The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-19

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| the farmer IS afield sowing and reapinS
the crops which md a market that re-
| muneTz1eS him for his toll. when the
| Ia oorer and the artizan find work seek
| ING them and not. themselves despair
| ING or work. when the wage or the toll
| eT promises comfort for his family and
hope Tor his children. when the rail is
ouraened with the product OF the SOL
/ and OF the factory, when the SpinclSs
| are mum ming and the furnaces are In
blast, when the mine IS putting out its
/ largest product and the national and
! individual wealth are constantly in
creasing. when the homes owned IN
/, nAortgaged by the people are more num-
! e-ous day by day and month by month.
when the schools are most crowded. the
fairs most frequent and happy condi-
tions most universal in the nation. then
are the promises fulfilled which makes
these United States of America the
home OF the oppressed and the and o.
| the free.
It Is 70 meet these conditions and 10
| meet them with a candidate who repre-
/ sents them and about whom there can
1 be no question. that New York presents
/ 70 You for the presidency under IN
| anfmOus Instructions OF two successive
/ Republican state conventions the name
! OF her governor. Levi p. Morton.
| New York Is the cosmopolitan state OF
/ the Union She is both a barometer and
| thermometer OF the changes OF popular
/ opinion and popular pOssion. She has
\ been the pivotal commonwealth which
/ has decided nearly everyone OF the IA
4 tional elections in this generation She
/ has more Yankees than any city in New
| England. more southerners than any
| community in the south and more na-
/ tive-bOrn weSterners than any city in
/ the west, and the represen eatives Of the
/ Pacific coast within her borders have
been men who have done much for the
development OF that glorious region.
1 These experienced and cosmopolitan cit
I liens with their fingers upon the pulses
/ OF the finance and trade OF the whole
country, feel instantly the conditions
! that lead TO disaster or prosperity
Hence they swing the state sometime 10
/ the Republican and sometime 20 the
Democratic column
In the tremendous effort 20 break
the hold which Democracy had upon our
commonwealth. and which IL had
| strengthened for ten consecutive years,
We selected as our standard bearer the
gentleman whom 1 presnt on behalf OF
/ our state here today and who carried
New York. and took the legislature with
him, by one hundred and fifty-s.x thou
sand majority.
We are building a navy and the White
Squadron is a fore-runner Of com
merce which Is 20 whiten every sea and
carry our flag into every port OF the
world Not our wish perhaps. but our
ambitions probably, but our very pro-
gress and expansion have made Us one
OF the family of nations. We can no
longer. without the hazard of unneces-
sary frictions with other governments.
conduct our foreign policy except
through the medium OF a skilled diplo-
macy. For four years as minister OF
France, when critical questions OF the
import of our products into that cOun-
try were iminent, Levi p. Morton learn
ed and practiced successfully the dip
lomacy which was best for the prosper
fly of his country. None of the mistakes
which have discredited our relations
with foreign nations during the past
four years could occur under his admin
istrations. He is the best type % the
American business man-the type which
is the ideal of school, the academy and
the college, that type which the mother
presents to her boy in the western cab
in and in the eastern tenement as she is
marking out for him a carer by which
he shall rise from his poor surroundings
TO grasp the prizes which come through
American liberty and American oppor-
tunity. You see the picture. The New
England clergyman on his mesgre sal
airy, the large family OF boys and girls
about him, the sons going out with their
common school educa ton, the boy be
coming the clerk in the store. then
granted an interest in the business.
then becoming its controlling spirit.
then claiming the attention OF the great
house IN the city and called to a part |
nershlp, then himself the master or /
great affairs. Overwhelmed by the in
calculable conditions OF civil war. but !
with undaunted energy and foresight. /
he grasped again the elements Of es-
cape out OF bankruptcy and Of success
and with the return OF prosperity he
paid 70 the creditors who had com
promised his Indebtedness. every doll
lar. principal and interest. Of what he
owed them The best type Of success
full business man. he turns 10 politics.
70 be q useful member OF congress. 70
diplomacy, TO be. a successful minister
abroad, to the executive and admins
trative branches Of the government. 20
be the most popular vice president and
the presiding officer OF that most august
Our present deplorable Industrial and
financial conditions are largely due 70
the fact that Will we have "a president
and a cabinet 10 4-rts... ay.u-y.
none OF u "a nave had business train
tng or experience. The ore persuasive
rcI5C-ers upon indusfr CE.r .77- tut
have never practically solved Industrial
problems. They are the book farmers
who raise wheat AZ the cost OF orchids.
and sell u at the price Of wheat. with
Levi +. Morton there would BE- no de-
hciency to be met BY the ISSUE % bonds.
there would b. 10 blight On or credit
which would call Tor the services OF a
syndicate, there would % 90 trifing
with the delicate intTicacies OF finance
and commerce (Which would psaa,yzs
the operations OF trade and rnanufac-
ture
Whoever may be nominated by this
convention WI receive the cordial sup
port, the enthusiastic advocacy Of the
Republicans % New York. bat "a The
shifting conditions q our common
wealth. Governor Morton car secure
more than t1e partyf strength. and with
JGt question in the coming canvass. 10 /
matter H-lat las8es may arise between
now and NOVEMBER. place the empire
safe s0l5dly IN the Republican column. /
On the conclusion of D-sss<s s5dress
5@rsator-es=ct Foraker Of Ohio cane for
ward q place n nO1nins ton Major VII !
lam Ackinley. He mount rne plat
,0Tm amid dsafslluE app3sase al1
spoke a. follows.
M Chairman. and Gentiemen % me
Convention 1t would b. exceed iHF,ly { !
0 fficult. z not entirely impossible. % 4
sXaggsrate TIE 0lsagreeable experiences