The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-18


OF the conquered by the influence or the
soldier President who had the confidence
OF the armies which he had led In
and the enemies whom ne
had paroled with honor. In PERIOD
when progress halted because OF the dis
trust OF commonwealtbs and their cltl-
zeps of each other the later and better
Judgment of the country expressed It's ac-
acknowledgement 10 the -partizanship
and judicial fairness OF Hayes anu
Eyarts. The youth who came 10 man
hood after the civil war and knew little
OF its agonies or its animosities, found
glorious example of American possibility
and achievement in the canal driver, the
college student, the school principal. the
college president, the Union general, the
illusirious debater in the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes, the brilliant and manegtlc
Garfield. In deIeat and In victory, Tor the
policies which stood for the development
of American industries, for America Tor
Americans, whether native or naturellz.
ed, and for the reciprocity which bound
the North American and South American
continents together, we had the plnmed
knight OF our enthusiasm aud our loved
James q. Blaine. AS new generation came
to the majority, TO whom the past was
legend, the present, the difficult task OF
development and prosperity, ana the iu-
ture theory without experience, the lie
In its control of the executive and the
Legislative branches of the government,
that policy of the protection OF Ameri-
can industries and that practice OF sound
fannce which gave TO the Republic It's
era of greatest prosperity and It's period
OF the largest returns for capital the
fullest employment for labor and the
highest wages for work In the history OF
our nation in the closing year OF the adj
ministration OF that able ana accom-
plished statesman, Benjamin Harrison.
A few weeks proceeding the convention
OF four years ago at -MinneapoIls haa
an afternoon with Mr.. Blaine. With
marvellous intuition he forecast the fu-
ture. He said: substantially all the
forces of opposition, OF distrust and dis
appointment OF theory and OF imagina-
tion which accumulate against party
that has been in power for over thirty
years are now concentrated 10; an assault
upon our position and Is certain to sue
ceed. The Democratic party and its allies
of Populism and OF all other isms are
destined in this campaign, no matter
who Is our candidate or what is our plat
form, 10 secure possession OF the govern
ment." The country knows TO Its loss,
its sorrow and its grief, that the predic-
tion has been fulfilled in every part. In
its fulfillment the United States has the
experience and Europe has the business
and prosperity.
We meet to take up the broken cord OF
national development and happiness ana
link il once more TO the car OF progress.
Our idustries stagnant,, our manufact-
ures paralyzed, our agriculture disheart-
ened, our artIzans unemployed, our
finances disordered, our treasury bank
rupt, our credit impaired, our position
among the nations of the world ques-
toned, all look to this convention and
call upon it's W isdom for hope and rescue.
The conditions created by the practice
OF Democratic policies. the promise OF
Democratic measures and the differences
OF Democratic statesmen would seem TO
argue an inquest ioned and overwhelming
triumph Tor the Republican party in The
coming election. No matter how brill-
liant the promise, no matter how serene
the outlook, 1t is the part of wisdom,
with the uncertainties of politics and.our
recent experience of the tragic shifting
of issues, to be careful, prudent and wise
In platform and In candidate.
The last few years have been a campaign
OF university extension among the people
of the United State, and while we may
in platform ana candidate meet all the
requirements ot party obligations and
party expectations. we must remember
that there is vast constituency. which
has little fealty to parties or to organiza-
tions but votes. for the man and the
PRINCIPLES which are I'm accord with their
views In the administration OF the
country, The whole country north, south,
east and west, without any division In
our lines, or out.of them, stands, after
what has happened in the last three
years, for the protection OF American
Industries, for the principle of reciproc-
ity and for America for Americans. But
a contract neighborhood OF great COM
monwealths, in which are concentrated
the majority OF the population. of the
manufactures and of the industrial energies
OF the United Stpes, mas found that
business and credit exist only with the
stability OF sound money.
Ii has become the fashion OF late to de-
cry business as unpatriotic. We hear
much OF the ''sordid considerations OF
capital "employment, - industrial en-
ergies, and prosperous labor" The
United States, differing from the me-
dieval conditions which govern older
countries, differing from the militarlsm
which is the curse OF European nations,
differing from thrones which rest
upon the sword, is prominently and
patriotically commercial and busi-
ness nation. Thus commerce and busi-
ness are synonymous with patriotism.
When the farmer is afield sowing and
resping the crops which find market
that remunerates him for his toll when
the laborer and artizan find work seeking
them and not themselves despairing of
work, when the wage of the toilor prom
ises comfort for his family, and hope for
his children, when the rail is burdened
with the product of the soil end of the
factory, when the spindles 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 tho
homes owned unmortgaged by the people
are more numerous day by day and
month by month, when the schools arc
most crowded, the fairs most frequent
aud happy conditions most universal in
the nation, then are the promises fulfilled
watch make these United States OF Ame-
rica the home OF the oppressed and the
land OF the free.
Ii Is 10 meet these conditions and to
meet them with candidate who repre-
sents them and about whom there can be
no question, that New York presents TO
you for the Presidency under the unani-
nous istruCtiOns OF two successive Repub-
lican State Conventions the name of her
Governor. Levi T.. Morton.
New York ~ the cosmopolitan State of
the Union. She Is both a barometer and
thermometer of the changes of popular
opinion and popular passion. She has
bpon the pivOtpl comm nWpalth which