Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1896 — FLOW OF ORATORY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FLOW OF ORATORY.

NOMINATING SPEECHES MADE AT ST. LOUIS. ’ Baldwin Pleaded for lowa's Favorite, Reed Presented by Lodge, Depew’s Eloquence Flowed for Morton, Has—tings Spoke for Quay, and Foraker Named the People’s Choice. Baldwin Names Allison.

When the roll of States was called in the national Republican convention for the nomination of presidential candidates, lowa was the first to respond, and when it Was reached John M. Baldwin arose to place the name of Senator Allison in nomination. He said in part:

There Is one, but only one, of those whose names will be presented to this convention who can- claim that there has been placed for him In history's golden urn an estimate of his character and worth made by him on w “om nature stamped her royal seal; God exhibited as his greatest design of American manhood, genius, statesmanship, and patrlotlsm, one who, now 4n heaven, wears a crown of deathless praise, and whose great Bohl is a portion of eternity itself, James G Blaine., t Blaine, writing to Garfield, said: “Then comes Allison. He Is true, kind, reasonable, fair, honest, and good. He Is methodical, Industrious, and Intelligent, and would be a splendid man to sail along smooth and successfully.” Complying with the request of the lowa delegation, I rise to propose to this convention the nomination of him to whom this heritage was bequeathed, William B. Allison, and to ask you to make It on the old and new testament of Republicanism. With the most perfect knowledge of the details of all our political laws and their histories, with that statesmanlike judgment which distinguishes the essential from the accidental and the Immutable from the transitory, “with every look a cordial smile, every gesture a caress,” yet with a spirit of such firm mold and purpose that no bribe or feast or-palaee eould awe or swerve, he has for thirty-five years upon the floor of the House and Senate been fighting for the Interests of the people, carrying onward and upward the nation’s legislative work. Alllsoq does not believe In a tariff'for revenue only, but in a tariff for protection and revenue jointly. For Senator Allison you can not build too strong a platform for sound money, and If you place him upon it he will see to It that the dry rot of 16 to 1 does not steal through the stanch timbers. The United States can no more make good money by simply placing its- symbol of sovereignty, er mark of authority, on any kind of metal, regardless of its commercial value or relations to fqreign countries, than It can extend Its domain by calling a furlong a, mile. Nominate him and a thrill of joy will go from the West to the East, carrying on Its trembling wave the songs of our reapers only to be lost in the roar of your furnaces.

National Republican conventions have been epoch makers. They have formulated the • principles, originated the policies, and suggested the measures which In the history of the United States form Its most aggressive periods. The unequaled successes of the Republican party, Its hold upon the country, and Its masterful

Influence upon affairs have been due to the fact that in every crisis Its principles have solved the problems of the hour and its selected leader has been the man for the occasion. .. The conditions created by the practice of Democratic policies, the' promise of Democratic measures, and the differences of Democratic statesmen would seem to argue an unquestioned and overwhelming triumph for the Republican party In the coming tdectlon. No matter how brilliant the promise, no matter how serene the outlook, It is a part of wisdom, with the uncertainties- of politics and our recent experience of the tragic shifting of Issues, to be careful, prudent, and wise in platform and in candidate. The whole country. North, South, East, and West, without any division in our lines, or out of them, stands, after what has happened in the last three years, for the protection of American industries, for the principle of reciprocity, and for America for Americans. The United States is pre-eminently and patriotically a commercial and a business nation. Thus commerce and business are synonymous with patriotism. When the farmer Is afield sowing and reaping the crops which find a market that remunerates him for his toll, when the laborer and the artisan find work seeking them and not themselves despairing of work, when the wage of the toller 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 national and Individual wealth are constantly increasing, when the homes owned unmortgaged by the people are more numerous 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 promises fulfilled which make these United States of America the home of the oppressed 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 Governor, Levi P. Morton.’ Lodge** Speech for Reed.

We are gathered here to choose the next President of the United States. That we will win the election no man doubts. But let ps not deceive ourselves with the pleasant fancy that the campaign Is to be an easy one. It will lie a hard battle; It cannot bd otherwise when so much depends upon the result. Against the Kepubll-

can party, representing fixed American policies. strength, progress and order, 'will be arrayed tiot only that organized failure, the Democratic party, but all the wandering forces of political chaos and social disorder. It Is not merely the Presidency which Is set before us as the prize. The prosperity of the country, the protection of onr Industries, the soundness of our currency ami the uatlonaU Credit are ail staked oh the great Issue to be decided at the polls next November. Upon us rests the duty of rescuing the country from the misery Into which it has been plunged by three years of Democratic misrule. To drive the Democrats from flower Is the first step and the highest duty. >ut we shall triumph tn vnin and In our turn shall meet heavy punishment at the, hands of the people If we do not put our victory to right uses. Such a crisis as this cannot be met and dealt with by shouts of enthusiasm. We must face It as our fathers faced slavery and disunion. We want a President who will meet this situation as

Lincoln met that of 1861. with the chiefs of the Republicans about him and with party and people at his back. We want a Preafdent who on the sth day of next March will summon Congress In extra sesslop, and say that aIT else must wait until Congress sends to him a tariff which shall put money inr the treasury arid wages in the pockets of the American workingman. We want a President who will protect at all hazards the gold reserves of the treasury, and who will never forget that the nation which pays with honor borrows with ease. We want a man who will guard the safety and dignity of the nation/ at home and abroad and who will always and constantly be firm and strong In dealing with foreign nations Instead of suddenly varying a long course of weakness and Indifference with a convulsive spasm of vigor and patriotism. Also we want a man who will lead his party and act with it, and who will not by senseless quarrels between tire White House and the Capitol reduce legislation and execution alike to imbecility and failure. Such is the man we want for our great office in these bitter times, when the forces of disorder are loose and the wreckers, with thelf'kfalse lights, gather at the shore and lure the ship of state tipon the rocks. Such a man .fit for such.deeds. I am now to present to you. He needs no praise from the, for he has proved his own title to leadership. To those who have folio wed him he never said “Go!” but always “Come!” He is entirely fearless. We know it, for we have seen his courage tested on a hundred fields. He is fit to stand at the head of the Republican column. He is worthy to be an American President. I have the honor—the very great honor—to present to you as a candidate for your nomination the speaker of the national House of Representatives, Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. McKinitey Nominated by Foraker.

It would be exceedingly difficult if not entirely Impossible to exaggerate the disagreeable experiences of the last four years. The grand aggregate of the multitudinous bad results of a Democratic administration may be summed up as one stupendous disaster; it has been a disaster, however, not without at least one redeeming feature, it has been fair; nobody

has eseapcjl It. It lias fallen equally alike upon all sections of our country, and all classes of our people—the Republican and the Democrat, the rich and tne poor, the high and the low—have suffered In common, idleness and its consequent poverty and distress have been the rewards of labor; distress and bankruptcy have overtaken business, ‘shrunken values have dissipated fortunes, deficient revenues have Impoverished the Government, brought about bond Issues and bond syndicates, have discouraged and scandalised the nation. Over against this fearful penalty is, however, to be set down one great compensatory result. It has detroy ed the Democratic party. The proud columns which swept the country In triumph in 1802 are broken and noiseless in 1896. Their boasted principles when they came to the test of a practical application have proven nothing but fallacies, and their great leaders ■ have degenerated Into warring chieftains of petty and irreconcilable factions. Their approaching National Convention is but an approaching national nightmare. No man pretends to be able to predict any good result to come from it, and no man is seeking the nuomlnatlon of that convention to accept any kind of public trust by proclaiming his willingness to stand upon any platform that may be adopted. The truth is, the party that could-stand up tinder -the odiuni,t+f human slavery, opposition to the war, for the enfranchisement, reconstruction, and specll* resumption, at last finds Itself overmatched and undone by Itself. It is writhing in the throes of dissolution, superinduced by u dose of its own medicine. No human agency can prevent its absolute overthrow at the next election, except only this Convention. If we make no mistake the Democratic party will go out of power on the 4th of March to remain out until God In bls wisdom and merry and goodness shall see fit once more to chastise the people. So far we not made any mistake. We have adopted a platform which, notwithstanding the scenes witnessed lu this hall, meets the demands and expectations of the American people. It remains for us now as the last crowning of our Work here to complete our work by nominating a good candidate. The people want a good Republican; they want something more than a wise, patrlotic'statesman. They want a man who embodies in himself not only all of those esentlal qualifications, but who in addition, in the highest possible degree, typifies In a monetary character, in record, in ambition, and in purpose the exact opposite of all that is signified and represented by the free-trade, deficit-making, bond-issuing, labor-enslaving Democratic administration. I stand here to present to this convention such a man. His name Is William McKinley. Crowd Goes Wild. Senator Foraker got no further than the name ofAhe Ohio statesman. Even before the last syllable had passed his lips, with one great—swelt -the -delegates—and the occupants of the galleries sprang to their feet and let out a yell that would have driven out of the pastures the farfamed bull of Bashah. As if shot into the air from some concealed battery a thousand variegated plumes flashed in the air, almost concealing the thousands of American flags. Handkerchiefs and even umbrellas were being wildly flourished by the enthusiastic crowd. State standards were uprooted and carried up and down the aisles by shrieking delegates. A gigantic portrait of Gov. McKinley was hoisted to position in front of the gallery opposite the chairman’s desk, and as the picture caught the eyes of the assemblage there was an immense swell ,in the volume of sound which filled the spacious hall. Gentlemen of the convention, you seem to have heard of the name of my candidate before. And so you have. He Is known the world over. His testimonials are: a private life without reproach; four years of heroic service as a boy soldier on the battle-fields of the republic, under such gallant generals as Philip H. Sheridan; twelve years of conspicuous service In the halls of Congress, associated with great leaders of Republicanism; four years of executive service as Governor of Ohio, but, greatest of all, measured by present requirements, leader of the House of Representatives and .author of the "McKinley law”—a law under which labor had rich reward and the country greatly Increased prosperity. No other name so’completely meets the requirements of the American people, and no other man so absolutely commands tjieir hearts and their affections. They know that he is patriotic, and they know he is able and true, and they want him for President. They have, already so declared, not in tide or that State or section, but In all the States and al) the sections of our country, from ocean to ocean and from the Gulf to the lakes. They expect us to give them a chance to vote for him. It is our . duty to do it. Hastings. Names Qusy,

I’ennsylvnnla comes to this convention and with great unanimity asks you to name ip standard-bearer who will represent no t only the principles and. conditions, but tlie brightest hopes and aspirations of the Republican party; a man who has been a loyal supporter of Its every great movement: a potent factor

in It* councils from tin* day of It* birth and baptism on Pennsylvania soil to the present time; a man whose every vote and utterance has been upon the side of sound money, fair protection, and a strong hud patriotic Americanism. Those whom 1 repnwnt and who ask his nomination at your hands point to a statesman who has been in the forefront of every battle for his party: who tins been its champion, its wise counselor. Its organiser, and the suecessful leader of Its forlorn hopes. He was With those patriots who rocked the cradle of Republicanism; he was among the first to comprehend the mag-

nitude of the armed debate of ’6l and to give himself to the Union cause. We welcome the Issue—American protection, American credit, and an American policy.- Let the people In the campaign which this convention Inaugurates determine whether they are willing to live through another free-trade panic. Let the wage-earner and the wage-payer contemplate the bitter experiences which brought hunger to the home of one and financial ruin to / the other. Let the American farmer compare farm produce prices with free-trade promises. Let hlin who has saved a surplus and him who works for a livelihood determine, each for himself, If he craves to be paid In American dollars, disgraced and depreciated to half their alleged value. Let him who fought for his country’s flag; let. the widow, the orphan, and the loving parent who gave up that which was as precious as life, behold the flag and all It stands for, pawned to a foreign and domestic joint syndicate to raise temporary loans for the purpose of postponing the final financial disaster. and answer Whether they want the shame and humiliation repeated. Nominate him whpm I name and this country will have a President whose mental endowments, broad-minded statesmanship, ripe experience, marvelous sagacity, unassuming mod' esty, knightly courage, and true Americanism are unexcelled, Nominate him and he will elect himsfilf. I name to you the soldier and the statesman—Pennsylvania’s choice— Matthew Stanley Quay.