Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

determination to win the battle and take
up our responsibilities In the same spirit
With which they won the neht. Now, as
then. we can hope to succeed only 10y
continuous endcavor, and now. as then,
We place IN office. We want n president
who will meet this situation as Lincoln met
that of 1861; with the chiefs OF the rcpub-
llcans about him and with party and pco-
pie at his back. We want n president who,
on the 5th day of next March. will summon
congress in extra session, and, refusing TO
make appointments or to deal with patron
age, Will say that all else must wait until
congress sends to him a tariff which shall
Eput money In the treasury and wages In the
pockets of the American workingman. We
want a president who will protect Mt all
hazards the gold reserves OF the treasury,
who will see to 1t that no obligation Of the
government is presented which is, not paid
demand, and who VIII never forget that
the nation which pays with honor borrows
the safety and dignity OF the nation at
home and abroad, and who VIII always and
constantly be firm and strong I'm dealing
with foreign nations Instead. of suddenly
varying n long course of. weakness and in"
difference with n ~convulsiye spasm of vigor
and patriotism. Above al, we. want a man
who Will lead his party and act with II, and
who will not, by senseless quarrels between
legislation and execution alike to imbccility
and failure.
REEDS GREAT FITNESS.
Such is the man we want for our great
office in these bitter times, when the forces
of disorder are loosed and the wrecters with
their false lights gather at the shore and
a man, fit for such deeds, I am now to
present to you. He needs no praise from
me, for he has proved his own title to
leadership. From what ne is and what he
has done. we know what he can do. For
twenty years, in victory and defeat, at the
~jorities alike, he has led his party in con
gress with n power which no man could
dispute and with an ability which never
waned. | have seen him with Il maddened
opposition storming about him, carry
through that great reform which has made
the house of representatives the strong and
efficient body 1t is today. | have seen him
during the past winter guide a great ma
jority so that they have met every demand
put upon them, and made no errors which
could burden the republican party in the
campaign before us. Before the people, and
brilliant champion of the great republican
policies which adopted, have made US pros
birth, by descent, by breeding; one who
loves his country and has served it in youth
great ability. his originality of thought, his
power of debate, his strong will, are known
to all, and are part of the history of the
spotless as his private character is pure
and unblemished. He is a trained states
can impose upon him. He commands the
confidence of his, party and his country.
cause we have seen him lead. io To those
who have followed him he never said CO.
but always Come He Is entirely fear
less. We know it, for we have seen his
courage tested on n hundred fields. He
has been called to great places and to great
trials. and he has never failed nor flinchcd.
He is fit to stand at the head of the repub-
lican column. He Is worthy to be an Amer
lean president. / have the honor, the very
great honor. to present to you as a candi-
date for your nomination, the speaker of the
national house of representatives, Thomas
b. Reed of Maine.
One enthusiastic admirer unfolded a
great banner containing a huge portrait of
Speaker Reed, with these words under
meath: Nothing to explain; true from the
first AS he flung the banner out from the
galleries the Reed men began to shout, |
Reed, Reed; Thomas b.. Reed" But the
demonstration lasted not over a minute.
Henry Cabot Lodge, who gained a name
in literature before he did in politics. is a
strong. handsome, athletic man, scarcely
more than 40. His speech nominating Mr..
Reed was delivered in an earnest manner.
AS he closed his eulogy of Speaker Reeds
services and eminent qualifications for the
presidency by Offering the name of Thomas
B. Reed the Reed delegates arose and
and the partisans Of the Maine
man in the galleries Joined in the demon