The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-06-25

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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 it in the final battle more agrees
sive, determined and INSCRIPTIONS than ever.
1t starts with fifteen states secure without an
effort. by processes which are a travesty
upon popular government, and ii continued
long enough will paralyze institutions founded
upon popular suffrage. 1t has to win four
more states in a fair fight-states that are
doubtful. The Republican party must appeal
to the consciences and judgment of the indi-
vidual voter IN every state in the Union. This
is in accordance with the principles upon
which it was founded and the object for which
it contends. 1t has accepted this issue before
and fought it out with an extraordinary con-
tinuance of success. The conditions of Repub-
lican victory from 1861 to 1880 were Great ed by
Abraham Lincoln and L. S. Grant. They
were that the saved republic should be run by
it's saviors; they were the emancipation Of
slaves, the reconstruction of the states, the
reception of those who had fought to destroy
the republic back into the fold, without
penalties or ~punishments, and to an equal
share with those who had fought and saved
the Union, in the solemn obligations and in
estimable privileges of American citizenship.
They were the embodiment into the cOnstitu-
ton of the principles for which two million
fought and half a million had died.
They were the restoration of public credit,
the resumption of specie payments and the
prosperous condition of solvent business For
twenty-five years there were names with
which to ~conjure, and events fresh in the pub
lie mind, which were eloquent with popular
enthusiasm. 1t needed little else than a re-
cital of the glorious story of its heroes and q
statement of the achievements of the Repub-
lican party to retain the confidence of the peo-
pie. But from the desire for change which is
characteristic of free governments there came
a reversal. There came as a check to the pro-
gress of the Republican party four years Of
Democratic administration
These four years largely relegated to the
realm of history, past issues, and brought us
face to face with what Democracy, its pro-
LESSONS and its practices, mean today.
The 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 the history Of the century. The uneQualed
and unexampled story of Republicanism In
Its promises and In its achievements stands
unique in the record of parties in governments
which are free. But we live In practical
times, facing practical issues which affect the
business, the wages, the labor and the pros
perity of the day. The campaign will be won
or lost not upon the bad record of James *.
Polk. or of Franklin Pierce, or Of James Bu-
chanan-nOt upon the good record OF Lincoln.
or of Grant, or of Arthur, or of Hayes, or of
Garfield. 1t will be Won or lost upon the pol"
icy, foreign and domestic. the industrial meas.
ures and the administrative acts of the adj
ministration 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 more happy, whether the cOuntryhas been
in a better condition at home, and stood more
| honorable abroad, under this last four years of
Harrison and Republican administrat'o on, than
during the preceding four years of Cleveland
and Democratic government.
Not since Thomas Jefferson has any admin
istration been called upon to face and solve so
many or such difficult problems as those which
have been eXigent in our conditions. No ad-
ministration since the organization OF gov
eminent has ever met the difficulties better or
more to the satisfaction of the American peo-
pie. Chill has been taught that no matter
how small the antagOnism no community can
with safety insult the flag or murder Ameri-
can sailors. Germany and England have
learned in Samoa that the United
States has become one of the powers
of the world. and no mater how
mighty the adversary, at every sacrifice
Ameri an homo will be ma ntain ID. The
Behring "a question. which was
the insurmOuntab.e ,bsta le in tie
diplomatic circles, has been settled
upon a basis which sustains the American po-
sition, until arbitration has determined our
right. The success of the country is kept on
the standard of commercial nations and a con-
vention has been agreed upon with foreign
governments, which, by making bf-metallism
the policy of all nations, may successfully
solve all our financial problems. The tarih,
tinkercd with and trif1ed with to the serious
disturbance Of trade, has been cOurageously
embodied into a cOde-a code which has pre-
served the principle of protection of American
industries. To it has been added a beneficent
policy, supplemented by beneficial treaties and
wise diploma Y. which has open d to our
r err and manufactu ers the markets Of
o er sountrie he navy has been uilt
upJ.. lines which will pr ect Anne. leans
and American in erests and the flag all over
the word. IN publ debt has beel reduced.
The maturing bonds have been ptld off. The
public credit has been maintained. The bur-
dens of taxation have been lightened. UneX-
ampled prosperity has crowned wise laws and
their wise administration. The main question
which divide rs is, to whom does the credit
of all this belOngl 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,
affection and admiration of Republicans for
our distinguished secretary of state. l yield
to no Republican, no matter from what 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 Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan; but when
| am told that the credit of the brilliant
diplomacy of this administration belongs ex-
clusively to tn secretary of state, for the ad.
ministration of its finances to the secretary OF
the treasury, for the construction of it's ships
to the secretary of the navy, for the introduce
ton of American pork into Europe to the Sec
rotary of agriculture, for the settlement. sc
far as it is settled, of the currency question tC
Senator John Sherman. for the formulation OF
the tariff laws to Governor Mckinley, for the
removal of the restrictions placed by foreign
nations upon the introduction of American
pork to our ministers at Paris and Berlin, l an
tempted to seriously inquire who, during the
last four !ea~s, has been president of the
United States, anyhow.
All the proposed acts of any administrator
before they are formulated are passed upon in
cabinet council. and the measures aud su4ges
tons of the ablest secretaries would have
failed with a lesser president, but for the grea
good of the country and the benefit of the Re
publican party, but they have succeeded be
cause of the suggestive mind, the indomitabl'
courage. the intelligent appreciation of situa
lions, and the grand magnanimity of Ben
jamin Harrison. It is an undisputed fact tha
during the few months when both the secre
tary of state and the secretary of the treasur!
were ill, the president personally assumed tn
Outlto il ChC oCRoi viz VI bN
treasury department., and both with equa
success. The secretary of state in accepting
his portfolio under President Garfield wrote
"Your administration must be made brilliant
sue, essful, and strong in the confidence ant
pri lie of the PEG; lie, not at all diverting its en-
err y for reelection and yet compelling tina
result by the logic of events ant
by the imperious necessities of tn
} situation. Garfield fell before the bullet o
the assassin, and Mr.. Blaine retired to privat
life. General Harrison invited him to take u
that unfinished diplomatic life. He entere'
; the cabinet. He resumed his work, and ha
won a hi her place in our history. The proph
ecy he made for Garfield has been superb
fulfilled by President Harrison. In the Ian
: guage of Mr.. Blaine, the president has com
PEELED a reelection by the logic of events an
the imperious necessities of the situation.
The man who is nominated here to win, mus
carry a certain we'll known number OF tn
doubtful states. Patrick Henry in tn
convention which started rolling th
battle of the independence of tn
colonies from Great Britain, said: "
have but one lamp by which my feet III
guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
know of no way in judging the futurt but by tn
past.' New York was carried in lc8O by Gel
Garfield, and in every important electio
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