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

own the homes in which they live; whose
principal daily vocation Is to subdue
and develop her great store-houses Of ma
tive wealth: her wage-earners, skilled and
unskilled, receive, one year with another,
the highest average American wage rate
the Republicans Of Pennsylvania, by their
chosen representatives, come to this con-
vention and, with you. demand, and their
every interest demands. q system Of ma
ttonal currency equal to the best in the
world.
They demand as well that the govern
ment they love and for whose flag they
have fought. and still stand ready to de-
fend, shall pay its debts In money and not
in promises. They insist that a dollar Is
not created by the fiat Of the government,
but must have 100 cents of intrinsic or ex-
changeable value. measured by the worlds
standard, and that any debasement of the
standard would be fatal to business se.
curity and national honor. They believe
in the old fashioned custom Of living with
in their income, and when the income ID
unequal to the necessary outgo they in
sist upon increasing their revenue rather
than increasing their debt. They believe
that the primary object Of government Is
to defend and promote the interests Of
the people who have ordained that govern
rnent for the advancement Of their COM
mon welfare They hold the revenue pol
lCy dHu tne pEOtcCtNc DOuCy 10 manu- III
hand, and they stand as the sturdy and
unwavering champions of that American
system Of fair and open-handed projection
which. injuring none and helping all, has
made this nation great and prosperous.
PENNSYLVANIA CLAIMS.
Pennsylvania comes to this convention
and with great unanimity asks you to
name a'standard bearer who will repre-
sent not only the principles and condi-
tions. but the brightest hopes and aspira-
tions OF the Republican party; q man who
has been loyal supporter of its every
great movement; q potent factor in its
councils from the day of its birth and
baptism on Pennsylvania soil, to the pres
ent time; a man whose every vote and ut
Aterance has been upon the side Of sound
money, fair protection, and a strong AMI
patriotic Americanism. Those whom I
represent and who ask his nomination at
your hands, point to a statesman who has
been In the forefront Of every battle for
his party; who has been it's champion, Its
wise counsellor, its organizer, and the
successful leader of its forlorn hopes. He
was with those patriots who rocked rne
cradle OF Republicanism: he was among
the first to comprehend the magnitude Of
the armed debate Of 81, and to give him.
self to the Union cause. In 1878 he
stemmed the tide OF currency imitation and
won voxory which, while less ostenta-
tious, was equal In Importance to his sue
cessful rescue Of the country from free
trade and Grover Cleveland in 'Ss.
The American citizen who believes that
all laws and all policies should be for
Americas best interest; the American SOL
dier who admires valor as much as he
loves the flag Of his reunited country; the
American wage-earner who loves his home
and family. and who will never consent to
sink himself, to the wage level of the for
eign pauper; the American manufactures
emerging from the tortures of a free-trade
panic. and, anxious to relight the fires of
industry where darkness and silence still
hold sway: they who loudly proclaim their
recent but perfect conversion to the true
gospel OF Republicanism; they who de-
mand dollars as good as gold as the wage
for good work; who believe In commercial
reciprocity with other nations, but who
say halt" to any further foreign en-
croachment upon dny part OF America
these. all these. have found In him stead.
FAST friend and able supporter. He was
the soldiers friend in war and he has
been their constant champion in peace
The survivor Of those who fought for free.
dom and won immortal fame recognize In
him a comrade whose valor has beer
proved on hard-fought field and attested
in the proudest trophy ever won by sol.
dier-the decoration awarded him by tho
American congress.
Called to lead forlorn hope in the great
campaign Of 'SS. he wrought task equa
to the six labors Of Hercules. He organ.
ICED the patriotism and Republicanism oil
the country for victory. He throttled tn,
Tammany tiger in his den, and, forcing ar
honest vote and an honest count in tn,
stronghold Of the most powerful and cor
rupt political organizations in the land
rescued tho country from the hcresies o
Democracy. Having thus made himself
too powerful and too dangerous to tn,
enemy, the order went forth to assassi
nate him. but the poisoned arrows o.
slander and vituperation, thrown in bite
and relentless hatred fell broken at hi
feet. He turned to the people amoni
whom no lived and whose servant he was
and his vindication at their hands was ni
unanimous reelection to the senate o
the United States.
SToOD LIKE A ROCK.
There. representing imperial Pennsyl
= vania snd here interests. he stood like I
rock. resisting the combined pewsr Of
free-trads president and party, until tn
dsformity known - the, Wilson bill wa
~ altered and amended 70 ~ 70 ssvs .