The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-18
DEPEW'S SPEECH.
The New York Orators Breezy
Effort
Which Placed In Nomination
Levi p. Morton
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
An Extremely Complimentary
EulOgium,
Reeounting the Many Good Quail
tiles Of His Candidate.
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

fne Gov. Levi p Morton of New York
for president Of the United States'
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Ell On
conventions have been epoch masters
They have formulated the principles
rrfeiuated the policies and suggested
tine measures Wnlcn III liie ll-7-t-
the United States form its most pro-
eressiVe periods They have noinlAa-
ted for the presidency statesmen ailu
soldiers who were the leaders Oh -l-9
people in their onward maIcn 20 Lat
or liberty and broader and better in
Gustrial conditions
No party. no matter however glorious
it's achievements or how brilliant lIs
successes can rely upon the past. Its
former triumphs are only its cefIlucales
of character which must be met by
continuing EFFORT as oenelicellt anu W l7e
as anything of which 1T boasts me
party which is to permanently govern
e. country and is secure In its past, must
not only be equal to- the present, but
must forecast ard provide for the 1u-
ture. The Republican party has held
possession of the government OF the
United States for more than genera
tlOn because IL has trlumphanLly met
these conditions. The unequalled sue
cessas of the Republican parity ITS hold
upon the country and its maSIerIul I'M
duence upon affairs have been due TO
the fact that In every crisis ITS pllncl-
pies have solved the problems OF the
hour and its selected leader has been
the man for the occasion The greatest
free people were ever called upon 70
meet were slavery and secession in the
early days of our organization But
with Union and Liberty as our watch
word and with Lincoln as our leader
we saved the republic and emancipa-
ted the slave. The passionate and crit
ical issues of reconstruction were sue
cessfuly met and the hostile sections
happily united by a policy of concilia-
ton which could only secure the con-
sent of the victors and the assent of
If
soldier president who had the conf
dence of the armies which ne had led
ia triumph and the enemies
whom he had parOled with honor. Ia
a period when progress halted because
of the distrust of commemorative and
their citizens of each other the later
pressed its acknowledgment to the
partisanship and judicial fairness
of Hayes and EsVarts- The youth who
came to manhood after the civil war
anlm0sitles. found glorious examp pie
Of American possibility and achieve
ment i'm the canal driver the college
student the school principal the col
lege president. the Union general the
Ilustrious debater in the house of rep
reseutatiVes, the brilliant and magnet
lc GARFIELD Tn defeat and in victory,
for the policies which stood for the
development of American industries.
for America for Americans. whether
native or naturalized. and for the re-
ciprocity which bound the North Amer
lean and South American continents
together, we had the Plumed Knight
or our enthusiasm and our love. James
g. Blaine AS a new generation came
to the majority. to whom the past was
a legend, the present the difficult task
or development and prosperity and the
future theory without experience, the
RepuDucan party again happily praC-
uced, jim its control of the executive
and the legislative branches of the gov
eminent. that policy Of the protection
81 -7fa-r frrFH sA-se
tice of sound finance which gave to the
republic its era of greatest prosperity
and its period of the largest returns for
capital, the fullest employment for la
Dor and the highest wages for work in
the history of OUT nation in the closing
year of the administration of that able
ana accomplished statesman Benjamin
a few weeks preceding the conven-
ton OF four years ago at Minneapolis
nad an afternoon with Mr.. Blaine
with marvellous intuition he forecast
me future. He said. Substantially
all the forces Of opposition of distrust
ana or appointment. of theory and
of imagination which accumulate
against party that has been in pow
eh IoE over 80 years are now cOncentra-
ted Tor an assault upon our position
ana IS certain to succeed. The Demo
GIaAc party and Its allies of Populism
ana OF an other isms are destined in
ANAs campaign, me- matter who is our
candidate or what is our platform to
u ne country knows to its loss. its sor-
row and it's grief. that the prediction
mas oeen fulfilled in every part In it's
Iuluumelt the United States has the
experience and Europe has the bust
ness and prosperity
we meet to take UP the broken cord
y 4atlona! development and happiness
ana INK II once more to the car of
progress our industries stagnant orr
manufactures paralyzed. our aarir71l-
ture ulsheartened. our artizans unern-
treasury bankrupt our credit impair
eel OUT position among the nations IF
Ihe world questioned. all look to this
Tor hope and rescue
The conditions created by the prac-
nee OF Democratic policies the prom
.a5 q llefnocratlc measures and the diff
4eIe.iGes Of Democratic statesmen
would seem to argue am unouestf0ned
ana overwhelming triumph for the Re-
l4Dlcan party in the coming election
no matter how brilliant the promise.
no matter how serene the outlook it is
tue part or wisdom. with the uncertain
sles o. poHtlcs and our recent expert
Sl-NS oA Lne tragic shifting of issues to
De careful prudent and wise i'm plat
form and i'm candidate
Z ne last few years have been a cam
pa1gn OF university extension among
une people of the United States and
y nile we may in platform and candf-
date meet all the requirements of par
" ODusaLlOns and party expectations.
we must remember that there is a Va 81
constituency which has little feaIty 10
parties or to organizations but votes
Tor the man and the principles which
are IN accord with their views in the
administration of the country The
Whole country, north. east. south and
west without any division in our lines.
of out Of them stands, after what has
happened i'm the last three Years for
the protection of American Industries.
Lor the principle of reciprocity and for
america for Americans. But a compact
oe2Ehpvfho0d o3 great commonWe altha