The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-19

dom: an Americanism that does not
look upon the flag as piece of mere
textile fabric. but sees it in the emblem
of a great and powerful people conse-
Grated to liberty and freedom by the.
expenditure Of uncounted treasure and
sacrifice of innumerable heroes and
patriots lives,
1 come to you. from a state that has
always followed in victory or defeat
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STANDARD OF THE PARTY:
that ever since the party was born Of
its aspirations for freedom. has cast its
vote for its candidates; that VIII cast
its votes for the nominee of this con-
ver'tion, whoever he may be; and
bring to you a candidate VINO. by his
twenty years OF battle for the party in
the house Of Representatives. has dem
onstrated his possession of these quail
ifica-ions in pre-eminent degree.
He has rendered conspicuous and en-
during service to the party and the
nation; service that it was not within
the power. or ability of any other to
render. He
TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT
immemoria1 precedent in order that the
party that had been intrusted by the.
country with the transaction Of it's
business might discharge its duties and
see that the business of the country
was done. The universal practice Of
the Republican and Democratic par
ties had been such as to Justify the
statement of Mr.. Mills, in speaking for
the Democracy that I'VE propose to
exercise control of the house just as
much as though we were still in the.
majority, because we know our min
ority IS still strong enough to make us
the virtual rulers resulting in a gov
eminent of the minority and net Of
the majortty-a complete subversion OF
the fundamental principle of represen-
tative government.
With this condition he was confront
ed at the assembling of the Fiftv-frsst
1 congress. He found the house of rep
resentattves a body Of obstruction. He
made II a deliberative. legislative bOty.s
But for his OvermaStering determine
I ton, the Mckinley bill would have
been nothing but
A LEGISLATIVE DREAM.
The most venomous. rancorous and
| imperative abuse known to partisan
hatred was poured upon him by a de-
/ feated. baffed. exasperated rnirors+,,
He never hesftaEed to count the cost
conscious Of the rectitude and patriot
Ism OF ms purpose. calm, serene. self
reliant, und.smayed indomitable mas
sive. heroic, the great speaker lowered
above it all. an immOvable buIwarlz
/ against which the gates of he'll itself
could not prevail" He lived to emerge
unscathed from the avalanche of par
tsan detraction and villihcation and
see his position sustained by the great
I est legal tribunal of the civilized world
| and he had tho rror1J
witnessing the humiliation of his de
tractors and calumniators when they
were compelled to adopt his rules
A GOLD BUG.
His record for sound money is With
out break. He believes in sound
finance and in sound finance with a
dehn1tion. He believes in a definition
that defines He is willing that his
definition should be known of all men.
and his definition is that until we can
have bimetallism by international
agreement, the present gold standard
should be maintained"
! II nominated by the convention he
and none other Will be the president
Of the republic.
We, therefore. present to you the
great speaker and the leader of lead
ers, pre-eminent in fitness by mis- tow
er1ng above his fellows like son of
Anak, the wisest. strongest ablest,
noblest of American statesmen. Hon.
Thomas B. Reed Reed. the lion heart
ed. If nominated he Will lead this
land permanently back to the paths
OF prosperity and fame" and we shall
take back with US our ancient glory
undimmed by adversely. our ancient
honor unsuiiied by defeat
The clerk proceeded with roll call
until the state of New York was reach
ed, when Hon. William A Sutherland.
of that delegation, arose. His appear
ance was greeted with applause. He
said:
1.-THE claims of the state of New
York and her favorite son will be pre-
sented by her other favOrite son-that
citizen of all states of the union
Chauncey NJ Depew. Great enthusiasm
was manifested by the convention Cd
this announcement. during which Mr..
Depew proceeded to the platform, was
introduced and spoke as follows:
DEPEW NAMES MORTON.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the Con-
Vention:
been epoch makers. They have formu-
lated the principles, originated the policies
and suggested the measures which in the
history Of the United States form its most
Tor the presidency statesmen and soldiers
VINO were leaders of the people in their
onward march to larger liberty and broad
er and better Industrial conditions.
No party, no matter however glorious
its achievements or how brilliant It's sue
cesses.. can rely upon the past. Its former
tr1umphs are only its certificates of char
acter, which must be met by continuing
effort as beneficent and wise any any-
thing of which it boasts. The party which
IS to permanently govern a country and
IS secure in its past, must not only be
equal to the present, but must forecast
and provide for the future The Republi-
can party has held possession of the gov
eminent of the United States for more
than generation because it has trium-
phantly met these conditions.
THE UNEQUALLED SUCCESSES
of the Republican party, its hold upon the
country and its masterful influence upon
affairs have been due to the fact that In
every crisis its principles nave solved the
problems Of the hour and its selected
leader has been the man for the occas-
ion The greatest moral and patriotic
questions which free people We're ever
called upon TO meet were slavery and
secession in the early days of our organi-
cation. But with Union and Liberty
as our watchword and with Lincoln as
our leader we saved the Republic and
emancipated the slave. The passionate
and critical issues of reconstruction were
successfully met and the hostile sections
happily united by a policy of Cancellation
which could only secure the consent of the
vtctors and the assent Of the conquered
by the influence of the soldier president
who had the confidence of the armies
which he had led in triumph and the
enemies whom he had paroled with honor.
In a period when progress halted be-
cause of the distrust of commemorative
and their citizens of each other the later
and better judgment OF the country ex-
pressed its Acknowledgement of the nom