The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-22

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Q do honor.
IOWA ASKS HIS SELECTION.
!, ! 1t is the prayer of that State that ha
!. been more true to Republicanism thar
4 all others that have been truest. Al
d Others have sometimes wavered. Iowi
: never. In all others at some time il
e your history some part of your ticke
: has met defeat. In Iowa never. Ii
q thirty-four years OF consecutive victory
i no man has been inducted into State
3 office or been accredited TO the National
g Senate who did not follow your com
: mand and march in your column. For
tunately for our candidate in the re-
public we recognize no rights OF pedi'
, gree or ancestry. There is no primo
geniture or entail in the honors OF the
State save those OF worth and genius
In these he is richly endowed. He was
called to the public service in the early
days of 1861. The times needed high
, courage, hopefulness, integrity, prCti.
cal common sense and unlimited
capacity for work. His early life and
, experiences had taught him that these
qualities were the antidote for the rfgors
OF lowly birth and humble fortune. He
DETERMINED TO DESERVE MUCH
at the hands OF the people and they,
recognizing the value of his services,
have been honored by his presence in
the Congress for more than twenty-five
years. Twenty-Five years Of most event
full history, and every page OF the legis-
lative portion OF the record Thomas B.
Allison has helped to write. 1t is in
these records that you will find the at
testalion OF his worth. When he en-.
tered the Congress, he recognized the
perils of the situation. A continent at
war, human liberty, mans capacity for
self government the issues. He knew
that it was only by the use of all the re.
sources OF the nation that success could
be won. So we find him in the legisla-
ton OF that day, aiding by marshalling
the men, aud granting the treasures Of
the Nation with unstinted hand to meet
all the acquisitions OF the Commander
in-Chief. And when peace was won,
We find him striving on all occasions to
pay, so far us payments can be made,
the Just claims OF the heroes-mutilated
and war-worn-who by imperishable
deeds
HAD SAVED THE STATE.
When he came into public life the
country was reaping the fruits that fol.
lowed that woeful experiment, the tariff
OF 1916.
Mr.. Hepburn here quoted from Pres.
ident Buchanan's last annual message,
in which he pictured the terrible suf. |
fering and distress that prevailed among
the people from the effects OF the low |
tariff, and recommended that loan be |
negotiated, and continued:
This picture ofthe languishing indus
tries would seem to be dark enough,
but the condition was aggravated by the
TACT that the eight hundred millions OF
gold yielded by California had been sent
abroad to pay for the imported necessa-
ries OF life that should have been pro-
duced Mt home, and the country was
thus without currency. lu' tho pro-
tective legislation OF that era was laid |
the foundation of that growth in wealth
and prosperity that is the wonder OF the
nations. Believing TO the uttermOst
that the American citizen who labors is
entitled to better compensation than was
elsewhere paid; believing that this peo-
pie ought TO be Independent Of all mar
kets save our own for necessaries that
We could produce, he became cham
pion for the
PROTECTION OF AMERICAN LABOR
and American industries. lie has been
constant, unwavering friend OF that
NN1s 10 10, Il ,lr tl.n
hope that the public quiet and individ-
ual contentment is alone enjoyed where
the industries OF nation are diversified |
and all the people are satisfactorily EN-.
ployed, and that alone gives promise OF
stable government. He stands on the
line OF tariff defense in the Northwest
II you drive us from that line by your
nomination to-day, we go in utter hope.
less rout, beaten by the strategy OF the
campaign before the battle opens. Your
patience will not permit me to state in |
detail the important measures which |
he aided in giving form. The constitu-
tional amendments, one and all, lie aided |
in framing; the currency legislation and
those laws OF honor that preserved the
national credit; the resumption OF specie |
payment; the silver coinage act; the
stoppage Of Chinese importation, and all |
other legislative efforts approved by the
Republican party OF to.day-AllisOn's |
hand, his genius, his industry aided in
securing to us.
We OF Iowa know that in naming
our friend, we place him in generous
rivalry with
MOST ILLUsrRIOUS NAMES.
Sherman, OF ripe experience, sagacious
methods and honest purpose. Ben Har-
rison, the worthy son of an ancestry re.
nowned for worth; Gresham, the SOL
dier, the statesman, the Just Judge.
Varied has been the character, but never
varying the pure quality OF his extend
cd servieei Alger, who has no enemies
save his country's enemies, and who
wins the love OF men, whether he leads
them in the fierce shock of battle or
guides them in the quite walks of peace
New Jerseys son, cultured, eloquent,
wise; how contentedly we could follow
him as our leader. Rusk, fearless in
duty, the Clamor OF the mob has no fears
for his intlexible soul, and Ingalls,
how the affections OF my old comrades
flow toward him us they champion him
who never falters in his strife to secure
redemption OF the pledges made to the
boys who wore the blue. The candi.
date | have named, we OF Iowa, COM
mend to you. A man Of that calm pres.
ence OF mind, who seeks the methods of
iudlClous conservatism, and yet who
has on all occasions the courage to do
the right; who excites no anger, and
has no enemies, who is sagacious, con-
servative, versed in the details OF the
public business, whose integrity is
above the reach OF Calumny, who has
the respect and confidence and kindly
regard Of all who knew him, and on
whose candidacy all classes of Republi-,
cans unite, and so uniting he will lead
harmonious party to satisfying victory.
During Mr.. Hepburn's speech every
reference to the name OF Allison was
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