Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-10


1.-THE tariff, tinkered with and trifed with to
the serious distur bance Of trade and disaster to
business since the DAYS Of Washington. has been
courageously embodied into code-a code
which has preserved the principle Of the pro-
lection Of American industries. To II has been
added a benefcent policy, supplemented
macy, which has opened to our farm
ers and manufacturers the markets
of other countries. The navy has been built
upon lines which viii protect American citizens
and American interests and the American flag
all over the world. The public debt has been
reduced. The maturing bonds have been paid
off. The public credit has been maintained.
The burdens Of taxation have been hghtened.
Two hundred millions of currency have been
added to the peoples money without disturb
ance Of the exchanges.
THE FAvoRITE SONS.
"Unexampled prosperity has crowned wise
laws and their wise administration. The main
ques ton which divide US is: To whom does the
credit Of all thiB belong? Orators may stand
upon this platform more able and more eloquent
than !, who will paint in more brilliant colors,
but they cannot put in more earnest thought
the affection and admiration of republicans
for our distinguished Secretary of State. 1
yield to no republican, no matter from which
state he halls, In admiration and respect for
John Sherman, for Governor Mckinley,
for Thomas b. Reed, for Iowa's great
son, for the favorites of Hi
nois, Wisconsin and Michigan. But when
am told that the credit for the brilliant
diplomacy Of this administration belongs exclu-
sively to the Secretary of State. for the admin
istration Of its finances to the Secretary Of the
Treasury. for the construction of its ships to
the Secretary of the Navy. for the introduction
of American pork in Europe to the Secretary Of
Agriculture, for the settlement. SO far it is
settled, Of the currency question to Senator
John sherman, for the formulation of
tariff laws to Gov. Mckinley, for the
removal Of the restrictions placed by foreign
nations upon the Introduction Of American
pork to our ministers at Paris and Berlin, am
tempted to seriously inquire who during the
last four years has been President of the United
States, anyhow.
Caesar. when he wrote those commentaries
which were the history Of the conquests Of Eu-
rope under his leadership, modestly took the
position of .Enas when he said: They are the
narrative of events the whole of which l saw
and the part of which was.
Gen. Thomas, as the Rock Of Chicka-
manga. occupies place in our history with
Leonidas among the Greeks, except that he
succeeded where Leonidas failed. The fight of
Joe Hooker above the clouds was the poetry of
battle. The resistless rush Of Sheridan and his
steed down the valley of Shenandoah is the epic
from Atlanta to the sea is the supreme triumph
OF gallantry and strategy. 1t detracts nothing
from the splendor Of the fame or the merits of
the deeds Of his ieutcnants to say that having
selected them with marvellous sagacity and dis
erection, Grant still remained the supreme COM
mander Of the national army.
TO WHOM CREDIT Is DUE.
GAN the proposed acts Of any administration
before they are formulated are passed upon in
cabinet council, and the measures and sug-
gestions OF the ablest secretaries would have
failed with lesser President. But for the
great good of the country and the benefit of
the republican party they have succeeded, be-
cause of the suggestive mind. the indomitable
courage, the intelligent appreciation Of situa-
tons and the grand magnanimity of Benjamin
Harrison.
1T is an undisputed fact that during the few
months when both the Secretary OF State and
the Secretary of the Treasury were ill the
President personally assumed the duties of the
State and the Treasury Department, and both
with equal success. The Secretary of State. in
cepting his portfolio under President Garfield.
wrote: Your administration must be made
brilliantly successful and strong in the conf
dence and pride of the people, not at all divert
ing its energies for reelection and yet compel
ling that result by the logic of events and by
the lmperiOus necessities of the situation
Garfield fell before the bullet of the assassin
and Mr.. Blaine retired 10 private life. Gen.
Harrison invited him to take up that unfinished
diplomatic career where its TIN read had been SO
tragically broken. He entered the cabinet.
He resumed his work and has won higher
place in our history. The prophecy he made
for Garfield has been superbly fulfilled by
President Harrison. In the language of Mr..
Blaine: The President has compelled re-
election by the logic of events and the i'm
perious necessities OF the situation
REQUISITES OF THE NOMINEE.
''The man who is nominated here today, to win,
must carry a certain well-known number of the
doubtful states. Patrick Henry in the convon-
tion which started rolling the ball OF the indie
pendence Of the colonies from Great Britain
snid: 4 have bat one lamp by which my feet
are guided, and that is the lamp OF experience.
! know of no way Of judging Of the future but
by the past
New York was carried in 1880 by Gen. Gar
field, and in every important election since that
time we have done our best. We have put for
ward our ablest, our most popular, our most
brilliant leaders for governor and state officers,
to suffer constant defeat. The only light which
llumincs the. sun Of hope, the dark
record Of those twelve years is the
fact that in 1888 the state of New
York was triumphantly carried by
President Harrison. He carried it then as
gallant soldier. wise Senator, a statesman who
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daily speeches from the commencement Of the
canvass to Its close. He still has all these
claims and inaddition an administration beyond
criticism and rich with the elements of popu-
lsrity with which to carry New York again.
Ancestry helps in the old world and handi-
caps in the new. There is but one distinguished
example Of a son overcoming the limitations
imposed by the eminent fame of his father
and then rising above it, and that was when the
younger Pitt became greater than Chatham.
With an ancestor signer Of the
Declaration Of Independence and another
who saved the northwest from savagery and
gave ii to civilization and empire, and who was
also President Of the United States, a poor and
unknown hwyer Of Indiana has rise by his un-
aided efforts to such distinction q lawyer,
soldier, statesman and President that he reflects
more credit upon his ancestors than they have
devolved upon him, and presents in American
history the parallel Of the younger Pitt.
"By the grand record d a wise and popular
administration, by tho strength gained in fire.
quent contact With the people, IN wonderfully
versstile and fslieitous speech. by the claims Of
pure life in pubic and IN the simplicity Of .
typical kmericarf home, nominate BENJAMIN