Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-13

ward without shame or humiliation,
and it can look forward with cheer
and exultation. That can not be said
of any other political organization in
the United States.
Gentlemen, we are here to-day to
make platform and ticket that will
commend themselves to the con-
sciences and the intelligence and the
judgment of the people, and we will
do it. Whatever is done by this con-
vention will meet the approval of the
American people in November of this
year. We have already heard some
of the notes of victory, for this is a
republican year.
Rhode Island has spoken. Only
yesterday Oregon spoke, electing
three republican representatives to
the congress of the United States.
When we get through with this con
vention, it's conclusions will be the
| law of the republican action as they
will be the assurance of republican
victory. We are for a protective tar
if and for reciprocity. We propose
to take no backward step upon either
one of these great republican princi
pies. We stand for protective tar
iff because it represents the American
home, the American fireside, the
American family, the American girl
and the American boy, and the high
est possibilities of American citizen
ship.
We propose to raise our money to
pay public expenses by taxing the
products of other nations, rather than
by taxing the products of our own.
The democratic party believe in di
rect taxation; that is, in taxing our
selves. We don't believe in that prin
ciple SO long as we can find anybody
else to tax. Our protective tariff not
tariff is doing raising all needed rev.
enues = but as a protective tariff it
does more. A protective tariff en-
courages and stimulates American in
dustries and gives the widest possibil
tiles to American genius and Ameri-
can effort.
Gentlemen of the convention, how
do you like it? This contest that we
enter upon is for the maintenance of
protection and reciprocity, and want
to say here that there is not a line in
that tariff bill that is not American;
theirs is not passage that is not pat
riotic; there is not page that does /
not represent true Americanism and |
the highest possibilities of American
We are to declare ourselves upon
other questions here to-day. We are
10 declare ourselves upon other ques
ions of free ballot and fair count.
No platform should ever be made that
loes not reiterate that great consti-
guarantee. No republican
speech should ever be made that does
lot insist firmly and resolutely that
hat great constitutional guaranty
shall be a living birthrigh&; not a cold
ormality of constitutional enactment,
'ut living thing, which the richest
md most powerful dare not deny.
The struggle between the friends
# different candidates continued
warm until Friday, when the prelim
nary business being disposed of,
ballot was taken. Mr. Blaine's
riends moved the earth and the heav-
MS, almost, in his behalf, and finally
combination was made by them in
7hich Mr.. Blaine and Maj. Mckinley
hould be run. The result showed
hat the convention was strongly in :
Majority for Harrison. After able
ominations and several notable :
peeches, the vote was taken which
esulted as follows:
Harrison, 534; Mckinley, 1873: :
laine, 175; Reed, 4; Lincoln, 1. The !;
omination was made unanimous. :
Vhitelaw Reid of New York was nom
lated for vice president by acclama- ;,
on, and the convention adjourned.
rom what was expected to be a
uiet and easy convention, it became
ne ofintense excitement and interest. q
THE PLATFORM.
ILC IOI1OW1uS Is Cu0 IuIl U0XU OF the n
latform as completed by the com +,
littee on resolutions: T
The representative of the republi-
ms of the United States, assembled l.
general convention on the shores II
the Mississippi river, the lasting f,
ond of an indestructible republic
hose most glorious chapter of histo- =
: is the record of the republican par 6,
:, congratulate their countrymen on ~
e majestic march of the nation un- =;
II the banners inscribed with the ~
'inciples of our platform of 1888, vim II
Gated by victory at the polls and re