The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-08-13

Sound Doctrine Enunciated by
Hon. Henry WaidrOn and
Congressman Willis.

Il yentlon at Adrian, on the 3Oih inst
emitting tue remarks Of the chairman
Hon. Henry Waldron, and Hon. L
Willis, the nominee, which we cop
from the Adrian Times Of the 3lst.
MIR. wALDRos's SPEECH.
On taking his seat as permanen
Chairman of the convention, Hon
Henry Waldron said:
GENTLEMEN:-I appreciate the homo
Of presiding over convention tha
contains so many Of my old friends nnC
/ fellow-workers. When / look aroun,
upon your familiar faces, | am remind
e1 that in the past, Republican conyen
| tions in this district have always or
ganized for victory. Applause. AnC
with harmony to-day and proper effor
! following il, this convention is not go
ing 10 be any exception to the rule
Applause.
We are here, gentlemen, as represen
tatives of the Republican electors oI
the Second Congressional district. W.
meet in convention to-day to do a por.
ton Of the work that is preliminary tc
every political contest. A political
party must have its platform. 1t must
select its candidates, 1t must perfect
its organization. Aud il is upon these
three essentials; its platform, it's can
didates, and its work, that the result OF
every political contest turns. And now
as we step upon the threshold Of this
cInvass of 1873, let us see how we stand
in reference TO these
THREE GREAT ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS.
A political party that deserves sue.
cess, must be frank and outspoken in
the avowal of its principles. There
must be no double dealing, no conceal
ment, no mystification. The voters
ought TO know, and they will know,
our position in reference to the great
questions that are to be passed upon
by their votes. They will insist that
the issues to be met shall be clearly de-
fned, and then they are ready to pass
judgment upon them.
Now, so far as the platforms OF the
Republican party are concerned, they
have always been frank aud outspoken.
There has been, with reference TO them,
no hypocrisy, and no uncertain sound.
IL can be said TO the credit of the Re
publican party in the past that what
ever they believed, they avowed, and
whatever they proposed they accom-
plished. Applause. Ii can be said,
moreover, TO the credit of this Repub-
lican party, that while their measures
of policy were severely criticised, and
bitterly opposed, while they were at
tempting To incorporate them into the
legislation OF this land. yet when the
end WAS reached, and the results were
attained, even the men who had OPP
posed that Republican party were com
PEELED then to admit the justice and
right Of the principles they had so
earnestly denounced. Applause The
Republican party declared years ago
that
THE INTEGRITY OF THIS UNION
should be maintained; and they made
good their word. They made il good
through war, and through carnage.
The Republican party declared, as part
Of their platform, that in this land all
men should be equal before the law;
and in spite Of bitter opposition, in
spite Of prejudice, the Republican par
~ went steadily forward until that doc
trine Is now incorporated into the fed
eral constitution. The Republican
party boldly declared that the national
credit should be maintained; and to-
day your national credit is without
spot or blemish. Applause. The
Republican party declared that the in
dustry Of this country should be re-
lieved from the burden OF excessive
taxation: and through the economy Of
Republican administrations IL has ac-
complished that end, aud year by year
your taxes have been reduced, and your
burdens have been diminished. Aud
now, to-day. the Republican party
moves steadily forward toward the full
fillment of another Of it's pledges. To
day il moves steadily forward in the
Of another Of its
purposes, and that is. 90 make the pa
dollar of the Republic equal in value
10 any other dollar in the civilized
world. Applause. 1t is to our cred
il that the platform OF our organiZa-
ton is clear aud outspoken in reference
10 these issues. But how is it with
our opponents?
INCONSi6TENI DEMOChATs.
Gentlemen, you can judge OF the
fairness and consistency OF the men
who oppose us, when / refer you to the
fact that for the last ten years the Re
publican party has been denounced in
this land, because il was paying the
bondholder in one kind Of money and
the pensioner in another kind; and
now, when we are paying the bond
holder and the pensioner in money OF
equal value, we are denounced for do
ing that. Why two years ago, when
our opponents held their last national
convention in the city OF st. Louis,
and when they nominated candidates
for President and Vice President, they
arraigned the Republican party before
the country for forcing, for ten long
wears, deprecated paper currency on
the country; and although IL had
promised TO redeem IL, IL had thus fai
neglected TO do il. That was the
charge made against the Republican
party in the resolutions Of our oppo
nents. And now, to-day, when the
Republican party has reached tim'
that resumption is practically at hand
when your greenback dollar is wortl
to-day n hundred cents in gold or sill
yer. now these men turn around, and
while they denounced us two years ag'
I for being too tardy in this work OF re
sumption, now they charge that we arr
altogether too fast, and demand tina
\ The resumption act should be repealed
4 So you see gentlemen by these facts
/ bow much consistency aud good faitl
there are in that kind of politics.
Fellow-citizens. one 81 the issues in
volved in this canvass before us is wit
reference 10 the currency Of the repub
lie, as 10 the kind Of paper none
that shall be used in this land 10
exchange, and for the purpose OF busi
ness. The position OF the Republica
party with reference TO that question
Is clear and emphatic. IL says that tn
currency OF this land shall b
gold and silver, and paper convertibl
into gold and silver at the demand G
the holder, and upou that platform "
will stand. Applause We have nov
finally, through years OF stagnation, {
shrinkage. Of depreciation, reached
THE Solid GROUND or CONVERTIBLE cUI
RENCY,
aud IL needs only that we should pc
sist in the policy that the Republics
party has inaugurated aud CARED on
to give us ia this country the best Tins
We ever had Applause. What th
country needs now, is stability, un
formity aud cessation from agitation
20 far as this question OF currency
concerned. Let the capitalist. the me
chant, the manufacturer, but be asurs
that we have az last got stability in ol