Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-16

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more dramatic, than that little piece Va
dress parade at st. Louis. l REFER .
the great '.liberal'' movement OF lo,@'
There was a bolt supported py
such great journals as the New 10TH
Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Cincinnati
Commercial and Springfield RepupIicau
Differed by such great leaders as sum
per and Banks ana Adams in Massa-
chusetts: Fenton, Merritt, Depew, Dry
ant. Cochrane. Selden, in New fors'
Curtin, Mcclure. Hickman, Fornely, III
Pennsylvania: Matthews and Hoadly IN
Ohio: Geo. w. Julian in Indiana; Gas
sius M. CLAY in Kentucky; Schurz,
Brown and Pulitzer in Missouri; Trnm-
bull. SWEET. Palmer and Koerner IN llt!-
nois: Doolittle in Wisconsin; Blair IN
Michigan: Stone, Grinnell, Hepburn
and Kline in Iowa; and yet that ooit,
led by those great papers, oincereu Dy
those great leaders, putting up ior its
candidate the wbite-haired apostle OF
protection, the champion OF universal
amnesty and impartial suffrage, Horace
Greeley, and securing his endorsement
by the Democratic convention on a plat
form accepting the constitutional amend.
ments, went down before the votes OF
the people as chaff before the wind, n
Grant was elected by a tremendous
majority.
So will il be this fall. The bolter who
thinks that this nation alone can dictate
the financial policy of the world ana
bring England and France and Germany
and Austria to follow in her lead, and
who determines that because his party
associates cannot agree with him IN
such a belief that they are all wrong
and he alone right, and that the danger
Gus experiment Of independent free DIN
age at a ration of 10 to l, when the pres
ent market value is about 30 TO /, must
be tried at all hazards, is not only IN my
Judgment installing the public sent-
ment of this country, but defylng the
lessons of history and the experience OF
the world.
Let us remain with the grand old par
ty, that has been tried so often and
never found wanting. Let us bow 10
the will OF the majority in its great ma
:ional representative convention, freely
and fairly expressed. Let us trust the
integrity, the patriotism, the intelligence
OF its chosen leaders, and their keen
and watchful constituents to solve these
problems Alright, and for the lasting
benefit of all. We may differ as to de.
tails. but we all agree in our desire for
good government and a return OF good
times. Don't look for the f~ruition of
that hope to the Democratic party, or
the Populist party, or 70 the little coterle
that bolted at st. Louis, or 10 any com
bination of their discordant, inharmoni-
Gus and belligerent elements, that may
be cemented for common pursuit OF the
spoils of office; but stand by the old col
ors under whose glorious folds you have
marched to victory in the past. Ii
friends desert or drop out of the ranks
let US close up and present a bold front
to the foe, like the warriors OF DID,
The stubborn spearmen still made good,
Their dark impenetrable wood,
Each stepping where his c0mrdde stood,
The instant that he fell"
The post of duty is the post OF honor;
the path of courage is the path OF safety,
The straggler now is making the mistake
of his life-so, closing up our ranks, we
will make this fight. The absent, the
missing, may not respond at roll call as
of old: but we are here at duty's call
and we know that our cause is just, the
II of the people, and recruits for
this cause will come from other camps,
from all the states Of the union, and We
shall march to victory again.
Secretaries and Committees
r. S. Person of Miner county and II.
G.. Shober of Hyde county were selected
secretaries of the convention. Motions
followed in rapid succession for commit
tees, each to be composed of nine dele
gates, on credentials, permanent organ
i~zation, rules and order of business and
resolutions. While the chairman was
preparing the list, to report to the con
vention, there were loud cries for Hon.
John n. Baldwin, who was seated upon
the platform. To these calls, enthusiast
tic to a degree to deeply stir any man,
Mr.. Baldwin made a powerful address
Of fifteen or twenty minutes and raised
the enthusiasm TO a white heat. His
references TO Senator Pettigrew and the
bolt at st. Louis fitted the temper of
the convention to a nicely, and cheer on
cheer resounded through the big build
ing. The speakers compliments to the
convention and the state at large, his
confidence in their Republicanism and
loyalty, gave intense pleasure to his
hearers and touched a tuneful chord in
deed. The big Iowan-big in body and
intellect.-was made to feel he was in the
house of his friends.
Temporary Chairman Van Cise an
nounced the following committees:
Committee ON Credentials.
III. X. Pease of Roberts, c. p. Bates
Of Minnehaha, F. A. Morris Of Hutch.
inson, Geo. h. Farmer of Lake, Thos.
Fullerton of Dawson, Geo. G. Thorpe of
Marshall, j. Donahue of Stanley, j. b.
Gossage of Pennington, Sol Star of
Lawrence.
on Permanent Organization.
G. II. Barrett of Clay, w. +. Upton
OF Douglas. III. A. Ramsdell of McCook,
c. X. Seward of C~odington, V. X. Still
well of Hanson, Frank S. Myers of
Sphinx, W. III. Burr of Walworth, w. G..
Bower OF Pennington, d.. r. Evans Of
Butte.
On Rules and Order OF Business.
N. p. Bromley of Sphinx. H.. j. Camp
bell of Yankton, w. II. Loucks of
Moody, Philo Hall of Brookings, G. H.
Bonney Of Sanborn, G.. j. Mcleod of
Brown, f. f. Gross of Potter, Ed L.
Grantham Of Custer, Frank Gardner of
Meade.
Committee on Resolutions
G.. G.. Bennett Of Lawrence, j. ID.