Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-08-06

Let US then as far as we may do |
termine upon a campaign Of accommo-
dation and conservatism, and strive to |
aid our nation anu our State to achieve |
all that seems to be right and possible |
In the years of organized effort for the |
elevation of ourselves and our fellow
citizens, Of which | have already |
spoken, have been thrown with fell
low workers in relations that precluded
party politics. 1 have passed years Of
intercourse with some Of the most val
ued of them without knowing to what
party they belonged. To be in an at
mosphere Of effort thus exalted ia one
of tho privileges of life-t time. From
it one cannot stop down into the tradi
tional acrimony of political contest
| am sure you will not require it OF me-
No one doubts my Republication. Let
no one expect of me any other than
the oven tenor of the way your nomina
tion seems to have approved.
need not promise you, gentlemen
OF the committee, messengers of the
people who sent that convention to
Georgetown. that If am elected will
give the best efforts of my life to the
faithful discharge of the duties Of the
chief executive office of my native
State. 1t remains, then, sirs. only TO
say, that accept the high honor of
| this nomination, with all Of the obi
| cations and duties it imposes, leaving
| the issue, under God, to the people of
Delaware. 4" Applause.
| Mr. Houston was notified by State
| Chairman Browne, who said:
| The echoes of the last shot had
died away, human rights as guaran-
| teed under the Constitution had ceased
TO be mockery, and freedom had be-
come a fact; the Federal Union had
been vindicated; whom the younger
generation, men of our age, first saw
the light of day. This immortal Lin.
coin had passed away at the hand OF
the foul assassin, but the span of our
lives has embraced Grant, Hayes,
Garfield, Arthur, Blaine, Harrison,
and Mckinley. That span has covered
the reconstruction Of the Union, the
maintenance of the national credit,
and period of prosperity never
equaled in history. We have seen a
nation basking in the sunlight Of
prosperity and we have seen it over
hung with the black pail of com
mercial stagnatior, financial panic and
business depression. We see 1t to-day
standing at the fork of two roads, ono
leading to dishonor, reputation and
anarchy, the other to law and order,
national honor and national integrity.
AS in the dark days of '6l the Repub.
lican party stood for freedom, for the
Federal Union, and for the national
honor, SO this year the Republican
party stands for freedom and not for
anarchy and communism, stands for
the national credit and the honor OF
! 4 fhn If Ls y I,...r ~
the Republic twas the Republican
; party that rescued the nation from the
disintegration and preserved 1t in its
entity, SO to-day against the assaults
of free trade and a debased aud de.
moralized currency the nation again
} cries out that the saviors of '6l shal
} again come to her rescue, and ther
} the answer is: We are coming, moi
, thousands but millions strong. The
, party has never faltered in its duty
! and in '96 it stands on the same bed
t rock of national honor and national in
tegrity.
ITO the young man the Republican
I party affords his greatest opportunity
There has been everything in the his
tory of that party to inspire and thrill
8 him, a record unparalleled in th,
Q worlds history. Soldiers and states
t men, than whom no names are in
sctibed higher on history's page Th
+ Republican party in war and peac
: represents everything that is pro
/, gressive.
: Mr.. Houston, the Republicans o
d Delaware recognizing your worth an
u in such recognition, considering th
b part which the young men should pla,
3 in the affairs of State, have asked yo
Q to be one of their standard bearers
n AS an hnnored kinsman bore it
l. standard half century ago, the
J, place the same standard in your hand
b to-day. We know ho was worthy q
/ the high honor then, so are you to-day
10 While clouds may overhang our sky
l. yet true, Republicanism must triumph
10 and will, and the darkness will pas
D. away as the morning mist.
g "The National Republican party hu
ts gwen you a platform upon which t
III stand and platform upon which ever
y true patriot can stand. Every para
., graph, every sentence, every lin
Of breathg the spirit of Plymouth Rocl
t. of Bunker Hill and Of Appomatto,
10 | care not what his antecedents ma
N be, l care not waht his party aiiilii
tions might have boon, there 10 /
rs man who loves his country, who low
10 its flag, but can stand upon that pa
~ form, and when he casts his ballot fe
th that in '96 he is inspired as we're ii
| patriots of '76 and 'Gl. 1t has said
We the people of this nation, give us pr
iy lection, and prosperity will follow
a its wake; give US sound money ar
ny the nations credit will be presorvo
n "Our State platform breathes Il
ed same spirit as that of st. Louis.
UT is one Of if not the cleanest platform
all ever adopted in this State-hks Il
g, other il is Republican platform
nd every sense of tho word. 1t stands
Irs good government in our State; it se
10 its face against corruption at d
ey polls, and seeks to stem the tide viii,
ay threatens to engulf our commonwealth
ur 1t says the man must be worthy of Il
mt office, and that the honOrs at the han
nd of the people are not to be put up
cir the auction block to go TO the highe
bidder, but that worth, merit al
we service shall be the standards. L
r tho people endorse that platform al
he adopt its reforms, then shall Delawa
cal take, as of right, take its place amo
he the foremost and progressive States
on the Union. 1t is your duty to ho
M high the standard and not let it tri
5 in the dust before selfish and sord
60 ambition.
las lit becomes my duty to notify y
me formally that at the Republican CO
all yention held at Georgetown on Thu