The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-18
CONVENTION DOlNGS.
Speech Of the Temporary Chairman tho
Leading Feature.

Leading Feature.
1t was II 20 when Chairman Garter
raped for order, but it was several
minutes before comparative quiet pre-
vailed. Rabbi Sale, stout young man
with jet black hair, pronounced the in
vocation with oratorical effect. Chair
man Garter then formally announced
that the convention met pursuant to
the call of the national committee,
which was read by Secretary Manley.
The first real demonstration of the
convention came when Chairman Car
ter introduced Hon. Charles A. Fair
banks of Indiana as the temporary pre-
siding officer. Mr. William II. Suth-
erald of the New York delegation
seconded Mr.. Fairbanks nomination
and his selection was endorsed by the
unanimous voice of the delegates. As
Mr.. Fairbanks stepped forward to
deliver his speech he was loudly ap-
plauded.
Chairman Fairbanks Address.
The address of the chairman was
mainly a review of the situation and
was not designed to fire the imagination.
The telling points which Mr.. Fairbanks
made We're, however, appreciated and
applauded. When he reached that por-
tion of his speech enunciating the Re-
publican doctrine of currency, his first
reference to the party's friendship for
silver was marked by scattering ap-
plause over the Western and Middle
states delegations, which was increased
perceptibly by the acquisition of the
emphatic applause of the Eastern dele
gates when he added that the party
believed in the maintenance of the
present standard. Mr.. Fairbanks be-
gan by paying his respects to the pres
ent administration and eulogizing the
record of the Republican party. On the
question of finance he said:
Must Have Money on Hand.
The very foundation of "A sound cur
rency system is solvent treasury. If the
people doubt the integrity of the treasury
they will question the soundness of the
currency. Recognizing this fundamental
| fact, the Republican party always pro,
J
! The Republican party has not been un
| friendly TO the proper use OF silver IL
has always favored and favors today the
! use Of silver as a part of our circulating
medium. But IL favors that use under
such provisions and safeguards as shall
| not imperil our present national standard
| The policy of the Republican party is &c
retain both gold and silver as Il part OF oul
|
free coinage of silver leads To
Certain silver Recommendation.
We protest against lowering our stand
| ard of commercial honor. We stanC
against the Democratic attempt to degrade
our currency to the low level OF Mexico
! China, India and Japan. The present
high standard of our currency, our labol
and our flag will be sacredly protected anc
preserved by the Republican party.
There are many and important question:
requiring the enlightened and patriotic
Judgment of the Republican party.
| Pan-American commercial alliance wa
conceived by James @. Blaine and th'
highest motives of self interest requires u
TO accomplish what he had so well begun
Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe doctrine must be firml,
upheld, and the powers Of the earth mad
to respect this great but unwritten law
There can beno further territorial aggran
dizement by foreign governments on tn
Western continent.
Our devotion TO the pensioners of tn
nation was never more emphatic nor NOR
necessary than now.