The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-18

ness and credit exist only with the sta
bility of sound money
1t has become the fashion Of late to
decry business as unpatriotic- We hear
much of the -sOrdid considerations OF
capital" employ ment,' industrial
energies" and prosperous labor" The
United States differing from the med
dfeval conditions which govern older
countries. differing from the militarisrn
which is the curse of European nations
and differing from thrones which rest
upon the sword is prominently and
periodically q commercial and a bust
ness nation. Thus commerce and bust
ness are Synonymous with patriotism
When the farmer is afeld sowing and
reapiuE the crops which find a market
that remun crates him for his toll, W hen
the labOrer and the artizan ind work
seeking them and not themselves de-
spairing of work. when the wage of the
tOiler promises comfort for his family
and hope for his children, when the
rail is burdened with the product OF the
soil and of the factory. when the spin
dies are humming and the furnaces are
in blast, when the mine is putting out
its largest product and the national
and individual wealth are constantly
increasing. when the homes owned UNI
mOrtgaged by the people are more nu-
merOus day by day and month by
month. when the schools are most
crowded, the fairs most frequent and
happy conditions most universal in the
nation then are the promises fulfilled
which make these United States ol
the land of the free
Tt is to meet these conditions and to
meet them with a candidate who repre-
sents them and about whom there can
be no question, that New York pre-
SCENTS to you for the presidency under
the unanimous instructions Of two sue
cessive Republican state conventions
the name of her governor, Levi p. Nor
ton.
New York is the cosmopolitan state
of the union She is both a barometer
and a thermometer of the changes of
popular opinion and popular passion
She has been the pivotal commonwealth
which has decided nearly every one
OF the national elections in this genera
ton She has more Yankees than any
city in New England. more southern
ers than any community in the south,
and more native born Westerners than
any city ia the west, and the represen-
borders have been men who have done
much for the development of that glo-
ri0us region These experienced and COS
mopOLtan citizens with their unSerS
upon the pulses of the finance and
trade of the whole country, feel instant
ly the conditions that lead to disaster
or prosperity. Hence they swing the
state some time to the Republican and
some time to the Democratic column
In the tremendous effort to break the
hold which Democracy had upon our
commonwealth and which it had
siren gthened for ten successive years,
we selected as our standard bearer the
gentleman whom i present on behalf of
our state here today and who carried
New York, and took the legislature
with him. by 10000 majority
We are building a navy, and the
White Squadron is fOrerunner OF
commerce which is to Whiten every IS q
the world Not our wish, perhaps, nor
our ambitions probably, but our very
progress and expansion have made us
one of the family of nations we can
no longer. without the hazard of UNI
necessary frfctions with other govern
ments. conduct our foreign policy eX-
cept through the medium Of skilled
diplomacy For four years as min
lister to France, when critical questions
of the import OF our products into that
country were Imminent, Levi =. Nor
ton learned and practiced successfully
the diplomacy which was best for the
prosperity of the country. None OF the
mistakes which have dlscred1ted our
relations with foreign nations during
the past four years could occur under
his administration. He is the best type
of the American business man-that
type which is the ideal of school, the
academy and the college. that type
which the mother presents to her boy
in the western cabin and in the eastern
tenement as she is marking out for him
a career by which he shall rise from his
Door surroundings to grasp the prizes
which come through American liberty
and American opportunity You see
the picture The New England cler-
ervrnan on his meaEer salary. the large
family of boys and girls about him. the
sons going out with their common
school education the boy becoming
clerk in a store. then granted am inter
est in the business. then becoming its
controlling spirit, then claiming the at
tention of the great house in the city
and called to a partnership. then HIM
self the master of great affairs. over
whelmed by the incalculable cOndi-
lions of civil war. but with undaunte ted
energy and foresight, he grasped again
the elements of escape out of bank
ruptcy and of success and with the re-
turn of prosperity he paid to the cred
itors VINO had compromised his indebt-
edness every dollar, principal and in
terest of what he owed them. The
best type of a successful business man.
he turns to politics to be a useful
member of congress to diplomacy. to
be a successful minister abroad; to the
executive and administrative branches
of government. to be the most popular
vice president and the presiding officer
of that most august body. the senate
of the United States.
Our present deplorable industrial and
financial conditions are largely due to
the fact that while we have a president
and a cabinet of Acknowledged ability
none of them have had business train
ing or experience. They are persuasive
reasOners upon Industrial questions. but
have never practically solved Industrial
problems They are the book farm
ers who raise wheat at the cost of
orchids and sell it at the price of wheat
With Levi p. Morton there would be
no deficiency to be met by the issue of
bonds. there would he no blight on our
credit which would call for the services
Of a syndicate. there would be no trifng
with the delicate intricacias Of finance
and commerce which would paraIvza
the operations of trade and manufa G.
ture-
Whoever may be nominated by this
convention viii receive the cordial sup
port. the enthusiastic advocacy of the