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

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once, and commence without delay tc
realize the relief it is sure to bring YOU
they have met every demand put upon
them and made no errors which could
burden the Republican party in the
campaign before US.
He commands the confidence of his
party and his country. He is a leader
of men. We know because we have
seen him lead To those who have fol-
lowed him he never said Go" but
always Come" He is entirely fear
less. We know for we have seen his
courage tested on a hundred fields. He
has been called to great places and
great trials, and he has never failed
or fiinched. He is fit to stand at the
head of the Republican column. He
is worthy to be an American Presil
dent. 1 have the honor, the very great
honor, to present to you as a candi-
for your nomination. the Speaker of
the National House of Representa-
tves, Thomas B. Reed of Maine.
Mr.. Reeds nomination was loudly
applauded, many delegations arising
and waving flags amid much cheering
The nomination was seconded by
Charles E. Littlefield of Rockland, Me.
in the following speech:
The nominee of this convention will be
the next President of the republic. That
the Republican party is to be victorious
didate may be- has long since been set
tied by the manifold blunders. worse
than crimes. that have been committed
by the Democratic party. 1t has demon
L 81 cd n n hn ire
of the nation in full measure. heaped up.
running over. 1t was intrusted with
|. power by a forgetful and forgiving peo-
pie, at time of unexampled prosperity
with an overflowing national treasury. an
unlimited public credit, labor fully and
prolitably employed. wheels turning
chinery humming the music that attends
profitable. diversified industry. These
| were the inevitable results of the intelli-
gent application of that elemental prin-
cple of our system of government. coeval
with the birth agony of the republic. pro-
lection to American labor and industry
denounced the Mckinley tariff as the
eliminating atrocity of class legisla ton.
and set forth its. declaration of alleged
| might be a change of system and a
change of method. We have had a
change of administration and parity Gi
| Il complete reversal of results.
| In lSa; we see the perfect, converse of
the picture presented in 1892. In that
| great achievement of Democratic states
| manship. the confessed misbegotten Off
spring of cowardice perfidy and dishonor,
a tariff for deficiency only. Prof. Wilson
declared that he had just begun to
shell the protected industries of the
| North" The opening gun of his campaign
| was sufficient to drive timid capital to
| silence the loom. paralyze industry. turn
honest labor into the. street. and plunge
the country into condition of business
1'deprcsSion hitherto unknown to this gen.
Grafton of business men, 1t encouraged
md cherished foreign and destroyed do
nestle industry. 1t has fostered no IN.
| dustry as it has that of the sheriff"
mined the whole land. Now, our people
grope, SILVER and wait in the benumbing
| shadow of adversely and distress.
| Even Cleveland has discovered that Ne
are confronted by condition of business
depression. Then surplus. overlooked
vaults. The stern logic. of events has
given the American people an object les
son upon the most stupendous scale.
For the next four years the Republi-
| can party will again take charge of the
| business of the country. Will 1t remain
in power for decades shaping in har-
mony with its high destiny the policy Of
the republic? The action of this cOnven-
ton in selecting a nominee will deter
| mine.
But one lesson is taught. 1t is so plain
other change is decreed. 1t only waits
the slow turning of the hand dial plate
of time TO be registered For the next
four years the Republican party will
| again take charge of the business of the
| country. viii it remain in power for
decades. shaping in harmony with its
| high destiny the policy of the republic
The action of this convention in select
ing Il nominee will determine.
We stand here as the representatives of
this great party. charged with the re-
| snop cihilitv nf deciding whether the lea 60
of power which an indignant. exhausted.
exasperatcd people stand ready to give
US. shall be for years or decades.
We are called upon to act for the well
fare of the whole party, not to express
personal preferences. The occasion de-
mands our greatest man, our foremost
leader. He should not be the representa-
tive of any special policy or any single
principle of the party. He must be the
representative of all interests, all ele-
ments. all sections. He must know no
North and no South. no East and no
West.
He must have private life and pub
lie record flawless. untarnished by sus-
picion. unsulled by calumny. a life upon
which the calcium light of "A campaign
can cast no shadow. He must have opn-
ions and the courage to declare them
and when he has once declared them. to
Stand like Luther If need be forever
He must, have commanding ability. in
tegrity above suspicion. He must be UNI
swervingly loyal to all the principles OF
the party. He must have IA thorough,
knowledge of the science of practical
| government. an intelligent apprehension
of the true destiny of the republic. a sin
cere purpose. a manly independence. a
freedom from obligations and all en-
ENGAGEMENTS and alliances. He must be
unselfsh in his devotion to the welfare OF
, the whole party, infiexible in determine
ton. indomitable in courage. He mus,
have an Americansm broad enough and
l rugged enough to maintain the dignity OF
I the republic and the rights of its citizens
in every land and on every sea: Ameri-
canism that with a due regard to inter.
national duties. can extend the hand OF
. sympathy to our fellow men, whereve,
: they are struggling for freedom al
Americanisin that does not look upon tht
: nag as place of mere textile fabric
I but sees in it the emblem of a great an,
powerful people consecrated to libert,
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