Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-05-20
as to make this the grandest, freest. great

as 10 make this the grandest, freest, great
est union on this terraqueous globe.
/ believe in the Republican party be-
cause it is a party OF principle and praeuce.
BECAUSE il il more loyal, more intelligent
more advanced along all the lines that
mark human progress than any other
nartv. and can best guide the nation which
Il saved. But the Republican party Is not
ver prepared 10 rest in the shadow OF rs
great achievement, but must go forward.
While the war is passed, slavery abolished,
manufacturing industries protected, SOUND
currency guaranteed, and the soldier Is pc
ing rewarded, there are still other principies
TO be guarded and interests to be con
served. Among these We may name the
agricultural industry, the edncational
question, the race problem, and tne laner
problem. All these need present attention
hhnt y, rafarrin, 70 them. il must not be
forgotten that this is not a class govern
ment. nor caste government. Ii Is not
therefore a government of bankers, brokers.
business men, of farmers, mechanics
doctors. lawyers, teachers or laborlng men;
but it is a government of all these and
more. 1t sa government Of the whole
Did any one class establish this COVER n
ment in eight years of war; Did any one
class save Il in four years Of rebellion If
not. no one class can, no one dare usurp
the prerogative Of all and rule 1t now. No
one class can ever govern unless 1t be by
despotic rule. But the people snouid
see to it that the most capable and pest De
selected from the various class, that they
NAV legislate wisely and well for the
greatest good of all No one principle Is
broad enough, no one class ls great
enough to govern sixty-five millions OF
Sovereign people whose rights are
eoual Rut in looking over the whole field
7 will name two classes, and only two now
whose interests are 30 great and calling SO
imnortant to all as to require careful con-
sideration and prompt action IN our legs
Iative bodies in state and nation. THESE
are the agricultural and laboring classes.
To the first we owe our sustenance; every
thing we cat and wear comes from the
soil. Not only Just, but the most liberal
legislation is due to the farmer. All his
ri9htful demands should be granted cheer
f1lIv. promptly and without stint. Again
Il has bean said, and truly said, that labor
ia the basis of all wealth, yet from the la
hor comes the CRY of discomfort from all
nations. from every region under heaven:
He Il blind and deaf who does not see and
hear in this and mutterings OF mighty storm
which is approaching and may in the near
future burst upon this notion and the
world. The discovery of steam power and
modern invent ons has concentrated capl-
toll on the one hand and labor on the other
in such gig antic proportions IN the iast
fifteeen Y ears as to make new era and is
without precedent in human history.
These new conditions must be met ana
readjusted. Billions of capital and mill
ions of labor have met. Representatives
of each are discussing or parleying. snail
it be treaty or battlef 1t will require
the visest heads and the best hearts oi
both contending forces together with our
greatest statesmen to adjust this mighty
problem on better principles OF justice and
right than now prevail.
The time is also approaching, and the
age demands congress ofpeace to prevent
war and settle desputes of nations. When
there shall not only be United States on
this continent but United Nations OF the
world, united to promote peace and good
will: 30 that it can no longer be said that
the enemy Of mankind is man.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen OF the Con
ventIon, accept tb il nomination, feeling
the weight Of responsibility imposed, but
thanking you and through you the Repub-
licaus cf this district for the high honor
conferred. do 10 believing in the histo-
ry Of the Republican party, and that ITS
past record is the best pledge that II ls
prepared to bear the most conspicuous and
able part in all the coming glories Of the
future