomanry which this
man can best approach aud more completely
reach than any other. Nominate him in this
convention and his shall be the splendid task
not only to be elected in this campaign, but 70
restore to the Republican party OF Minnesota
the majorltles that have made her the envy OF
her sister states in the West and the admira-
ton of her sister states in the East He is not
The choice alone OF the country element Of our
party. j stand here to tender him
THE CORDIAL ENDORSEMENT
OF the mighty metropolis OF the Northwest We
recognize his worth, his fitness candidate.
and pledge him such vote in Hennepin county
as will strike terror into the hearts OF our op-8
poneilss. The cohorts which shall defend hin,
and sustain him i'll his contest will not be draft
ed alone from the brawny sons OF the prairie,
the office and the store, who are as united i'll
their sentiment that he Is the chosen leader OF
the campaign before us as are the loyal eglons
OF the on,anry whose choice we know he is.
For Henilenin county and the city of Minneap-
Oils second the nomination of Knute Nelson.
After thespeech of Mr. Eayis delegates
rose in all paris of the hall to second the
nomination OF Mr.. Nelson. w. r. Morris
OF Hennepin moved that the nomination
be by acclanation and rising vote The
chairman pitt the question, and everybody
With the exception OF several Ramsey;
county delegates rose ind cheered. Nelson
was nominated.
NELSON SPEAKS
The chairman appointed a committee
consisting OF IA. TaWney. ex-Goy. Barto|
and a. Andersonto notify MIR. Nelson and
bring him to the hall, and alter short abb
sence the committee returned, the applause
welcoming Mr.. Nelson inserrupting the
nominations Tor secretary ofstate. He was
escorted to the pla form, and after the
cheering had subsidized he acknowledged
the honor done him in the following
words:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the Conve1-
ton; You have had the goodness to place me
i'll nomination for the high Office OF governor
with a unanimlty and under circumstances sci.
dom the lot OIL any candidate. For this lelber-
ate testimony of your confidence L am grateful
beyond measure and appreciate it all the more
because OF the high character and great worth
OF the gentlemen whose names have been assoc
ciated with mine as candidates. and I,ippre
pluto 1t. o.. from the fact f. ri
fronted with vigilant and persistent foes con-
templating an active and aggressive campaign.
The Democratic party, our o.d-time adversa-s
rs, aside from its nuous history and Its lete-s
rogeneous makeup, has taken but few issues
with us, and all OF them except one were fegnei
issues. Eas5
member Of congress Is a member or the legis-8
laiive department. of the federal governments
and in voting for such an official the citi
zen exercises u federal right and per-
forms federal duty, And any eucroacil
ment upon this right and duty OH the part OF
the people or authorities OF state, is q dis
turbance OF a federal. not MS state election. 10
deny the right of the federal government to
maintain and protect the purity aud integrity
OF the federal ballot is to deliy the supremacy
OF The federal government within the scope OF
the functions given it by the constitution. II
federal government cannot regulata and control
q federal election. it is an abisct political
states. Viewed In this Highland our federal
constitution affords no other-the second para
graph OF the Democratic platform. in view of
ing to control state elections. ssts up q man of
straw, or uncoHsciousiy. as if from force OF
habit, reiterates
THE DOCTRINE OF SECESSION.
Touching the coinage and use OF the silver
dollar, the Dem ocratic party i'll It's platform Is
equally hating and ambiguous. It declares in
favor OF all honest silver dollar, but i'll
the same breath it denounces the coinage act OF
1S90-the very law under which the integrity of
the silver dolaris mairtain,d und-r the exist
ing disparity of intrinsic value between the two
metals. This like falling = rlllnrit a.
give you your life, but will place you in a cell
where there isn't q breath of air.
1t is only on the matter OF the tariff that the
Democratic platform is clear and candid The
very momentum OF it's candidate impelled the.
party for once to be candid.
We are plainly told that y tariff that savors
9 OF protection, that tariff other than a. rev.
enIe tax is wholly unwarranled, both as a mat
ter OF right and as q matter OF good policy.
I, issue presented is not whether any partie-
lar tariff laws or IS not unreasonab le IN the
degree OF protection that it affords, but whet her
u tariff law for amy other purpose than mere
reyenue is at all just.fia Die
Z On this issue the Republican platform is as
clear and explicit as that OF the Democracy.
We not only announce that we eln ia vor of pro-
lection. butwe clearly define the subjects and the
degree OF the protection we Justify. This is not
the time nor the occasion Tor the discussion OF
she merits OF free trade or protection. Its sui
icienD 70 now say that he who believes In a pro-
stective tariff at all cannot we'll doubt or aaes-
ton tte rules Of prot ectve legislation prescribed
IN our national platform. such. i'll brief nre
tllC leistAS4 Anu IedlsslSSueSs oeUWScI uS anu
od-time adversaries.
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
But weS are confronted with another party,
lately {rechr;stened the Peope's p.lrty.awn
while they agree with the Democracy Oh the
tariff lssue-thau bridge over which 1T was
fondiy hoped, that fusion might he reached-
raise or suggest other issues. SONS. of which are
visionary and utopan i'll character. anu Involve
organic or revolutionary changes in our system
OF government. Many OF the leaders OF this
party are men who have iii some way exhausted
themselves in one Or both OF the old parties;
and in the platforms, preanlblss and resolves
which they have now made for their followers, as
rules OF action, they have taken strange ard
novel grounds. Their first aim seems L o have
been TO make theirN followers believe that the
capital OF the Weather classes is nothing but
plunder-plunder ruEhlessly wrenched from
those who are poorer.N In other words. that the
poor are poor becauses they have been robbed.
and the rich are rich BECAUSE they have robbed.
some one. Their next Aaim in to impress upon
their followers that this government of ours--
state and nationals the mostcorrupt and liz
just government on the face Of the earth. and
that the people are as badly governed aS bad
can be. In proof OF this quote you sentence
from the Omaha platform, as follows: e. Ne
have Witnessed for more than quarter 81 II
century the struggle of the two great polite
parties for power and plumber. while greyiuu
wrongs hav been inflicted upon suffering ;uep-
sple.3s When we reflect hat during this period
l,eq ms hauy,