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Show CHAIRMAN CANNON'S SPEECH. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the Houao of Representatives, was mado permanent chairman of the National Na-tional Republican convention In Chicago Chi-cago yesterday, and mado a catchy, rattling speech, well calculated to stir the enthusiasm of the mighty houseful of delegates, which It did. The speech referred to the record of the Republican party In the service of tho country, and laid stress on the fact that It preserves to our people tho home market, which Is by all odds the greatest great-est In the world; It noted tho magnificent magnifi-cent progress of tho country, and oltes a3 an Instance In proof the tremendous gains in the postolllcc business, which Is a fair gauge. It ridicules the Idea of the Democrats guarding tho public treasury, and recalls re-calls the severe lessons of the past as Indicating what the country might expect ex-pect with Democratic management. In reply to tho taunt anent strikes, he pithily said that there were no strikes under Grover Cleveland, because there were no profits to divide. Now there are profits, and "a people who work shorter hours, and who are oh the average aver-age more fully employed, and with a larger wage than was ever before paid In tho history of the human race for a similar amount of work, will not be led to destroying that policy which renders ren-ders these things possible because of a local trouble here and there touching a division of the profits." Tho Republican party, he said, had legislated against injurious combinations, combina-tions, and enforced that legislation. The wealth and prosperity of the country coun-try were earnestly referred to as the result of Republican, administration, and tho financial strength of the people peo-ple waa finely illustrated. And he closed this part of his speech with a striking contrast between the condition of the country now and its condition when the Republican party took over the control from tho last Democratic administration. The faith-keeping record of the Republican Re-publican party was dwelt upon, and the great things it did under McKinley. continued under Roosevelt. It was a speech to catch the crowd, and it was also one to arrest the Interest of the i most thoughtful, being thoroughly entrenched' in truth, and having tho best of materials to draw upon for its arguments and climaxes. It did goodto the de'egales, and will do good to the country. |