The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-19
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brilliant speech was delivered by Hen
~ cabut Lodge when he nominated
Reed for president:
-Four years ago we met as we meet
now. representatives Of the Republl-
can party. Prosperity was in the land.
Capital was confident and labor plen-
tifuL There was the good days wage
feeling. good days work. and the spIr-
Il Of American enterprise was stirring
and bold. The treasury was full, the
public revenues ample for the public
need. We were al peace with all the
world and had placed prudent hand
on the key Of the Pacific Four short
years have come and gone. Look
about now. The treasury is empty; our
credit is impaired. Our revenues are
deficient We meet the public need.
not with income. but by borrowing at
high rates and pledging the future for
the wants Of the present. Business IS
paralyzed. Confidence has gone. En-
terprise has folded its eagle wings and
mopes and bllnks In the market place.
Our mills are idle and our railroads
crippled. Capital hides itself and labor
idly walks the street. There is neither
a good days wage nor a good days
work. We have met with slight.
abroad and have serious differences
with other nations The key Of the
Pacific has slipped from nervous hands
Foreign troops have been landed in
this hemisphere. Our own boundaries
have been threatened in Alaska. The
Monroe doctrine has been defended.
but is not yet vindIcated. The people
Of a neighboring island fighting for
freedom. look toward US with Implor-
ing eyes. and look in vain. The Amer
lean policy which would protect our
industries at home and our flag abroad,
has faded and withered away.
Look, then. upon that picture and
upon this.
Gould you on that fair mountain
leave to feed and fatten on this moorT'
But four short years have come and
gone, and they have brought this
change. What has happened? viii
tell you In a word. The Democratic
party has been i'm power. That Is the
answer Upon us falls the heavy bur-
den Of binding up these woMds and
bringing relief to allay this suffering.
The Democrats deceived the people by
promising them the millennium. and the
miserable results OF those promises are
all about US today. We have no prom
ises 10 make. We pledge ourselves only
to that which we believe we can per-
form We do our best, that is all; and
In 1860 We saved the Union and abol-
ished slavery, so now in 1896 we will
deal with the Democratic legacy Of
blunders, bankruptcy and misfortune
We are gathered here to choose the
next president OF the United States.
That we will win in the election no
man doubts, but let US not deceive our
selves with the pleasant fancy that
that campaign is to be an easy one.
1t win be hard battle. 1t cannot be
otherwise when so much depends upon
the result.
Against the Republican party rep
resenting fixed American policies,
strength, progress and order. will be
arraigned. not only that organized fail
ure, the Democratic party. but all the
wandering forces Of political chaos and
social disorders. 1t is not merely the
presidency which is before us as a
prize. The prosperity of the country,
the protection OF our industries, the
soundness of our currency and the ma
tional credit are all staked on the great
issue to be decided at the polls next
November. on us relies the duty of
rescuing the country from the misery
into which II has been plunged by
years OF Democratic misrule. To drive
the Democrats from power is the first
step and the highest duty but we shall
triumph in vain. in our turn shall meet
heavy punishment at the hands of the
people If we do not put our victory to
right uses. Such crisis as this can
not be met and dealt with by shouts
of enthusiasm. We must face it as
our fathers faced slavery and disun-
ion, with grim determination to win
the battle and take up our response
bilitles with the same spirit with which
we won that fight. AS then, we can
hope to succeed only by the continuous
endeavor and now, as then. everything
depends upon the administration we
place in office. We want a president
who will meet this situation as Lin
coin met that OF 1861. with the chiefs
of the Republicans about him and
with party and people at his back.
We want a president who on the 9Th
day Of next March viii summon con-
gress in extra session and refusing to
make appointments, or to deal with
patronage, will say that all else must
wait until congress sends to him a
tariff which shall put money in the
treasury and wages in the pockets Of
the American workingmen, We want
a president who will protect at all haz-
ards the gold reserve of the treasury;
who will see to it that no obligation
of the government is presented which
is not paid in whatever coin the cred
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