Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-27
CONVENTION IS IN SESSION
A Jewish Rabbi Delivers the
Prayer at St. Louis.
The Speech Of Temporary Chair
man Fairbanks.
Protection and Sound Money VS..
Free Trade and Silver.
That Is the Keynote of the Re-
publican Campaign.
Free Silver Men Hear the Address
With ScornfuI Smiles,
Repeal of the Mckinley Bill by the
Democratic Party Declared to
BE the Cause of All the
Hard Times of Re.
cent Years.

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cent Years.
st. Louis. Mo, June 16.-The doors of
the convention hall were not open for
general admission until about a quarter
past II and from that time on spectators
made their way to the galleries.
At IL rs the delegation began to arrive
those of California and Maine being the
first to enter the hall. They did so with
out demonstrations. Other state dele
cations poured in rapidly, and oon the
sections assigned to them began to fill
up.
At IL o'clock all the delegations had
arrived and been seated, without any
special demonstrations, except when
Mr.. Plat Of New York, was seen, and
then some cheering and other manifes-
tations of admiration took place.
At 1915 Chairman Garter raped for
order and at 1921. quiet being restored,
Rabbi Sales offered prayer. The audi
ence rose.
Secretary Joseph II. Manley Of Maine,
then proceeded to read the call of the
national committee for the convention,
after which c, w. Fairbanks was pre-
scented for temporary chairman. Mr..
Sutherland of New York, moved that
the recommendation be approved, and
1t was adopted with cheers.
Mr.. Fairbanks was presented at 1884.
The audience quoted down at Mr.. Fair
banks first words. and his voice proved
that he was equal to the hall.
Speech OF Temporary Chairman.
Gentlemen Of the Convention; I am
profoundly grateful for this expression
of your generous confidence. AS Citi-
zers we were never called upon to dis
charge a more important duty than that
which rests upon us: The nomination
of a president and vice president of the
United States. This duty Is a peculiarly
impressive one at the moment, for it is
already written in the book of fate hat
the choice of the convention will be the
next president and vice president of the
great republic.
Three years OF democratic administra-
ton have been three years of panic,
of wasted energy, and OF loss to the
American people, without a parallel in
our history. Today the people turn to
the republican party hopefully, conf
IDENTIFY; n it is for us to meet their
expecta tons; ii is for US to give them
those candidates upon whom their
hearts have been conferred, and to give
to them clear. straightforward, en-
phatic expression of our political faith.
The republican party IL a party OF CON
victions; and il has written its tonvic-
tons in the history Of the republic with
pen and the sword; with ii the supreme
question always has been not what is
merely polite but what is eterlast-
ingly right" These great men W. have
are our inspiration and tower of
strength. If we are but true to their ex-
allied example, we cannot be false to
our countrymen,
Republican Laws.
For a third of a century prior to the
present democratic administration, we
operated under laws enacted by the re-
publican party. All great measures on
corning the tariff and the currency Or
iginated with it, Tariff laws were
formed upon lines which protected our
laborers and producers from unequal
and unjust foreign competition, and
upon the theory that the best market
In the world Is the home market, and
that 1t should be enjoyed by our own
countrymen. Under the currency avs
our currency was made national. The
wildcat state bank money Of the demo-
cratic party was wiped out of existence.
The Unprecedented demands growing
out of the war were met by a paper cur
rency which ultimately became as good
as gold. Since the resumption OF specie
payments in 1869 every dollar of our
money, paper, silver and gold, has been
of equal purchasing powers the world
over, The policy of the party has been
to make and keep our currency equal to
the best In the world.
Under the operation Of these honest
tariff and honest money republican laws
the country grew in wealth and power
beyond precedent. We easily outstrip-
ped all other powers in the commercial
race. On November s, 1892, there was
work for every hand, and bread for
every mouth. We had reached high
water mark. Labor received higher
wages than ever and capital was profit
able and securely employed. The ma
tional revenues were sufficient to meet
our obligations and leave a surplus in
the treasury. Foreign and domestic
trade were greater in volume and value
than they had ever been. Foreign bal
ances were largely in our favor. Euro
pean gold was flowing toward us. But
all Of this is changed. The cause Is not
ldIu W SSch. n ICdttlOh DcSdH WHeD
1t was known that the legislative and
executive branches Of the government
were to be democratic.
Bad Democrats.
The democratic convention at Chi
cago had condemned the protective tar
IN principle as unconstitutional and
solemnly pledged itself to the overthrow
and destruction of the Mckinley law,
and to the adoption of free trade as the
policy Of the United States. This tNYd
aggressive attack upon the long settled
policy of the republican party bore Tvs
natural fruit In shaken confidence, un-
settled business; and we were soon
drifting against the rock Of destruction.
Before the work Of demolition a ac-
tually begun, a run was started upon
the treasury reserve which the republi- |
can party had wisely accumulated for
the protection Of the government credit.
The drain upon the reserve for the re-
demption of ~greenbacks and treasury
notes greatly surpassed all prior ex-
perience and emphasized the discredit |
into which the democratic administra-
ton had fallen. An utter want Of con-
fldence in the administration possessed
the people.
. party was ia Jill
upon one subject and that was the de-
struction of the Mckinley law. But
when they came to the exercise of the
creative faculty. the enactment of a
great revenue measure In Its stead, there
was discord.
Scores Wilson Hill.
The imperiled interests OF the country
watched and waited through long and
anxious months for some settlement |
OF the important QUESTION. Thy wanted
an end OF uncertainty. At length the
Wilson bill was adopted and II was
characterized by a democratic president
as the child of perfidy and dishonor."
1t was so bad that he would not con-
taminatc his hand by signing Il. A
bill that was too base for Mr.. Cleveland
to approve is too rotten for the approval
OF the American people.
This important law was wanting In
the primary purpose OF q revenus, for
u failed to provide adequate revenue Ia '