Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-09
Con Nelson A. Miles Name Pre-
s,rted for Consideration Of
Convention.
MAN OF UNBLENlSHED RECORD.
H.. PLAYED Great Part In His
counuys HistOry-His Work
In the West

81. Louis, Mo. July S''-i" 'o''''',a''"e
~, Nelson A. Miles for president
u gon David oyermeyer of Kansas the
.mnnt orator from the Sunilower
cate spoke as follows;
NJ chairman and Gentlemen OF the
,.%nyentIon-I nominate FOR president
~" ~ Massachusetts,. lie Is also an
ssSanted son OF the republic ana
sI,pd Of mankind, man OF great
..u,,v of great attainments' anu Oh
so aot achieyements. soldier, SUITES
Van publicist A faitniul sut'an';
'n rSo has served his country long aIlu
vail who has fought for his country
NSo bae bled for his country, ana VINO
,hrough long years periled ms IRE loI
H. co,lntry, and has earned the wreath
W fame with which ! ASK you 10 uecN
his noble brow. - -, A,,ori-
snrnng from that nursery OF Aiherl-
an nobility, the American lariH ue
,ssnded from a long line OF deVoteu anu
ssroic patriots; born 70 an inheritance
N lofty chlvalry; at MS country Sa,t
Ss bounded to the battlefield halhlns
young Hercules ,.,m,,ry oduca.
without regular military euu0',
aon At first rejected as TOO YOUNG "
Ire captain, In three years theie"iV''
M was a major general
A CITIZEN WARRIOR.
citizen warrior. he proved a nero,
against whose STERN unyleldlhB lIont
M ,teel and flame the Hover OF roe az
IS,aye as ever bore arms was hurieu'
again and again In vain Nouhueu az
Talr oaks. severely wounded AT rIeu-
.sHcksburg desperately ana apparently
Inorlally wounded at ChancellorsVliie,
horne from the field as II dead WIN
crimson lpurels thick upon MN ne sur
Iyiyed to fight on still more DlOouy relus
Iand 4, receive the praises OF every
,prcat ca,tnin Of the civil war.
''The stars" said Meaghrem, tnat
haze upon his shoulders were caileu
down IRON the skies by the maghe'ishl
Of his sword" and the great Grant nus
declared in his memoirs that TINS BOY "
len chieftain was equal to the part per-
formed by himself,
AN INDIAN FIGHTER,
Al the close Of the civil war the
whole plain for hundreds OF miles Gus,
of the Rocky mountains was covered
with hostile Indians, maurading muir
dering. torturing carrying devastation
and despair in all directions ana max =
ng the settlement and development ol
that region impossible. The man pr
sent was sent against them win
tleepess vigilance, with treless ener-
~, with consummate strategy. WIN
relentless purpose, with fortltude un-
urpassed In the annals OF time, win
Durage that faced death az every STEP
q, mountain Wllds and through water
less wastes, where men famlshinB qua
taste their own blood to quench the
awful thirst through southern sands
md Northern SHOWS, through storm
6at rocked the earth and hid the sky;
10 and his men pursued and overthrow
no fierce cheyenne. the terrible Sioux
and tho bloody Apache, driving their
hroken remnants beyond the boundar-
h, OF the United States, hurting Sitting
Bull into British America and Gero'
nmo into Mexico. and capturing hin
i there thus breaking forever the power
q the barbarian clearing the plains oil
Ne cruel implacable beleaguring saw
sge. and opening their vast areas tC
NE peaceful millions who now inhabi'
them and the unnumbered millions WHO
4 hail follow For this great service h'
u received the thanks OF Arizona, New
\ Mexico, Montana and Kansas
CICERO QUOTED,
Cicero has said "Greclan nations Civ,
he honors Of the gods to those mel
who have slain tyrants;" and shall W.
hesitate to crown with the chaplet III
II has won, him who slew the dragons o
the wilderness and conquered the de
N mons Of the desert?
II HEAD OF THE ARMY.
n Having paclhed the plains he ros
. through merit alone to the head of tn
n army To him the armies OF Spaii
surrendered, lie liberated Cuba, ant
n carried glad tIdlngs of peace and lib
N trty TO Porto Rico
III Having opened the desert to civiliza
[. uon, with the eye Of a prophet and tn
+. wisdom Of a statesman. he pointed Oh
III ne way TO remove from it's parche
and desoate face the old despair an
i oused II to answer the touch of tn
n ler with glorious bloom, with ampl
N N'dure, and smiling plenty Will
M elers were dreaming and wondering
III y nld them how Egypt, AssyTla, PEI
81 "a india, China and Japan sustaine
III Hormous populations by scientific an
y lslclous control OF the natural suppl
NJ o. water, And he has told us recent
(. nat the money sGuandered In misgoN
III eminent Of so-called colonies woul
NJ water all Of our arid lands, or bull
III highways for the whole country
FL lover Of nature he pleads for tree
ana helds and fruits and haryests.
III IN his solIcltude for his fellow me
III ~ hs anxiety for the welfare Of II
.noe people there Is profound affe,
Il Soh Tor the human race, an undyir
es'olon 10 those institutions whiC
protect and shelter the weak and Il
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