Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 19

2 THE EVENING STAR,.THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896. THE SPEECHES MADE! Eloquent Leaders Place Their Fav- orites in Nomination. = SS FORAKER, DEPEW AND LODGE Addresses Delivered Before the St. Louis Convention. REVIEWING RECORDS CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18.—Following is the text of the nomi- nating speeches made this afternoon, after Mr. Lodge spoke: Chauncey M. “Mr, Conv DePew's Speech. Gentlemen of the 5s nm: National republican conven- tions have been epoch makers. They have formulated the principles, originated the P s and suggested the measures which In history of the United States form its most progressive periods. They have nominated for the presidency statesmen and soldiers, who were the leaders of the people in their onwaré march to larger lib- and broader and better industrial con- ditions. Chairman and the er “No party, no matter however glorious its achievements or how brilliant its successes, can rely upon the past. Its former triumphs are only its certifleates of character, which must be met by con- tinuing effort as beneficent and wise a: 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 republican party has held possession of the govern- ment of the United States for more than a generation because it has triumphantly met these conditions. Tke unequaled suc- cesses of the republican party, its hold upon the country and {ts masterful in- fluence upon affairs have been due to the fact that in every crisis its principles have solved the problems of the hour and its si lected leader has been the man for the oc casion. The greatest moral and patriotic questions which a free people were ever called upon to meet where slavery and se- vn in the early days of our organiza- tion. But with ‘Union and Liberty’ as our watchword, and with Lincoln as our lead- saved the republic and emancipated av “The y construction sionate and critical issues of re- and a were successfully met, tions happily united by onsent of the victors and the a of the conquered by the influence of soldier President, who had the conti- of the armies which he had led in ph and the enemies whom he had 1 with honor. period when progress halted f the distrust of commonwealihs citizens of each other the later judgment of the country ex- pressed acknowledgment to the non- sanship and judicial fairness of Hayes and Evarts. The youth who came to man- hood after the civil war and knew little of its agenies or its animosities, found a glo- rious example of American possibility and ment in the canal driver, the col- the school principal, the col- the Union general, the ill ater in the House of Representa- » brilliant and magnetic Garfleid. “In defeat and in victory, for the policies which i for the development of Amer- ican industries, for America for Americans, Whether native or naturalized, and for the which bound the North Ameri- South American centinents to- had the plumed knight of our isiasm and our love, James G. Blaine. ew generation came to the majority, the past was a legend, the pres- Niffict and the future theor; the republican party a sto It task of development and without Levi P. Morton. Plly practiced in its control of the execu- tive and legislative branches of the gov- ernment that policy of the protection of American ries and that practice of mee which gave to the republic era of greate erity and Its pe- riod of the largest returns for capital, the full mployment for labor and the high- ses for work in the history of our & year of the admin- that able and accomplished Benjamin Harrison. Blaine’s Forecast. weeks preceding the convention ur years ago at Minneapolis I had an afternoon with Mr. Blaine. With marvel- ous he forecast the future. He sald ‘s of oppo- sitio and of disappointment, of theory and of imag! n which aceu- jate against a party that has been in years are now con- it upon our position, ceed. The democratic 's of popull ned i m and of all this campaign, no er who és our candidate or what is our platform, to secure possession of the Bove ent.” Th country knows to its loss, its sorrow and its grief, that the pre- diction has been fulfilled in every part. In its the United States has the exper and Europe has the business and prosperity. “We meet up the broken cord of national t and happt link it on to the car of es st paralyzed, our r artisans u ordered, our t dmpatred, our pos ef the world m and hope and rescue. disheartened, eur finances dis all look to this upon its wisdom for call Bright Republican Prospects. “The conditions created by the practice of mocratic policies, the promise of demo- fe measures and the differences of democratic statesmen would seem to ar- sue an unquestioned and overwhelming triumph for the republican party in the coming election. No matter how brilliant the promise, no matter how serene the out- look, it is the part of wisdom, with the un- certainties of politics and our recent expe- rience of the tragic shifting of issues, to be careful, prudent and wise in platform and fr candidate. “The last“few years have b. paign of university extension 2 a cam- mong the people of the United States, and while we may in platform and candidate meet all the requirements of party obligations and party expectatio we must remember that there fs a vast constituency which | has little fealty to parties or to organiza- tions, but votes for the than and the prin ciph ich are in accord with their Mews in the administration of the country. ‘The whole country, north, soutn, east and west, without any division in our lines, or out of them, stands, after what has hap- pened in the last three years, for the pro- tection of Ame i ustries, for the principle of reciprocity and for America for Americans. but a compact neighbor- hood of great commonwealths, in 1 are concentrated the majority of the popul: tlon, of the manfuactures and of the indus- trial energies of the United States, nas found that business and credit exist oniy With the stability of sound money. Commerce and Patriotism. “It bas become the fashion of late to de- cry business as unpatriotic. We hear much of the ‘sordid considerations of cap!- tal,’ ‘employment,’ ‘industrial energies’ and ‘prosperous labor.’ The United States, differing from the mediaeval conditions which govern older countries, differing from the militarism which is the curse of European nations, differing from thrones which rest upon the sword, is pre-emi- nently and patriotically a commercial and a business nation. Thus commerce and business are synonymous with patriotism. When the farmer is afield sowing and reap- ing the crops which find a market that re- munerates him for his toil, when the la- borer and the artisan find work seeking them and not themselves despairing ot work, when the wage of the toiler promises comfort for his family 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 na- tional and individual wealth are constantly Chauncey M. Depew. increasing, when the homes owned un- mortgaged by the people are more numer- ous day by day and month by month, when the schools are most crowded, the fairs most frequent and happy conditions most universal in the nation, then are the prom- ises fulfilled which make these United States of America the home of the op- pressed and the land of the free. It is to meet these conditions and to meet them with a candidate who represents them and about whom there can be no question, that New York presents to you for the presidency, under the unanimous instructions of two successive republican state conventions, the name of her gov- ernor, Levi P. Morton. A Word for New York. New York 1s 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 de- cided nearly every one of the national elec- tions in this generation. She has more Yankees than any city in New England, more southerners than any community the south and more native-born westerners than any city in the west, and the repre- sentatives of the Pacific coast within her borders have been men who have done much for the development of that glorious region. These experienced and cosmopoli- tan citizens, with their fingers upon the pulses of the finance and trade of the whole country, feel instantly the conditions that led to ‘disaster or to prosperity, Hence, they swing the state sometimes to the republican and sometimes to the dem- ocratic column. “In the tremendous effort to break the hold which democracy had upon our com- monwealth, and which it had strength- ened for ten successive years, we selected as our standard-bearer the gentleman whom I present on behalf of our state here today, and who carried New York, and took the legislature with him, by one hun- dred-and fifty-six thousand majority. “We are building a navy, and the white squadron is a forerunner of 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 probabl but our very progress and expansion hav made us one of the family of nations. We can ne longer, without the hazard of un- necessary frictions with other govern- ments, conduct our foreign policy except through the medium of a skilled diplo- macy. Best Type of Business Man. “For four years as minister to France, when critical questions of the import of our products into that country were immi- nent, Levi P. Mortor learned and practiced successfully the diplomacy which was best for the prosperity of his country. None of the mistakes which have discredited our relations with foreign nations during the past four years could occur under his ad- ministrations. He is the best type of t American business man—that type which is the ideal school, the academy and the college; that type which the mother pre- sents to her boy in the western cabin and in the eastern tenement as she is marking out for him a career by which he shall rise from his poor surroundings to grasp the izes which come through American lib- and American oportunity. You see the picture. The New England clergyman on his meager salary. the large family of boys and girls about him, the sons going out with their common school education, the boy becoming a clerk in a store, then granted an interest in the business, then becoming its controlling spirit, then claim- ing the attention of the great house in the city and called to a partnership, then him- self the master of great affairs. “Overwhelmed by the incalculable con- ditions of civil war, but with undaunted energy and foresight, he grasped again the elements of escape out of bankruptcy and of success, and with the return of pros- perity he paid to the creditors who had compromised his indebtedness every dollar, principal and interest, of what he owed them. The best type of a successful busi- man, he turns to politics, to be a use- fui member of Congress, to diplomacy, to be a successful minister abroad, to the ex- ecutive and administrative branches of government, to be the most popular Vice President and the presiding officer of that most august body, the Senate of the United tates. Present Conditions. “Our present deplorable industrial and financial conditions are largely due to the fact that while we have a President and a cabinet of acknowledged ability, none of them have had business training or ex- perlenee. They are persuasive reasoners upon industrial questions, but have never practically solved industrial problems. They are the book farmers, who raise wheat ai the cost of orchids and sell it at the price of wheat. With Levi P. Morton there would be no deficiency to be met by the issue of 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 par- alyze the operations of trade and manufac- ture. “Whoever may be nominated by this con- vention will receive the cordial support, the enthusiastic advocacy of the republicans of New York, but in the shifting condi tions of our commonwealth, Gov. Morton can secure more than the party strength, and without question in the coming can- vass, no matter what issues may arise be- tween now and November, place the em- pire state solidly in the republican coi- umn.’ Gov. Hastings’ Speech. “Mr. Chairman end Gentlemen of the Con- vention: Pennsylvania comes to this convention, giving you the cordial assurance that,who- ever may be our national standard bearer, he will receive of all the states in the Union the largest majority from the key- stone state. “There have been no faltering footsteps in Pennsylvania when the tenets of repub- licanism have been at stake. Our party's brinctples have always been held as sacred as Independerce Hall or the memory of her dead soldiers. Havirg within her borders more American citizens, ly, who own the homes in which they live; whose principal daily avocation is to subdue and develop her great storehouses of native weaith: whose wage earrers, skilled and unskilled, recelve, one year with another, the highest average American wage rate—— the republicans of Pennsylvania, by their chosen representatives, come io this con- vention and, with you, demand, and their every Interests demand, a system of na- bce currency equal to the best in the world. E “They cemand as well that the govern meat they love and for whose flag they have fought, and still stand ready to de- ferd, shall pay its debts in money and not in promises. ‘They insist that a dollar is not created by the fiat of the government, but must have 100 cents of intrinsic or ex- changeable value, measured by the world’s standard, and that any debasement of th standard would be fatal to business securi- ty and national horor. “They belfeve in the old-fashioned cus- tom of living within their income, and whea the income is unequal to the neces- sary outgo they Irsist upon increasing their revenue rather than increasing their debt. They believe that the primary ob- ject of government is to defend and pra- mote the interests of the people, who have ordained that government for the advanee- ment of their common velfare. They hold that the revenue policy and the protective policy go hend in hand, and they stand as the sturdy and unwavering champions of that American system of fa'r and. even- handed protection which, injuring none and gielpingrall, has made this nation great and prosperous. “Pennsylvania comes to this convention and with great urarimity asks you to name a standard bearer who will repre- sent not only the principles and conditions, but the brightest hopes and aspirations of the republican party; a man who has been a loyal supporter of its every great move- ment; a potent factor in its councils from the day of its birth and baptism on Penn- sylvania soil tu the present time; a man whose every vote and utterance has been upon the side of sound meney, fair protec- ton and a strong and patriotic American- Ss hose whem I represent and who ask his romination at your hands point to a statesman who has been in the forefront of every battle for his perty; who has been its champion, its wise counsellor, iis or- ganizer and the successful leader of its for- lorn hopes. He was with those patriots who rocked the cradle of republicanism; re was among the first to comprehend the magnitude of the armed debate of ‘G1 and to give himself to the Union cause. In 1878 he stemmed tha tide of currency infla- tion and won a victory which, while less ostentatious, was equal in importance to his successful rescue of the country from free trade and Grover Cleveland in ‘88. “The American citizen who believes that all laws and all policies should be for America's best interest; the American sol- ier who admires valor as much as he loves the flag of bis reunited country; the American wage earner who loves his home and family and who will never consent to sink himself to th» wage level of the for- eign pauper; the American manufacturer emerging from the tortures of a free trade panic, and anxious to relicht the fir industry where darkne: hold sway; they who loudly proclaim the recent, but perfect, conversion to the true gcspel of republica1ism; they who dernand dollars as good as gold as the wage fer good work; who belicve ir commercial reciprocity ‘with other nations, but who say ‘Halt’ to any further foreign encroach- ment upon any part of America—these, all these, have found in him a steadfast friend and able supporter. “He was the soldier's friend ift' wit, ‘amt he has been thelr corstant champion in peace. The survivors of those who fought for freedom and won immortal fame recog- nize in him a comrade whose valor has been proved on hard-fought field and at- tested in the proudest trophy ever won by soldier—the decoration awarded him hy the American Congress. “Called to lead a forlorn hope in the great campaign of ’88, he wrcught a task equal to the six labors of Hercules. He or- ganized the patriotism and republicanism of the country for victory. He throttled the Tammany tiger in his den, and, f¢ ing an honest vote and an honest count in the stronghold of the most powerful and corrupt political organization 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 assassinate him, but the poisored arrows of slander and vituperation, thrown in bitter and relent- iit Dante! H. Hastings. less hatred, fell broken at his feet. He turned to the people among whom he lived and whose servant he was, and his vindi- cation at their hands was an unanimous re-election to the Senate of the United States. “There, representing fr perial Pennsylva- nia and her interests, he stood like a rock, resisting the combined power of a free trade President and party, until the de- formity known as the Wilson bill was al- tered and amended so as to save at least some of the business interests of his state and country from entire and utter ruin. “We welcome the issue+American pro- te&tion, American credit and an American policy. Let the people in the campaign which this convention Inargurates deter- mine whtether they are willing to live through another free trade panic. Let the Wage earner and the wage payer contem- plate the bitter experferces which brought hunger to the home of one and financial ruin to the other. Let the American farm- er compare farm-product prices with free trade promises. Let him who has saved a surplus and him who works for a liveli- hood determine, each for himself, if he craves to be paid in American dollars, dis- graced and depreciated to half their al- Teged value. Let him who fcught for his country’s flag; let the widow, the orphan and the loving parent who gave up thai which was as precious as life, hehold that flag and all that !t stands for, pawred to a foreign and domestic joint ‘syndicate to raise temporary loans for the purpose of postponing the final financial disaster, and auswer whether they want the shame and humiliation repeated. Let the sovereign voice be heard in the coming election de- claring that the only government founded on the rock of freedom, blessed with every gift of nature and crowred with unmeas- ured possibilities, shall rot be dethroned, degraded, pauperized by a party policy at war with the very genius of our national existence. “Nominate him whom I_now name and this country will have a President whose mental endowments, broad-minded states- manship, ripe experience, marvelous sa- gacity, unassuming modesty, knightly courage and true Americanism are unex- celled. Nomirate him and he will elect himself. “I name to you the soldier and the states- man, Pennsylvania's choice—Matthew Stanley Quay. J. Madison Vance’s Speech. “Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: From that land below the mountains famed in history, song and story as the land of Dixie I come. I come speaking for the people, whose appeal is made now to the heart and conscience of American manhood. I come to add our voice in general acclaim for the nomination of the earnest man, whose self-conviction 1s so effective, ani whose Christian life and noteworthy statesmanship urge us on to place him on the seat of power. Your action today will determine who will be the next President and Vice President of this nation. The republican party is not at a loss for standard bearers; the memory of the sileat forces who sleep well would alone impel us on if we were not remind- ed day after day by the grand men who live that thirty years have not obliterated the cardinal principles of our party faith, they are still as determired as their fathers then to maintain the doctrine of numan liberty. “From the day that Crispus Attucks fell the streets of. Boston—fxem the day that site of=-Benker~Hill—through the awful dangers, death and treasure spent during ‘the ctvft-war up andsdntil now, the re- geting party has not varied, it will never fo back? “= vee " «. “No specious argument is needed to ex- press its" Wondrous woFk “against human j4ilavery or to remind us of, she magnificent intellect of “its” brilliant men of affairs, Wwhasa..wige. statesmanship, resvscitaied a nation, gave hope to weeping millions and Whose. republicanism. now -maintains the mightiness of a government builded upon te principles ‘of the .enjeyment of every citizen of civil Mberty anywhere through out the nation's.vast domain: Tne candi date for whem I speak not only stands for proteation,of ‘our industries, but also for the prpteq¥ion of manhood rights. Not only for tle protection of the hides uf the dumb anifalg, but for the American cit! zen, regagule@® @like of his class or con- dition. 2 y for the protection of the vast intef@stgNof the north and east, but for the s¥owlg southland as well, where the clim#¥e jg unequaled and the soil bounteougyin Ws plenitude, and where la- bor is qaasdiative and always in d mand: 9h idate for whom I speak not only not, but respects and upholds the rightepusi#ss of the law in the prompt suppress all isinds of lawlessness, no wht gihe risk to his personal am nor how humble the station of thos Whuse behdIf the majesty of the law $ asserted. | “The venerable sage of the loyal Western Reserve execyted his matchless financial feat in 187), aftd not only was the resump- tion of speciépayment a theory from his wendrous mind, but it is a condition today, and the Aimerican people are willing to trust the republican party further, so long as it demonstrates the courage of its con- Victions. I represent a class of people whose capital is in their brawny arms and toughened sinews, and they want that kind of money that gives the Lighest purchas- ing power to the earnings of their labor, and if they perform one hundred cents’ worth of labor per day, they want and ex- Dect one hundred cents payment for it. We donot want a discredited or an over-valued dollar. And after all what is the value of either gold or silver in exchange for hu- man life? Our history makes us abhor op- pression of uny kind, and our heart goes out to the struggling mankind everywhere, whose fight is patriotism and whose hope is Hberty, and in the deathly struggle now going on in the tsle of the gem of the An- tiles Wwe invoke the power of Jehovah and the genius of universal liberty in the aid of the heroic Cubans. “The nineteenth century fuces the set- ting sun. The new south is dawning, its silvér lining can be seen illuming the dark clouds of the past. Encourage us and that south will tell you in no uncertain tones November next how firmly she stands upon the foundation of sound principles and straight republican dectrine. Speaking for Louisiana, speaking for the great majority of the millions of our people in this coun- try, I say that we expect no betterment of our condition outside of the feld of the grand old party. Never, while I live, will 1 attempt to detract one iota from the atness of the great men whose history the history of republicarism, whose history helps to make the fame ‘of this wondrous aggregation of states; but, from our iniversities, uur churches) and the great religious Sentiment that guides and Inasters our people, with Lhe negro. mar- shaled under the feadership of our ablest men, we ask you, loyal sons of historic sires, that now when we feel hopeful of seeeing the south swing into the column ct the republican states, which can only be brought about through our aid and t our devotion, not to, at this late day, dis- courege us by any effort to curtail our representation and thereby add a premium upon the attempted disfranchisement of .Aup race; we appeal to you, whose states elect Piésidents, t6'perfilt us’ to help you nemirate for that high office the man who is in the hearts of the cojored people, the soldier-statesman, apostle of protection, man of the people, the Napoleon of Amer- fea's hope, William McKinley of Ohlo. E, Littlefield'’s Speech. “The nominee of this convention will be the next President of the republic. That the republican party’is to be' victorious in the coming campaign, whoever the candi- date may be, has long since heen settled by the manifold blunders, worse than crimes, that have been committed by the demo- cratic party. It has demonstrated its in- cepacity to direct the affairs of the nation in full measure, heaped up, running over. It “was intrusted with power py a forget- ful and forgiving people, at a time of un- exampled prosperity, an overflowing na- tional treasury, and unlimited public credit, labor fully and profitably employed, wheels turning, ‘Icoms moving, furnaces blowing and machinery humming the music that at- tends profitable, diversified industry. These were the Inevitable results of the intelli- sent application’ of that mentai principle of our system of government, coeyal with the birth agony of the republic. protection to American jubor and industry. The dem- ocratic party, after having denounced the McKinley tarfff as the ‘culminating atrocity of class legislation,’ and set forth its decla- ration of alleged principles, asked for a change of administration, and the party, in order that there might’ be a ‘change of m and a change of methods.’ ‘e-have had a change in administration and party, and a change of system and methods, and the complete reversal of re- sults. In 186 we see the perfect converse of the picture presented in 1892, In that great achievement of democratic statesmanship the confessed misbegotten offspring” of cowardice, perfidy and dishonor, a tariff for deficiency only, Professor Wilson de- clared that he had just begun to ‘shell the protected industries of the north.’ The opening gun of this campaign was suffi- cient to drive timid capital to inaccessible retreats, extinguish the fires, silence the looms, paralyze industry, turn honest labor Into the street and plunge the country into a condition of business depression hitherto unknown to this generation of business men. It encouraged and cherished foreign and destroyed domestic industry. It has fostered no irdustry asit has ‘that of the sheriff.’ Then the sunshine of prosperity illumined the whole land; now our people grope, shiver and wait in the benumbing shadow of adversity and disaster. Even Cleveland has discovered that we are con- fronted by a condition of business depre: sion. ‘Then a surplus overflowed the treas- ury; now a deficit drains its vaults. The stern logic of events has given the Ameri- can people an object lesson upon the most stupendous scale. But one less is taught. It is so plain that ‘he who runs may read it.’ Another change is decreed. It only waits the slow turning of the nand on the dial plate of time to be registered. For the next four years the republican party will again take charge of the business of the country. Will it remain in power for decades, shaping in harmony with its high destiny the policy of ihe republic? The a tion of this convention in seleciing a nom- inee will determine. “We stand here as the representatives of this great party, charged with the re- sponsibility of deciding whether the le: of power which an indignant, exhausted and exasperated people stand ready to give us shall be four years or decades. We are called upon to act for the welfare of the whole party, not to express personal preferences. The occasion demands our greatest man, our foremost leader. He should- not be the representative of any special policy or any single principle of the party. He must be the representative of all interests, all elements, all sections. He must know no north or no south, no east and no west. He must have a private life and a public record flawless, untarnished by suspicion, unsullied by calumny, a Ife upon which the calcium light cf the cam- paign can cast no shadow. He must have opinions and the courage to declare them, and, when he has once declared them, to ‘stand,’ like Luther, if need be, forever. He must have commanding ability, integ- rity above suspicion. He must be unswerv- ingly loyal to all the principles of the party. He must have a thorough knowl- edge of the science of practical govern- ment, an intelligent apprehension of the true destiny of the republic, a sincere pur- Pose, a wmanly independence, a freedom from obligations, entanglements and al- Nances. He must be unselfish in his de- votion to’'the welfare of the whole party, inflexible in cdetermination, indomitable in courage. He must have Americanism broad enough and rugged enough to maintain the dignity ‘of the republic and the rights of its citfzené in every land, on every sea— an American that, with due regard to inter- national duties, can extend the hand of sympathy to her fellow men wherever they are strugelthg for freedom, an American that does’not look upon a flag as a piece of mere textile fabric, but sees in it the em- blem of agereat and powerful people, conse- crated to liberty and freedom by the ex- Penditure of uncounted treasure and the liberty was prociaimed from the historic } sacrifice of innumerable heroic and patriotic ives. “I come to you from a state that has al- ways followed, in victory or defeat, the standard of the party; that ever since the party was born of its aspirations for free- dom has cast its vote for its candidates; that will cast its vote for the nominee of this convention, whoever he may be; and I bring to you a candidate who, by his twenty years of battle for the party in the House of Representatives, has demonstrat- ed his possession of those qualifications in a pre-eminent degree. He nas rendered conspicuous and enduring service to the party and the nation; service that was not within the power or ability of any other to render. He trampled under foot immemor- jal precedent in order that the party that had been intrusted by the country with the transaction of its business might dis- charge its duties and see that the business of the country was done. The universal practice of the republican and democratic parties had been such as to justify the statement of Mills, in speaking for the democracy, that ‘we propose to exercise control of the House just as much as though we were still in the majority, be- cause we know our minority is still strong enough to make us the virtual rulers,’ re- suiting in a government of the minority and rot of the majority, a complete sub- version of the fundamental principle of representative government. “With this condition he was confronted at the assembling of the Fifty. Congress. He found the House of Representatives a body of obstruction. He made it a delib- erate, legislative, business body. He found it a hissing and a byword. He made it the instrument of the people's wili, and one of the glories of the republic. A deter- mined minority stood like a lion in its path to thwart and defeat, but he made it possi ble for the republican party to fulfill its pledges to the people. But for his over- mastering courage and inflexible determin- ation the McKinley bill would have been nothing but a legislative dream. The most Venomous, rancorous and _ vituperati abuse known to partisan hatred was pours upon him by a defeated, battled, exasperated minority. He became the center of a whirl- wind of denunciation and valumny the country over. His political future was staked upon the issue. He never hesitated to count the cost. Conscious of the recti- tude and patriotism of his purpose, calm, serene, self-reliant, undismayed, indom able, massive, heroic, a great speaker, tow- ered above it all, an immovable bulwark, against which the gates of hell itself could not prevail. He lived to emerge, unscath- ed, from the avalanche of partisan detrac- tion and vilification, and see his position sustained by the greatest legal tribunal of the civilized world, and he had the proud satisfaction of witnessing the humiliation of his detractors and calumniators when they were compelled to adopt his rule: ‘As true as the needle to the pole has been, his devotion to the principles of hon- esty and sound finance, his record for sound money, 1s without a break. He believes in sound finance and in sound tinance with a definition. He is willing that his defin tion should be known of all men, and his definition is that until we can have bi- metallism by international agreeme “the present gold standard should be main- tained.’ He believes that any other princi- ple means disaster and a loss of the con- fidence of the great business interest of the country. He knows that the govern- ment mint is not an alembic that can trans- mute fifty cents worth of silver metal into a coin of the realm of the value of one dollar, The republican party, under his leadership, was held up inthe United States Senate and commanded to stand er deliver a dollar in coin for fifty cents of value. They could bring the party to stand, but under his leadership could not make it deliver. Intrusted by his party with an office, second only in power to that of the presidency, haying at his disposai the highest objects of congressional am- bition, the control of great interests, he has scorned to use his power for his own aggrandizement. Dignified, unseifish, dis- passionate, independent, untrameled, si cere, conscientious, unmindTul of his per- sonal advancement, he has discharged the duties of his righ office. “Amid the exigencies of an intense can- vass for this great office, his devotion for the welfare of the whole party has been pure and steadfast, without ‘variableness, neither shadow of turning.’ His energies have been exerted to make it possible to elect the nominee of this convention, not to secure for himself the position of its standard-barer, He has no friends that he will be compelled to reward, no enemies that it will be necessary to punish. He knows no boss. He was never dominated nor controlled by clique or cavai. He has never bowed, and never will bow, the knee to Baal. If nominated by this convention he, and none other, will be the President of the republic. We, therefore, present to you the great Speaker, the leader of lead- ers, pre-eminent in fitness by his eminent public service and abilities. Towering above his fellows like a son of Anak, the wisest, strongest, ablest, noblest of American statesmen, Mr. Thomas B. Reed, the lon- hearted. If nominated he wiil lead this land permanently back to the ‘paths of prosperity and fame,’ and we shall take back with us ‘our ancient glory undimmed by adversity, our ancient honor unsullied by defeat." ” GOING — TO BOSTON Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson Will Leave This City Tomorrow. Vice President Stevenson returned this merning from Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he delivered an address before the students of the University of Alabama. He says that his trip was a pleasant one. Vice President and Mrs, Stevenson will leave tomorrow afternoon for Boston to be present, by invitation, at the dedication of the moaument to John Beyle O’Reill; The ceremonies will take place on Satui day afternoon. Mr. Stevenson is not the crator of the oceasion, but will probably make a speech. In reply to a question the Vice President sa'd that he would be in Washington sev- eral weeks before he left for his home in Ilincis. It is thought that he will stay here during the Chicago convention. AS GOING TO CHICAGO. The Hendquarters of the Democratic Silver Committee to Be Removed. The removal of the headquarters of the democratic silver committee from here to Chicago has been contemplated for some time, and the fact has been mentioned in The Star. The rooms of the commit- tee in this city, at the home of Senator Harris, No. Ist street northeast, will be closed the last of this week, and quar- ters will then be opened in the Sherman House at Chicago. After the national convention the committee will no longer exist, but the work will be taken up by the national democratic committee, of which Senator Jones of Arkansas will probably be chairman. Number 13 seems to have lost its ill- cmened propensities in the matter of politics. When the democratic _ silver committee was selected last year and quar- ters taken at Senator Harris’ home there was a good deal of sport in the newspapers over the “No. 1 The object of the committee was to win in the national dem- ocratic convention, and it appears to have had considerable success in bringing about the condition of affairg existing in the party. °. 10NS AND CONVED NOMINATIONS. Messrs. Grout and McRae of Arkan: Renominated for Congress, The second Vermont district republican congressional convention renominated Co: gressman W. W. Grout Tuesday at Mont- pelier for the seventh time, and agreed to abide by the state and national platforms to be adopted. John A. McDowell of Millersburg, Ohio, was rominated for Congress by the demo- erats of the seventeenth Ohio congressional district at Wooster Tuesday. Free silvr instructions were adopted. Mr. T. C. McRae was unanimously re- neminated for Congress Tuesday by the democracy of the third Arkansas district at Texarkana. At the fourth congressional district demo- cratic convention at Bangor, Me., Tues- day, Ara Warren of Bangor and Richard W. Sawyer of Calais were elected delegates to the national convention at Chicago. A. J. Chase of Sibre was nominated for Con- gress. The convention yoted down a reso- lution declaring for the gold standard, and adopted a silver free coinage resolution. The New Mexico democratic convention adopted resolutions favoring “free and un- lmited coinage of both silver and gold, in- dependent of action of foreign nations, at the ratio of 16 to 1.” Richard P. Bland was indorsed for President. The delegates chosen were: Antonio Joseph, Taos county: M. M. Salazaro of Colfax; M. A. Jones, San Miguel: John A. Hewitt, Lincoln; W. 8. Hopewell, Sierra, and Demetrio Cevaze, Demayo county, WILLIAM M’'KINLEY Sketch of the Republican Presi- dential Nominee, HONORABLE CAREER AS A STATESMAN separa, Sale Almost Continuously in Public Life Since 1876. AT OTHER CONVENTIONS ——— William McKirley, the eleventh nominee of the republican party for the presidency of the United States, has been a promi- rent figure in national convertions for sey- eral years. His relations with these great satherings of political workers have stead- ily become more and more intimate, and his position in national politics more adyanc- ed. He was chairman of ‘the committee on resolutions in 1884 and agaia in ISS, and n 1892 was given the high honor of being @ permanent chairman ef the convention. At that time the possibility that the party would choose licKinley as its stardard bearer was so strong as tu b» regarded by many a3 a certainty, so that the work of the convention tais year has really been toreshadowed Ly its predecesscrs. William McKinley was born at Trumbull county, Ohio, Janusry 29, His father. of the same rime, Niles, 1843. was of MeKintey’s Father. Scoteh-Irish extraction and died in 189% at the age of efghty-six years. His mother, whtse maid-n name was Nancy Allison, still lives at the age of eighty-seven. She was indirectiy of German descent, so that the republican nominee represents in a re- mote degree both the Anglo-S:xon and the ‘Teutonic races. There were nine children in the McKinley family, five scns and four daughters, and as the parents were fairly prosperous the children were given more than an ordinary education. William was sent to a local academy, and after n few ons there became a teacher. His Military Career. When the war broke out the future gov- ernor of Ohio, and perhaps President of the United Stats, was presiding over a country school. He enlisted at once as a private In the 23d Ohle Regiment, which afterward became famous fer its service. and was commanded at different times "McKinley's Mother. by ex-President, Hayes, ex-Governor Cox and Gen. Rosecrans. Young McKinley was promoted Septem- ber 24, 1882, to be second lieutenant. He geined a bar on his shoulder straps a few months later, when ke was commissioned first Heutenant, and the second bar came July, 1864, when he was given a company to command. He was a good soldier, and his gallant conduct earned for him the favorable attention of his superior officers. His title of “major,” by which he was known during the many years of his con- gressional career, was a brevet rank, hav- ing been given to him for gallant and meri- torious services at the battles of Opequon, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. Mr. Mc- Kinley, however, took more pride in his service as a private soliter than in his later ranks and titles, and he carefully pre- served the musket that he carried in the ranks. It is now the treasured property of an intimate friend, At McKinley's second inauguration as governor of Ohio, in Janu- y, ISM, it was carried by one of the guard of honor. Became a Lawyer. At the close of the war Captain or Major McKinley, as he was better known, was offered a commission in the regular army. Military life had pleased him, and he was inclined to accept the chance which would perhaps by this time haye placed him in the front rank of Ame commander His father, however, dissuaded him, the young man turned to the study of law After the regulation period of preparation he was admitted to practice, and estab- lished himself in the town of Canton, Stark county, which has since that time been his home when his services were not in demand by the nation or by the state. Success came speedily to the young at- terney, and in two years after he had hur out his shingle in Canton he had become prosecuting officer of the county. Janu: on cS ay McKiniey Homestead at Canton, Ohio, 1871, he married Miss Ida Saxton, duughter of a prominent and prosperous citizen of Canton. This marriage has been particularly happy. Two daughters have been born to the couple and have dled, leaving Mr. and Mrs. McKinley childiess. Mrs. McKinley has for several years been practically an invalid, but she has followed her husband’s career with intense interest and with an enthusiasm that, it is sai has helped him over many a rough plac In 1876 Mr. McKinley was clected to Con- gress to represent the eighteenth district of Ohio, and served almost without interrap- dion until March 4, 1891. The only break 1 i in his career in the House occurrred late in | =, the first session of his fourth term, when the House, being then democratic, decided @ contest against him and in faver of Rep- Sone ta ae At the next election, ever, ‘was rechosen, not again retired from Congress auth the democratic landslide of 1890, which carried many of the foremost members of the House out of Congress. The Tariff Bill. During this period of congrersional ser- vice Mr. McKinley was recognized as one of the foremost leaders on the republican side, and his management of the celebrated McKinley tariff bill, as chairman of the committee on ways and means, made him a national figure. In 1889 he was a candidate for the speakership of the House, being McKinley at Twenty-Two—1s65. defeated by Mr. Reed. He served on some of the most important committees in the House, but the tariff was his specialty, and it was as chairman on the committ: ways and means that he became m thoroughly identitied with national politics. Notwithstanding his retirement from Con- gress, the republicans of Ohio looked upon Mr. McKinley as their most active leader, nd, in June, 1891, at the state convention he was unanimously nominated for the of- tice of governor and was elected by a plu- tality of 21,511 votes. Two years later he was renominated without opposition and was re-elected by a plurality of 80,000, this being one of the largest votes ever given in the state of Ohio. Mr. McKinley deciined to allow the use of his name at the last state convention, as his candidacy for the presidency was avowed and at that time the marvelous organization that led to his triumphant nomination at St. Louis w: well in hand, under the guidance of Mark Hanna. Asa’ Bushnell was nominated and elected by an overwhelming majority by the republicans, succeeding Gov. McKinley in January, at which time the presidential nominee retired from his temporary home at Columbus, the state capital, to Canton, where he has been quietly living ever since. The death of his father in 1893 re- duced his family circle, which now con- sists of himself, his wife, his aged mother end his sister Helen. The McKinley home- stead at Canton is a pleasant place of mod- est and unpretentious style, and the home Ife is simple and happy A National Figure. Mr. McKinley's work in Congress as an authority on the tariff and as a leader of the republican forces made him a strong possibility in national affairs of the party. His selection in 188¢ as chairman of the committee on resolutions first brought him squarely to the front, however, and that year really marks his advent as a presi- dential possibility. At that time John Sher- man was the chotce of the republicans of Ohio for the first office in the gift of the people. The Ohio men at the national con- vention were, however, divided in their allegiance between Sherman and Blaine. The name of Sherman was presented by Senator-elect Foraker. On the third day of the convention,. .when the nominating speeches for President had been made, For- aker moved that the convention proceed to @ ballot, whereupon John M. Thurston of Nebraska, permanent chairman of the present convention, moved an adjournment until the fellowing day. The call of states was begun, but Mr. McKinley, by unani- mous consent. Yfterrupted with a motion to take a recess jwyul the following morning, which was carried. Mr. Blaine was nom- itated on the fourth ballot. In 1888 Mr. McKinley was one of the most active delegates at the republican conven- tion. Again he was made chairman of the platform committee, and this time it was he, instead of Foraker, who marshaled the Sherman forces. On the first ballot the tire forty=stx votes of Ohio were cast for Sherman. For the first time McKinley's name was then mentioned as a presidential possibility, andTexas cast two votes for him. He kad for some time been rec- ognized as a strong “dark horse.” for it was realized that a stubborn ha was in prospect between Gresham, Harrison and herman, the other great leaders of the re- publican party standing as powerful possi- bilities, McKinley First Suggested. ‘The open suggestion of McKinley's name attracted attefition, and it was feared by some of the Ohio leaders that perhaps the history of the convention of 188 was to be repeated. In that year Garfield was in harge of the Ohio delegation, and, after a erce fight, was nominated as a compre- mise candidate. On the second ballot Mr. McKinley received three votes, but imme- diately urged his friends not to cast their ballots for him, reminding them that he McKinley Aged Thirty-Fo r—1ST7. was in charge of a sacred duty to the ven- rable chief of the republican forces in Ohio. Notwithstanding his appeals, his name was kept before the convention, and on the third ballot he received eight votes: on the fourth, eleven, and on the fifth, fourteen. At that time the convention was apparently deadlocked between Harrison and Sherman, with the deciding votes scat- tered between Alger, Allison, Gresham and Blaine, and a recess was taken until Mon- day. On the sixth ballot Mr. McKinley re- ceived twelve votes, and on the seventh sixteen. Harrison was nominated on the eighth ballot, in the course of which Maine passed three votes for McKinley and Kan- sas one. The attitude assumed by Mr. McKinley during the great fight of 1888 endeared him to the republicans of Ohio, and caused it to be freely said that he was the republi- can man of destiny. There was a strong movement in his favor prior to the conven- tion of 1892, and the delegates from Ohio were instructed to vote for him. President Harrison was renominated on the first bal- lot, on which Mr. McKinley received 182 votes out of 905, one-sixth of a vote less than that cast for James G. Blaine. Financial Reverses. A few years ago Mr. McKinley, while serving as governor of the state, lost his entire private fortune, amounting to more then one hundred thousand dollars. He had indorsed the notes of a iange manufac- cern that failed in the panic of and the governor insisted upon dis- charging every obligation. He sacrificed everything he had to meet the payment of this debt, which represented no Value to him, and thus completely exhausted his entire means. Immediately upon the an- nouncement of his reverses his personal and political friends started a subscrip- tion, which soon grew to large proportions, and went far to relmburse the losses that Mr. McKinley had suffered, A Needed Organization. From the Chicogoe Record. Perkins has resigned from the Improved Order of Red Men?” “Yes, he is getting up an organization called the “Improved Order of White Men"