News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-06-28
FIRST DISTRICT CONVENTION.
CoNaREssMAN PoWERs' sPEECn.


A. Spicer of Hyde Park, Vice-Presi- |
dent for Lamoille county. III. n.
Gray of Cambridge, was put upon the
District Committee as the member
from this county. Mr.. Powers was
placed in nomination by Hon. z. X.
Gleed of Morrisville, and seconded by
several. The nomination was made
by a rising vote, every person in the
house standing. Judge Powers was
sent for and addressed theconvention
as follows:-
Mr.. President and gentlemen of the
convention -
| sincerely thank you for this ex-
preston of confidence and should
your action be ratified at the polls |
shall endeavor to discharge the duties
of the office to the best of my ability.
The Republicans of Vermont are
awake, and it is for this reason that
regard it high honor to represent
them. The personal characteristics
of our population have always been
such that they expect their servants
to act according to their best ludg-
ment. With this they are satisfied.
You do not ask man to lose his in
dependence. If that is what you want
YOU have made no mistake In this
case. But you want some one who
will follow in the footsteps of some
one else, contrary to his own best
Judgment, you must select some one
else to represent you.
In all the past years this State has
never swerved from its proud place.
1t has always rolled up good Re-
publican majority. Yesterday you
nominated another excellent State
ticket; now it only remains togive it
a rousing majority. We met defeat
in the nation two years ago, butsuch
things are always happening. The
voters will sometimes permit a little
discord that they may see how much
better harmony is. Well, now they
have seen and now they are ready to
go back to the old lines of harmony,
The Republican party believes in
legislating for America and not for
the old world. The Republicans of
Vermont believe with the old time
Democratic party that protection to
domestic Industries is the best policy
that the American people can follow
This is not a new principle in legisla-
tion. The act of July 4, 1889, en-
sured protection to American indus
tries and long line of distinguished
Democrats down to James Buchanan
advocated the principles of protec-
ton. The Morrill, tariff bill was
signed. not in 1868 as a speaker at
the State convention in Montpelier
said, but by James Buchanan during
the last days of his administration.
IF the policy is to be condemned, a
Democratic president must be blamed.
In the discussion of this tariff ques-
tion much nonsense is INDUCED in.
The Democrats say that if we pay
higher wages we must pay more for
our goods. We say that foreign man.
ufacturers must come in on the same
basis with us. The system of wages
is the very keystone on which the
principles of protection are based.
We say our workingmen should beso
paid that they may have homes and
some of the luxuries of life. If you
expect to make the franchise pure
you must educate and elevate the
people to ahigher state OF intelligence
and morality and living. One-hali
the voting population of the country
is made up of workiDgmen and we
shall insist on policy that will bring
about this higher living.
Again, the Republican party has
always been sound on the money
question. | don't care whether oul
money is gold, or silver, or paper
money, but every dollar of it must
be worth 100 cents. The Republican
party is not opposed to silver, but il
says that when silver has dropped tC
almost half it's former price people
should not be compelled to accept il
at full value. There is no danger o
a plethora of silver. All the silver il
the world could be piled into thi'
room and all the gold could b.
crowded into the city clerks offic,
below. There is less than $4,000,
100000 of gold in the world. w,
cannot blot out silver because ther,
is not enough gold to make our cur
rency good. The Republican party
insists that the nations of the eartl
come together and agree upon ratio
between gold and silver. We hav,
always been the party of sound mon
ey. Look at the record of the pres
ent Congress. A majority of the Dem
ocratic party is on the wrong side o
the silver question, while the Repub
licans, except few from the silver
producing States, are on the RICH
side. 1t is not bad thing to have
difference of opinion. Those who be
lieve in cheap money can never d.
any harm. Only a few years ago
after the war, there was clamor t,
have our bonds paid in cheap money
whereas the face of the bonds Gale,
for their payment in coin-gold
wanted. Congress passed a confirm
atory act, with what result? In tn
last days of the Buchanan admins
tration the United States could boz
row money only at IL per cent. inter
"a IL.