The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-19

East anu west, without any divlston In
what has happened In the last three years.
for the protection of American industries,
for tho principle OF reciprocity, and for
America FOR Americans But u compact
neighborhood OF great commonwealth, In
which are centered the majority of the
ihmdusit o,n energies of the United States
only with the stability OF sound money.
1t has become the fashion of late to
decry business as inpatriotic. We hear
capital" employment" industrial encr-
giles" aud prosperous LABOR" The Upited
Stetes, differing from the Fmediuevul CON
fering from the miitarsm which IL the
curse or European nations, differing from
thrones which rest upon the sword, Is pre-
eminenuy and periodically commercial
and "a bushes nation. Thus commerce
riotiain.
When n farmer Is afcld sowing and
reaping the crops which ind "a market
that remunerates him for his toll
when the laborer and the artisan find
deSpairinE Of work. when tho wage OF the
toiler promises comfort for his family and
hope for his Children. when the ruIi Is bur
dened with the product OF the soil and OF
the factory. when the spindes are hum
ming and the furnaces are I'm blast when
the mine Is putting out its largest pro-
wealth are constantly Increasing. when
the homes owned unmortgaged by the
people are more numerous day by day and
month by month. when the schools are
most crowded the fairs most FREQUENT
ana happy conditions most universal In
the nation, then are the promises fulfilled
America the home of the oppressed and
the land of the free.
1t Is to meet these conditions and to
meet them with II candidate who repre-
sents them that New York presents to you
for the Presidency under the unanimous
instruetlons Of two successive Republican
ernor, Levi L. Morton.
New York Is the cosmopolitan State of
the Union: She is both barometer and
thermometer of the changes of popular
opinion and popular passion She has
been the pivotal commonwealth which
has decided nearly every one of the ma
tional clections I'm this generation. She
has more Yankees than any city in New
England more Southerners than any
In the South and more native
born Westerners than any city In the
West, and the representatives of the Pm
cific Coast within her borders have been
men who have done much for the develop
ment of that glorious region. These ex-
perienced and cosmopolitan citizens
with their fingers upon the pulses of the
finance and trade of the whole country,
feel Instantly the conditions that lead TO
disaster or to prosperity. Hence they
swing the State sometimes to the Republic
can and sometime to the Democratic col
uinn.
In the tremendous effort to break the
hold which Democracy had upon our com
monwealth, and which II had strengthen
ed Tor ten successive years, we selected us
present on behalf OF our State here to-day.
and who carried New York, and took the
Legislature with him by l56. 900 majority
We can no longer, without the hazard
OF unnecessary frictions with other Gov
ernments. conduct our foreign policy eX-
ccpt through the medium of skilled d.
France. when practical questions OF the
import OF our products into that country
We're imminent, Levi p. Morton learned
and practised successfully the diplomacy
which was best for the prosperity OF his
country. None of the mistakes which
discredited our relations with foreign ma
lions during. the past four years could &C.
cur under his administration. He is the
best type OF the American business man
that type which IL the ideal OF school, the
academy and the college; tina, type which
Western cabin and In the Eastern tene-
ment as she is marking out for him a ca
reer by which he shall rise from his poor
come through American liberty and
American opportunity
You see the picture. The New England
large family of boys and girls about
him. the sons going out with their
common school education, the boy becom-
ing the clerk In a store then granted an
Interest in the business then becoming
Its controlling spirit. then claiming the at
tention of the great house in the city and
SaHtu " u partnership, tHen hlmSclf the
master OF great affairs. Overwhelmed by
the incalculable conditions of civil war
but with undaunted energy and foresight
he Srasped again the elements to escape
out of bankruptcy ana OF success and
win the return OF prosperity he paid to
the creditors who had compromised his
Indebtedness every dollar. principal and
interest. of what he owed them The best
type of successful business man, he
turns to politics, to he n useful mem
Der of Congress: to diplomacy, to he
a useful minister abroad; to the executive
ment. to be the most popular Vice-Presi-
dent and presiding officer OF that most au-
gust body, the Senate of the United
States.
Whoever may be nominate by this csA-
vention will receive the cordial support,
cans of New York, but in the shifting con-
ditions of our commonwealth, Gov Nor
ton can secure more than the party
strength, and without question I'm the
coming canvass, no matter what issue
may arise between now and November
place the Empire, State solldly in the Re-
publican column.
Mr. Dcpew's speech repeatedly elected
bursts of laughter and applause, particu-
in which he said: II wonder what our
they arrive at the Celestial CITY which
is governed by Republican, principles
and are met there by st. Peter with n
golden key" AS he sat down ne was
loudly cheered.
AS Ohio was called and Governor For
aker came to the front, there was such
cheering as had not marked the proceed
ings of the convention at any previous