The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-01-21
JOINT ACTION.


1897. The scnator-eleCt, waiting IL
Governor Bushnells office, was escorted
20 the hall of the house where he wa:
received with great applause. Senator
Foraker spoke as follows;
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Senate
and House Of Representatives:
l come in answer to your call; come to &c
cept the high honor you have secn fit to con
fer; come to thank you for that action and
the compliment and confidence involved and
have come to give you my assurance that
shall do all that in my power lies to discharge
tho duties Of the position with fidelity and &c
your satisfaction. 1t is great honor to be
chosen under any kind of legitimate circum
stances to represent such a state NJ is Ohio in
the senate of the United States. trust may
say, without impropriety that the honor, in
my Judgment Is enhanced by the circum
stances attending this selection.
To b. first unanimously indorscd by tho rep.
rc5catativcs of my party in state convention
assembled, and thea to have that Endorsement
approved by the majority of 100000 at the
polls, md no" to have that Endorsement and
| approval ratified ald confirmed by the unani-
nous vote of the largest representation in the
general assembly of any political party ever
| known in the history CT our state, is to mako
| this rs nearly the direct work of the people rs
| ia possible under our constitution. [Applausel.
| That feature of this selection adds to tho
| qualification experience ON this occasion. 1t
| does more, and it gives me great pleasure to
| mike reference to it, 1t improssc5 mo that l
shall forever remember that 1t is my duty, rs
| 1t shall always be my pleasure, to recall that
| have been chosen not by fractional part but
by the whole united people. [Applausal In
| consequence of that fact, II shall be my pleas
| ure to ever remember that che Republicans
| of Ohio shall one and all receive at my hands
equal consideration. (Applause.
| There is another feature of this occasion
pleasing to me- and want to speak about that,
and that is the conduct of my Democratic fel.
| low-citizens OF the state of Ohio and of this
| general assembly 1t Is true you did not sup
| port me; you did not vote for me. / can not
| thank you for that, bat can thank you, and
do most sincerely, for the fact that your posi-
I tion hns been purely and only partisan. From
| the inception of this contest down to this clos.
ing scene have enjoyed at yonr hands only
the most distinguished courtesy, and have
been made by you the recipient OF unvarying
marks of personal regard and personal esteem
| [Applause
Be assured l appreciate 1t; be assured l
thank you for it; be insured it adds to the
plea sure 1t will always bo for mo, whenever
can consistently do 80, to serve you to the ut
most of my ability. [Applausel. 1t makes 1t
easy for mo in going to the senate to remein-
Der that am there to represent the state, the
whole state, and the people in the state, APP
pausel. go there, however, rs II Republican.
aIplarsel belong to that party [applausel; ;
1 believe in that party; believe in its past
believe i'll its present. believe in its future.
/ believe ii is the IN )St acceptable agency that
we can command in the administration of our
national affairs; believe it is better calcu-
lated than any other political organization to
contribute to the strength, powor, dignity,
happiness ald glory of the American people.
(Applauscl.
Entertaining that belief, shall at all times
be found acting with that party | shall t.p-
hold its disciplna, without VIII ch no political
party can accomplish is put pose To be more
specific, believe i'll the protection of Ameri-
can industries [ApplauSel. believe that tho
revenue Of this government should be ample
to meet all of itI necessary expenditures,
when patriotcally administered. [Applausel.
/ believe in the re5torgtiO and the develop
ment of the policy of reciprocity. lApplausel,
so happily inauguratel under the Harrison
administration, and b inconsiderately de.
stroyel by this.
development Of the American people, and in
the progress OF our nation, when our com
merc,al relations should be EXTENDED. bo
lieye our merchant marine should be upbuild-
ed to the end that American goods may be
carried in American bottoms, under the
Amer can flag, to all the ports o. the world,
and / believe that this governm mt sh h1uld
POSSESS navy adequate to the protection of
our in ercSts, and to command respect for our
flag in all the waters of the world. / believe,
also, in the Nicaragua canal. 1t is incompre.
hensible to mo hIw the American people, so
able to accomplish 1t, should have allowed
that great enterprise g. ~ undone UNI iii now;
In It they shou'd d have bern content when sail.
lug from the Atlantic to the Pacific const to go
10000 miles out Of the way, around the Horn,
through compositions seas ana turbulent
seasons.
believe 1t is one of the great duties OF the
American peorie to build that canal, and that
at once lApp.ausel not only believe they
should build 1t, but that they should control
it. fApp.nuse. l b l!eve they should built IL
and control 1t without co-partnership of Great
Britain or anybody cl l'e. believe that the
only rights which any other people should be
allowed to have with respect 70 IL is the right
TO frce'y use IL for all peaceful pursuits, upon
payment of such reasonable tolls rs we may
determine. Applause.
bel'eye a 80 in bimetn'l!sm. / believe the
world mnd3 mistake when IL demouetized
silver. / since rely hope some safe way may
be found for the restoration of silver to its
rightful place alongside Of gold a. a money
medium. Applause, l shall favor every
measure calculated to bring about, in my
judgment, that result, subject always TO the
condition that ii pr JvidcS for the maintenance
of the purity of the two metals. Every dollar
of money issued sy the Unitod States whether
gold, silver or paper must DO exactly OF equal
value with every other lApplause.l
The United States eau not afford TO have n
currency systcm or n money standard less
good or less high than the best in all the
world. The suggestions only ina lequately in
dicate the heroic questions that are before us
for settlement. II they be rightly solved
there is ahead OF US in the imm ,dlnte future
greater prosperity than the American people
have ever en- ;ed, and there Is ahead Of W. as
our ultimate destiny greatness and n
grandeur tha' no language can sufficiently
do Grille The comm sson you have voted mo
authorizes aud commands me to obey and
participate in that solution of these problems.
/ accept the trust with profound apprec.a-
ton OF the grave res )ons bilties that are in
volved.