The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-07
receive and bring to me the proudest mo.

receive and bring to me the proudest mo-
ment Of my life.
For this reason, gentlemen, be-
cause your nomination comes to me
as the approving voice of the Republicans
of the state of Minnesota in judgment upon
my record, l am filed with gratitude and
Inspired by new and stronger desire to
be worthy of the confidence that my fellow
citizens have reposed in me so abundantly.
He Wants to Lead the Battle.
There Is another feaGon why d man in
whom there dwells a spark of patriotism
Should rejoice to be your candidate this
year 1t Is to be fateful year, year Of
destiny. 1t is In the air, in the thoughts
OF the people, in the hearts and Voices of
men. 1t is time of change, an era of
unrest, a period of trial and of peril. We
are about to emerge from the long night OF
gloom and depression that has settled on
our fair land. And just as 1t Is darkest
before dawn, so do We see all the foes of
prosperity, of national honor, of financial
stability, of industrial supremacy and of
the maintenance of law and order, massing
their forces for the final onset. 1t is not
carpet knights of whom we have need
this year, but men of war, who are not
afraid to take their stand and maintain it
against all the wild and frenz1ed hosts that
will be led against them This year, more
than at any time for generation, there is
need Of the Republican, party; as the des
fender of the nations credit, the nations
industries and the nations homes All the
false doctrines, all the crude notions oil
the dangerous hereSieS that have been los
tered by little sects and grown into par
ties are threatening to combine against us.
They have laid aside whatever of priuci-
pie they have that might keep them
asunder; and are preparing to descend like
an army upon the prosperity and the Secu=
rity of the republic. If it be post OF
danger; it is also one of exceeding honor TO
represent the Republican party iii time
10 Iilr
are making the same mistake that was
made in 1860. They underestimate the hon-
esty; the patriotism, the deep devotion 10
the caiise of right did to great moral
Idea that are characteristics OF the Amer
lean people No more surely did the frihs
of the first gun i1p6h Sumter stir to ledping
flame the fire of loyalty in millions OF
Northern hearts than will this contem-
plated assault upon the honor and integrity
of the nation bring to the Republican party
millions of volunteers. The Issues are all
ready made and the leaders chosen Stand
Ing upon the platform given to us at st.
Louis, and Under the leadership of the man
who was there chosen to bring us to this
BATTLES the great chainpion of protection
and Americahisin, William Mckinley, what
heed have we to feel a doubt of the result?
The Party OF Safety.
ain not here gentlemen of the conven-
tion, to make a platform for you or to dis
State policy upon which we shall wage our
Campaign. Nor is there any need. This is
q year when every man, without reading
platform or listening to a speech; may
know what it is that the Republican party
Stands for 1t is as when an alarm bell
rings iii the night; the deep signal booming
out a peoples danger There is no need;
then, to tell any man where to range him=
self, whom to follow or where to aim his
blows. For hearth and home and native
land has never been a more appropriate
motto for the Republican party than in this
year of the last despairing attempt of a
desperate enemy to break through the de-
lenses of the republic.
Gentlemen, for the future the only prom-
ise that | have to make to you, the only
one that you would ask, is that / shall
endeavor, as have done, to so discharge the
duties of this office as to serve the best in
terests of the State of Minnesota and SO
reflect honor upon the party that has so
literally honored me. To that, in all sin
cerity, and with no thought that is not true
to the party whose representatives you are
and to the great cOmmOnN ealth in whose
service we are all enlisted, pledge you my
faith and my most sacred word For the
great honor that you have done me / thank
you. Not in words, but in deeds, from this
time forth, shall | endeayor to express my
gratitude, my loyalty and my determination
to be worthy of your esteem and your trust.
The nomination of candidates Tor lieu
tenant governor was resumed as soon as
the governor concluded just as if nothing
had happened. Hon. ]. z. Jacobson of Lac
qui Parle, seconded the nomination Of Mr..
Staples with whom he had served through
two sessions Of the legislature. Mr..
Jacobson said he had often differed with
Mr.. Staples on matters of legislative inn
pOrtance, but he usually found that Mr..
Staples was right. If he were elected to
preside over the senate he would teach