Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-01-12
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Grow Nominated Without OPP
position.

entuusiaSm poSSlUic- IL Is u result
in congratulation for which every
Republican unites with every other
Republican. 1t is not merely salts
faction that is expressed it is en-
thusiasm. Those who were reluctant
to aid in making this nomination
have since joined with all others in
declaring it was the right thing to do
and not little of this feeling was
due to the admirable speech made by
Mr.. Grow Immediately after his
nomination.
MR.. GROWS SPEECH.
"Gentlemen, accept my double
thanks. First for the kindness Of
feeling implied in your cordial greet.
ing to me, and, next, for the unani-
nous vote by which you have ten
dered me the nomination. Rest
assured that they will ever be among
the cherished memories of my life.
"For the first time since 1856 the
Democratic party has been intrusted
with the power of government bv the
people, and it seems to be beginning
now just where it ended then. This
generation has no knowledge ley ex-
perience of what q Democratic adj
ministration Of the government is.
The Democratic party in power is
standing menace to business, Why
the mere threat contained in its
platform has completely paralized
the business of the country. Never
in our history have our industries
been so Frustrated, nor so many
people thrown into enforced idleness
rs we find to-day after less than one
year of Democratic rule.
"In 1892, nnder the wise and
patriotic Republican Administration
the country had reached the highest
degree of prosperity it had ever
known. Every branch of business
in every part of the land was pros
porous, and there was work for every
man who wanted it at the highest
rate of wages that has ever been paid
except in times of war.
"At such a time the people were
called upon to elect a President and
"a Congress, and with that reckless
spirit of change which sometimes
sways the unthinking masses, the
majority sowed the wind and the
business Of the country is now wait.
ing for the harvest. We are told by
the Democrats that the presen: con-
dltion OF affairs is legacy from the
Republican party. That is too thin
a veil to cover their incompetence.
and it is not true. The Republican
party in its thirty three years of
power has left legacies of which we
may all feel proud. The first one is
union free and a country saved
Second, a circulating medium of
gold, silver and paper, interchange
able one into the other, and every
dollar as good in any foreign country
as it is at home. We have also left
as legacy banking system under
which no bill holder ever lost dol
lar. But the Democratic party pro-
poses to replace this with the old red
dog and shinplaster State banking
system. Another legacy of the
Republican party is revenue system
OF protection under which the indus
tries of the country have grown from
sixteen thousand millions of dollars
in 1860, to sixth-three thousand
millions in 1890. Under this system
OF protection the government has
been provided with revenue to meet
all its current expenses, over So, 000-
100000 of the war debt has been
wiped out; it has enabled us to pro-
vide the heroes who riskcd their
lives for the Union with liberal and
just pensions, and has protected the
working man from competition with
the underpaid workmen of Europe.
HYBRID TARIFF BILL.
"The Democratic party proposes
to supplant this system by a tariff
which its advocates admit will not
raise sufficient revenue to meet the
expenses Of the government. 1t is
neither protective nor a revenue
tariff, but suggests one of those
hybrids which in nature, has not
power to perpetuate itself. They
will neither raise revenue for the Gov.
srnment nor protection for the indus.
tries of the country. What kind
of craftsmanship is that