Evening star., 1896-06-18

CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, Mo-,
June 1s.-Following is the text of the nomi-
mating speeches made this afternoon, after
Mr.. Lodge spoke:
Chauncey VI. DePew's Speech.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: National republican conven-
tions have been epoch makers They have
formulated the principles. originated the
policies and suggested the measures which
In the history of the United States form
its most progressive periods. They have
nominated for the presidency statesmen
and soldiers. who were the leaders Of the
people in their onward march to larger lib
erty and broader and better industrial con-
ditoas
NO party. no matter however glorious
its achievements or how brilliant its
successes, can rely upon the past Its
former triumphS are only its certif1cates
of character. which must be met by con-
tinuing effort as beneficent and wise as
anything of which it boasts. The party
which is to permanently govern a country
and is secure in its past must not only De
equal to the present, but must forecast
and provide for the future. The republican
party has held possession of the govern
u,ent of the United States for more than
met these conditions The uneQualed sue
cesses of the republican party. its hold
upon the country and Its masterful in
fiuence upon affairs have been due to the
fact that in every crisis it's principles have
solved the problems of the hour and Its Sc
lected leader has been the man for the oc-
casion. The greatest moral and patriotic
questions which a free people We're ever
called upon to meet where slavery and Sc
cession in the early days of organiZa-
ton. But with Union and Liberty as our
watchword. and with Lincoln our lead
er. We saved the republic and emancipated
the slave.
THE passionate and critical issues of re-
construction were successfully met. and
the hostile sections happily united by
policy of concfliation which could only Sc
cure the consent of the vctors and the as
sent of the conquered by the influence of
the soldier President, who had the conf
dence of the armies which he had led in
triumph and the enemies whom he had
pdroletl with honor
In period when progress halted be-
cause of the distrust of commonwealth
and their citizens of each other the later
and better Judgment of the country ex-
pressed its acknowledgment to the nom
partisanship and judicial fairness of Hayes
and Evarts. The youth who came to man
hood after the civil war and knew little of
its ascnies or its animosities, found a glo-
rious example of American possibility and
achievement in the canal driver, the col
IeSe student, the school principal, the col
lese president. the Union general. the Illus
trlous debater in the House of Representa-
tives, the brilliant and magnetic Garfield
In defeat and in victory, for the policies
which stood for the development of Amer
lean Industries, for America for Americans,
whether native or naturalized and for the
reciprocity which bound the North Ameri-
can and South American continents to-
gether. We had the plumed knight of our
enthusiasm and our love. James G. Blaine.
As new generation came to the majority,
To whom the past was legend. the pres
ent. the difficult task of development and
prosperity and the future theory without
experience, the republican party again hap