Show SE1TATOB WQLco ADDRESS p Temporary Chairman Speech Re Counting Aciiivements o Party Since the first these United States party COnvention Ii It one gathered thgeth thero was nevcr til and ruBpjciot8 under such hope tho which urrouna CIrcumstace a S proud of the achloements tod < United 1 four veara our Count of the pas a happy l with nothing to prperous and aught to make u regret and record ashamed vjth spoUo and a lican party stands can the Reput I onfldet facing the dawi that ui ti t efltwjh1 command shall pri publj that in tb dciarat1on approval g ft and 1t of it PurPoses it wIhloi Prindipl S irationa and ti hopes a ot ty of the va American ircene flOjo r iz 3qd i Jut PUrOUflJ cause yet there Is significance in the fact that the convention Is assembled in this hlHloric and beautiful clly where wo first assumed territorial re uponnlblllilcs when our fathers a CMI tiiry and a quarter ago promulgated the Immortal Declaration of Independence Independ-ence JUSTICE AND LIBERTY i The Hplrlt of justice and liberty that J animated them found voIce three i quarters of a century later In this same I City of brotherly Love when Fremont j led the forlorn hope of untied parlots who laid here time foundation of our J j I inrly find put human freedom as Its 1 cornori me It compelled our ears to listen to Lhe cry of suffering across the shallow waters of the gulf two years ago SYMPATHY FOR THE BOERS While we observe the law of nations 1 and maintain that neutrality which we u owe to a great and friendly Government Govern-ment the Fame spirit lives today In the i I geiiUlne feeling of sympathy we chr I Jsh for the brave men now fighting for their homes In the veldts of South Afrlon Tt nromols us In our detornil I i nation to give to the dusky races 01 tho Philippines the blessings of goo1 j government and republican Institu j I lions and finds voice In our indignant I protest rgalnst the violent supprcs slon of tho > rights of the colored man i In the South I That plrlt will survive in the brea la of natrlotlc men aa long as the Nation endures and tho events or me past have taught us that it can find Its fair and free and full expression only in the principles and policy of the Republican Republi-can party GREETING TO MKINLEY The first and pleasant duty of thin great convention as well a3 Us in ptlnctivo Impulse is to send a message mes-sage of affectionate greeting to our J I lender and our countrys President William McKinley In nil that pertains I lo our welfare In limes of peace his genius has dlrcctrd us He has shown i an unerring mastery of the economic problems which confront us and has guided us out of time slough of finanelai disaster impaired credit and romnr clal Klagnallon up to the high and snfc ground of national proyp rliy and financial fi-nancial stability FIRM AND CONSERVATIVE Through the delicate and trying events of tho Utt war lit stood firm courageous and conservative and under un-der his leadership we have eriTsOd triumphant our national honor uri tarnished our credit unassallcd and 1 I the iqual devotion of every section of i our common country to the welfare of the Republic cemented forever Never 1 in the memory of this ppnTatlon has thore stood at the head of the Go eri nent a truor patriot a wiser or nnvc rmirnrmniiR Ion dor nr n bpttr otmnIe of the highest type of American manhood man-hood Thc victories of pence nml the victories df rtr are alike Inscribed upon up-on his banner HIS GENIUS WILL DIRECT Thos ° of us whose ploaptirc arid whose duly have called us from tlmn lo time Into Iis presence know bow < freely he has spent and been spcit In t hfs countrys ervlce but the same vig J orous inanhaad and clear and patriotic I vision animate him as of old and tfive I us confidence and trust for the future j of our Republic because his hand wil I guide us and his genius direct TWO EMINENT AMERICANS Four years ago the Republican party at t > L Louis nam3d a ticket which commanded the confidence and support sup-port of the American people Tt bore the names of two eminent Americana each endeared by years of loyal service ser-vice to their country and their party No whisper ot personal attack Intruded Intrud-ed upon the national Issues which determined de-termined the contest There was a double safeguard for the countrys welfare Every inic American Unevy that 1C In the dispensation of Providence Provi-dence our leader should be called from his high place there stood beside him a statesman devoted and staunch in whose hands the nsl and weighty affairs af-fairs of our country could be well and safely Intrusted TRIBUTE TO HOBART Had Garret Augustus Hobart been spared to us until today the work of this convention would have been limited lim-ited to n cordial and unanimous in dorsement of the leaders of G Diis allter vlsum and when a few months ago our dear VlcePrcsldent left this sphere of usefulness for another he was accompanied with the tears and sorrow of every lover of hit country He distinctly lifted up the high ofilcij of VicePresident to a nobler plane and to greater dignity and Importance PRESIDENTS TRUSTED FRIEND He was always the trusted friend and adviser of our President sage In counsel and wise In Judgment while lo those of us whose great privilege It was for three years to see him dally in the Senate of the United Steles and lo come under the Influence of hia calm and kindly presence and lo grow nearer to him and more endnartxl in j 1 frlLndehlp as else months rolled around his loss Is personal and deep He is no longer with us In the body but his Influence still permeates the Senate and will for all time make better and kindlier the sons of men and he lives In the hearts he left behind S There Is One Kieat rorletv alone on earth The noblo living and the noble dead DEMOCRATIC MISRULE When Mr McKinley became Presi dent he took the reins of Government after four years of Democratic admin istration For the first time In more than a generation Democracy had full sway with both houcs of Congress in narty accord with the Executive No summary of the unmerciful dlsasiers of Ihose four years can convoy an Idea of a tithe of > the ruin they wrought I I In the four years preceding Mr CIcve I lands administration we had paid 260000000 of the national debt he add ed 220000000 to its burdens Ho found a tariff act bearing the name of his successor and our President fitted to i meet the I requirements of our neces sary expenditures to fut nish the need 1 ed protection to our farmers and man ufacturers and to Insure the steady and remunerative employment of those who labor COUNTRY UNDER CLEVELAND Instead of permitting manufacture and commerce that repose and stabil ity of law which are essential for work lug out economic condltlonn he at once recommended violent and j radical i changes In revenue and tariff provi sions recommendations which his party In Congress proceeded partially and dis astrously to execute The appalling result of his policy Is still fresh In the 1 I i memory of millions who suffered It from I ItAPPALLING APPALLING RESULT OF DEMOC RACY In four years the country witnessed some 60000 commercial failures with liabilities aggregating more than 900 000000 One hundred and seventyseven railroads with a mileage of 45000 miles with or twice tho circle of the globe and securities amounting lo nearly 3000000000 nearlyS wore Unable to meet their I Interest charges and passed Into the hands of receivers More than 170 na tlonal banks closed their doors with liabilities L f reaching 70000000 wool andS all farm products S which tariffs could L affect lost tens of millions In value farm mortgages i were thousands foreclosed by throughout the great West our i value agricultural the exports shrunk In L balance of trade which had 1 been In our favor turned ruinously i against uuj the national depleted treasury was ot Ito cold reserve our Gov ernment boride were sold to I syndicates at far beloy their market value before l or since and our steadily declining j rev I enues were Insufficient to meet the ne I cessary expenses oi S Government conducting tm I 1 F i LABORING PEOPLE HURT i If capital aloue had suffered the loss A S would have been great but not Irremediable Irreme-diable Unfortunately those who rely upon their dally labor for sustenance and their families dependent upon I them constituting the great mass of I the American people were made to feel I heaviest this burden of disaster Near I ly onethird of the laboring population of the United States won thrown out of employment and men by thousands able and willing to labor walked the highways of the land clamoring for I i work or food f Four years of commercial misfortune enabled our Industries to meet In a measure these changed and depressed conditions but when President HIcKln icy was Inaugurated the country was In a slate more deplorable than had existed ex-isted for a generation MKINLEY AND PROSPERITY Facing these difficulties LImo President Presi-dent immediately upon his Inauguration convened Congress In extra session and In a message of force and lucidity sum marlzod the legislation essential to our national prosperity Tho Industrial history his-tory of the United States for the past I four years Is the tribute to the wisdom of his Judgment CONFIDENCE RESTORED I Under the wise provisions of our tar I Iff Jaws and the encouragement artordcd I S to capital by a renewal of public con i iklencu trade commenced to revive 1 The looms were no longer silent and lime mills deserted railway earnings In orensed nierolmnts and banks resumed business labor found employment at fair wages our exports Increased and I time sunshine of hope again Illumined I the land The figures that Illustrate the growing prosperity of four years of Republican administration wellnigh stagger belief I i I NO IDLE INDUSTRIES I There isnt an Idle mill In the country today Tho mortgages on Western farms have been paid by the tens of j thousands and our farmers are con tented and prosperous Our exports have readied enormous figures for the last lwele months our exports of inei j chandlse will exceed our Imports by 1 i S550000000 Our manufactured articles 1 S me finding a market all over the world I and In constantly increasing volume AVe are rapidly taking our place as one of the crcat creditor nations of the I world Above and beyond nil there Is no man who labors with his hands In all our broad domain who cannot find work and the scale of wages was never I i in our history as high as mm j LEGISLATION UNDER MKINLEY I Passing over for the moment the events associated with the war let me j refer briefly to other legislation of the past four years I He cited the national bankrupt act time annexation of Hawaii the settlement settle-ment of the Pacific railway debt In which every dollar both principal and Interest duo from the Union and Con tral Pacific and the principal of the Kansas Pacific was received the appointment ap-pointment of the Industrial commission to Inquire Into the trust problem CURRENCY QUESTION Senator Wolcolt then referred to the Campaign of four years ago and the Issue upon which It was fought 1C to 1 saying The Popullstlc Democracy Insisted In-sisted thaI the United Stales alone should embark on the free coinage of sljver at the raflo of 1G to 1 without waiting the concurrence of any other nation The Republican party Insisted that the question of bimetallsm was lniernailona1 and that until it shouM I be settled under agreement with lie leading commercial nations of the world gold should continue to be the standard of value in these United States Upon that issue we triumphed In accordance with the pledge of the party an honest effort was made lo reach some international solution of the question The effort failed of accomplishment ac-complishment The mints of the coun tries of Europe were open for the coinage coin-age of gold alone a or tojve years the platforms of the party have declared fn favor of the use of gold and sliver as money The logic of recent events together with the attempt of the Democracy to drag down the question from Its Interna tional character to associate it with every vagary of Populism and Social ism and to drive thIs country to an alliance with Mexico and China as an exclusively silverusing country has Impelled our people to this settlement of this problem and the recent action of Congress has eliminated the danger which its further agitation menaced EFFECT OF THE MEASURE The provisions of the bill secure to the people a needed increase In the volume of the currency prevent the future depletion of the gold In the treas ury and encourage a more extended use of our bonds by the national banks of the country But above nil the success attending Its passage has demonstrated that our owmm people and the nations of Europe have faIth In the permanence of our institutions and our financial in tcgrlty Our debt Is funded at 2 per cent per annum and millions of our In terest charge saved annually The world has sever witnessed so triumph ant a flnlal success as has followed the passage of the currency law and our twopercent bonds held the world over already command a substantial premium DEAD ISSUE FOR DEMOCRACY Through the policy of time Repub lican party and the wisdom of a Re publican Administration we have not only made stable and permanent our financial credit at home and abroad are utilizing more silver ae as money than cverbefore In our lmlstouy but we have left the Popullstle Democracy a dead Issue they can never again galvanize Inlo i life and compelled them to seek to create new Issues growing out of a war which they were most eager to precipitate SETTLED ALL DIFFERENCES May I Western man add another word The passage of this bill which received the vote of every Western He publirnn InCongress marked the ter mination forever final of any sort of difference between Republicans of the Eaat and of the Weal growing out of currency problems Even If the stern logic l of events had not convinced us our deep and abiding loyalty to the principles of the party our belief that the Judgment of Ha majority should govern would lead us to abandon fur thrr contention RETURN TO OLD LOVE And the thousand of Republicans In i the West who left us four years ago are returning home The men of the far West are bone of your bone and fiesh of your flesh The sun that shines on you blesses tli ° m also and the shadow before your door darkens their homes l as well They are naturally ex pmsionisls In time Western plains and mountains and when they see a great political i party attacking the Integrity of the Nation and lending encourage ment to Insurrecilonlsts who are shoot Incr i down our foldlers and resisting the authority of the Government of thc United States all other questions fade and l arc forgotten and they find them selves standing shouldor to shoulder In I thv ranks of the Republican leeplnrc l step always to the music party of the Union Ele then referred to the payment of 13000000 oC outstanding bonds cited I time < proposed legislation to build up our I merchant marine the construction of f the Isthmian canal and reduction of nr taxes REVIEWS WAR WITH SPAIN Thi Senator then reviewed the war with Spain showing that from the commencement of hostilities until the clo3 the conduct of the war was unassailable un-assailable He spoke of the work of the peace commission and the ratlfi cation of the treaty which gave the United States the Philippines He cited IfKlBlnllon for Porto Rico and to the dlnr ueMon of the question that the Constitution follows the Hag and ex pluded some s of the arguments thtHson saylrx The flag went to Mexico In 1 1M8 the Constitution did not The flag tnt to Cuba and was carried Into tanlliRo and IH there yet Butour CtiiallUiUon not only Is not there but 1 I are busy encouraging Cuba to prepare pre-pare a constitution of her own When any portion of our territory becomes a sovereign State then our Constitution Constitu-tion Is Its corncrslone In the territory of the United States not Included within State boundaries Congress alone determines de-termines the extent to which the provisions pro-visions of the Constitution extend AS TO CUBA i The circumstances associated with J our r oiHcsslon of Cuba are new and t unparalleled In the history of conquests The cruelties practiced upon Its people induced the war Before we commenced com-menced hostile proceedings however and that the world might know that our hands were clean and that we were not animated by lust for territory we solemnly disclaimed any disposition or lrtenion to exercise sovereignty Jurisdiction Juris-diction or control over the Island except ex-cept for its pacification and asserted our determination when thai was ac i compllshed id leave the government and control of the Island to UK people To this declaration we still rIgorously adhereS adhere-S MWtor Wolcott then pays high tribute trib-ute lo the administration of Gens Brooke and Wood and what they ac conipllshcd He referred to the trauus in the Cuban postal service maintaining maintain-ing tim the thefts could no more be charged to the party than would a theft by I a trusted employee bo charged figiinst the I character of the merchant v ho employed him The guilty men In Cuba have been pursued unsparingly and with the greatest publict J THE PHILIPPINES The Senator then sketched briefly the I happenings in the Philippine archipelago archipel-ago since the United States took possession pos-session and said What would the Democracy have us I I do Give them up to rapine and blood shed and leave the Islands is flotsam i and jetsam on the face of the waters There arc parallels in our history We i 1 purchased Florida from Spain In 1S21 I when it had 4000 white settlers for i JnOOOOOO and other valuable considerations considera-tions The Seminoles natives of the soil brave resolute having far greater j j Intelligence than the Tagals disputed I I our possession We sent Andrew Jackson Jack-son down to fight them and it took UK twentyone years to subdue them and send what was left of them west of the Mississippi If the AntlEverythings had lived then they would I suppose have tnged us to turn Florida over to Osceola the Agulnaldo of the Semi I noles Would you after the war with JVIexIco and the Gadsclcn purchase have I given the great area south and west of I the Arkansas to the red ApacheV Not so did our fathers construe their duty I and as they built so shall we their J sons + sonsThe The obstacles lo the establishment t of a civil Government In the islands arc many but we shall overcome them Mistakes will undoubtedly be made but we shall remedy them We shall in time extend over that archipelago the aegis of our protection and of free government gov-ernment and we shall gradually but surely lift up these alien and savage races Into the light of civilization and Christianity VITAL QUESTION PRESENTED Never since 1S64 when the voters i of the country were called upon to de teimlne whether the efforts of Abraham Lincoln lo preserve the Union should be continued or whether they should be abandoned and other measures attonpt cd have questions so vital been pro seated to the American people for set tlement t I The American people are neither poltroons nor pesslmlsis and they will not signalize the dawn of the new con tOry by the surrender of either convic tions or territory Every soldier back from the Islands and they are In almost al-most every hamlet in the land returns an advocate of their retention Our dead are burled along the sands of Luzon and on its soil no foreign flag shall ever salute the dawn 1 UNITED FOR COMMON WELFARE We stand at the dawn of the new century Before It shall have reached j its meridian the youngest here will have I passed beyond this life or beyond the sphere of usefulness New recruits will step Into the ranks ns we fall out This very vcar thousands of young men will for the first time exercise the right of citizenship and cast Ihelr ballots at the national election The safety of this Republic must ever rest In the courage of young hearts and the vigor of a no ble manhood Youth Is buoyant and hopeful No snarling criticism or got pel of a HCtle America or prophecy of i despair will find response from hearts that beat full and strong with courage and with fnlth and whoso erecd It Is that Gods In his heaven Alls right with tho world Whatever else In the past has suf fered change or decay the Republican party which for forty years has been Identified with everything ennobling and uplifting in our history was never ns vital as virile and ab vigorous as today And the heritage we shall trans mit to the new century to the coming generation and to theIr children and to their childrens children shall be a record clean and untarnished an un quenchable fath in free Institutions an unalterable belief In the patriotIsm of the people and an undying love ot Ilb erly and 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