The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-19

 he can do, For twenty years, in victo- ny and defeat, at the head of great ma jorities and of small minoritics alike, he has led his party in congress with @ power which no man could dispute, and with an ability which never failed. l have seen him with a maddened op- position storming about him, carry through that great reform which has made the house of representatives the strong and efficient body it is to-day. I have seen him during the past winter guide great majority so that they have met every demand put upon them and made no errors which could burden the republican party in the campaign before us.
 Before the people and in the house he has ever been the bold and brilliant champion of the great republican poll Cies which, adopted, have made us prosperous, and, abandoned, have left ruin at our doors; he is thorough American, by birth, by descent, by breeding; one who loves his country, and has served it in youth and man hood, in war and peace. His great ability, his originality of thought, his power in debate, his strong will, are known of all men, and are part of the history of the last twenty years. His public career is as Spotless as his pri- vate character is pure and unblem- ished, He is trained statesman for the heaviest task the country can i'm pose upon him.
 He commands the confidence of his party and his country. He is a leader of men. We know it, because we have seen him lead. To those who have fol- lowed him he never said "Go," but al- ways Come" He is entirely fearless. We know it for we have seen his cour- age tested on a hundred fields He has been called to great places and to great trials, and he has never failed nor flinched. He Is worthy to be an Amer ican president. I have the honor, the very great honor, to present to you as candidate for your nomination the speaker of the national house of repre- sentatives, Thomas B. Reed, of Maine.
 MT. Reeds nomination was loudly ap- plauded, many of the delegations rising and waving flags amid much cheer ing. The nomination was seconded by Charles F. Littletield of Rockland, Me.
 When the state of New York was called MT, Sutherland of Rochester rose and said that the name of New York s favorite son of that state, and all the state, Chauncey NJ. Depew.
 A round of cheers greeted MT. Depew as he made his way to the platform and proceeded to put in nomination Cover nor Levi P Morton.
 St. Louis, June 1S-When the state of Ohio was called, Joseph B. Foraker of that state, ex-governor and senator elect; came to the platform and amid great applause proceeded to put Me kinley in nomination. He said:
 MT. President and Gentlemen of the ConVention-It would be exceedingly difficult if not entirely impossible to ex- aggerate the disagreeable situation of the last four years. The grand aggre- gate of the multidinous bad results of a democratic national administration may be summed as one stupendous dis aster. It has been disaster, however, not without at least this one redeem ing feature-that it has been fair, mo- body has escaped Ooud laughter). It has fallen equally and alike on all sec tiOns of the country and on all classes of our peoples the just and the unjust inc republican and the democrat; the rich and the poor; the high and the low have suffered in common. Poverty and distress have overtaken business i; shrunken values have dissipated for tunes; deficiencies of revenue have inn pOverished the government while bond issues and bond syndicates have dis credited and scandalized the country.
 "Over against that fearful penalty is, however, to be set down one great, blessed compensatory result. It has de- stroyed the democratic party. Cheers and laughter). The proud columns which swept the country in triumph in 1892 are broken and hopeless in 1896. Their boasted principles, when put to the test have proved to be delusive fallacies and their great leaders have degenerated into warning chieftains of petty and irreconcilable factions. Their approaching national convention is but an approaching national nightmare. No man pretendS to be able to predict any good result to come from it. And no man is seeking the nomination of that convention, except only the limited few who have advertised their unfitness for any kind of a public trust by pro- claiming their willingness to stand on any sort of a platform that may be adopted. Uaughter).
 The truth is, the party which would stand up under the odium of human slavery which was opopsed to the war for the preservation of the union, to emancipation, to enfranChisement to re- construction of specie resumption, is at last to be overmatched and undone by itself
 Ut is writhing in the throes and agonies of final dissolution. No human agency can prevent it's absolute over throw at the next election except only this convention. If we make no mis- take here, the democratic party will go out of power on the fourth day of March, 1897. (Applause). To remain out of power until God in his infinite wisdom and mercy and goodness shall see fit once more to chastise his people. Hong laughter and applause). So far We have not made any mistake.
 We have adopted a platform, which, notwithstanding the scene witnessed in this hall this morning. meets the demands and expectations of the Am erican people. It remains for us now, as the last crowning act of our work, to meet again that same expectation in the nomination of our candidates. What is that expectation? What is it I'M