The record-union., 1896-08-13

and enthusiastic greeting at the hands
of the convention.
Judge Davis introduced Mr.. Johnson,
who said:
MR.. JOHNSON'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the
To be nominated for Con-
gress in any district of the United
States is a compliment that any Amer
lean citizen will appreciate. To be
elected to Congress from any district
in the United States, and to be made a
member of the grandest legislative
body upon this earth is an honor that
a man will thank his God for and leave
to his children as an inheritance. To
be indorSed by a denomination, after
having served one term in Congress, is
an honor and a compliment and
pleasure that does not always come to
man, but when it does, it fills his
heart. For that compliment, for that
honor, for that Endorsement, I return
you and the Republicans Of this district
my heartfelt thanks.
/ assure you that in the future as in
the past, 1 will try to do my duty to
the people of this district. In this hall
l.
that time I made certain promises to
the people of this district By the bless
ing of God / can say truthfully 1 kept
every promise that / made. Great ap-
plause)
I labored in Congress for the inter-
ests of the miner and Of the farmer,
and Of the business man and of the
laborer, and of all the people of the dis
trict I endeavored to do equal and
exact justice to all, and succeeded
and I may be pardoned for referring
briefly to the record that l made-I
succeeded in obtaining an appropria-
ton which, in my judgment. will go
further toward settling the disputed
question between miner and farmer
than any other that has been accom-
plished by any Congressman that you
ever had from this district. (Applause.)
I believed it to be for the benefit of
the miner, and also for the benefit of
the farmer, and so believing, I labored
for it in season and out of season, and
was exceeding glad to be able to send
the news that had succeeded, in con-
nection with other good men from this
State. in securing the appropriation. I
labored for all parts Of the State. did
what I could for the district and for
the State.
I did what I could, as / said, for
miner and farmer In the next session
of Congress, whatever of power Is given
to me 1 will give toward the advance
ment of the interests Of the people of
this district. I will take up the work
where I left it when Congress ad
journed, and will labor diligently and
faithfully to secure the passage of
what is known as the California min
eral land bill, believing it to be a just
and a proper measure. (Applause)
feel that the bill can be passed, and
whatever I can do will be done to pass
1t. All other matters affecting our dis
trict will be carefully attended to by
me. My future, I think, you must
Judge from what I have done in the
past.
In the campaign in which we are now
about to engage you may expect pc
culiar warfare from our adversaries.
Abuse will be substituted for argu-
ment, vituperation for principle, carl
cature for discussion. I beg leave to
make a suggestion and a warning at
once, that no Republican take either
his principles or his facts from Demo-
cratic speakers or Democratic news
papers, for neither of them will tell the
solid truth In reference to their Repub-
lican antagonists. (Applause and
ldughter)
/ regard this as the most important
Presidential campaign that has oc-
CURED in the United States since I had
knowledge Of political affairs. I re-
member the campaign Of 1856, when
the Republican party stood for free
speech. free soil, free press. free men
and Fremont. 1 remember the cam
paign of 1860, when II stood for the
naturalization of liberty and the de-
struction of slavery I remember the
campaign Of 1864, when the Republi-
can party stood for the preservation of
the Union and the maintenance Of the
country and the supremacy of the Con-
stitution and the laws. The Presi-
Dental elections since that time have
been mainly discussed and debated
and fought upon business principles.
To-day, however, we are confronted,
for the first time In the history Of this
Nation, with a party that dares to
avow itself In favor of allowing free
trade to run hand IN hand with free
anarchy; that assaults the Constitution
and endeavors TO destroy the freedom
which should be given to every man to
earn his living in the land and to ac-
cumulate his fortune If he can do so
honestly.
For the first time in the history of
the United States we find party seek
ing votes upon a principle which, if
carried to its logical conclusion, will re-
suit in destroying law, order and prop
erty. If ever there was a time when
the people Of these United States should
rally in defense of their own institu-
tions this is the appointed time. Gap
plause.)
We fight this year not to preserve
the Union; we fight this year not to
make freedom national and slavery
sectional. That has been accomplished.
We fight this year. to preserve our
homes, our property, our currency, to
preserve ourselves, to preserve this ma
ton, and to give a right to every man
to earn his living, to make his money.
(Applause)
We fight this year against a party
which seeks to make it a crime for a
man to save money and accumulate a
competence. And in that fight the Re-
publican party is the only salvation of
tho country. Great applause)
I believe that protection is the main
issue-protection not merely to the fac
tory, not merely to the product of labor,
but protection to the laborer, protection
to law, protection to liberty, protection
to homes protection to man himself
(Applause)