Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-19

people of the United States. and while v,
may IN platform and candidate meet al
party expectations. we we must G fsmsmbei isi
that there is n vast constituency which has
vos asa FOR to bsrss s, or t9
which are in accord with their view. In
The ,adminis'rs'icn Of the country. Tn,
West. wiiSoa, any" any DIVISION in our our
nss ssa, 0q IA. 0i happansa aas IN s'anis ,hs
American Industries for the principle OF
rseirrocity and for america for Americans.
| But a compact ncirhborhood Of great COM
| ronwealths. In which are concentrated the
majority OF the population. Of the manu-.
the. United states. has found that business
| sound money.
| at has become the fashion OF late to
much Of the 'sordid considerations OF cap.
i,al, employment, industrial eenssrsles' and
| fering from the medieval conditions which
| govern oldcr countries, differing from the
nations. differing from thrones which rest
| upon the sword. II preemlnently and pat
rictlcally commercial and business ma
tion. Thus commerce and business are
synonymous with patriotism. when the
farmer is aneld sowing and reaping the
crops which find a market that rcmuner.
the a'tisan ind work seeking them and
not themselves dcspairing OF work. when
Ills family and hope Tor the children. when
the rail is burlened with the product OF
the soil and OF the factory, when the spin
dies are humming and the furnaces are in
blast, when the mine Is putting out It's
largest product and the national and In
dividual wealth are constantly increasing.
when the homes owned unmortgnged by the
people are more numerous Gay by day ami
month by month. when the schools are
happy conditions most universal In the ma
ion. then are the 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 conditions and to
meet them with candidate who represents
question, that New York presents TO YOU
for the presidency under the unanimous
state conventions the name OF her govern.
or Levi =. Morton.
New York is the. cosmopolitan state OF
thermometer OF the changes OF popular
opinion and popular passion. She has been
the pivotal commonwealth which has de.
elections in this generation. She has more
Yankees than any city in New England.
more MOI IS, !s',cn'hergers than any community in
ers than any city in the West. and the |
representatives of the Pacific coast within |
her borders have heen men who have done |
much for the development OF that glorious |
region. These experienced and cosmopol. |
itan citizens. with their fingers upon the |
whole country. feel instantly the conditions |
mat lead to disaster or prosperity. Hence |
they swing the state sometime TO the Re-
publican and sometime to the Democratic
column
I'm the tremendous effort to break tho
hold which Democracy had upon our com,
for ten successive years. we selected as
our standard bearer the gentleman whom !
and who carried New York. and took the
Legislature with him, by l56.oco majority.
p, We are building navy, and the White
is a forerunner OF a commerce
which is to whiten every sea and carry our
nag into every port of the world. Not our
but our very progress and expansion have
made us one of the family OF nations. We
ian no ioqser without the hazard OF IN
conduct our foreign policy except through
the medium OF skilled diplomacy. For
'ritical questions of the import of our
products into that country We're imminent.
,essfully the diplomacy which was best
or the prosperity of his country. None of
he mistakes which have dscredited our
,ast four years could occur under his ad-
ninis,rations. He is the best type of the
,merlcan business man-that type which is
he IDEAL of school. the academy and tho
cllegc, that type which the mother pre-
ents 10, her boy in the Western. cabin and
'Gt for him career by which he shall rise !
rom his poor surroundings TO grasp tho |
ho picture. The New England clergyman ,
M y MS IN mesESs salary salary & The large family Of
ut with their common school education, | {
he boy becoming clerk in a store, then ,
ecoming its controlling spirit. then claim !
lg the attention OF the great house in the
~ ~ aRd ,n called to partn.rshg then him
;helmed by the incalculable conditions of
ivii war, but with undaunted energy anl
DT he n fi,a al, of
scarc out of bankruptcy and of success {
nd with the return OF prosperity he paid
h 5he creditors who had had eompromised his
crest. OF what he owed them. The hest q
Spe o. a successful business man, he turns /
o politics. 10 be useful member of con- !
reSs, TO diplomacy TO be successful min
.ter abroad, to the executive and admlnis- &
rutive branches Of government. TO he tho !
ls officer OF that most august body, the ,
fnate OF the United States.
our present deplorablc Industrial and c
nancial conditions are largely due to the
act that while We have a president and a 7
hem has had business training or expert ,
nee. They are persuasive reasorers upon
ldustrial questions, but haye never practi- !
ally solved industrial problems, They are !
b" book farmers who raise wheat at the $
lst OF orchids and sell It at the price OF !,
. no deficiency 10 be met by the issue OF
0rds, there would he no blight on our s
lc delicate intricacics of finance and COM i.
,erce which would pafalyze the operations p,
trade and manufacture.
"Whoever may be nominated by this con- ! n
Hntion VIII receive the cordial support. the !,
Z New York. but IN the shifting conditions
our commonwealth, Governor Morton n
an secure more than the party strength, !
ass, no matter what issues may arise be- .
Necn now and November, place the En- o
re state solllly in the Republican col '