New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-27
MR.. DEPEW'S SPEECH.
THE KEYNOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
WHY REPUBLICAN SUCCESS is NECESSARY
PRINCIPLES THAT THE PARTY WILL
NEVER SURRENDER.


We prlntsn full this morning Mr.. Depew's admirable
speech AT the Saratoga convention, which the great
crowd of miscellaneous news compelled us to summarize
yesterday:
. Gontlornen: return you my THANKS for tho high
honor conferred in selecting ms to presao over your
be the chairman Of tho Republican convention OF tha
state Of NowYork We arc hero taxing ono OF mo
10 give our time and our best thought to the higher
and moro important business Oh inc GOvcrhhlcn' pl
the Commonwealth. Tho familiar tT1Iism, hst the
prosperity and happiness OF NE geDpc GupoTa VIII
the wise administration OF public anars, apphss Win
thu experence Of quarter of century has dcmon
strated that the prosperity deyelopmcnt ana or ss
are best promoted and advanced under Repnoncan az,
ministraton 1t 10, therefore, for Us 10 lapor MID wv,
enthusiasm and harmony for Republican sSesns the
accounts of which I'LL the air, exist on3 , ~ .ae
IMAGINATION and Come only from the PEN hs a pemocFae
marty wss in possession Of the Government ana ior
four years had enjoyed its longcoyetod oPpor'nny 20
ba1sf,ve debate in tho press and upon the platform,
the power has been taken from It's hahns Inat Us
years Of tutclage in the minority ana under
have failed teach It the art OF government Is ane
IT, nrncinles which are beyond the cure OF tho most
honest purposes, the wisest brain.
LEGISLATION AND THE SURPLUS.
Tho surplus in the Treasury which has constituted
so large factor in discussion and attempted nsls'
lation, still exists and increases AL Pa'''o
its evils. and its dangers transparent but the
urn,us s not money to be trihed with or squandered
II belongs to the people and represents unnecessary
taxation The effort to dispose OF II iea 10 tne eH
r1Ordnay s s s"us 50 de Gi the prosperity
vSbicb made IT. pos5ibe For the arst time in fifteen
years TIE . RSSpSSgs N branches of the
The whole responsibility now devolves upon mem
They accept it, confident IN .uyn sr WHY S be reduced
by removing unnecessary burdens and adjusting a2s
ton upon proved I nIt bcn SeS are lefoed
by their friends as they VIII be during inc coming
session of Congress and the OF our
President the notifications VIII remove UNNECESSARY
TAXATION without imparing I'm any degree the bedrock
principle protection Of American iHdG ,siss ,.
one name and another, tho advocates of free trade
march, year after year. TO certain destruction eStot
ono for their discretion. II said of tho old Bour
bon that he learned nothing and forgot nothing put
his modern prototype has changed me phrase 80 thst
n NAV read He learns nothing. but forSets every
thing" The failure Of experience 70 improve OF con-
vert him from tho error of his doctrines ana tner
fatal results reminds me of small boy whom l once
saw wandering among the smaller grayes tones IN the
Peekshil churchyard. Forgetting the rate OF MS com
panOns who lay under the sod, he was seIeney Gazing
green apples and singing Nearer, My Cod, to Ihee"
A GREAT MARKET FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY
But that It IS for us TO administer affairs, the
needs of the country demand that the protection of
our industries shall be supplemented by every effort
10 find for their surplus market The consistent
policy Of the Republican Administration for quarter
OF a century has not only advanced and maintained
wages, but promoted prQductyeness, mvenuOn, Snill
Ingenuity, and good workmanship, so that or output
is beyond home needs and must compete IN lore gn
markets with the manufactures of the Old Wort
The most interesting part of The great International
Exhibition at Paris TO American are is palac =
erected by the South American republics ana then
contents. Absolutely unknown TO us, immigration
and enterprise have stimulated I'm these contres-0r
neighbors-an Industrial development in hc last ten
years more rapid than our own. The whole OF this
vast and marvrIlously Increasing trade belongs
to Europe Eight years ago eminent Republican
with these countries, and endcavored 10 bring y
abont Now he finds himself again the Minister Of
him broad comprehensive. and llberal-mndel states
man. in full harmony with his views.
Tho Monroe doctrine when enunciated seventy years
ago became the common faith Of all political parties
in this country. The danger then was that ne youug
ence might fall under the domination OF European
and moarchica powers, and the United States Gov
] 1 ~, n nvcrtSpo tt.ee
ropubcs and gain foothold upon these continents.
CONDITIONS for half century have given a larger
score grander meaning 10 the famous doctrine Of
our Administration has invited to mect next month
at Washington. in which win be represented the re-
permanent political friendship and tho closest con-
rncrcal alliance among all countries on the Western
Hemisphere.
VITAL. PRINCIPLES OF REPUBL1cAYIsM
There are principles Of the Republican creed
which the party will neither surrender nor compromise
nor abate. 1t Will march with them as serenely TO
defeat as to victory, knowing that truth
Is eternal and I'm the end Will pre-
vail. These two principles are the integrity
OF the ballot and the purity OF the American home
UnhOy combinations in which vast pecunary interests
insult the equal protection Of the law granted 10 all
legitimate pursuits by throwing their power and ther
money into the scale Of party or the other Will.
in the end succumb 70 the rising and resistlcss tide
Of public honesty and virtue The party which went
cheerfnlly and repeatedly to disaster and finally
tlrpated slavery which under all dscouragements and
horrors successfully fought the rebellion and saved the
sructlon built this magnificent expansive, and nm
equaed Republic, will not cease agitation end
easserlon and effort until the ballot box the
honest expression Of the popular will and the liquor
traffic is placed under proper control
Had the laws prepared and piecnted BY me ,. Rr;
upon the statute-b book OF our STATE. oncthd Of the
saloons would have already been closed thousands Of
thousands Of young men would have been saved
stead and business would have been hghtened, and
millions Of dollars would have been lowing into the
The trulsm that the ballot is the safeguard Of
liberty has a larger meaning, not often discussed
Ouis IS Government by maloudeS. VIC nave no
ing rs VIII In the enactment Of proper measures
Tho education Of people is TO accept the verdict
majority Is tainted with fraud. then scheme of
government has failed. ard there IS nothing but
majority, repeatedly cheated out Of Its rights, Is
danger too appalling to contemplate. II Is me d4ty
question. which cannot be Obscurcd by
eplthct party shbbolchs. shall bc 50 settled that
the count IS beyond dispute the voter free from m
tlmidation, and tho safeguards thrown about him
which shall place his vote beyond the reach of threat
or purchase.
The Republican party emphancally rcaflrms rs pre-
vous declarations upon the questions Of Civil Service
Reform, and the laws which the statute book
On this subject Will be carried ont In their letter and
spirit by the present Administration
TIE ADMINIsTRATT ON's RECORD.
Six months have elapsed since we elected to the
Presidency Bcnja Harrison He came into power
under difficulties which have not attended any other
Republican Administration since Lncolns. His Re
publican predecessors found the National House fur
nished with modem views and progressive IDEAS. and
their duty was their preservation and enlargement.
But General Harrison found his filed with curious
collection Of useless antiquities and patent political
panaceas. II became necessary for HIM fSt to send
the antiquities 10 the umberrOom and empty the Walls
II their dangerous mixtures The first cruiser launched
under new Administration surpaSsing the recOrd