Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-22

the wisdom OF patriotic men ne has peer
Upon the right side-the right side as tim,
has determined the right in the honest con
viction of the Republican party of this day,
Gentlemen. the State of Iowa bids me name
70 you this mIn-fit to be your candidate
William B. Allison, Of Iowa. OF all liv
ing men he is the one we most do honor
Iowa asks his selection. Ii is the PRAYER o
that State that has been more true to Re
publicanism than all Others that have been
truest All others have sometimes wav
cred. Iowa never. In all Others at some
time in your history some part of YOU
ticket has met defeat, In Iowa never. In
81 years of consecutive victory no man has
been inducted into a state office or beer
accredited to the National Senate who did
not follow your flag and march in youl
column. Fortunately for our candidate
in the Republic We recognize no rights oi
pedigree or ancestry.
There is no prigmogeniture nor detail in
the honors of the State save those of worth
and genius. In these he is richly endowed
He was called 10 the public service in the
early DAYS of 1861, The times needed high
courage, hopefulncss, integrity, practical
common sense, and unlimited capacity fol
work. His early life and experiences had
taught him that these qualities were the
antidote for the rigors OF lowly birth and
humble fortune. He determined to de
serve much at the hands of the people
and they, recognizing the value of his ser.
vices, have been honored by his presence
in the Congress for more than twenty-five
years. Twenty-Five years of most eventful
history, and every page of legislative por-
ton of the record, William b. Allison
helped to write. 1t is in these records that
you will find the attestation of his worth.
When he entered the Congress he recog-
nized the perils of the situation-a CONT
mental 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 legislation of
that day, aiding, by marshalling
the men, and granting the treas
ures OF the nation with unstinted
hand, to meet all the requisition
of the Commander-in-C Chief. And when
peace was won We find him striving on all
occasions to pay, so far as payment can be
made, the just claims of the heroes, mutt
lated and war-worm, who by imperishable
deeds had saved the state. When he cane
into public life the country was reaping
The fruits that followed that woeful expert
ment the tariff of 1886 The conditions
had not changed for the better from those
little earlier described by President
Buchanan in an annual message when he
sand: I'VE have possessed ali the elements
of material wealth in rich abundance, and
yet notwithstanding all these advantages,
our country at this moment is in a deplor-
able condition. In the midst of unsur-
culture and in all the elements of national
ma inf rio StrS-
pended, our public works retarded. our
private enterprises abandoned, and thou
sands of useful laborers thrown out of en-
ployment and reduced to want The reve-
nue. OF the government, which is chiefly
derived from imports from abroad, has
been greatly reduced. Under the circum-
stances, loan may be required before the
close of your present session. But this, al
though, deeply to be regretted, would
prove to be only slight misfortune when
compared with the suffering and distress
prevailing among the people"
This picture of the langmshing industries
would seem to be dark enough, but the
condition was aggravated by the fact that
the eight hundred millions of gold yielded
by California had been sent abroad to pay
for the imported necessaries of life that
should have been produced at home, and
the country was thus without q currency.
In the protective 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 en-
titled TO better compensation than was else
where paid the laborer; believing that this
people ought to be independent of all mar
kets, save our own, for necessaries that we
could produce, he became champion for
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American industries. He has been q con-
slant, unwavering friend of that policy 10
this day, and finds in that policy the hope
for that public quiet and individ-
ual contentment that is alone en-
joyed where the industries of a nation
are diversified and all the people are salts
employed; and that alone gives
promise of stable government He stands
on the line of tariff defense in the North
west. If you drive US from that line by
your nomination to-day we go in utter
hopeless rout, beaten by the strategy of
the campaign before the battle opens. Your
patience will not permit me to state in de-
tail the important measures to which he
aided in giving form. The constitutional
amendments, one and ali, he aided in franz
ingi the currency legislation, and those
laws OF honor that preserved the National
the silver coinage act; the stoppage of Chi
nese 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 here naming
our friend We place him in generous rivalry
with most illustrious names. Sherman, of
ripe experience, sagacious methods and
honest purposes Ben Harrison, the
worthy son of an ancestry renowned for
worth. Gresham, the soldier, the states.
man, the Just judge, varied has been the
character, but never varying the pure quail
ity of his extended service. 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 quiet walks OF peace.
New Jerseys son, cultured, eloquent, wise.
as our leader. Rusk, fearless in duty. the
clamor or the mob has no fears for his in
flexible soul. And Ingalls-how the affec-
tions of my old comrades flow toward him
rs their champion.
his strife to secure redemption of the
pledges made to the boys who wore the
blue. The candidate l have named, we of
Iowa commend to you. A man of that
calm poise of mind who seeks the methods
of q judicious 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, conservative,
versed in the details of the public business;
whose integrity is above the reach of cal
umny; who has the respect and confidence
and kindly regard of all who know him, and
on whose candidacy all classes of Republi-
cans can unite, and so uniting, he win lead
3 harmonious party 10 a satisfying victory.
We cannot tell you of all that would be
done were he to direct the administration
of affairs. but were he so empowered, we
could tell you some things that would not
be done by him.
You would not find in his acceptance an
able argument against the fitness of Pres
idential incumbent for a second term, fol-
lowed by years of persistent and unscrupu-
lous effort to secure q second term.
You would not find in his official utter
ances uncounted pledges for civil service
reform, and then long years of constant
prostitution of the civil service to all the
vile uses of partisanship.
You you not find him trying to destroy
the silver coinage of the nation, nor to re-