THE SCEANTON TBIBUNE" FBIDAT HORNING, JUNE 19, 1896.
ADDRESSES MADE
AT NOMINATION
Eloqneit Renarks Made at the Preset-
tatloa ! Caadldatei' Naaws.
THE MASTERPIECES OP ORATORY
Fall Test of the Speeches Made Noaai
. atiBf Reed, Quay, Allison, Martoa
' aid Vice-President Hobart-The
rirat Bugle Call.
' Below will be found the full text of
the addresses that were made In placing
the names of the various candidates be
fore the convention. As will be seen by
perusal, the majority of the speeches
are indeed masterpieces of oratory, and
sound the key note of the battle cry by
which the Republican hosts will march
to victory in November.
GOVERNOR HASTINGS' SPEECH.
Nominating Sruator Quay for Presi
dent of the United States.
II r. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con
vention. Pennsylvania comes to this eon
ventlon giving you the cordial assurance
that, whoever may be our national stand
aid bearer, he will receive of all the
states In the Union the largest majority
Irom the Keystone (tale. There have
been no faltering footsteps In Pennsyl
vania when the tenets of Kepubllvanlsm
have been at stake. Our party's prin
ciples have always been held as sacred as
independence Hall or the memory of her
dead soldiers. Having within her borders
mors American cltisen3 relatively who
GOVERNOR HASTINGS.
own the homes in which they live; whose
principal dally vocation Is to subduo
and develop her great store-houses of na
tive wealth; her wage-earners, skilled and
unskilled, receive, one year with another.
the highest average American wage rate
the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their
chosen representatives, come to this con
vention and, with you, demand, and thulr
every Interest demands, a system of na
tional currency equal to the best in the
world.
They' demand as well that the govern
ment they love and for whose flag they
have fought, and still stand ready to de
fend, shall pay its debts In money and not
In promises. They insist that a dollar Is
not created by the flat of the government,
but must have 100 cents of Intrinsio or ex
changeable value, measured by the world's
'standard, and that any debasement of the
standard would be fatal to business se
curity and national honor.. They believe
In the old-fashioned custom of living with
in their income, and when the income is
unequal to the necessary outgo they In
sist upon Increasing their revenue rather
than Increasing their debt. They believe
that the primary object of government is
to defend and promote the Interests of
the people who have orduined that govern
ment for the advancement of their com
mon welfare. They hold the revenue pol.
Icy and the protective solley go hand In
hand, and they stand as the sturdy and
unwavering champions of that American
system of fair and open-handed protection
which, injuring none and helping all, has
made this nation great and prosperous.
PENNSYLVANIA'S CLAIMS.
Pennsylvania comes to this convention
and with great unanimity asks you to
name astandard bearer who will repre
sent not only the principles and condi
tions, but the brightest hopes and aspira
tions of the Republican party; a man who
has been a loyal supporter of its every
great movement; a potent factor In. Us
councils from the day of Its birth and
baptism on Pennsylvania soil, to the pres
ent time; a man whose every vote and ut-
patriotic Americanism. Those whom I
represent and who ask his nomination at
your hands, point to a statesman who has
been in the forefront of every battle for
his party; who has been its champion, its
wise counsellor, Its organiser, and the
successful leader of Its forlorn hopes. He
was with those patriots who rocked rite
cradle of Republicanism; he was among
the first to comprehend the magnitude of
the armed debate of '61, and to give him.
self to the Union cause. In 1S78 he
stemmed the tide of currency Inflation and
won a voniory which. While less oatenta.
tlous, was equal In .Importance to his suc
cessful rescue of the country from free
trade and Grover Cleveland In '8S.
The American citlsen who believes tin
all laws and all policies should be for
America's best Interest; the American sol
dier who admires valor as much as he
loves the flag of his reunited country i tha
Amerlcun wage-earner who loves his home
and family, and who will never consent to
sink nimseir, to the wage level of the for.
elgn pauper; the American manufacturer
emerging from the tortures of a free-trade
panic and, anxious to relight the fires of
Industry, where darkness and silence still
hold sway; they who loudly proclaim their
, recent but perfect conversion to the true
gospel or Republicanism: thev who de
mand dollars as good as sold as the wane
for good work; who bellevo in commercial
reciprocity with other nations, but who
say "halt" to any further forelirn en
croachment upoh tiny part of America
these, all these, have found In him a stead
' fast friend and able supporter. Ho was
the soldier's friend In war and he has
been their constant champion In neace.
The survivor of those who fought for free
dom and won Immortal fame, recognise In
htm a comrade whose valor has been
proved on hard-fought field and attested
In the proudest trophy ever won by sol
dierthe decoration awarded him by tho
America congress.
Called to lead a forlorn hope In the groat
campaign of '88, he wrought a task equal
to the six labors of Hercules. He organ.
Ised the patriotism and Republicanism of
the country for victory. He throttled the
Tammany tiger In Ills don, and, forcing an
honest vote and an honest count In the
stronghold ef the most powerful and cor
rupt political organisations In the land,
rescued the country from the heresies of
Democracy. Having thus made himself
too powerful and too dangerous to the
enemy, the' order went forth to assassi
nate him, but the poisoned arrows of
lander and vituperation, thrown In bitter
and relentless hatred, fell broken at his
feet. He turned to the people among
whom he lived and whose servant he was,
and his vindication at their hands wss an
' uifanimlous re-election to the senate of
ths United States. , ; ; '; .,
WOOD 14KB A nook.
' There, representing Imperial Penhsyl
' Vanta and here Interests, he stood Ilka a
. rock, resisting the combined power of a
' free-trade president and patty, until the
deformity known- as the Wilson kill was
altered and amended so aa tc aav at
least some of tke business interests of his
state and country from entire and utter
ruin. We welcome the Issue American
protection: American credit and an Amer
ican policy. Let the people in the cam
paign which this convention inaugurates,
determine whether they are still willing to
live through another free-trade panic.
Let the wage earner and the wage payer
contemplate the bitter experiences which
brought hunger to the home of one and
financial ruin to the other. Let the Amer
ican farmer compare farm product prices
with free-trade promises. Let him who
has saved a surplus and him who works
for a livelihood determine, each for him
self, if he craves to be paid in American
dollars, disgraced -and depreciated to half
their alleged value. Let him who fought
for his country's flag; let the widow, the
orphan, and the loving parent who gave
up that which was as precious as life, be
hold that flag, and all it stands for.
pawned to a foreign and domestic Joint
syndicate to raise temporary loans lor tne
purpose of postponing the final financial
disaster and answer whether they want
the shame and humiliation repeated. Let
the sovereign voice be heard in the com
ing election declaring that the only gov
ernment founded on the rock of freedom,
blessed with every gift of nature and
crowned with' unmeasured possibilities,
shall not be dethroned, degraded, pauper
ised by a party and a policy at war with
aro very genius of our national existence.
Nominate him wnom i now name, una
this country will have a president whose
mental endowments, broad-minded states
manship, ripe experience, marvellous sa
gacity, unassuming modesty, knightly
couruce. and true Americanism are unex
celled. Nominate him and he will elect
himself.
I name to you the soldier and the states
man. Pennsylvania's choice mstinew
Stanley Quay.
MAINE'S FAVORITE SON.
Speech of Senator Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, Nominating Reed.
Four years ago we met as we meet now,
representatives of the great Republican
party. .Prosperity was In the land. - Cap
ital was confident and labor employed.
There was the good day's wage for the
good day s work, and the spirit or Amer.
lean enterprise was stirring and bold. The
treasury was full, the public revenues
amnio for the public need. We were at
peace with all the world, and had placed
a prudent hand on the key or tne pacific.
Four short years have come and gone,
Look about you now. The treasury Is
empty. Our credit Is Impaired. Our reve
nuos are deficient. We meet the publlo
needs not with Income but by borrowing at
high rates and pledging the future for
the wants of the present. Business !s
paralysed. Confidence has gone. Enter,
prise has folded its eagle wings and mopes
and blinks In the market place. Our mills
are Idle and our railroads crippled. Capi
tal hides Itself and labor idly walks the
street. There is neither a good day's wage
nor a good day's work. We have met
with slights abroad and have curious dif
ferences with other nations. The key to
the Pacific has slipped from, nerveless
hands. Foreign troops have been landed
In this hemisphere. Our own boundaries
have been threatened in Alaska.
The Monroe doctrine has been defended
but Is not yet vindicated. The people of
a neighbor Island lighting for freedom
look toward us with Imploring eyes and
look In vain. The American policy which
would protect our Industries at borne and
our flag abroad has faded and withered
away.
"Look, then, upon that picture and on
this."
"Could you on that fair mountain leave
to feed and fatten on this moor?"
But four short years have come and
gone and they have brought this change.
What has happened? I will tell you In a
word. The Democrltlc party has been In
power. That Is the answer. Upon us falls
tho' heavy burden of binding up these
wounds and bringing relief to all this suf
fering. The Democrats deceived the peo
ple by promising them the millennium
and the miserable results of these lying
promises are all about us today. We have
no promises to make. We pledge ourselves
only to that which we believe we can
perform. We will do odr best. That Is all.
And as In 186V we saved the Union and abol-
Ished slavery, so In 1806 we will deal with
this Democratic legacy of blunders,
bankruptcy and misfortune.
We are gathered here to choose the next
president of the United Staes. That we
will win In the election no man doubts,
but let us not deceive ourselves with the
pleasant fancy that the campaign is to do
an easy one. It will be a hard battle; It
cannot be otherwise when so much de
pends upon the result. Against the Re
publican party representing fixed Amerl.
can policies, strength, progress and order,
will be arrayed not only that organized
feature, tho Democratic party,, but all the
wandering forces of political chaos and
social disorder. Ie Is not merely the presi
dency which Is set before us as the prize.
The prosperity of (he country, the protec-
HENRY CABOT LODGE.
tlon of our Industries, the soundness of
our currency, and the national credit aro
all staked on the great Issue to be decided
at the polls next November. Upon us rests
the duty of rescuing the country from the
misery Into which It has been plunged by
three years of Democratic misrule. To
drive the Democrats from power is tho
first step and the highest duty, but
we shall triumph in vain, ami In our
turn shall meet heavy punishment at the
hands of the people If we do not put our
victory to right uses. Such a crisis as this
cannot be met and dealt with by shouts
and enthusiasm. We must face It as our
fathers faced Blavery and disunion with a
grim determination to win the battle; and
that done, to take up our responsibilities
in the same spirit with which we won the
fight. Now, as then, we can hope to suc
ceed only by the most strenuous endeavor;
and now, as then, everything depends
upon the admlnstratlon we place In office.
We want a president who will meet this
situation as Lincoln met that of 18C1; with
the chiefs of the Republicans about hfm,
and with party and people at his back.
We want a president who on the fifth day
of next March will summon congress In ex
tra session and, refusing to make appoint,
ments or to deal with patronage, will' say
that all else must wait until congress sends
to him a tariff which shall put money in
the treasury and wages In the pockets of
the American worklngmen, We want a
president who will protect at all hazards
the gold reserve of the treasury; who will
see to It that no obligation to the gov
ernment Is presented which Is not paid In
whatever coin the creditor chooses to de.
mand, and which will never forget that the
nation which pays with honor, borrows
with ease. We want a man who will guard
the safety and dignity of the nation at
home and abroad and who will always and
constantly be firm In dealing with foreign
nations, Instead of suddenly varying a
long course of weakness and Indifference
With a convulsive spasm of Vigor and pa
triotism. Above all. We want a man who
will lead his party and act with it and who
will not by senseless quarrel between the
white house and capltol reduce legislation
and aaeeutlon alike to imbecility and fail
ure, luoh la the man wo want for our
treat office la these bitter times and
when the forces of disorder are loosed and
the wreckers with their false lights gatVr
at the shore to lure the ship of state upon
the rocks.
Such a man St for such deeds I am
now to present to you. He needs no praise
from me. for he has proved his own title
to leadership. From what he is and whitt
he has done we know what he can do.
For twenty years, in victory and defeat,
at the head of great majorities and of
small majorities alike, he has led his party
in congress with a power which no man
could dispute, and with an ability which
never failed. I have seen him with a mad
dened opposition storming about him,
carry through that great reform which has
made the house of representatives tha
strong and efficient body it is today. I
have seen him during the past winter
guide a great majority so that they have
met every demand put upon them and
no errors which could burden the Repub
lican party in the campaign before us.
Before the people and in the houne lie
has ever been the bold and brilliant cham
pion of the great Republicui policies
whleh, adopted, have made us prosperous,
and, abandoned, have left ruin at our
doors. He Is a thorough American, by
birth, by descent, by breeding; one who
loves his country, and has served it in
youth and manhood, in war and peace.
His great ability, his' originality of
thought, bis power In debate, his stroll
will, are known Of all men, and are part ct
the history of the last twenty years. His
public career Is as spotless an his pit.
vate character Is pure und as unblemished.
He is a trained statesman tit tor the heav
iest task the country can impose upon
him.
He commands the confidence of his party
and his country. He Is leader of men.
We know It, because we have seen him al
ways "come." He is entirely fearless?.
We know It for we have seen his cour
age tested on a hundred fields. He has
been called to great places and to great
Mais, and he has never failed nor fllnchad.
He Is fit to stand at the head of the Re
publican column. He Is worthy 'to be an
American president. I have the honor.
the very great honor, to presnt to you as
4 candidate for your nomination, the
speaker of the national house of represen
tatlves, Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. ,
SPEECH OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.
Nominating Gov. Levi P. Morton for
President of the United States.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con
ventlon:
. National Republican conventions have
been epoch makers. They have formulat
ed the principles, originated the policies,
and suggested the measures which In '.he
history of the United States form Its most
prosxassire periods, They have nominated
CTACXCSr V. CEPKW.
for the presidency statesmen and sol
diers who were the leaders of the people
In their onward march to larger liberty
and broader and better Industrial condi
tions. No party, no matter how glorious Its
achievements or how brilliant its suc
cesses, can rely upon the past. Its for
mer triumphs are only Its certificates ot
character, Which must be met by con
tinuing effort as benetleent and wise as
anything of which It boasts. The party
which Is to permanently govern a country
and Is secure in its past, must not only be
equal to the present, but must forecast
and provide for the future. The Repub.
lican party has held possession of the
government of the United States for more
than a generation because It has trium
phantly met these conditions. The un
equalled successes of the Republican par
ty. Its hold upon the country, and Its mas.
terful Influence upon affairs have been
due to the fact that In every crisis Its
principles have solved the problems of the
hour and Its selected leader has been the
man for the occasion. The greatest moral
and patriotic questions which a free
people were ever called upon to meet were
slavery and secession In the early days of
our organization. But with "Union and
Liberty" as our watchword and with Lin
coin as our leader we saved the republic
and emancipated the slave.
A few weeks preceding the convention of
four years ago at 'Minneapolis I had an
afternoon with Mr. Blaine. With marvel
lous Intuition he forecast the future. He
said: "Substantially all the forces of op
position or distrust, and of disappoint
ment, of theory and ot imagination which
accumulate against a party that has been
in power for over thirty years are now
concentrated for an assault upon our po
sltlon and are certain to succeed. The
Democratic party and Its allies ot Popu
llsm and of- all other Isms are destined In
this campaign, no matter who is our can
didate or what Is our platform, to secure
possession of the government." The coun
try knows to Its loos; Its sorrow, and Its
grief, that the prediction has been fulfilled
In ever? part. In Us fulfilment the United
States has the experience and Europe has
the business and prosperity.
We meet to tuke up the broken cord of
national development and happiness and
link It once more to the car of progress,
Our Industries stagnant, our manufuc.
tures paralyzed, our agriculture dlsheart.
ened, our artisans unemployed, our
finances disordered, our treasury bank
nipt, our credit Impaired, our position
among the nations of the world ques
tloned, all look to this convention and call
upon Its wisdom for hope and rescue.
DEMOCRATIC CONDITION'S.
The conditions created by the practice of
Democratic policies, the promise of Dem
ocratlc measures, and tho differences of
Democratic statesmen would seem to .'ir
gue an unquestioned and overwhelming
triumph for the Republican party In tho
coming election. No matter how brlllltnt
the promise, no- mutter how serene tho
outlook, It Is .the part of wisdom, with
the uncertainties of politics and our re
cent experience of thai tragic shifting Is
sues, to be careful, prudent, and wise In
platform anu in candidate.
The last few yearB have been a campaign
of university extension among the peo.
pie of the United Stars, and while wo may
In platform and candidate meet all the
requirements of party obligations and
party 'expectations, we must remember
that there is a vast constituency which
has little fealty to partleB or to organiza
tions, but votes for the man snd the
principles which are In accord with their
views In the administration of tho coun
try. The whole country, north, south, east
and west, without any division In outlines.
or out of them, stands, after what has
happened In the last three years, for the
protection of American Industries, for the
principle or reciprocity, and for America
tor Americans, Hut a compact neighbor
hood of great commonwealths, In which
are concentrated the majority of the pop
ulation, of the manufactures, and of the
Industrial energies of the United States
has found that business and oredlt exist
only with the stability of sound money
- It has become the fashion of late to de
cry business as unpatriotic. Wo hear
much of the "sordid considerations of
capital," "employment," "Industrial on
ergies," and "prosperous Ihbof." The
United Sfates.dtfferlng from the Mediaeval
renditions which govern bluer countries.
differing' from the militarism which is the
curse of European nations, differing from
thrones which reat upoa the sword, is pre
eminently and patriotically a commercial
and a business nation. This commerce
and business are synonymous with patriot,
ism.
When the farmer Is afield sowing and
reaping the crops which find a market
that remunerates him for his toll, when
the laborer and artisan find work seek
ing them and not themselves despairing
of work, when the wage of the toiler prom,
ises comfort for his iarolly and hope for
his children, when the rail is burdened
with the product of the soil and of the
factory, when the spindles are humming
and the furnaces are in blast. When the
mine Is putting out its largest product
and the national and Individual wealth
are constantly increasing, when the homes
owned unmortgaged by the people are
more numerous uay Ly day and month by
month, when the schouls are most crowd
ed, the fairs most frequent and happy
conditions most universal in the nation.
then are promises fulltlled which mako
these United States of America the homo
of the oppresseJ and the land of the tree.
It is to meet these condition and to meet
them with a candidal who represents
them und about whom there can be no
question, that New York presents to you
for the presidency under the unanimous
instructions of two successive Republican
rtate conventions the name of her gover
nor, lvl P. Morton.
New York is the cosmopolitan state of
the Union. She is both a barometer and
thermometer of -the changes of popular
opinion and popular passion. She has
been the pivotal commonwealth which has
decided nearly every one of the national
olecttons in this generation. She has more
Yankees than any city in New England
more southerners than any community in
the south, and more native-born western.
ers than any city In the west, and the rep-
resentatlves of the Pacific coast within her
borders have been men who have done
much for the development of that glo
rious region. These experienced and cos
mopolltan citizens, with their fingers upon
the pulses of tha finance and trade of me
whole country, feel instantly ths condi
tions that lead to disaster or to prosperity.
Hence thoy swing the state sometime to
the Republican and sometime to the Dem
ocratic column.
: , A GLORIOUS RECORD.
In the. tremendous effort to break the
hold whleh Democracy had upon our com
monwealth, and which it had strengthened
for ten successive years, we selected as
our standard bearer the gentleman whom
I present on behalf of our state here to
day, and who carried New York, and took
the legislature with him, by 136,000 major
ity. We are building a navy, and the White
squadron Is a forerunner ot a commerce
which Is to whiten every sea and carry
our flag Into every port of the world. Not
our wish, perhaps, nor our ambitions prob
ably, but our very progress and expansion
have made us one of the family of nations.
We can no longer, without hazard of un
necessary frictions with other, govern
ments, conduct our foreign policy except
through the medium ot a skilled diplo
macy. 'For four years as minister to
France, when critical questions of the Im
port of our products into that country
were Imminent, Levi P. Morton learned
and practiced successfully the diplomacy
which was best for the prosperity or nis
coutftry. None of the mistakes which
have.dlcrcdlted our relations with foreign
nations during tho past four years could
occur under his administrations. He is
tho best "Type of tho American business
man that type which Is the Heal of
school, the academy, and the college, that
typo which tho mother presents to her boy
In the western cabin and In the eastern
tenement as she Is marking out for him a
career by which he shell rise from nis
poor surroundings to grasp the prizes
which come through American liberty and
American opportunity.
Our present deplorable Industrial and
flnnnclal conditions are largely due to tne
fact that while we have a president and
a cabinet of acknowledged ability, none
of them have had business training or ex
perience. They are persuasive reasoncrs
upon Industrial questions, but have never
practically solved Industrial problems.
They are book farmers who raise wheat
at the cost ot orchids and sell It nt the
prlco of wheat. With Levi P. Morton
there would be no deficiency to be met by
the Issue ot bonds, there would be no
blight on our credit which would call for
the services of a syndicate, there would
be no trifling with the delicate intricacies
of finance and commerce which would
paralyze the operations of trade and man
ufacture. Whoever may be nominated by this
convention will receive the cordial support,
the enthusiastic advocacy of the Repub
licans of New York, but In the shifting
conditions of our commonwealth. Gov.
ernor Morton can secure more than the
party strength, and without question In
the coming canvass, no matter what Issue
may arlso between now anil November,
place the Empire state solluly In the Re
publican column.
ALLISON'S NOMINATION.
Speech of John N. Baldwin of Coun
cil Blnlls, Iowa.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con
vention :
There Is one, but only one, of those
whose names will be presented to this con
vention who can claim that there has
been placed for him In history's golden urn
an estimate of his character and worth
mado by him on whom nature stamped
her royal seal; God exhibited as His great
est design of American mahhood, genius,
statesmanship and patriotism; who, now
In heaven, wears a crown of deathless
praise and whose great soul is a portion of
eternity Itself, James O. Blaine.
Ulalne writing to Garfield, said: "Then
comes Allison. He Is true, kind, reason
able, fair, honest and good. He Is method
ical, Industrious and intelligent, and Would
be a splendid man to sail along with
smoothly and successfully."
Complying with the request of the lowa
delegation, I rise to propose to this con
vention the nomination of him to whom
this heritage was bequeathed William H.
Allison, and to tiek you to make on the
Old and New Testament of Republicanism.
It takes a big man to represent tho
state of Iowa In the congress of the United
States for thirty-live years, but Senator
Allison Is that man.
With the most perfect knowledge of
the details of all our political laws and
their histories, with this statesmanlike
Judgment which distinguishes the essen
tial from the accidental, and the Immut
able from the transitory, "with every look
a cordlul smile, every gesture a caress,"
yet with a spirit of firm mold und purpose
that no bribe or feast or palace could awe
or swerve, he has for thirty-live years
upon the floor of the horse and senate
been fighting for the Interests of the peo
ple; carrying onward und upward the na
tion's legislative work; turning cranks
out of place; unslmmerlng the culminat
ing stars ot Democracy; unmasking the
hidden purposes of corrupt measures, un
til now he holds the place of ungrudged
supremacy In the legislative halls of that
mewt splendid of capitals.
That which this this country has lost, Is
that which It now socks, "Protection."
To get It the people have worked hard,
prayer fast, paid high and now let them
have It.
Allison does not believe In a tariff for
revenue only, but In a tariff for protection
and revenue Jointly.
He hns always Insisted that the protec
tive system Is tho mightiest Instrument
for the development of our na'ural re
sources and the strongest agency to pro
tect American weulth and American la
bor. Protection built the laborer his
American home, and he never again will
welcome therein Demoerntlc sirens Flint.
lug free trade Bonus written and composed
by English bards, for having chiselled ,
tho principles of protection In his hearth
stone, ho will at the next election defend
them nt his front gate. w
The great and Impartsnt Issue Tfchleh Is
just now coming around the corner Is the
one of sound money, and we can no more
dodge It than we can gravitation.
For Simteor Allison you cannot build
too strongly a platform for sound money,
and It you place him upon It ho Will seo to
It that the dry rot of Is to t does not steal
through its staunch timbers.
The United 8tates caa no more make
good money by simply placing Its symbol
of sovereignty or mark of authority on
any kind of metal, regardless ot its Vom.
merclal value or relations to foreign coun.
tries, than it caa extend its domain by
calling a furlong a mile.
He believes that the American dollar
should have some grains ot sense as well
aa more of silver. That there can be no
stability to our currency or money. If we
keep adopting such shifting policies that
under tbem the same piece may be a coi
per cent in one hand or a dollar in another.
He believes that unlimited coinage would
soon lead to unlimited bankruptcy.
No honest farmer would borrow from
his neighbor a bushel of fifty-cent wheat
and insist upon paying it back witn a
bushel of twenty-ttv.cent oats, and so
this great government cannot expect to
keep Its credit at he highest point It it
borrows a dollar ot gold and lnsts upon
paying back with ntly-cent silver, any
other construction of tho word "coin" in
any laws or any contracts to the contrary
notwithstanding.
The platform ot this convention must be
for sound money, and in clear, ringing,
unmistakable terms. On any other con
struction ot It tho party may get into
power, but the country would be In dan
ger of falling into the butch ot bankrupt
governments, and ut the end of the party's
administration It would probably have-no
more ot an estate than did Rabelais,
whose will, when opened read: "In the
name of God, Amen. 1 have nothing. I
owe much. 1 give the rest to the poor.'!
"At the time when nation wildly looks
at natioti standing with mute lips apurt.
Allium did not meet with clinched list the
proffered hand of international adjust'
ment. However, he has stood unswerv
ingly by the Monroe doctrine and insist
ed that the United States should recognize
any people struggling for liberty and Re
publican institutions, even if they were
Insurgents in Ccba. .
Nominate him and not now. perhaps,' but
when the strife Is over his name will fall
like mlllenial music on your ears. Nom.
Inate him and a thrill ot Joy will go. from
the west to the east, carrying on Its
trembling way the stings of our reapers
only to be lost In the roar of your furnaces.
Nominate him and when our corn grows
gold in autumn's time, our flocks teeming
and our granges full, every spindle will be
turning day and night upon the Merrlmac.
It you do this, light will break upon our
darkened land and Instantly a long suffer
ing people will hear the surges of return
ing prosperity.
May the spell ot Republicanism have
greater power to move you than the spell
of maglo words. In this hour of anxious
expectancy; in-this hour pregnant with
history, prophecy and destiny, the grave
gives up its mighty dead and they are
here Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Blaine, yea
all the illustrious dead of the Republican
party; end mingling with its living advo
cates, martyred Lincoln's spirit pleads
witn you to see to It that "these dead
shall not have died In vain."
FRANKLIN FORT'S SPEECH.
Nominating Unrrct A. Hobart, of New
Jersey for Vice-President.
I rise to present to this' convention h
claims of New Jersey to the vice presi
dency. We come because we feel that w enn
for the first time in our history bring .o
you a promise that our electoral vote will
oe cast for your nominees. If you comniv
with our request this promise will surely
be redeemed.
For forty years, through tho blackness
or darkness ot a universal triumphant De
moerey, the Republicans of New Jersey
have maintained their organization and
fought as valiantly as If the outcome were
to be assured victory. Only twice through
all this long period has the sun shono In
upon us. Yet, through all these weary
years, we nave, like Goldsmith's "Cap
tive." felt that
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray."
The fulfillment of this hope came In 1891
In that year for the first time Blnce the
Republican party came Into existence, we
sent to congress a solid delegation of
eight Republicans, and elected a Republl.
cun to the United States senate. We fol
lowed this In 1895 by electing a Republl
can governor by a majority of 28,000. And
In this year of grace we expect to give the
Republican electors a majority ot not less
than 20,000.
I come to you, then, today In behalf -if
a new New Jersey, a politically redeemed
and regenerated state. Old things have
passed away, and behold, all things have
become new.
It is muny long years since New Jersey
has received recognition by a national
convention.
When Henry Cloy stood for protection In
184-1, new jersey furnished Theodore Kre
linghuysen as his associate. The issue
then was the restoration of the tariff, and
was more nearly like that of today than
at any other period, which I can recall. In
the nation's political hlHtory. In 1S5G
when the freedom of man brought the Re.
publican party Into existence and the
great "Pathfinder" was called to lead,
New Jersey furnished for that unequal
contest William L. Dayton, as the vice
presidential candidate, gince'then, count
Ing for nothing, we have asked for noth
ing. During this period Maine has had a
candidate for president and a vice presl.
dent; Massachusetts a vice president
four vice presidents, one of whom be
tame president for almost a full term
Indiana a president, a candidate for pres
Ident and a vice president; Illinois a presl
dent twice and a vico presidential candl
ate; Ohio, two presidents, and now a can
didate for the third time; Tennessee,
vice presldenti who became president for
almost a full term.
We believe that the vice presidency In
1S9I should be given to New Jersey. Wo
have reasons for our dplnlon. We have
ten electoral votes; we have carried the
state In the elections of '93, 'M and 'Vo
we hope and believe we can keep tho state
In the Republican column for all time, I'.y
your action today you can greatly aid us
If the party In any state Is deserving of
approval, for the sacrifice of Its rfiembers
to maintain Its organization, then the K
publicans of New Jersey, In this, the
hour of their ascendnncy, after long years
of bitter defeat, loel that they cannot cotno
to this convention in vain. We appeal to
our brethren In the south, who know with
us what It is to be overridden by fraud on
the ballot box, to be counted out by cor
rupt election officers; to be dominated by
an nrrogant, unrelenting Democracy,
Will you not make New Jersey sure to
take their place In case of need? We have
In ull theae long years of Republicanism
been the "lone star" Democratic state In
the north. Our forty years of wandering
In the wilderness of Democracy are cnd.Mt
Our- Eevntlun darkness disappears. We
are" on the hill-top looking Into the prom
Ised land. Encourage us as we march
over Into the. political Cannon of Repub
licanism, there to remain, by giving us a
loader on the national ticket to go up with
us.
A true representative of this class of
Republicans in New Jersey we orrer yon
today, lie Is In the prime of le; a never
fnlterlnff friend, with qualities of leader
ship unsurpassed, of sterling honor, of
broad mind, of liberal views, of wide pub
lis information, of groat business enpac
Ity, and withul a parliamentarian who
would grace the presidency of the senate
of the United States. A native of our
Mlnte. the son of an humble farmer, he was
reared to love of country In sight of the
hlBtcrrle field of Monmouth, on wnicn tne
blood of our ancestors was shed that the
republic might exist. From n poor noy,
unaided nnd alone, he has risen to high re
nown nmor.r us.
'Ills capabilities are such as would grnce
ntiv niM 'nn or nonor in me uaituu. A-"!
for himself, but for our state; not for hi
ombltlon, but to Five to the nation th
hichnt tvne of nubllo official, do we com
in this convention by the commnnd of oil
state In tho name of the Republican party
of Nw Jersey unconquereu ami uncon
querable, undivided and Indivisible with
one united voice speaking for all tf-at
counts for good citizenship In our stote,
and nominate to you for the office of vice
presldcst of this republic Garret A. Hu
bert, of New Jersey.
PLATFORM AS IT
WAS ADOPTED
' aixbtforward Policy Dealiar, With All
Natloaal Topics.
RESULTS 0? DEMOCRATIC MISRULE
Allegiance to the Policy of Protection
RenewedHold Standard Mast Be
PreservedA Firm and Vigorous
Foreign Programme Is Advocated.
Sympathy for Cuba.
Bt Louis, June 18. The following Is
the full text of the report of the com
mittee on resolution of the National Re
publican convention,' which was pre
sen ted by the committee today:
Platform The Republicans of the
United States, assembled by their repre
sentatives In national convention, ap
pealing for the popular and historical
Justification of their claims to the
matchless achievements of thirty
years of Republican rule, earnestly and
confidently uddress themselves to the
awakened Intelligence, experience and
conscience of their countrymen In the
following declaration of facts and prin
ciples:' RESULT OP DEMOCRATIC CON
TROL. For tho flint time Hlnce theIvll war
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and un
restricted Democratic control of the
government. It has been a record ot
unparalled Incapacity, dishonor and
disaster. ' In administrative manage
ment It haa ruthlessly sacrificed indis
pensable revenue, entailed an unceasing
deficit, eked out ordinary current ex
penses with borrowed money, piled up
the public debt by I2H2.000.000 in time or
peace, forced an adverse balance of
trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging
over the redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results
ot successful Republloan fulc. In the
broad effect of Us policy It has precipi
tated panic, blighted Industrv and trade
with prolonged depression, closed fac
tories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and crippled American pro
ductlon, while stlmulating'forelgn pro-
ductlon for the American market. Every
conslderatlon'of public safety and In
dividual Interest demands that the gov
ernment shall be rescued from the
hands of those who have shown them
selves Incapable of conducting It with
out disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall be restored to the
party which for thirty years adminis
tered It with unequalled success and
prosperity, and in this connection we
heartly endorse the wisdom, the patriot-
Ism and the success of the administra
tion of President Harrison.
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
' Tariff .We renew and emphasize our
allegiance to the policy of protection as
the bulwark of American Industrial in
dependence and the foundation , of
American development and prosperity.
This true American policy taxes for
elgn products and encourages home In
dustry; It puts the burden of revenue
on foreign goods; It secures the Ameri
can market for the American producer;
It upholds the American standard of
wages for the American worklngman;
It puts the factory by the side of the
farm and makes the American farmer
less dependent on foreign demand and
price; It diffuses general thrift and
founds the strength of all on the
strength of each. In Its reasonable ap
plication It Is Just, fair and Impartial,
equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly, to sectional dis
rlinlnatlon and Individual favortlsm.
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional. Injurious to the pub
lie credit and destructive to business
enterprises. AVe demand such an eqult
able tariff on foreign Imports which
come Into competition with American
products, as will not only furnish ade
quate revenue for the necessary ex
penses of the government, but will pro
tect American labor from degradation
to tho level ot other lands. We are not
Pledged to any particular schedules.
The question of rates Is a practical
aueston to be governed by the condl
tlons of the time and production; the
ruling and uncompromising principle Is
the protection and development of
American labor and Industry. The coun
try, demands a right settlement and
then It wants rest. '
RECIPROCITY.
' Reciprocity We believe the repeal ot
the reciprocity arrangements negotlat
ed by the last Republican administra
tion was a national calamity; and we
demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as will equalize our trade
with other nations, remove the restrlc
tlons which now obstruct the sale of
American products In the ports of other
countries and secure enlarged markets
for the products of farms, forests nnd
factories. Protection and reciprocity
are twin measures of Republican policy
and go hand In hand. Democratic rule
has recklessly struck down both, and
both must be re-established. Protec
tion for what we produce; free admis
sion for the necessaries of life which
we do not produce; reciprocal agree
ments of mutual Interest which gain
open markets for us In return for our
open market to others. Protection
builds up domestic Industry and trade,
and secures our own market for our
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign
trade and finds an outlet for our sur
plus. SUGAR, WOOL, WOOLENS.
Sugar We condemn the present ad
ministration for not keeping faith with
the sugar producers of this country.
The Republican party favors such pro
tection as will li-ad to the product i-m
on American soil of all the sugar which
the American people use, and for which
they pay other countries more than
$100,000,000 annually.
Wool and Woolens To all our pro
ductsto those of tho. mine nnd tho
field, as well ns those of the shop and
factory to hemp to wool, the product
nt the great Industry of sheep hus
bandry, ns well as to the finished wool
lens of the mill we promise the most
ample protection.
Merchant Marine Wo favor restoring
the early American policy of discrimin
ating duties for the upbuilding of our
merchnnt marine nnd the protection of
our shipping In the foreign carrying
trade, so that American 3hlps the pro
duct of American labor, employed In
American shipyards, sailing under tho
stars and stripes, and manned, ofllcered
nnd owned 'by Americans may regain
the carrying of our foreign commerce.
GOLD STANDARD.
Money The Republican party Is un
reservedly for sound money. It caused
tho enactment of the law providing for
the resumption of specie payments In
1879; since then every dollar hns been
ns good as gold. We are unalterably
opposed to every measure calculated
to debase our currency or Impair the
credit ot our country. We are, there
fore, opposed to the free coinage of bII
ver except by International agreement
with the leading commercial nations of
the world, which wo pledge otir.iclve
to promote, nnd until ouch agreement
can be obtained, the existing gold
standr.rd must be preserved. All our
silver nnd paper currency lnuf.t be
mnlntnlned nt parity with gold, and
wie tavor r.i'i measures designed to
maintain Inviolably tho obligations of
the United States und all our money,
whether coin or paper, nt the present
dtanrlard, the standard of the most en
lightened nations of the earth.
Pensions The veterans of the union
armies des.-'-vo and demand fair treat
ment and generpus recognition. When
ever practicable they should be given
the preference In the matter ot employ
ment, and they are entitled to tha
enactment of such laws as are best cal
culated to secure the fulfillment of tha .
pledges made to them In the dark days
of the country's peril. We denounce)
the practice in the pension bureau, so
recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration of reducing
pensions and arbitrarily dropping
names fom the rolls, as deserving the
severest condemnation ot the American
people. ,
VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLICY.
Foreign Relations Our foreign poller
should be at all times firm, vigorous
and dignified and all cur Interests In the
western hemisphere carefully watched
and guarded. The Hawaiian Islands -should
be controlled by thi United
States and no foreign power should be
permitted to Interfere with them; the
Nicaragua, canal should bo built, owned
and operated by the United States; nnd '
by the purchase of the Danish, Islands
we should secure a proper and much
needed neval station In the West In
dies. Armenian Massacres The massacres
In Armenia haw aroused the deep sym
athy and just Indignation of tho Amer
ican people, and we believe that the
United States should exercise all the In
fluence It can properly exert to bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey
American residents have been exposed
to the gravest dangers and American
property destroyed. There and every
where American citizens and American
property must be absolutely projected
at all hazards and at any cost.
UPHOLDINO MONROE DOCTRINE..
Monroe Doctrine We reassert the
Monroe Doctrine in Its full extent and
reaffirm the right of the United States
to give ths doctrine effect by responding
to the appeals of any American state
for friendly Intervention in case of-
European enoraachment. We have not
Interfered, and shall not Interfere, with
the existing possessions of any Euro
pean power In this hemlsphcire, but
those possessions must not, on any pre
text, be extended. We hopefully look
forward to the eventual withdraw! of
the European powere from this, hem Is-,
phere to the ultimate union of all the
English-speaking people of the conti
nent by J.he free consent of its Inhabi
tants.
INFLUENCE IN CUBA'S BEHALF.
Cuba From tho hour of achieving
their own Independence the people ot the
United States have regarded with sym
pathy the struggle's of other American
peoples to frte themselves from Euro
pean denomination. We watch, with
deep and abiding Interest the herolo
battle of the Cuban patrkts against
cruelty and oppression, snd our best
hopes go out for tho full success of their
determined contest tor liberty. The
government of Spain having lost con
trol of Cuba, and being unable to pro
tect the, property or lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with Its
treaty obligations, we believe that ttha
government of the United States should
actively use its lnlluence and good of.
flcca to restore peace and give Independ
ence to' the island.
NEED OF NAVAL STRENGTH.
The Navy The peace and security of
the republic and the maintenance of Its
rightful Influence 'among the nations of
the earth demand a naval power com
mensurate with Its position and respon
sibility. 'We, therefore, favor the con-,
tinued enlargement of the navy and a
complete system of harbor and taa. coast
defences.
Foreign Immigration For the protec
tion of the equality of our American citi
zenship, and of th wages of our work
ing men against the fatal rompC'tltlon
of low-priced labor, we demand that the
Immigration laws be thoroughly enforc
ed and so extended ns toi exclude from
entnace to the United Sta tes those who
can neither read nor write.
CIVIL, SERVICE, FREE BALLOT
AND LYNCHINGS.
Civil Service The civil service law
was placed on the statue book by the
Republican party whleh has always sus
tained It, and we renew our repeated
declarations that it shall be thoroughly
enforced.
Free Ballot We demand that every
citizen of the United States shall be al
lowed to cast one free and unrestricted
ballot, and that such ballot shall be
counted and returned as ce.t.
Lynching!! We proclaim our unquali
fied condemnation of the uncivilized and
baiTlmrous practices, well known 03
lynching or killing of human beings,
suspected or charged with crime, with
out process of law.
National Arbitration Wo favor- the
creation of a national board of arbitra
tion to settle and adjust differences
which may arise between employer and
employed engaged In lnter-slate com
merce. Homesteads We believe In an Imme
diate return to 'the free homestead act
of the Republican party, nnd urco the
passage by congt'efa of the satisfactory
free homestead measuro which has al
ready passed the house and Is now
pending In the senate.
Territories Wefavortheadmlsslon of
the remaining terrltorles nt the earliest
practicable date, having due regards to
the Interests of th people of the terri
tories nnd of the United States, All the
federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona-fide
residents thereof, nnd the right of self
government should be accorded as far
as practicable.
Alaska We believe the citizens of
Alaska should have representation In
congress of the United States, to Ithe
end that needful legislation may be 1m
medlnti ly enacted.
TEMPERANCE AND WOMEN'S
RIGHTS.
Temperance We sympathize with all
wise and legitimate efforts to lesson and
prevent the evils ot Intemperance and
promote morality.
Rights of Women The Republican
party Is mindful ef 'the rluht nnd Inter
ests of women. Protection of American
Industries Include j'qtml opportunities
equal pay fcr equal work, and protection
to the home. We f.ivor the admission
of women to wider spheres of usefulness,
and welcome their co-uv: ration In res
cuing the country from Democratic and
Populist mismanagement and misrule.
Such are the principles and policies itf
the ltepubllcan party.
By these principles we will abld and
these policies we will put Into execution.
We ask for them the considerate judg
ment of th'? American people. Confident
alike n the history of our great party
and IntheJuptlcooC our cause. we present
our platform and our candidates In tho
full assurance that the election will
bring victory to the Republican party
nnd prosperity to th? people of the
United States.
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t'XKKST.
These ore busy old days In political lines;
Tho candidates scarcely kin cat;
They're so occupied -wltchln' fur wicked
designs
An' soumlln' each person they meet.
They're strlvln' an' stiuuglln' tcr conquer
the dread
Of biln' put by on the shelf,
Each thro win' a brick ut the other man's)
head
An' throwln' bouquets at hlsself.
I somehow suspect thet they oft fall tor
gnln
A reward wuth sech efforts cz these;
Thet even success doesn't quite reach tha
pin no
Of dignity mingled wcth case.
But they stay up at night when they
should be q-bed,
An' squunder their strength an' their
volt,
Each throwln' a brick at the other man's
head
An' throwln' bouquets at hlaself.
Washington Utar.