The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-19

differing from the miiitarism which Is the
curse Of European nations, differing from
thrones which rest upon the sword. is pre-
eminently and patriotically a commercial
and a business nation. This commerce
and business are synonymous with patriot
ism.
When the farmer Is afield sowing and
reaping the crops which find a market
that remunerates him for his toll. when
the laborer and artisan find work seek
ing them and not themselves despairing
of work. when the wage of the toiler prom
ises comfort for his family and hope for
mis- children, when the rail Is burdened
with the product of the soil and of the
factory, when the spindles are humming
and the furnaces are in blast, when the
mine is putting out its largest product
and the national and individual wealth
are constantly increasing, wheh the homes
owned unmortgaged by the people are
more numerous day by day and month by
month, when the schools are most crowG-
ed, the fairs most frequent and happy
conditions most universal in the nation.
then are promises fulfilled which make
these United States of America the home
OF the oppressed and the land of the free,
/ 1t is to meet these condition and to meet
them with G candidate who represents
them and about whom there can be no
question, that New York presents to YOU
for the presidency under the unanimous
instructions of two successive Republican
state conventions the name of her gover-
nor. Levi =. Morton.
New York IS the cosmopolitan state of
! the Union. She is both u barometer and
| thermometer of the changes of popular
| opinion and popular passion. She has
been ;he pivotal commonwealth 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
| tine south, and more native-born western
ers than any city in the west. and the rep
| resentatives of the Pacific coast within heI
borders have been men who have done
much for the development Of that glo'
| rious region. These experienced and cos
mopolitan citizens, with their fingers upOr
the pulses of the finance and trade Of ,nt
whole country, feel instantly the condi-
tions that lead to disaster or to prosperity
| Hence they swing the state sometime t(
the Republican and sometime to the Dem
ocratic column. .......
| A GLORIOUS RECORD.
l. In the tremendous effort to break thu
hold which Democracy had upon our com
monwealth, and which 1t had strengthened
| lot tcI SuCCtsSlNe years, we ScieCtcu IL
our standard bearer the gentleman whom
l present on behalf of our state here to
day, and who carried New York. and tool
the legislature with him, by 1856, 900 major
ity.
We are building navy, and the Whit
squadron Is q forerunner of u commerc
which is to whiten every sea and carr.
our flag into every port of the world. No
our wish, perhaps, nor our ambitions prob
ably, bUt our very progress and expansion
have made us one of the family Of nations
We can no longer, without hazard Of un
necessary frictions with other. govern
ments, conduct our foreign policy excep
through the medium of skilled diplo
macy. For four years as minister I
France, when critical questions of the i'm
port of our products into that countr
were imminent. Levi p. Morton learne
and practiced successfully the dipiomac
which was best for the prosperity OF hi
| country. None Of the mistakes whic
have. discredited our relations with foreg
nations during the past four years coul
occur un5cr his administrations. He
the best Type of the American busines
man-that type which is the IDEAL @
school. the academy, and the college, tina
type which the mother presents to her bo
in the western cabin and in the easter
l tcHcHlcHt dS Suc Is Jul iot
career by which he shall rise from hi
poor surroundings to grasp the prize
which come through American liberty an
American opportunity.
Our present deplorable industrial an
financial conditions are largely due to tn
fact that while we have president an
cabinet of acknowledged ability, non
Of them have had business training or e'
perience. They are persuasive reasonc'
upon industrial questions, but have nevt
practically solved Industrial problem
) They are book farmers who raise whec
at the cost Of orchids and sell 1t at til
price of wheat With Levi Z. Morto
there would be no deficiency to be met L
the issue Of bonds, there would be r
3 blight on our credit which would call Il
7 the services Of syndicate. there wou
7 be no trifing with the delicate intricacit
3 of finance and commerce which wou
paralyze the operations of trade and maj
ufacture.
2 Whoever may be nominated by tn
g convention will receive the cordial supper
the enthusiastic advocacy of the Repul
licans of New York. but in the shiftin
conditions of our commonwealth, Coy
: ernor Morton can secure more than II
I party strength, and without question
> the coming canvass. no matter what issl
9 may arise between now and Novembe
e place the Empire state solidly In the h
! publican column.