St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
LINC0LN'S NAME WAS FIRST
ON THE LIPS OF THE SPEAKERS
WHO RESPONDED TO THE
CALL.
PLENTY OF PRAISE FOR G. o. p.
Candidacy of Senator c. d. Dnvis
Was Not Forgotten in the En-
thUSiasn,.


coupled with the glories of the Re-
publican party, furnished the inspira-
ton for flood of oratory at the ban
auet given by the Young Mems Central
Republican club, at the Windsor hotel.
last night. About $50 stalwart RepubIi-
eans-and DR.. Stone, sat down at the
tables. Among the number were many
Of the state, city and county Republi-
can officials, and a number OF the other
old war horses in the party After dis
cussing very palatable menu, such as
Col. Monfort always provides for his
guests, Eli Warner raped for order,
and the speech-naking began.
Mr.. Warner said that Abraham
Lincoln was the one man who could
be looked up to by the young men,
Republicans and Democrats, as the
highest type of American manhood and
craftsmanship, and it was in con-
memoratiOn of his birth the banquet
was being held. Mr.. Warner then in
troduced A. G. Briggs, president of the
club, who apologized for it's organiza-
tion by calling attention to the evils
from which he said the people are SUI
fering by reason of the present Demo-
cratic administrations in nation and
city. MIR. Briggs concluded by intro
ducing Moses e. Clapp as POSTMASTER
On assuming the duties of his Office
Gen. Clapp said, in part:
I'VE have met to celebrate the ami
versary of the birth of Abraham Lin
coin. There are two subjects on
which l always feel myself at loss for
fitting words of tribute. One of these
is the life of Abraham Lincoln One
OF the thoughts that came to me as d
boy was that those who stand in the
vanguard of any reform movement will
join hands with those positively OPP
posed to it before they will with those
Who favor it but refuse to take the eX-
IRENE view OF the situation they do.
The eloquent Wendell Phillips was one
OF the bitterest opponents of the nomi-
nation Of Lincoln. But Lincoln bided
his time. His faith in the American
people was supreme, and it was not
until standing by the grave OF the thou
sands VINO lost their lives in the de-
Tense of the Union that he struck the
shackles from the hands of 100000 of
slaves.
There is one other man whose mem
DRY l revere and that is Stephen A
Douglas, the man who gave expression
to that inspiring thought that this
Union must live. 1t is a significant
light and hope they turn to the party
of Abraham Lincoln
Mr.. Clapp paid beautiful eulogy to
Frank NJ. Nye, of Minneapolis, who
was to deliver an address but could not
be present on account of illness. He
then called on w. H. Lightner.
Mr.. Lightner gave brief sketch Of
the life of Lincoln up to the time he
was twenty-one years of age, when the
of I, iC a61
to his ability to read, write poorly and
cipher in the rule of three. He spoke
Of his study of law subsequently,
dwelling on the fact that he was in
the fullest sense of the word a self
made man. Mr.. Lightner next went
over the history of slavery and the
reasons that riveted it upon the people
Of the South until they came to believe
that slavery was of Divine origin. The
feeling in the North was just as strong
on the other side, especially among
what were known as the Abolitionists.
When Lincoln was elected president he
had the opposition of both these Adolf
tionists and the people of the entire
South. Lincoln was not the president
Of a party, but the president Of the
whole people-a patriot of the highest
type. Lincoln was in a sense politi-
clan. He taught that it was one of
the highest duties of an American citi-
zen to be a politician in the best sense
Of the word. 1t does not follow that
because a man is a politician he must
surrender his honest convictions. you
must have political parties" declared
the speaker, but it is the duty of
man when he knows his party is wrong
or is controlled by the had element, to
rebel against it. That is just what
Lincoln did. This is shown by his vote
on the question of indorsing the Mexi-
can war when he was a member Of the
legislature of Illinois. He voted against
a resolution declaring the war justi-
fable, because he did not think the war
was justifiable, yet he favored sup
porting the army and navy since the
war was in progress. Thus he pre-
served his principle without sacrificing
the interests of his country. In con-
clusion Mr. Lightner said he could give
the young Republicans no better adj
vice than to be guided in their political
conduct by study of the life and pub
lie acts of Abraham Lincoln.
Gen. Clapp said Gov Clough had
been invited to be present. He him
self had the misfortune to be the legal
adviser of the governors of Minnesota
for six years, and he knew they had
a great deal of work to do in the way
of agriculture. Gov. Clough could
therefore be excused, for he was out
repairing his fences. (Applause). He
then called on F. C. Stevens, who
spoke at length on the glories of the
Republican party in manner too fam
liar to the people of ST. Paul to re-
quire a repetition in print. He also
paid a tribute to the name of Lincoln.
George Thompson, who was the next
speaker, said: 1.-THE day of Democracy
has dawned and passed into history.
No wrong can come from the Repub-
lican party. Let the young Republic
cans go to the polls in the spring cam
paign and so cast their votes as to
insure Republican success. If you have
any differences between your several
clubs, fight 1t out between yourselves
and aid not the enemy to accomplish
your desires"
Gen. Clapp said that in the wisdom
of nature some good Democrats hap
pened to be born, and by the intervene
ton of Divine clemency were allowed
to live. He therefore called on DrStone
as a representative of this class.
DIR. Stone said that he had heard
not a single word from the principal
that every honest Democrat in the
city could not subscribe to. He felt
that when he entered he was a black
sheep and would be told to go to the
left 81 did not think politics were to
be brought in here he continued.
'But I cannot sit down without saying
a word in honor Of the grandest man.
aside from Washington, this country
has ever produced" The speaker then
went on to eulogiZe Lincoln, and closed
by saying that whether Republicans
or Democrats, all were interested in
good government, and the best way to
achieve it was to discuss the subject Of
government in gatherings such as this
T. D. Sheehan was called on, and
r1iI hot I'm, ,fc ov~io lse}fz