Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-19
HON. LEVI P. MORTON.


St Louis. Mo. June 1S.-Chauncey NJ
pepew nominated Governor Levi p. Nor
ton as 4 candidate for tho presidency in
the following speech:
MIR. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention:-National Republican couven-
tons have been epoch makers. They have
formulated the principles originated tho
policies and suggested the measures which
In the history of the United States form
its most progressive periods. They have
nominated for the presidency statesmen
ana soldiers who Were the leaders of the
people III their onward march TO larger
liberty and broader and be tier industrial
conditions.
No party, no matter however glorious
i's achievements or how brilliant It's sue
cesses, can rely upon the past. Its former
triGmphs are only Its certificates Of char
acter. which must be met by continuing
elort AS henc'iccnt and wise as anything
OF which It boasts. The PARTY which is
to permanently govern a country and IS
secure N its past, must not only be equal
To the present, but must forecast and pro
vide for the future. Tho Republican party
has held possession Of the government %
the United States for moro than Il gener-
alton because 1t has triumphautly met
these conditions, The unequa!cd successes
OF the Republican party. It's hold upon
IN" country and It's nGsteEful Influence
thut IN 80 $50 80 ~. ~ 70 l"t ,'att
solved the problems of the hour ana !ts
5gr,.l,,, m, 80 1.'H t"' i'aF lvI the
otic questions wh.ch free ueop!a we're
srTI' ,nI l,l Ia.lgI mon 10 meet were slavery
1rganiza,Ion ID, ,fi,t satiE lays % ,9Gr
'FiE as our warehwOrd auI with Lincoln
..fnsrriraisT We sHEsd tGs fe!thNe ~!
and cr!tIG4l I.-t5as 70 ,.,,,!. ~" t%-s'3aate
h.',,',1,si Wy H+t aud The hostile sections
whiFh' cg'ii9 aTi, M a poHry oi c9Ge!l.auon
'.H lHg Nie'9Ts 4H- the assent Of th" con-
-, - ~, '4"uthet o. the soldier
ar,pirs vybigE - Lhg {onNtrA,e q -"
g. mi.'," r. LAt reg ~ triumph and
49, II MLgM Nc haI parole! with
t."Ii, ~, q t'5t'! When progress halted
ana thr!r citizers 5f each ann "'i,,hs
n,t ,,r. 81 Sg'',r 'i,,r !Aisn.gt Of the country eN-
IarrIssrabir a si..i. 10 y" nom
In r'tt.,..ip ~ I'4lci"l talrnets Of Hayes
Ft'g.l hn 1Nth VINO came 20 man
"t n "t,,I s.,r .r' .'tl war ana knew !lttle
riori1ltt tTn,,,T. s.MI.ngf'L'7-. found =
r6fi.u. S.nG",, '. ,nI .9'h! 4fiF"r. the
gnllcr, rr,if.i.r. Ett,l1t9 Flhh'ra., TIE
iIlus tridtl- H.tItt- 80, "Lt N"
r.iI f'"Hg'' t.- brilliant ana magnetic Gar
.p1lfaies ,hIrb So ~ h'.'ot'l ior N.
6f AmerIGau I,.,,,,!,r,iy' iy' ~" .rFrlapmcnt
American. whether toli,.s 'tl. -,''''t a. 4, llT
North American ani south h" An.2anna Pbqna c61 5he
'IIl'NIH fUtt ether a
knight Of arr sn,bI,.t,i,y We u'Gmed
Jane. q, Blaine. A. n nSyy 't !,,'t'
came TO the minority. 10 v,b,,rI T. 49,, 49,,
was a lereut In. nr..srt IL III p"S5t
task Of deyrl6pfnent and ,,rost,,, I'm,
The future theory without axrcrisiCa IL.
Republican party again happily practlcoi
IN iiH control 0f the executive and tbc
!!gsislotIE" branches Of thr government
tha' policy pf mo rtrotectiOn ~ A,Irt',, ~,
industries alI that nfsctice ~ .o,,,H
fupurr which rave 20 the republic its era
ni greatest ufosr"rity aud it, period az
iH' largest returns for capital. tho fiiilcs,
rluuloym m-Ht for labor and the hlghest
Wages Tor HoTl in the history OF our ma
non IN the closing year OF the adminis,ra
lloh OF that able and accomplished staies-
man, HrEJamlu Harrison
iew weeks preceding tho convention
ot l9ur years ago al Minneapolis had an
afternoon with Mr. Blaine, Win m,,r,"i
Gus intuition he forecast the fuiure Iic
saii: Substantially all the forces of oppo-
21 81 Seo2y 2J a.raf' ahi af ass Of