Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-11
HOBART ACCEPTS.
Tho Republican Candidate for Vice Preri-
dent Receives Formal Notification of Hin
Nomination and Replies Thereto.


Nomination and Replies Thereto.
PATERSON, N. j., July s. Flags were
displayed from nearly every house in
the city Tuesday in honor of the visit
Of the committee which notified Gar
rett A. Hobart of his nomination for
the vice presidency on the republican
ticket. The committee of notification,
of which Charles w. Fairbanks, of In
iianapolis, is chairman, arrived at Pat
erson at II o'clock. The members of
the committee drove at once to Mr..
Hobart's house Mr. and Mrs. Hobart
stood in the hallway and received the
committee, headed by Chairman Fair
banks and wife.
There were about 5000 persons in
front &C the house at the time. At
noon Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart went out on
the piazza and Mr.. Fairbanks came out
and made his address Mr.. Hobart
then made his reply, as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Commit
tee:
beg to extend to you my grateful acknow,-
edgments for the very kind and fatterina
terms in which you convey the formal an
nouncement of my nomination for vice presi-
dent of the United States by the republican
national convention at st. Louis l am pro-
| foundly sensible OF the honor which has been
done me. and through me to the state in which
all my life has been spent, in my selection as a
candidate for this high office. appreciate 1t
the more because 1t associates me-in contest
which involves the very gravest issues-with
one who represents in his private character
and public career the highest intelligence and
| best spirit of his party and with whom my per-
sonal relations are such Us to afford guarantee
OF perfect accord In the work of the campaign
| which lies before me.
1t is sufficient for me to say at this time that,
| concurring without reserve in all the declara-
| tionS of principle and policy embodied In the
| St Louis platform, accept the nomination
| rendered me, with full appreciation OF it's
| responsibilities and with an honest purpose, in
| the event that the people shall ratify the choice
| made by the national convention, to discharge
| any duties which may devolve upon me with
| sole reference to the public good.
| Let me add that it will be my earnest effort in
| the coming campaign to contribute in every way
possible to the success of the party which we rep
| resent and which to the important issues of
the time stands for the best interests Of the peo
| Pile. Uncertainty or instability to the money
question involves most serious consequences to
every citizen of the country. The gravity OF
| this question cannot be overeStimated. There
can be financial security, no business sta
| bility, no real prosperity where the policy Of
| the government as to that question is ut all n
| matter of doubt. Gold is the one standard Of
value among all enlightened commercial ma
| tions. All financial transactions OF whatever
| character, all business enterprise, all individ-
| ual or corporate investments are adjusted to
1t. An honest dollar worth 100 cents every
| where cannot be coined out OF 80 cents worth
| of silver plus Legislative fiat
Such debasement of our currency would
| inevitably produce incalculable loss, appalling
| disaster and national dishonor. 1t is funda-
| mental principle in coinage recognized and fol-
lowed by American statesmen and never yet
| departed from, that there can be only one basis
on which gold and silver may be concurrently
coined as money and that basis is equality, not
in weight but in the commercial value of tho
metal contained in the respective coins. This
commercial value is fixed by the markets of
the world, with which the great interests OF
our country are necessarily connected by innu-
merable ties which cannot be severed or ig-
nored. Great and self-reliant as our country
is, it is not great alone within its own borders
and upon its own resources, but because II also
reaches out to the ends Of the earth in all the
manifold departments Of business, exchange
and commerce and must maintain with honor it's
standing and credit among the nations of the
earth.
The question admits OF no compromise. 1t is
vital principle at stake, but it is in no sense
partisan or sectional Ours one OF the fore
most nations, must have a monetary system
equal to the best. 1t is OF vial consequence
that this question should be settled in
such way as to restore public confidence,
here and everywhere, in the integrity OF our
, purpose. doubt of that integrity among the
other great commercial countries OF the world
that which as patriots we should treasure still
more highly-our industrial and commercial
supremacy
My estimate of the value of protective pol
icy has been formed by the study OF the object
lessons of a great industrial state extending
over period of 30 years. 1t is that protection
not only builds up important industries from
small beginnings, but that those and all other
Industries flourish or langush in proportion
protection is maintained or Withdrawn. have
seen it indisputably proved that the prosperity
of the farmer, merchant and all other classes
OF citizens goes hand in hand with that of the
manufacturer and mechanic. L am firmly per-
suaded that what need most of all to re-
move the business paralysis that afflicts this
) country is the restoration of policy which,
, while affording ample revenue to meet the ex-
penses of the government, will reopen Ameri-
can workshops on full time and full-handed.
with their operatives paid good wages in hon.
est dollars. And this can only come under q
tariff which will hold the interests OF our own
people paramount in our political and CONNER
? cial systems.
The opposite policy, which discourages Amer
ican enterprise, reduces American labor to
idleness, diminishes the earnings OF American
workingmen opens our markets to commodi-
, ties from abroad which we should produce at
, home while closing foreign markets against
our products, and which Mt the same time
; steadily augments the public debt. increasing
1 the public burdens while diminishing the
ability OF the people to meet them, is policy
which must find its chief popularity elsewhere
!. than among American citizens. / shall take
an early opportunity, gentlemen OF the COM
mittee, through you, TO communicate to my
fellow-citiZens with somewhat more OF detail
, my views concerning the dominant questions
OF the hour and the crisis which confronts us
as a nation.
: When Mr.. Hobart had concluded his
: speech the band struck up "See the
, Conquering Hero Comes" and the COM
mittee applauded
YALE MEN DEFEATED.