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as the well known face and figure os Hon.
Chauncey NJ Depew was recognized as he
rose loud cheer swept over the hall
! again. His speech was as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
| CoNvENTIoN-lt is the pecularity of Re-
publican national conventions that each one
OF them had a distinct and interesting history.
We are here to meet conditions and solve prob
lens which make this gathering not only no
exception to the rule hut subsl antialiy "A new
departure. That there should be strong con-
Vlctions and their earnest expressions rs
TO preferences and policies is char
acteristic Of the rights OF individual
Judgment which is the fundamental
principle Of kepublcanisn. There have been
occasions whe- the result was so sure that the
delegates could freely indulge in the charm
ing privilege Of favoritsm and of friendship
But the situation which now c1nfrouts us de-
mands the eXerc.s. uf dispas.ionate Judgment
and our best thought and experience We
cannot venture On uncertain ground or en-
counter obstacles placed in the pathway cf
success by ourselves.
The Democratic party i now divided, but
the hope Of the possession of power once more
will make it in the final battle more aggres-
sive, determined and unscrupUlous than ever
II starts with fifteen states secure without an
effort, by processes which are travesty upon
popular government. and if continued long
enough will paralyze institutions founded upon
popular suffrage. 1t has to win four more
states IL 4 fair fight. states, which in the
vocabulary of politics, are denominated doubt
full. 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 it
was founded, and the objects for which it con-
tends. II has accepted this issue before and
, fought it OUT with an extraordinary continu-
ance of success The conditions of Republican
victory from 1850 to 1850 were created by
Abraham Lin oln and Ulysses :. Grant
. They were, that the saved repuh bic should
be run by it, saviurs; they We're the emanci-
patton of the slaves, the reconstruction of the
states, the reception of those who had fought
to destroy the republic back into the fold,
, Wlthort penalties or punishments, and to an
! equal share with those who had fought for and
saved the nation, in the solemn obligations
, and inestimable privileges OF American citi-
Nnship. They were the embodiment into the
constitution of the principles for which 2,0O0-
. go of men hal fought and 10000 had died.
| They We're the restoration of pub ic credit. the
resuupt on OF specie payments and the pros
porous condition of solvent business
For twenty five years there Were names with
, which 10 Coniure, and events fresh in the pub
lie mind which were eloquent with popular
enthusiasm. Il needed little else than a re-
. cital Of the glorious story of its heroes and a
statement of the achievements of the Repub-
hcan party to retain the confidence of the peo-
pie. But from the desire for change which is
CHARACTERISTIC bl Tree governments. there came
a reversal there came a check to the progress
Of the Republican party and four years of
Democratic administration. These four years
largely relegated 70 the realms of history past
issues, and brought US face to face with what
Democracy. its professions and its practices
mean today.
The great names which adorned the roll Of
Republican statesmen and soldiers are still
potent and popular. The great measures Of
the Republican party are still the best Of the
history of the century The unequalei and
! UneXampled story Of Repub!icIu.su il its
promises and in its achievements stands
unique in the record of parties in governments
VIII h are free. But we live in practical
/ times, facing practical issues which affect the
business. the wages, the labor. and the pros
) Qerity Of today Tue campaign will Be won or
! lyst. not upon the bad record Of Jane, X. Polk,
: or OF Franklin Pierce, or of James buchanan;
not upon the good record Of Lincoln, or of
/ Grant, or Of Arthur, or of Hayes, or of Gar
/ field.
1t viii be won or lost upon the policy. foreign
and domestic, the industrial measures and the
administrative acts Of the administration of
benjamin Harrison. Whoever receives the
nomination of this convention will run upon
the Judgment Of the people as to whether they
have been more prosperous and happy, wheth-
er the country has been in a better condition
at home. ami stool more honorable abroad
under these last four years of Harrison and
Republlcan administration, than during the
preceding four years of Cleveland and Demo-
cratic government.
Not since Thomas jefferson has any admin
istratiOn been called upon TO face and solve so
many or such difficult problems as those