“Beauty of promise, Promise of beauty, Safe in the silence Sleep thou, till cometh Light to thy lids! XIV. “Thee shall awaken Fame from the furnace, Bath of all brave ones, Cleanser of conscience, Welder of will. XV. “Lowly shall love thee, Thee, open-handed! Stalwart shall shield thee, Thee, worth their best blood, Waif of the West. XVI. “Then shall come singers, Singing no swan-song, Bird-carols, rather, Meet for the man-child Mighty of bone.” ADDRESS. Accepting the Republican nomination for Governor, at the State Convention, July 8, 1886. MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: Two years ago the Republican State Convention conferred upon me the unprecedented honor of a nomination by acclamation for the office of Governor. To-day, by the generous confidence of the people you represent, and your own kindness and partiality, I have been accorded the equally unprecedented honor of a unanimous renomination. How proud I am of this confidence and regard, and how grateful I am to you, and to the constituencies you severally represent, language cannot express. The honor thus done me is far above and beyond my deserving. I realize this fact, humbly and forcibly. But from the bottom of my heart I thank you, one and all, and I beg you to bear back to your homes, and to those you represent, the assurance of my profound appreciation and unspeakable gratitude. I entered upon the discharge of the duties of the executive office a year and a half ago, without previous training or experience. My distrust of my fitness for such responsibilities was keen. But my trust in the kindness and generosity of the people of Kansas, among whom all the years of my manhood had been passed, and with whose hopes and fears, triumphs and disappointments, I had sympathized for nearly thirty years, was confident and unbounded. This trust has sustained me through all the lights and shadows of my official life; it abides with me to-day in the presence of this great convention of earnest and intelligent Republicans, whose generous approbation warms and stirs every pulsation of my heart; and it will go with me in the future, whatsoever the embarrassments, failures or successes of my life shall be.