Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-19

| wage of the toiler promises comfor
fUt& his family and hope for his chill
dren, when the rail is burdened witt
the product Of the soil and OF the fac
tory, when the sbindles are hummini
! and the furnaces are In blast. when thu
mine II putting out its largest produc
and the national and individual wealth
are constantly increasing. when thu
homes owned unmortgaged by the PEG
pie are more numerous day by da,
and month by month. when the school.
are most crowded. the fairs most FIRE.
quent and happy conditions most uni.
versal In the nation, then are the
promises fulfilled which makes these
United States Of America the home OF
the oppressed and the land Of the free
1t Is to meet these conditions and tc
meet them with a candidate who rep
resents them and about whom there
can be no question. that New York pre-
sents to you for the Presidency under
the unanimous instructions of two sue
cessive Republican state conventions
the name of her Governor. Levi Z.
Morton
New York is the cosmopolitan state
of the Union. She Is both barometer
and thermometer of the changes of
popular opinion and popular passion.
She has been the pivotal common
wealth which has decided nearly every
one of the national elections in this
generation. She has more Yankees
than any city in New England. more
Southerners than any community in
the South, and more native born
Westerners than any city In the West
and the representatives Of the Pacific
coast within her borders have been
men who have done much for the
development of that glorious region.
These experienced and cosmopolitan
citizens. with their fingers upon the
pulses of the finance and trade of the
whole country. feel instantly the con-
ditions that lead to disaster or to pros
perity. Hence they swing the state
sometime to the Republican and some
time to the Democratic column.
In the tremendous effort to break. the
hold which Democracy had upon our com
monweaith. and which 1t had strength
ehed Tor III successive years. we selected
rs our standard bearer the gentleman
whom present on behalf of our state
here. today. and who carried New York
ana took the Legislature with him, by
10000 majority
We are building a navy. and the White
Squadron Is the forerunner OF n commerce
which Is to whiten every sea and carry
our nag INTO every port of the world
Not our wish. perhaps. nor our ambitions
probably. but our very progress and ex-
lansion have made us one OF the family
or rations. We can no longer without
the Hazard of unnecessary frictions with
other go:.rnh .ents. conduct our foreign
policy cXcep, through the medium of "a
sFiliea diplomacy. For four years as
minister to France. when critical ques-
tons OF the import of our products into
mat country were imminent. Levi L.
Morton learned and practiced success
lully me diplomacy which was best for
the prosperity of his country None of
the mistakes which have discredited our
relations will. foreign nations during the
past four years could occur under his ad-
ministra,ions. Tic is the best type of the
American business man--that type which
Is the ideal OF school. the academy and
presents TO her hoy In the Western cabin
and In the Eastern tenement as she Is
marking out for him a career by which
he shall rise from his poor surroundings
to grasp tie prizes which come through
American liberty and American oppor-
trlrlty.
You see the picture. The New England
clergyman on his meagre salary. the
large family OF boys and girls about him
the sons going out with their common
school education. the boy becoming a
in the l.nsiness. then becoming it's con-
trolling spirit. tnen claiming the atten-
ticn OF TIE great house in the city aud
called to Il Partnership. then himself A
master OF great affairs. Overwhelmed
by tie inca culable conditions of civil
war bu. with undaunt.d energy and fore
sight. he erasped again the elements of
tScapc out of bankruptcy and of success
and with the return of prosperity he paid
to the creditors who had compromised his
Indebtedness every dollar principal and
nj t.,
type Ct II successful business man, he
turns Ia politics. to be useful member
Of Congress; to diplomacy. to be a sue
cessful minister abroad: to the executive
and administrative branches of govern
ment. TO he the most popular Vice Presi-
dent and the presiding officer of that most
august body. the Senate of the United
States.
our present dcplorable industrial and
financial conditions are largely due to the
fact that while We have a President and
a cabinet of acknowledged ability. none OF
them have had business training or cx-
perence. They are persuasive reasoners
upon industrial questions. but have never
practically solved industrial problems
They are book farmers who raise wheat
at the cost of orchids and sell it at the
price of wheat. With Levi 7. Morton
there would be no deficiency TO be met by
the issue of bonds, there would he no
blight on our credit which would call for
the services of syndicate there would
be no ,rihing with the delicate intricacies
of finance and commerce which would
paralyze the operations of trade and
manufacture.
Whoever may he nominal ted by this CON
vcntion will receive the cordial support.
the enthusiastic advocacy of the Rcpub-
LEANS of New York. but in the shifting
conditions of our commonwealth. Gov.
Morton can secure more than the party
strength, and without question in the
coming canvass. no matter what issue
may arise between now and November.
place the Empire state SOldly in the Re
publican column.
Mr.. Dcpew's speech elected bursts
of laughtef and applause. particularly
one HUMOROUS interpolated passage in
which he tsaid: Il wonder what our
errnsy boiling brothers will say when
they arrive at the celestial city which
is governed by republican principles
and are met there by st. Peter with
golden key?" AS he sat down. he was
loudly cheered.
New Jersey named Carrot A. Hobart
as national committeeman, and will
name a substitute if he is nominated
for the vice-Presidency.
AS Ohio was called and Gen. Foraker
came to the front there was such cheer
ing as had not marked the proceedings
of the convention at any previous
time. He characterized the four years
of Democratic administration as one
CT 6iSo vl-hich boA 20 Hoy.