Acceptance speech by J. Bracken Lee, delivered before the Republican State Nominating Convention in Salt Lake City, August 4, 1962;

              ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY J.  BRACKEN LEE,  CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE,  DELIVERED BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN STATE NOMINATING CONVENTION IN SALT LAKE CITY, AUGUST 4,  1962
JUST A WEEK AGO TODAY IN THIS SAME HALL,  THE OPPOSITION PARTY
SELECTED ITS PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.    THE NEW
FRONTIER SENT OUT SENATOR WAYNE MORSE OF OREGON TO INSPIRE THE DELEGATES.    I HEAR HARRY BYRD OF VIRGINIA MIGHT HAVE BEEN PICKED FOR THE
JOB,  BUT LOST OUT WHEN HE JOINED THE HANDFUL OF REBELS AGAINST MEDICARE.    BYRD AND 20 OTHER DEMOCRATS—QUITE A HANDFUL!   !   !
ANYWAY,   I AM TOLD THAT THIS GREAT LIBERAL ENTERTAINED THE CONVENTION BY COMPARING—OBJECTIVELY,  OF COURSE--THE AIMS AND IDEALS
OF THE NEW FRONTIER PARTY WITH THOSE OF OUR REPUBLICAN PARTY.    NOW I
AM SURE SENATOR MORSE SPOKE WITH DEEP SINCEREITY AND AS A MAN WHO
OUGHT TO KNOW.    AFTER ALL,  AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HE HAS BEEN ON ALL
SIDES OF THE POLITICAL FENCE,  OURS INCLUDED.    HE IS A FLEXIBLE MAN,
SENATOR MORSE,  FLEXIBLE IN HIS LOYALTIES,  FLEXIBLE IN PRINCIPLE TOO.
NO ONE WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE CONVENTION NAMED CONGRESSMAN KING AS ITS NUMBER ONE FRONTIERSMAN AND THEN ASSIGNED CAL RAMP-
TON,  THE PERENNIAL ALSO-RAN,  TO BE HIS STALKING HORSE IN THE PRIMARY
ELECTION AHEAD.    OBVIOUSLY,  MR.  RAMPTON HASN'T A CHANCE.    IT WASN'T
EVER INTENDED THAT HE SHOULD.    MR. KING OF COURSE, WILL BE NOMINATED.    HE IS THE AFL-CIO CANDIDATE—THE CHOICE OF BIG LABOR'S COPE
WHICH IS,  AS MOST OF YOU KNOW,  THE POWERFUL WELL-HEELED,  POLITICAL
ARM OF THE NEW FRONTIER.    WHAT COPE WANTS—IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY-
COPE GETS  !   !   AND COPE WANTS KING.