The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-07-09

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 It is darkest
before dawn, 50 do We see all the foes Of
\ prosperit y of national honor, Of financial
stability, Of Industrial supremacy and of
\ the maintenance of law and order, massing5
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 frenzied hosts that
|. will be led against them. This year, more
than at any time for general ton, there is
need of the Republican party, as the de-
industries and the nations homes All the
false doctrines, all the crude notions all
the dangerous heresies that have been fos-
tered by little sects and grown into par
3 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, 1t is also one Of exceeding honor to
represent the Republican party ina time
and In cause like this. Our adversaries
are making the same mistake that was
made in 1850. They underestimate the hon
esty, the patriotism, the deep devotion to
the cause of right and to a great moral
idea that are characteristics Of the Amer
OF the first gun upon Sumter stir to leaping
name the fire Of loyalty in millions Of
Northern hearts than will this contem-
p!ated assault mon the hcnor and integrity
OF the nation bring to the Republican party
millions Of volunteers. The issues are al
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
BATTLE, the great champion Of protection
and Americanism, William Mckinley, what
need have we to feel doubt of the result?
~ The Party of Safety.
l am not here, gentlemen Of the conven-
tlon, to make platform for you or to dis
cuss in detail the issues of national and
state policy upon which we shall wage our
campaign. Nor is there any need. This is
a year when every man, without reading.a
PLATFORM or listening to speech, may
know what it is that the Republican party
stands for. 1t is as when an alarm bell
rings in 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 tor the Republican party than in this
year OF the last despairing attempt Of
desperate enemy to break through the de-
lenses OF the republic.
Gentlemen, for the future the only prom
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one that you would ask, is that I 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
rs. honor upon the party that has so
nperally honored me. To that, in all sin
cerlty, and with no thought that is not true
TO the party whose representatives you are
and to the great commonW ealth in whose
service we are all enlisted, I pledge you nv
1alth and my most sacred word. For the
great honor that you have done me I thank
you. Not in words, but in deeds, from this
time forth, shall endeavor to express nv
gratitude, my loyalty and my determination
TO De worthy OF your esteem and your trust.
Inc nomination Of candidates for lieu
tenant governor was resumed as sooa as
the governor concluded just as if nothing
mad happened Hon. ]. F. Jacobson Of Lac
qul 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 i'm
P I but he usually found that Mr..
Staples was right. If he were elected to
preside over the senate he would teach