Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-22
Nv. Vss..,,'s spsssA.

cans. The platform has been published
once, but will stand rc-reading.
~. Fsssstt's speeeh.
Mr.. Chairman and rellow Rspahlicsn.
For the distinguished honor which yoa hs,,
eonfsrr.d aI-,a me am vsry grateful ss
sumo the duiie. ef presiding officsr ~ith 81
tr,ms difidsnee and am sustained by . rrii.
snes uvsn your generosity. fortsar.so. and
cooperation. II IL smlnentlJ flitins thai .
Rspuhllean convention should h. held IN z
temple sr.et..i for the display ~ the proiaets
of pf,,estIon % American Industries sni IN
thl. l.sutiful clty % Mlnaespoli.. the Joy and
"a. pride 20 giant ~~st. Th,. si,y. which Just
about equals In .se the Rspaeliosn party,
with it, pro-ysoa. mills and factories and
~ork .hsr. ami ~. gensroa. and happy boms-,
shpand. In object le~-oas. teaching elsare'
than IN ~ord. the soani wisdom % Rspubli.
ran doctrines.
We arr met to sssrci-s oos ~ the highest
pri,iles,- ~ our ei,issa.hip A. trustee a:
sp0sO ,o,ias Rspabllcsns. gsiher.si from
sy.ry state and territory - ts~ unIoa. u 10
come. our duty to formulsts for th. inspec.
tion u IN. I-opls the b~llef sni purI"-e. II
oar PARTY riaiiy. "a all the living plliticsl
qus.iion. ~ national Importance aud 10 cho'>s
that man Zoe leader under ~h"-s guidance ~e
feel ~e shall ~ ms>t sar. of establishing thi.
t~il.f IN tho TORN % Las.
We AZ. hsrv not q warring faction. strus'
cling ,o sin supremacy under fs,ori,s l-sd'
sr-. but q. 60 u,sInt-r. of oie grr.t I.Art,
seeking o. -slsct from the roll 81 oar hoaor.'i
srvsi men the typs u statesman Who shall 10
rvx.ris.i .. the most comI Ileie smhssiimsnt
of cardinal doc'rin.s ~ our party, There i'
MT q Rspahlie.a In this con,ention Who's
heart ds<- 10, burn With sr,ior for triumph In
tie I'm i-rssiins .eamIaignL We Aw all oAx.f
for .aeo.>-. v, 90. her. b. make the necc--sry
pr,liminAry arraasemsnts and 40 all prvEo>'
h. msk. them In the right ~Ay and In the
risht spirit.
In thsr, 1. ever . tims for Iispabliosns io dif'
Ter n q. ESPECIALLY In such coay.niions a. this
~hsa W. sr. me, ioxs,hsr 10 srpr.-. the par
pc ~ u.ehlhs ultimate uhiiJ ,hroash The
eonts-, of pr,-snt differences In the side
r,ashlns and delicate basin.-- % asresins
uTpn the s,sndsri t~srers ~ . party there i'
. srABd oyg.,r,ahity fot the sr,si men IN hear
AMI sspr... bsne-, differences ~ OPINIONS. and
The mors earnest the m.a and the tnor- bons-'
,h. oplnlsa. tl. NOR. determined viii ts the
ean,..i. ani collision. AMI the more conple,s
the nn.l unshiuity. The airs always s~ee,sr
4, /. our right now 10 opgs-s each other. II
uill h. our duty 10 unite ,omofrv~' f',ry
dify,rrne. should sni si the conysn,lon doaf-
ami ~iii ,nd there. whsn the oon,.n,ion
shall hss. eoaclud a IT. lal.r. 30 shall hs,.
ba, oas olsolse. and that the nominees ~ thi'
sonysntian. but Que purIo.s. their slsction.
In. n..nInstion dos ~, sni the csmTsisn. u
i-sln. a. The camIsisn -hich !. 10 10 made
xill not 10 the campaign % the candidates,
n, the candidate. and for th. candidates, but
~ all the party. ~ all the I.rty, and Tor all
a.. r.tty. In the Interests % the shols I~ople.
With malice then toward none, but With q
fs.l.t.tlon and r,-I~ct toward all, Zach 81 u'
sscorling 90 HI. light. ss t'o-i siy.- him W -
t.s nsht. .hoali .al-,riinsts all merely heal
AMI p.r-oasl considerations "a esrns.t en-
des,ot 81 .~curv tie t-.i In the hspahllcsn
rarity thrJgshoa the sntir. ststehooi 81
.,.,s.. Non. ~ our trusted leader. sre ~esA
men: al 20 thsm sre srons. ~lms nay -
,truns.r than others n ss each dsless's
,ls~. N. n<h ,hsr. is -sms man who's nsurs
s~.n.. to HIN lsrs.r. who's s,A,ure higher,
xLs-. fame more commanding. Whoa name
NOR, In.plrins than that - say othsr nan,
then the pathway 20 each dslsss,s should T.
brusi and e~.y.
Mr. fs..-tt rvyiswsi the work accom-.
pll.hs,i ty the pr,-snt administration and
paii glowing tribut-- Ia sx speaker Heed
and Governor Mckinley. lie spoks al
length 20 Republican reciprocity. CREATING
great enthusiasm thereby.
Chsirmss Nskisisy's speech.
G.htl.m.n II a.. Con,snttsn-I thanh you
for th. honor of pr,sldihs s,sr the ninth
haiIonal eohyetaion - the ilspablicah PARTY.
A Hspublioal ooa,sntloa means something.
rhsJ ba,, si~ay, meant -1m.,hlhs. Rspub-
lloah Convention. .sy What thsy mean sni
mean ~hat ,l.y ssy. Thsy dsclsr. principls-
and politic. and purI-~s-. and When ~a-
trusis.i ~ith I.,~sr. thsy snscuts aud snforce
them The fr-t nstlgnAl conv.ntion u the
Rspabllcah party thlrty-sit year. ago met In
the siiy % i1'llsislphiA. The platform Of that
epn,.niion rs>i. toisy more hke an in.plra-
tlon than an sfirmsii"n % . political party.
Even pro,i.loa of that great Instrument made
b, the fstL.'. q our party is Ca the statute.
% cur oogn,'y today.
Es.ry oas sf them has t~sn smt-siiei Int
pablie law. sai that cannot L. aid q the
platform ~ any Political equalization In TIL.
90 any othu sountry Ia the World. Wbsneser
tier. !. anything 90 h. done In thi. country,
And b, ,hl. ccan,ry. and for this country. the
Rs publican Is,rty 3. called up to do ~. ten.
tl.msn. 40 sV hsrv toisy to MAKE platform
shi . ticket that Will commend thsmsslsc. IA
the con-cisnsc. aud ihtsllisrDo. and the juig'
msnt 70 the p<opls AMI We viii do 10. What
ever !. done by this oon,entloa oil meet tbs
approval ~ tie american I--ople In So'e'nb-i
of thi. y.sr ". have alrvsiy heard -oms NJ
the noies % ,ictory, for this Il q Republican
year. Kho-ie Island has spoken. Oniy ,ss'
tsr,isy Orvsyn spoke. exciting three repre-
taii,e.-thrre i.spubllcsn representative
ts the eonsrss. 10 the Unliei states, and ~hen
". ~, thrOagh with thi. oonysntion. IT. con
eiu.lons will b. the l.~ oi i.spublIcah sction
a. tbey wili L. the Assursno. u Republican
victory.
Pr.,s.ti"~ sr Rse,presiiy.
We ar. Zoe . protective tariff and rccip-
rori,y. We prey-,-e In take m backward stsi
uIon either one of th~-e great Rspublican
pfincipls.. We stand Tor protective tArin
b~csu.e n represents the American home, ths
American nv, side. the American family, the
American girl. the American hoy. and ths
highest possibilities of American ciiisenship
We proy-,s. to raise our money for puoiis
sIIeb.e. by taxing the products Of other ma
iions rather than by tating the products ol
our own. The Ib-noeratic party hslie'es 10
direct iaIatioa. that Il, In taxing Ourselves
bat Ne do not believe In that principles - ions
as W. can find sonei-riy else To tar.
Our protective tArin not only docs every
thing wLIeh revenue ianf .. doiag-rai.ins
ell needed revenues but % protective tArin
dos more. A proteciise tariff encourages
and stimulates American Industries. and sivr'
the widest possibilities to'American reniu'
and American effort. You may study Presi'
dent Cleyelshd's uttsrsnces from the hr-t ons
he made la New York. when he aid be did
not kuo~ anything about the tsrin. TIL hi'
last one In Rhsie Island. and you come a~ay
ignorant and uninfosn.s-i - ts vhAi tArin
rsform means
Fres naiist ssd rais C"aHt
Thl. contest that We enter upon 10 for ih'
maintenance % protection and reciprociiy
and want Ia sAy here that there is nat iins
in that tsnff hill that 10 nat American; thsr'
IL not pAs~ase that is not patriotic; tbere y
not pag. that dos not rvpr.snt true Ameri
eAhlsm and the highest possibilities OF Amen
can eiiissnshlp.
tions here today. We are 90 deeiafe ourselves
ut.,n other questions 10 Q FRYE ballot and fall
count. No platform should ever b~ made tha
dos MT r,itsrsts that great constitutional
GUARANTEES. no Republican speech should ese'
l~ made that does not Insist hrmly and re-o
lutely that that great constitutional guaranty
shall ls living birthrisht; not . coid formal
iiy of eonstitniioaAi enactment. bat iivins
thing which tis puorest and humbiest mai
coundently sni,y. and which the richest and
most powerful dare not deny.
We can we'll leave On tbe COMMITTEES On re~y
lutioas the daty % mailing . platform thai
shAll reprsrh, the b--t tbeashts and the bss
ideas and the hest wisdom of the Isspablicai
party. When We 90 out of this convention
upoa Q true iispublicaa platform. We go ou
marvling IN ,sctory. no matter what ham>
mag carr thr banner.
Depsw's speech.
Nn PRssIDESr AsD 0ESriAnES ov rHn Cos
vEnrioS h the psculiadty of Rspoblieai
national coaventioas that ssch ons Of then
has dlstlnet and Interesting history. We an
hsrs n meet eoadisioes and sslvs pseelsm'
which make this ratherins not oaly the On
csptioa 10 the rule but Substantially new dc
psrturs. That tberv shculd b. s'soas eoa.le