The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-19

l<sndstious.
30 party, no matter however glorious
r. achievements or how brilliant It's sue
F~a<es car rely upon the past It's for
r. trfssgnphs are only its certificates OF
fraracter. which must be met ~ eoHtins-
T. seort as Denescent ard wise as any
Etsnx Of which II boasts. The party which
IL 10 permanently govern country and
n SECURE III ifs s,ast, must rot only be
5r.saf 70 the present. but must forecast
- proyide for the future. Tire Repub-
is-xn party has held possession OF the
-xsrnnent % the United States FOR mere
issn a generation because Il has triumph
l.rtiy met these conditions. TIE unequal
q succssses Of the Republican party. It's
I'D upon the country and It's masterful
& ixfuence upon affairs have been due
3 the fact that in every crisis its prin-
f.f,ses have solved the problems Of the
I Ikozr ard It's selected leader has baen the
lsssn for the occasion. The greatest moral
lssd patriotic questions which free people
Issre ever called upon 20 meet were sIav-
Isry and secession il the early days of eur
I1rzsaizztlBon. But with Union and LIB
Isrty as our wstchwora and vifh Lincoln
La Our leader we saved the republic and
jsrnancipated The slave. The passionate
lad critical issues Of reconstruction were
lsucesssfullg met and she hostile sections
Happily united by a policy Of Cancellation
Isalch could only secure the consent of the
Ishs influence Of the soldier president who
HAD the confidence Of the armies which he
1ha5 led IN triumph and the enemies whom
liz had paroied with honor. In a period
ishsn progress halted because o. the dis
, .Fast Of conm0uwealths and their citizens
Len each other the later and better 31dx-
Jrlent Of the country expressed It's ackHow.-
lsdgment 70 the -partssansblp and tu-
i6sciai fairness Of Hayes and Evarss.s The
IFoufh who came 10 manhood after the civil
AJwsr and knew little OF It's agonles Or It's an
Ifnosities. found a glorious example OF
american possibility and achievement in
lshe canal driver. the college student. the
Ischool principal, the college president. the
tfnion general. the iIiuzfrioas aebater IN
lhe house OF representatives the brilliant
lard magnetic Garfield In defeat and in
Ivctory, for the policies which stood for the
&Iteyelopnent 81 American Industries. for
sIAmertca for Americans. whether native
Ieg naturaliZed. and for the reciprocity
Ishich bound the North American and
}feuih American continents together we
BAD the pinned knight OF our enthusiasm
.IsDd our love James @. Blaine AZ new
ksneration came 20 the majority, 10 whom
Ithe past was legend. the present, the
tfficult task Of development and prosper
H. ana the future theory without expert
.@lnce. the Republican party again happily
Iprscticed. In tt control ~ the executive
Isad the legislative branches OF tho gov
IUnmenf. that policy Of the protection OF
lAmerican Industries and that practice OF
lsound Ananee which gave TO the republic
y era OF greatest prosperity and ia per-
b. OF the largest returns for capital. the
Elslest employment for labor and the high
= lest wages for work I'm the history OF our
ostion In the closing year 81 the admins
Iration or that able and accomplished
ksfesman, BENJAMIN Harrison.
"A few weeks preceding the convention
- fnfsr - Y
bs,srnoon With Mr.. Blaine With marvellous
jiatuition he forecast the future lie said:
Substantially cal the forces Of opposf-
Islon. OF dlstrust and OF disappointment. OF
theory ana OF imagination which acounu-
Ila'e against part that his been I'm power
For over thirty years are now eoncen-
ltrated for an assault upon our position and
liz certain TO succeed The Democratic
slparty and Its allies OF popullsm and OF
i aIl other isms are destined In this cam
Ipairn, no matter who IS our candidate or
/. What r. our platform. to secure possession
Iof the government The country knows
Ifo It's loss. It's sorrow and It's grief, that
HE prediction has been fulfilled In every
I5ayt In It's fninllment the United States
Ihas the experience and Europe has the
Ihuslness and prosperity
ut has become the fashion Of late 10
fecry business as unpatriotic. We hear
Irnch or the .Hordid considerations Of can
Tlal' employment Industrial energies
Isnd prosperous labor The United States.
ldlnsring from the medieval conditions
jshieh govern old countries differing from
I,he mitarism which l. the curse OF En-
IvFopean nations. differing from thrones
Ishich rest upon the sword. II pre-efni-
Jsently and periodically commercial and
Il business nation. Thus commerce and
iNusineSz are synonymous with patriotism
tHhen the farmer ~ afieid sowing and
IFas efs4~
I'hat remunerates him for HIS toll. when
Ifae iahorer and the artisan ind work
lteekifg them and not themselves despair
Ing OF work. when the wage OF the toller
promises comfort for hts family and hope
I'p his children, when the rail- Il bur
Ieened with the product of the soil and OF
ItAe factory, when the spindlea are hum
.jning and the furnaces are In blast. when
I'he mine is putting out its largest product
.1tnd the national and individual wealth
rs constantly Increasing. when the
iemes owned unmortgaged by the people
Isrs more numerous day by dav and month
F0AF month, when the schools are most
drawded. the fairs most frequent and hap
~ conditions most universal tn the ma
Iaan. then are the promises fulfilled which
Inake these United States Of America tho
Iaene OF the oppressed and the land az
ItAe free.
7, is to meet these conditions and 10
800 them Win n candidate Mo fFNre-
Eats them and about whom there can Doe
II question. that New York presents 10
Eea Tor The presidency undeF the unani-
Inoss Instructions 81 two successive Re
publican state conventions the name OF
sr governor. Levi T. Morton.
T. New York Is the cosmopolitan state OF
" Union. She Ia both a barometer and
= Thermometer of the changes OF popular
Finion and popular passion. She has been
Iae pivotal commonwealth which has de-
iec nearly every one OF the national eicc-
ans In this generation She has more
Yankees than any city IN New Englans.
inefe seutherners than any community ia
lee South and more rative-horn Western
= than any city IN the West and thss rep
esen'sttves % the Pacific Coast within
r borders have been men who have done
aen Tor The development ~ that glorious
IsNen. These experienced ana cosnopaa-
ian citizens With their nurers unon the
4ses 81 Tire finance and trade ~ tire
shoie country. feel instantly the canff-
ens thar Lead 90 disaster or 20 prosperity
tsecc they swing the state sometime -
re Republican and sometime - the Dem
81 ee'atle column
u the tremendous EFFORT % break the
- which Democracy had anon Cur com
eaNealth. ard which "a haa streast hanea
zen successive wears, VIZ selected "a our
n &neara bearer the gentleman whom
prevent or behalf ~ onr state here ;e.gav
- Who carried New YORK and took fae
ifssAibre Wt,h higu. nv i5s sa} ssa tar4fv
We are hssiissue a navy ami the wAite
- 9ssaron IS forerunner q q t'sssssYsse-x,s
7ieh - 81 ShifeD every SEA and carry our
- INTO every Taet 30 the wer}6 %ss car
- peghsisS. nor olsT ambitions prohsh1y.
VI aar very progress and exnansian have
Asae rs one ~ the family 81 nations. wc
V 10 loeKer, without the hazard ~ un-
>v1eceSs2rv fr.ct}ons with other govern