The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-08
IN PRAISE OF IOWA,
Governor Shaw's Great Speech Ac.
cepting Nomination.
A MAGNIFICENT GRAFTON
His Speech Pronounced the Gem Of tho
convention His Praise ON Every
Tongue.-The Roll Of Iowa's
Greatness.


convention His Praise ON Every
Iongue.-The Roll Of Iowa's
Greatness.
Gentlemen Of this Convention and
Fellow Citizens:
To be the nominee of any political
party for the office of governor of any
state of this nation may well be con.
sidered q great honor; but to be twice
called by the republican party to occu-
py the chair of the chief executive of
Iowa, makes me debtor to my state in
q need of gratitude which shall keep
me a bankrupt forever.
What is this party that thus invites
to the head of the ticket. and in the en-.
suing campaign promises undivided
support and glorious victory? Is it
twelve hundred chosen men, gathered
in this hall today, to formulate plat
form and make nominations? Or is it
the two hundred and fifty thousand in
telligent electors, who will indorse
those principles and support that ticket
at the polls in November next? Is it
that body Of men who met in st. Louis
in June OF 1896, and there fearlessly and
wisely declared for. a protective tariff,
reciprocity. a single gold standard Of
value, and all things stable; and who
there placed in nomination the leader
OF leaders, that .prince of statesmen,
whose name has been upon the kindly
lips OF more people, and who has been
reverently mentioned at more family
affairs during the last. eighteen months
the world around, than any other
American, living or dead - William
Mckinley? Or is it the seven million
men who secured a victory for those
principles and that man, more over
whe.ming than has marked the record
OF any political party in this country
for the third Of century? No, repub-
licanism does not consist of men alone.
The republican party is more than a
man, and more than the names of all
the men who have ever owed it glad
allegiance. Republicanism is history,
is prophecy, is fulfillment; and it holds
upon its Toll of honor the name of every
American, who, in the field of states
manship for the last fifty years, has &C.
complished anything that has survived
the quadrennium of its performance.
u And what is Iowa republicanism?
Go with me to the seat of national gov
eminent, and there ask to be shown
where sits the most influential, the
most widely known, and the most re-
spected and revereds member Of the
highest counsel of his country, and you
, shall be pointed to the chair occupied
! by q renowned and veteran statesman
Of Iowa.
Go to the various departments, and
there inquire who is the most frequent
persistent, and successful caller in the
interest of the people Of his state, and
you will hear the name of an untirinp
republican Of Iowa.
You shall there also be told that he
who has been selected to the SECOND
place in the kingdom to the position
of influence second only to that Of the
president of the United States, is a gal
liant, intrepid republican statesman OF
Iowa.
\ You will there also be informed that
the two most polished and accomplished
orators, whose utterances are listened
to with greatest interest and profit, AZ
well, are representatives of Iowa.
i Ask for the man who is foremost in
debate, whose lance is most quickly
drawn and most justly feared, and who
IN running catch as catch. CAM con
tention 30 frequent in the house il
without an equal. and you will agar
be told that this man is from Iowa.
Then ask for the man who is the most
indefatigable worker, who keeps hes,
posted on pending legislation, and who
is always prepared to speak advisedly
on any bill when placed upon its pas
sage, and you will be proud that he also
is from Iowa. s
Inquire for the man renowned for his
five-minute speeches. each to the point,
who with unpretentious but unanswer.
able logic, and with quick, incisive
statement and few words. brings safest
counsel, and there learn that he also is
a republican representative Of Iowa.
Then inquire who is in closest touch
with the administration on all matters
of military nature and is most fire..
quently called to consultations touching
the organization of the army. and