The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-11
SPEECH OF q NJ. DEPEw
Placing BENJAMIN Harrison I'm Nom.
inAtfOn for q Second Term.

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Placing BENJAMIN Harrison in Nom.
inAtion for a Second Term.
ME; President and Gentlemen of the Con-
Il is the popularity of Republican national
conventions THAI each one Of them has a dis
tinct and Interesting history. We are here TO
meet conditions and solve problems which
make this gathering not only no exception to
the rule, but substantially new departure.
Thst there should be strong convictions. and
their aarpost oxptession e. TO preferences and
policies 70 characteristic of the right of In
dividuAl Judgment, which lie the fundamental
principle Of Republication.
We cannot venture on uncertain ground or
encounter obstacles placed In the pathway Of
success by ourselves. The Democratic party
Is now divided, but the hope of the possession
of power once more will make 1t in the inai
battle moro aggressive, determined and un-
scrupulous than ever. II starts with fifteen
states SECURE without an effort by processes
and IL continued long enough will paralyze
institutions founded upon popular suffrage
II has TO win four more states in fair fight
which are q travegty upon popular government,
states which in the vocabulary Of politics are
denominated doubtful
The Republican party must appeal to the
conscience and the judgment Of the individual
voter in every state in the Union. This is in
accordance with the principles upon which 1t
was founded and the objects for which it con-
/
fought it out with an extraordinary contin-
uance OF success.
The conditions of Republican victory from
1850 to 1880 were created by Abraham Lincoln
and Ulysses s. Grant. They were that the
saved republic should be run by its SaNiors-
/ the emancipation of the slaves; the reconstruc-
1 tion OF the states the reception of those who
had fought to destroy the republic back into
I the fold, without penalties or punishments,
! and to an equal share with those who had
4 nd thp IN he al m n q h.
! legation and inestimable privilege of Ameri-
can citizenship. They were the embodiment
! into the constitution Of the principles for
which two millions of men had fought and a
half million had died. They were the restora-
ton of public credit, the resumption of specie
payments and the prosperous condition Of
4 solvent business.
| For thirty-five years they were names with
which to conjure and events fresh in the pub
lie mind which were eloquent with popular
enthusiasm.
Tho great names which have adorned the
roll of Republican statesmen and soldiers are
still potent and popular. The great measures
of the Republican party are still the best part
of tho history of o century. The unequaled
and uncxampled story of Republicanism in its
promises and its achievements stands unique
in the record of parties, in governments which
are free.
But we live in practical times, facing prac-
teal issues which affect the business, the
wages, tho labor and prosperity Of today. The
campaign will be won or lost, not upon the
bad record of James X. Polk, or of Franklin
Pierce, or of James Buchanan-not upon the
good record of Lincoln, or of Grant, or of Ar
thur, OF of Hayes, or of Garfield. 1t will be
won or lost upon the policy, foreign and do
nestle, the industrial measures and admins
trative acts of the administration OF Benjamin
Harrison. Whoever receives the nomination
Of this convention will run upon the judg-
ment Of the people US to whether they have
been more prosperous and more happy =
whether the country has been in II better con
dillon at home and stood more honorably
abroadunder these last four years of Harri-
son aud Republican administration than dur.
ing the preceding four years of Cleveland and
Democratic administration.
Not since Thomas jefferson has any admin.
istration been called upon to face and solve so
, many such difficult problems as those
which have been oxigent in our conditions
No administration since the organization OF
the government has ever met difficulties bet
ter or moro 10 the satisfaction of the Amer
lean people. Chile has been taught that nc
matter how small tho antagonist, no com
munity can with safety insult the flag or mur
der American sailors. Germany aud England
have learned in Samoa that the United State
has become one of the powers of the world
and no matter how mighty tho adversary, a
every sacrifice, American honor will be main
talned.
The Behring sea question, which was thu
insurmountable obstacle in the diplomacy o
OF tleVelNhu ana Oh bbyuFu HIS Detn bettlet
, upon u basis which sustains the American
position until arbitration shall have deter
mined the right. The dollar of the countr!
!, has been placed and kept on the standard o
commercial nations, and a convention ha
! i been agreed upon with foreign governments
which, by making bi-metalism the policy o
, all nations, may successfully solve oil gu
financial problems.
The tariff, tinkered with and trifled with, Il
the serious disturbance of trade and disaste
l,,,af az lI,oA ,f hn
; been couragcously embodied into a code
code which has preserved the principle of til
protection OF American industries. To il ha:
been added benchcent policy, supplemented
=. by beneficial treaties and wise diplomacy
which has opened to our farmers and manu-
8 facturers the markets of other countries.
The navy has been buildca upon lines whicl
will protect American citizens and America,
I interests and the American flag all over tn
world. The public debt has been reduced, tn
S maturing bonds have been paid OFF, the publ
| credit has been maintained, the burdens o
t taxation have been frightened, two hundret
! millions of currency have been added to th
peoples money without disturbance of the eX
: changes. Unexampled prosperity has crowne
wise laws and their wise administration.
: The main question which divides us ia, t
o whom does the credit of all this belong2 Ora
tors may stand upon this platform, more abb
= and more eloquent than l, who will paint Ii
n more brilliant colors, but they cannot put /
t more earnest thought the affection and ad
= miration of Republicans for our distinguish
eX-scCretary of state.
Y yield to no Republican, no matter fror
3 what state he halls in admiration and respec
e for John Sherman, for Governor Nc kinley fO
y Thomas b. Reed, for Iowa's greatest son, 70
the favorites OF Illinois, Wisconsin and Mich
igan, but when | am told that the credit fo
the brilliant diplomacy of this administratio
belongs exclusively to the late secretary {
= state; for the administration of its finances
J. the secretary of tho treasury; for the construt
e ton of its ships TO the secretary OF the nav,
/. for the introduction of American pork in L
I rope to the secretary of agriculture; for til
Il settlement $50 FAR as 1t is settled of the cui
Il reIcy question To Senator John sherman; Il
q the formulation of the tariff laws to Governo
. Mckinley; for removal of the restriction
placed by foreign nations upon the introduC
/ ton of American pork to our ministers q
l. Paris and berin-I am tempted to Seriousl
u inquire who, during the last four. years, ha
a been president of the United States, anyhow
/ All the proposed acts of any administrator
before they arc formulated, are passed upo
70 in cabinet council, and the measures and sul
Is gestions of the ablest secretaries would hay
L failed with Lesser president; but for the grea
o good of the country and the benefit of the II,
l. publican party they have succeeded becaus
of the suggestive mind, the indomitable coul
age, the intelligent appreciation of situation
and the grand magnanimity of Benjamin Hal
rison.
g 1t is an undsputed fact that during the ~
. months when both the secretary of state an
/ the secretary of the treasury were i'll, the pre-
:, idcnt personally assumed the duties of ii
l. state department aud of the treasury depar
= mcnt, and both with equal success. The SCI
y rotary OF state, in accepting his portfolio III
der President Garfield wrote: "Your admins
tration must be brilliantly successful an
strong in the confidence aud pride of the pee
pie, and not at all divcrting its energies for r,
election, and yet compelling that result by Il
lr+.s If -aTafu nd ltLs