Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-10
what wou.I you not give to make this
As YOUR OWN?

IlOW dIu WnSu Suill YOU Es>p Us "
send you the message in November neNt
Of victory? This is the place. the time
is now to write the message. lou can
write that message to-day ready for
transmission, if your favor shall make
the man of our choice the nominee OF
this convention.
Survey the field examine its various
positions, throw the searchlight of in
spection upon the status OF the different
candidates. you will find that Indiana
is the strategic point and pivot OF Shis
conflict. The prestige, the power. the
honor Of this nomination are great, but
too great to be used as means Of as
sured success.
Let us not be misled by the fervid
predictions of over-cOnfdence. by the
contagious and stirring enthusiasm OF
the passing hour Remember, gentle
men, that the returns OF the election are
not yet received. and thy VIII &c; begin
to arrive until many months hence. We
must overcome an enemy strongly for
tregsed against attack, reinforced by
influences to-day unnamed. unknown.
flushed with a shout OF recent triumph.
us the whole stake. an error irretrieva-
bic. The opportunity fer success is
here, but also that o. defeat. Let
every man 80 act that he may not have
to say hereafter: An, had not thought
Of that" as has been done more than
once before We may court defeat and
disaster as a lover woCes his bride, by
failing to put the right man in the right
place. Let us then consult reason. Let
us calmly weight probabilities and COM
pUde the chances at such a ratio as shall
include and cover all contingencies. Let
us dispose Of the aid Of this prestige OF
nomination where it will be most high
ly appreciated and where il will be most
effective. where it is most needed and
WHERE IT MUST WIN.
Our candidate had the good fortune to
be born in the State of Kentucky, was
reared to manhood in one of the old
Kentucky homes as near TO mansions
in the skies as any habitaticn on this
planet. He was educated and gradual
ed at Center College, Danville, in its
palmiest days of yore, and from whose
doors came McCreary, Vest, Blackburn,
Stevenson and other men Of national
distinction and renoWn. He belongs.
by birth and lineage, to the South. The
South has no Wortnier or more noble
son.
He married early in life the daughter
Of one we'll known in the history of our
State, Governor and Senator Whit
comb. He commenced life as farmer
in one Of the most fertile sections Of the
valley of the Wabash. Prosperity,
well pleased and justly earned, has
waited upon his footsteps.
Protection he needed not, save that
of his pure heart and stalwart arm. He
Is now, and always has beer. a farmer.
He has walked for years in the burrows;
he has stepped off the "lands;" he is not
only hearer but a do9r Of the word
noted in the old adage:
He that by the ploW would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive"
Our candidate belongs 10 he largest,
the most ancient and honorable busi-
ness association of the world. Much is
now said about the business and 5usi-
ness interests of this country The
business Of country is that vocation
in which the larger number of It's in
habitants are engaged. Agriculture in
the United States employs a greater
number of workmen than any other call
ing, hardly less than that of all COM
bined. We ask the delegates of this
convention deliberately to consider
whether it may not be well worth the
while to make a choice of ono who is
in the closest natural alliance with this
most numerous and most influential
body of our fellow citizs1s, one VINO has
been all his life a member of this grand
confraternity of the field and Farm.
IT IS FIFTY-FIV YEARS
since a farmer appeared at the east front
of the Capitol to take he oath as Pres
ident upon Inauguration day. The in
auguration and service Of Indiana'5
choice would be a rsmidsr of the earlier,
the ideal days of the republic, when,
as tradition relates. Jefferson lett his
farm at Monticello, Travelled on horse
back 10 the seat OF government withOu.
ceremony. took the constitutional obli-
CATION and was inducted into office.
Our candidate is, and has been from
his youth up to this hour. after the
straightest sect Of our political school.
Democrat. An intelligent, able. earn
est and most dlligsnt labOrer in the
cause. His first public service WAS that
Of 4 member Of the General Assembly,
TO which he was chosen by his friends
and neighbors ia and near the county OF
his residence. In 1890 he was elected
Secretary Of State of the State Of Indi-
ana. After a very exciting and labor
iOus canvass, In 1892, he was chosen
Governor Of Indiana. the Office he now
holds. and IN which he has shown those
rare qualities OF wiss administration.
executive skill and genius. and un-
wearied and conscientious discharge Of
duty. in such manner as 10 have chal-
lenged alike the admiration and ap-
proval Of men Of all parties in our COM
monwealth.
In this friend of ours for whom. not
for his sake, but for our own, We So
licit your favor and support, you will
find the best at;ainments Of the scholar
and statesman fitly Joined together, and
a most intimate acquaintance with the
wants and interests Of the many upon
whose suffrageS the success Of these, our
labors, must depend.
The person whose name we shall pre-
sent has never been beaten in a popular
election in his own State. Our State,
the State which
BY EVERY SORT OF ACCENT
and emphasis is pushed. at this juncture,
to the front, where the men in the gap
of this great controversy abide, this
State which danger haunts, which doubt
has known and marked, this State we
offer while we ask the man.
He whose name we shall announce for
your consideration. comes not as a