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Show ;S I 10 Hii M.of I "2: ! lr, Speaker Arouses Republicans. ! Great Convention In Chicago js Convened for Business, Not Enthusiasm. I ' I Democracy, However, Would Be Glad ' 1 If They Had a Little of Re-j Re-j publican "Thusim." i CHICAGO, June 22. Following is 16 jj the speech of Chairman Cannon, L made In the Republican conven- y W- tion today: 1(jntlemcn of the convention: For tho 3t tlroo In my life 1 put In black and ttilie enough sameness to contain 2500 Zcr&s lo ray to you. I have tried to Ktnsorlze It, but I cannot. I have given it oat through the usual channels to tho ctfat audience, and now I must either i-;V to be excused entirely or I must do ft we do down In the House of Rcp-rrt'Dtutlvcs Rcp-rrt'Dtutlvcs under the llve-mlnutc rule, i-d make a few remarks. But that no Sin shall say that I have mado a great Seen. J will set the matter at reat by orine lhat from the beginning to end I heartily Indorse every statement of fl-'t and every sentiment that was given rwi yesterday from the temporary presiding pre-siding officer In the greatest speech over delivered at a convention. Convention Enthusiastic. Kow let mo no on and ramble. And, 3rt, they sny that there Is no enthusl-i'tn enthusl-i'tn in this convention. Gentlemen, the i rrrtt river that has It thirty feet of wa-it wa-it ier, rlslns In the mountains and growing 1 In depth nr.d brendlh down to the ocean. 1 bira upon Its bosom the commerce of ' that section of land that It drains and ' lata It out to the world. It Is n silent ' I i river, and yet the brawling river that Is ; IDce to tho River Platte out In Nebraska, : ' that is fourteen miles wide and four h I j Inch's deep, makes more nolso than tho Wgecr river. "i t vbcn wo were young folks twenty '- years ago wo went to sco our best girls. . We were awfully enthusiastic If they 3JI. ' ' Fld Eve us a nod of tho head, or xnc 3 trip-away, catch-us-lf-you-can to enter 5T, I upon the chase; that was awfully stron- coos and awfully enthusiastic. But when !, 'X fbe said "yes," then good relations were ; j wlabllahcd and we went on evenly liti j throughout the balance of our lives. ' 3 What Makes Enthusiasm. r It Is a contest thrtt makes enthusiasm. 50, ' j In ISO), as In Jtt. everybody has known '. for twelve months past who Is to bo our 00, etandard bearer In lhl3 campaign. Wo ' sre here for business. T wonder If our ' ; friends, the enemy, Would not be glad of f; n Halo of our kind of enthusiasm. ; 1 might Illustrate further; I don't know Jtat It Is necessary. 1 see some of my 2zi i -former friends before me my colleague, - , Col. Lowdcn, and various others. Now, ' ? thrc is not or.o of you that raises chlck- v ; tts, as I do, but understands that when : ; the hen cornea off the nest with one ohlck- t tn the doc3 moro scratching and makes core noise than tho motherly hen that Is ; Inrlonalo with twenty-three Our friends. ) i lb? enemy, will have tho enthusiasm; we 1 . j vlll take the votes In November. t i.To serious for a moment, the Rcpub- J V Ucan party Js a government through party .-' M r,d through organization. Oh, you find W leople onco in a while who do not want .'' I ny parties. As long as you have SO.OC0,- wi of people competent for self-govern- - rttnt they v.ill organize and will call the i ; organization a party. The Republican - If rty, born of the declaration that - i i Mivcry Is sectional and rreedom national, sar i ployed Its first success In 1S60 with f :itrvam Lincoln Secession, the war of X" i i,. tnlon. you older men recollect It all. 5' i i -e ono of tnc survivors here. I was pd to see the convention glvo him tho wurtHlca of the convention, lie helped , i jo make It possible that we could have , tals convention. t Wonderful Contrast. ' ' ':- iiorl!."f?ur ycara aeo Just about now. i.v, what a contrast: A divided countrv, " wnkrupt treasury, no credit! Tho Re- u ' t i c?n P"y f''01 Power, and under la I desnP wrote revenue legislation ' J i iff1 e.atute books and went bnck to II , ? te principles of Washington and Ilamll-' Ilamll-' -' d tS'sl'ltlon that would produce yj 2Vc',w1hl,e llx,nfC duties .upon imports. " t 1J I,W ns t0 encourage every Amcrl- ' i Mf.'ii n l0, ,nko "art In the dlvcr.lflcd ; ' wm 1-8 ai"d resources of the country. Mfi iyou ear w,t" mc for vc minutes ' ' ; JK.i pca.k of lhe comparison, as It was J "wtontlnlly domlnatCKl for many years ' i SnV.1Cu tra3 pnrly- 'nslgnincant In rn' ' ' Su lUres; M0111 ln agriculture. Under 1 tv"cy; wh,cn htls been followed with ' : lo iMWPu,09.f.fo.ur 'ears from that time m- 1 isHnfii.. V" ted states remains llrst ln " ' 1 SSlSnUieVbul.b' Icaf)s 0,1,1 bounds has : 21 nEwl he.r 'nduslrle until today wo ; - ot Vi BrcQteet manufacturing country' i-' orM- Va000 " Or:e-thlrd of all the tow ,Lprod,Ul1s that com rrom tho fac- ai . I ,an.(1 co-operation of American H , i capital and American labor and skill. -B I induS ake 0I1P other statement: Our .1 "gt every year Is greater than tho entlro combined manufactured product of Great Britain, of Germnny and of France. Where do we get the mnrket for It? Nlne-ty-soven per cent of this great product onc-thlrd of the world'B product finds a market among ourselvco ln the United States. And yet of this product last year we sold to foreign countrlos I am speaking speak-ing now of tho manufactured product moro than W00.000.000 CO per cent of Qur total exports, and our total cxporta made and make us the greatest exporting nation na-tion on earth. Mado by labor? Tcs; made by labor that work; less hours than any labor on (earth; madoiby labor that, conservatively stated, received ono dollar and threo-qunrters as against the averago of the compeUtlvo labor la-bor In tho world, of one dollar. Who Make Markets. Oh, gentlemen, It Is not a few rich men that make markets; nay, nay. It Is tho multiplied millions on furm. ln mine and ln factory, that work today and consumo tomorrow, and, with steady employment and good wages, give us, with S0.000.000 of people, a market equal to 2(0,000,000 of con-aumlng con-aumlng people anywhero else on earth. The rarmcr buys the artlsan'H product, Tho artisan, being employed, buys tho farmer's product. The whcdls go round. You cannot strike one great branch of labor la-bor In the'-Republlc without tho blow reacting re-acting on all producers. Well, are you .satisfied with the comparison from tho manufacturing standpoint? If not, let mo give you anolhor Illustration that will perhaps per-haps go homo to the minds of men more quickly than the Illustration 1 have begun. Another Illustration. Take tho Postofflcc department, that reaches all of the people, and no man Is compelled 'to pay one penny. It Is voluntary volun-tary taxation. From March, 1S60, the year that Lincoln came Into power, to March, 1SC1, in that twelve months the total revenue reve-nue of the Postofflcc department In all tho United Suites waa eight and a half million dollars. Keep that In vour minds eight nnd a half million dollars. How much do you supposp It cost to run the department? Nineteen millions. It took all the revenue and as much more and one-quarter as much more from the treasury treas-ury to pay for that postal service. Why, gentlemen, the city postofflcc of Chicago last year collected more revenue by almost al-most a million of dollars than was collected collect-ed by the whole department ln tho United States In 1SG0. How la It now? We have reduced postal rates over one-half slnco 1SC0, on the average. Last year the postal revenues were $134,000,000. as against $5.-0CO.O30 $5.-0CO.O30 ln 1SG0. Keen that In your mind $134,000,000. And the whole service only cost $13S,000,000. We had a deficit of $4,000.-00O--3 per cent, and we would not have had that deficit had It not been that under tho lead of the Republican party, looking out Xor the welfare of all the pcoplo and conducting con-ducting the Government from a buslnr-ss standpoint, under tho lead of McKInley, followed by Roosevelt, there was established estab-lished free rural delivery that coat $10.- ooo.ow. Is a National Party. Great heavens! The Republican party from ISO until this moment moves on docs what good common sense dictates, and tho country grows to It. The Republican Republi-can party Is a National party and believes In diversification of our Industries and the protection of American capital and American Amer-ican labor as against the cheaper labor elsewhere on earth. What do the other people believe In? For sixty years went out the cry of free tradf throughout tho world, free ships upon the seas. On other questions a tariff for revenue only The free trade pnrty has always denounced tho Republican policy of protection as robbery, rob-bery, and whenever clothed with power, whatever its pretonses. It has thrust a dagger Into the very heart of protection. democracy Don't Change. Oh, well, aren't they going to change? Let us see. Just before the cle-so of tho last Congress New York's eloquent son. Bourke Cockran, a member of the House of Representatives, got the floor, and he preached .an old-fashioned Democratic sermon, free trade and all that kind of thing, and he did It well, and there came from the minority side of that lloune, without exception, such cheering and crying cry-ing and hurrahing and applauding as 1 never witnessed before In that Hous" of Representatives, because at last they had the pure Democratic faith delivered to them. What Democrats Propose. They are trying to convince tho people that they ought to romp Into power undor the lead of Gormon In the Senate and Williams Wil-liams ln the House. They have been trying try-ing to give the country dover powders. "Oh." said a distinguished colleague, following fol-lowing the astute Gorman. "If wo come into power, whllo protection Is robbery, we will say to you that we will Journey ln the direction of fren trade, but we will not destroy your industries overnight." Great God, think of It! They won't kill you outright, but they will starve you to death day by day. They want to be on guard lo protect the people who are dwelling dwell-ing In pence and prosperity under a Republican Re-publican policy. Cites a Fable. It reminds me of the fable of Aesop. You know the records ln one of his fables that wolves said to the sheep: "Discharge the dogs" who were their natural protectors protec-tors "and employ us, and we will take care of you." Does the capital of this country and the labor of this country want the care of wolf Gorman and wolf Williams and their fellows? I think not. Takes Caro of All. What a country this Is! And Republicans, Republi-cans, we have got to outline the policy and lead tho people- In caring for It. Why, we are like the women, we not only have to take care of ourEolvcs, but more, as one of our women said, wo have to take caro of the men. The Republican party not only has to care for Jt?elf, but has to caro for tho minority by a wise policy. How has It been doing It? We preserved tho Union under the policy and leadership of this party. Do you recollect lhat the opposition op-position party, on a demand for an armistice armis-tice and negotiation and compromise, nominated McClcllan In liW nnd moved heaven and earth to defeat Lincoln? Do you recollect when the constitutional amendments were submitted they said nny, nay, and then, after they wore adopted, adopt-ed, iho Democrats crane Into power temporarily tem-porarily In Indiana and Ohio, they passed acts taking back the assent of the States. Democrats Always Pull Back. When the first battle was fought against greenback or tlat money back In the 70's, out ln the Middle West, whatever they were on tho Atlantic const, they wero llatlsts ln the West. From step to step through all these forty-four years where. If you measure time by advance, we have ilved two centuries as compared with any other period of tho world's history, they have pulled back, pulled back, and when wo accomplish and It Is necessary to march forward and try to accomplish again they move Into our old quarters nnd Hquat down there and make faces and sav: "You are going to send the country to" hell." Republicans Move On. But we do not mind IL We move on Why, gentlemen, why multiply words about, ancient or recent conditions? Take the country under the administration of Grovcr Cleveland and compare It with the country under tho administration of William Wil-liam McKInley and under Theodore Rooso-vplt. Rooso-vplt. If a man will dwell ln comparison for a moment, and make a fair comparison, com-parison, if he would not Indorse the policies poli-cies of tho Republican party he would not Vwllovo one though ho wero Raised from the dead. Work of Hcpublicnns. McKInley, Roosevelt, the DInglcy bill, restored to us economic prosperity. The gold standard act. that settled for all time the matter of 3ound monoy. Tho Bhort, triumphant war with Spain. The Philippines and Porto Rico coming under our nag. and freedom to Cuba, Is a record that will stand In the future second only to the record made by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Tribute to Great Mon. Imported anarchy struck down our great President when partisan strife had almost ceased. The world paused In wonder and ln Imagination not In fear, because as llfo went from our great leader nnd our great President, thcro was a young, active, honest, hon-est, courageous man standing by the bedside bed-side who, under the Constitution, was his successor, and he there said: "I am to be President, to carry out the policies of tho Republican party, and I will Journey ln tho footsteps of Wllllnm McKInley and of Abraham Lincoln." Roosevelt's Achievements. To your coming President groat things i have happened ln the last three years, , In1 the Old World a slnglo great policy In a generation Is tho exception. We havo more than that ln-our progresslvo country, I Have given you the great achievements under McKInley. Under his worthy, great successor we have had Uih consummation of tho freedom of Cuba wrought out by superior statesmen, imperialism, talked about under McKInley, has disappeared with growing civil government and peace ln the Philippines. Aye, It has disappeared from tho fnco of , the earth. Did I soy from tho face of tho earth 7 1 will stick to It, becnuso the doctrinaire here and the doctrinaire doc-trinaire there, whether ln New Y6rk or whether In Boston, draws his toga about him, saying. "I am wiser than thou," and still, after thl3 great question Is settled by tho concclcnco and the intelligence of all the people, cries "Wolf, wolf!" Well, under un-der the Constitution of tho United Statcu, he has a right to. Peaco In Islands. Let them ask what Is going to become of the Philippines. At last we have peace; at least wo havo growing civil government, govern-ment, and as our eighty millions In this twentieth century shall Increase to 2C0.0O3,-000 2C0.0O3,-000 as we shall go out with production and commerce. In tho .fullness of time, that territory will be useful to the United States, whereas ln the meantime wo will bo llko a benediction to them. Wealth of Country.' Tho United States Is great In production nnd wealth how great ln wealth? In 18c0 WOO, In round numbers, was the per capita wealth, in 19C0, ?123T was the per capita wealth. In 1S60 the wealth was measured by sixteen billion dollars; ln 1900, nlnctv-four nlnctv-four billions; now, a hundred billions. Great Britain has only an aggregate of wealth of sixty billions, and she has been living and gathering It for the last 500 years. yCt in a generation we sprang from sixteen to one hundred billions. The world's wealth Is four hundred billions of dollars. The United States has one-fourth of It. As to Trusts. But our friends the enemy, some of them little politicians, vex the air, crying: "Trusts, trusts, trusts!" Oh, they come out strong with good lungs as trust-busters. Since 1S5M) have they ever dono nny busting? Oh. no. There is no Jericho now, and if there was. It would never happen again that people would march about the walls blowing rams' horns seven sev-en times until the walls fell down. That Is what the Democrats arc trying to do. Combines Prohibited. Trusts? Yes. great combinations of capital against public policy? Yes. But the Republican party, always true to the people -and Its traditions, made haste lo provide under the Constitution legislation that would prohibit theso combinations. The do-something party! It slept under Cleveland. McKInley had tho war with Spain and the restoration of prosperity, but that young, enthusiastic, true man look an oath to see to It that tho laws were executed, and he has executed tho law. And ln his opinion trusts aro unlawful un-lawful and should be dissolved. That Is tho difference between the Democrats and Republicans. One bursts by wind, the other bursts by law. There Is no country on earth that has so much wealth as ours. Why. Interest rales are cheapening and cheapening until the credit of the United States today commands com-mands money at a premium of 2 per cent, which Is 1 per cent lower than any nation on earth can command It. Figures Regarding Combines. Foreign combinations? Yes. But all the while these great wcalth-scelclng Individuals Individu-als desiring favorAble Investments, month by month and year by year, enterprising citizens desiring gain, found additional Industries. In-dustries. Take the! census of 1000. Tho figures fig-ures are correctly tabulated and mado according ac-cording to tho facts, and the census of 1000 shows that, from the establishment of the so-called trusts ln the United States only M per cent of tho factory product came, whereas SO per cent of the factory product came from their competitors, Individuals In-dividuals and small ownerships. And St Is bound to be that way, if you will stop and think Cannot Create Corner. There are eighty millions of our people. If some men conceive the Idea that when ho dies wisdom will have departed and that he can corner the air and the water and the sunlight, ho will find eighty millions mil-lions of people who make our civilization that will not only make a law and put It Into force, but by competition and enterprise enter-prise will swear that the admitted iccla ration ra-tion of the enemy Is a falsehood. Can you prove It? Yes. Just a minute. In tho last two years the wind and the water that camo from ovcr-capltallzatlon ln forming the so-called trusts have been squeezed, and there aro people who make the "mouth bets" about the price of watered wa-tered companies and companies that havo gas on top of the water made by printing-press printing-press certificates. Oh. they stand around and say: "Thero Is the most extraordinary shrinkage In values that was ever' known. Let Fools Fight It Out. "How much? Oh, a good many hundreds hun-dreds of millions, the Wall Street Journal says over a billion, six hundred milllos. And yet every dollar, cVery particle of property that was represented by this over-capltnllzatlon two years ago Is yet with us. Now, all tho fools that bet It to go down and the fools that bet It to go up can light It ouL It don't make ono particle of difference to the eighty mlll-llons mlll-llons of people who live on the sweat of their faces and do a legitimate business. Oh. gentlemen, the law, public opinion, public sentlmont. the desire for good Investments, In-vestments, dollar tbr dollar In the factory fac-tory where a dollar costs of hundred corns, goes Into competition against the factory lhat cost a hundred cents and Is burdened with another hundred cents, common and arfother one hundred cents gas and another hundred cents moonshine. moon-shine. Work It out. It Is all right. Democracy's Strong Suit. "Oh, but, says our enemy, 'My God, look at the strikes you nre having ln this countrv!' coun-trv!' That Is their strong suit, strikes, strikes. Now, what is a strike? Tho strike Is an effort by tho employer and the employee to agree how tho profit should be divided. If the employee don't get us much as he thinks ho ought to get. after arbitration has been uicd, ho strikes. A quarrel about somethlhng; the division of something. Well. then. It Is absolutely necessary to have a strike that thero should be a profit. Great God! How many strikes were there under Cleveland when the Democrats wore running things? When money became scarce lhe prollts were scarce. There Is tho whole story. Protected by Law. "Oh. but outrageous things arc done by the employer when he oppresses tho labor,' la-bor,' and outrageous things are dono by some laborers when they go on a strike. Yes. outrageous things are done In some of our best governed clurclies and among those who do not belong lo any church. Onco in a while a citizen commits lar-cenv. lar-cenv. Once In a while a man commits arson. Once In a while a man In guilty of homicide. Why, the law la mado to protect society against the man who will not obey the law and who nines war on his neighbors. Yes, there Is law-breaking and disorder. Law-breaking In tho formation of trusts, law-breaking at times In the organization of labor when It goes on strike The great body of tho people that own tho wealth arc not for tho trusts and tho great body of labor, honest men who live bv the sweat of their faces, arc not for linv-breuklng In strikes. Tho law, tho sheet anchor of civilization, is strong enough to pull down tho slrongost; strong enough to curb tho wicked and the vlolua; strong enough, like the grace of God, to throw Its arm around tho weakest and tho poorest and bring him under Its protection. All must obey under Theodore Theo-dore RooHOvclt, its tho national ropresent-e.livo ropresent-e.livo of tho law. Ho Is and will continue to be, without favor or affection, the representative rep-resentative of law, supremo and universal in our borders. Government for People. "A few more words and I will conclude. Our Government Is for tho people. It Is divided Into co-ordlnato branches. The Judges of the United States courts, who hold office for llfo or during good behavior, be-havior, the oxeculjve. the Consress, which consists of two co-ordinate brnnches tho House und Senate great legislative bodies they could not bo otherwise, born as they aro of eighty millions of pcoplo who r.ro competent for self-government. In lhe Senate the tenure Is for six years. Tho great popular body near to tho pcoplo that rcllects tho senllmcnt of the people Is chosen every l,wo years. Now, then, von kpow under our form of government the .party ln: power Is held responsible. Tho function of tho minority Is to put on good behavior by being over ready lo appeal ap-peal to tho people. Has One Fault. "Let me tell you something. If our Government has a fault It Is. after an election, one parly Is placed In power only ono leg. It may have the Senate; It may have the Presidency, It may have the House. It goes along on crutches. Yet you want lo hold It responsible tor public- sentiment. If I had the power I would change our Constitution that at every quanrennlal election the party that received the popular approval should go fully Into- power and let tho public have a government according to the sentiment expressed at the ballot box. But we have not got It arranged quite that way. Next Best Things. "What Is the nexl best thing? You like Theodore Roosevelt? Yes. Stronger than his party, ho will be triumphantly elected. Do you like the Senate of the United States? It is a condition that cannot be ehunged In November It could bo hanged at the end of four years, electing a third every two years. You like the Klectorlal college of tho great popular partv, strong, coming with tho warrants war-rants of attorney from the people to cast their votes for your candidates If you approve ap-prove of them. If you approve of lhe Republican Re-publican policies. You are short-sighted if you retuse a working majority In the House of RcprcsentaUves. because you cannot keep a Republican House without !t. Proud of Party. "I am dono. T have already detained you longer than I expected. In. conclusion let me again say that we arc proud of tho present, we nro proud of the future. The Twentieth century Is to bring more of good or evil to the human race than the Nineteenth century brought. L'ndor what partv banner will you enlist? Under lhat of the reactionists'' Under that of the pcoplo who sit still or tear down? Or will vnu lake service with the parly of Lincoln Lin-coln and Grant and Garfield and Harrison Har-rison and McKInley nnd Roosevelt and help us march on to voctory? Speaking to the living In the presence of the dead-: we have tears for them and admiration for the great things that they have accomplished, ac-complished, but tho glory of our race, of our civilization, is that each generation work out Its own salvation and march forward to success and lhe betterment of tho condition of mankind, and, as they drop into tho grave, their successors .novc onto the stngo of action, holding fast all that the past has given us. anil going In turn n generation's march further fur-ther on for the benefit of the race and of civilization." |