The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-17

the distinguished honor to present 10
you as temporary presiding officer Hon.
Charles w. Fairbanks OF Indiana" AS
Fairbanks came forward the conven-
tion heartily appiauded him. He deliv-
cred the following address:
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
Mr. Fairbanks Addresses the Conventiou
| In tho Recu alton style.
Gentlemen Of the convention: am
profoundly grateful for this express
sion of your generous confidence. AS
citizens. we were never called upon to
discharge a more important duty than
that which rests upon us-the nomina-
tion Of president and vice president
OF the United States. This duty Is a
peculiarly impressive one at the mo-
ment, for II IL already written In the
book of fate that the choices OF this
convention will be the next president
and vice president of the great repub-
lie. Three years of democratic admin
istration have been three years OF pam
ic. OF wasted energy. OF anxiety and
loss to the American people. without a
parallel In history.
To-day the people turn 10 the repub-
lican party. hopefully. confidently. and
II Is for us To meet their expectations:
II Is for us to give them those candl-
dates upon whom their hearts have
centered. and to give them clear.
straightforward. emphatic expression
of our political faith. The republican
party is a party of convictions and II
has written Its convictions In the his
tory OF the republic with the Pen and
with the sword; with It the supreme
question always has been not what Is
merely polite but what Is everlast-
ingly right The great men we have
given to the nation and 10 history, the
mighty dead and the illustrious living
are our inspiration and tower Of
strength. IL we are but true to their
exalted example we cannot be false to
our countrymen.
For a third Of century prior to
the advent OF the present democratic
administration. we operated under
laws enacted by the republican party.
All great measures concerning the tar
IN and the currency originated with
Il. Tariff laws were formed upon lines
which protected our laborers and pro-
ducers from unequal and unjust for
eign competition and upon the theory
that the best market In the world Is
the home market and that II should be
enjoyed by our own countrymen.
Under the currency laws our cur
rency was made national. The wild
cat state bank money Of the democrat
ic party was wiped out of existence.
The unprecedented demands growing
out OF the war were met by q paper
currency which ultimately became as
good as gold. Since the resumption Of
specie payments In 1879 every dollar Of
our money. paper, silver and gold, has
been Of equal purchasing power the
world over. The policy OF the party
has been to make and keep our cur
rency equal TO the best In the world.
"Under the operation OF these honest
tariff and honest money republican
laws. the country grew In wealth and
power beyond precedent. We easily
outstripped all other powers In the
commercial race. on Nov. 8. 1892
there was work for every hand and
bread for every mouth. We had
reached high water mark. Labor re-
ceived higher wages than ever and
capital was proftably and securely en-
ployed. The national revenues were
sufficient to meet our obligations and
leave a surplus In the treasury. For
eign and domestic trade were greater
In volume and value than they had
ever been. Foreign balances were
! largely In our favor. European gold
was flowing toward us. But all OF this
is changed. The cause IL not hard tc
seek. A reaction began when II was
known that the legislative and execu.
tive branches OF the government were
to be democratic. The democratic par.
ty had. at Chicago. condemned the pro.
tectlve tariff principles as unconstitu'
tional and solemnly pledged Itself tc
the overthrow and destruction OF Tho
frL< tpta In MI la ha nj
free trade as the policy OF the United
States. This bold, aggressive attack
upon the long-settled policy OF the re-
. publican party bore Its natural fruit ir
shaken confidence, unsettled business
and we were soon drifting against ths
rock of destruction. Before the worl
, Of demolition had actually begun a rur
was started upon the treasury reserv,
: which the republican party had wisely
: accumulated for the protection Of tbs
, government credit. The drain upor
the reserve for the redemption o
r greenbacks and treasury notes greatly
: surpassed all prior experience and EN-
: phasized the dlscredit into which th'
: democratic administration had fallen
, An utter want OF confidence In the ad
ministratIon possessed the people.
THE democratic party was harmo
nlous upon one subject. and that wa!
, the destruction of the Mckinley law
: But when they came TO the exercise
r OF the creative faculty. the enactment
r OF a great revenue measure in II!
! stead. there was dlscord. The imper
: He'd interests OF the country watched
7 and waited through long and anxious
months for some settlement OF the i'm
!. portant question. They wanted an en-,
Of uncertainty At length the Wilson
: bill was adopted. and IL was character
J, lied by a democratic president as tn,
: child OF 'perfidy and dlshonor.' II wa!
E so bad that he would not contaminat'
: his hand by signing II. A bill that wa'
Y too base for Mr.. Cleveland to approv'
E is too rotten for the approval OF tn
: American people. This important Law
: was wanting in the primary purpos,
4 Of n revenue measure. for II failed &
e provide adequate revenue 10 meet tn
requirements OF the government. Tn
i deficiency thus far amounts TO som
: $3.50. 900. eco. The end Is not yet, for tn
!: deficiency grows day by day. Thi
J. leaves the treasury and the public deb
/, In constant peril. our foreign credl
: Is impaired and domestic capital feel
7. insecure.
} "rhe sectional favoritlsm of the VII
: son law was one IL its marked feat
: ures. IL. blow az sheep husbsAndry wa
o an objectionable ofleuse: II was a Ma
/. Grant wrong In the "a rrnFrs ~ m