St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-11
AID FROM THE WOMEN.
Frances Wizards Noted Oppo-
nent Promises 1t.

Following is the speech OF MIS-. j'
Ellen Foster:
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen and Ladies':
l thank YOU This is no mean honor
| congratulate myself thatl am today
the chosen representative of many thou
saud Republican women. and may speak
for them in this magnificent presence.
Gentlemen and ladies, representatives
of the Republican party, have more
reason to be proud as your cOmrade in
Americas march of progress Out of old
world barbarismS into tWentieth-cen-
fury civilization than has any queen of
her hereditary crown. Applause.
The tests OF civilization are tie
changed ideals towards which It's peo-
pie aspire. A free church and a free
state are Americas nObieSt ideals.
GApplause.1 1t is hot strange that
woman who loves her country should
love the grand old party. which is-all
scoffers to the contrary notwithstanding
the party of great moral ideas. Ap-
plause. Women are by nature heroic.
Applause. American women are by
heredity and environment patriotic;
their patriotism finds noble expression
in service to the Republican party, and
their social, educational and political
influence is more and more at its CON-
mand. lAppiauSel.
Gentlemen and ladies, the Women's
Republican association has prepared
plans of work, with suggestions of de-
tails which will be presented to every
delegate and alternate at the various
state headquarters. We are with you 10
help and
We Are Here to STAY.
We do not seek recognition IN the
party in the interest of any one OF the
many reforms in which, as individuals,
we have a part; we believe moral re-
forms should be carried on outside OF
party lines in the broader domain Of
humanitarian, of philanthropic and Of
Christian effort.
Not every one who cries reform is
reformer When a WOuld-be TefOrmer
declares that he will inaugurate po!it-
zeal chaos. or help enthrone political
wrong in order to bring individual opin
ions or even convictions into greater
prominence, that man or that woman
follows neither the teachings Of phil
oSophy nor the commands of Scripture.
A man who fails Is vote, or who ignores
the present harm which his vote may
do, can find no warrant for his course
in reason or in morals. [Applau5e.] He
who does not stand for the greatest
present acknowledgement, is helper of
the bad.
Righteousness in government comes
by evolution Oftener than Dy revolution. e
When revolution is the gate through
which a people energies TO larger lib
erty, the gate is opened by the assaults
of the bad. not byi the hands of the
good. John Browns methods failed,
and in the nature of things had to fail;
John Browns soul is marching on.
Applause.
on the war; in its crimson chariot the
African slave was carried to liberty.
TApplause Therefore let women
weave their laurels and sing their
giorias to the robust political action OF
the Republican party, which accepts
the present as it is found, but out OF It
builds great
Esoulevards OF Human Progress.
Gentlemen. in our service of Republi-
canSm we know no personal prefer
ence of factional strife; we wear upon
our breasts the name of none OF the
honorable men who may be your choice;
but OH our hearts are carried, and from
prayerfuI lips will soon be uttered, the
names of YOUR nominees. We love our
states and we love the nation. Not
Caesar less. but Rome more. love my
native state. Massachusetts is great
state; from the sands and rocks OF her
Atlantic coast consecrated by Ply
mouths pilgrim band; through the gar
dens of her river valleys to the
borders of her Empire state she Is
full of greatness; great Ill ideas,
which are the only real forces in ciyili-
cation; great i'll power TO apply those
ideas in the common walks OF life, in
trade, i'll commerce, III industries, IN
economics, i'll reforms, and in the
science of government.
Iowa, my adopted state. thou art the
beloved daughter of New England'S
queen and thou doSt honor thy royalty.
Iowa was quick to respond to the Ma
tion's call iii time OF civil strife; she was
first to respond to the cry of starving
the hearts of dying men and women and
little children; she even sent seven of
her good women along to set the table.
I Applause. iOwa'S corn will feed mill
ions, but by constitutional law her peo-
pie have decreed that not one kernel
shall be made into poison. [Applause.l
The Land of Promise.
Massachusetts, is great. Iowa is the
flower of her greatness, but there sits
on this floor the representatives. OF
greater state; q state of rocks and
rivers, of plains and mountains; state
the peer of any other in natural re-
and III power of development,
but peerless in the crown its civilization
wears; peerless in free men and free
thou art the land OF
promise. [AppIause:l Women of Wyo-
ming, who gave you liberty? | hear you
answer, the freemen of your own house
holds, who thought it not robbery to
themselves to make you their equals
before the law. Applause. Who
placed your star on the proudest flag of
the world, the most beautiful emolem
that the sun shines on-eXceDt the cross
of the worlds Redeemer? Applause.
BY whose votes was Wyoming made
d state? Current history answers. His
Iorv-sacred and profane-wiIl never
forget. By the votes of Republicans i'll
The Fifty-first congress, Wyoming came
publican party i'll congress was practi-
cally solid for the admission of this first
free state. Applause. The Democratic
party was practically solid against it.
Misses God bless the Republican
party in the Fifty-trst congress. Jap
plauSel.
Gentlemen. the Republican party is
nothing if not aggressive. 1t is 4 party
Of action; its breath Is progressive; its
speech Is the language of the world; its
dialect is the rhetoric of the home, the
farm, the shop. Its shibboleths might
De written OH the white walls of any
church. 1t holds with its ranks the
armies of all reform; its constituencies
are the living. moving, vital elements Of
American life. Applause Why should
not women rally, TO the support of such
party? Gentlemen, we have come; we
IRE yours for service. May God keep
IS all wise and true and strong and
)raye. Applause.
Wars during the last thirty-three
7ears have cost 2,500,00O men and $780,