The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-16

| Hcu men Vi al DlI tltS "0IC " iIotCSt
to make the run. Now, gentlemen, l
eaten formula of presenting you the keys
of the city. You do not need them: the
city is yours, go in and enjoy yourselves.
No doors are locked against you, except
the county Jail and city bastile; those
institutions are and shall be reserved for
our own citizens, should any of them be
SO unfortunate as to show you disrespect
while you are our guests. Gentlemen,
hoping that your stay among us may be
pleasant to you, your deliberations har-
monious, you decisions and selections
wise, | again bid you welcome.
Van Cise for temporary Chairman.
L. B. French of Yankton nominated
Edwin Van else of Deadwood for tenn
porary chairman of the convention. No
other candidate was presented, and the
delegates voted as one man in electing
| Mr.. Van Cise. He was escorted to the
platform nv Mr.. French and Mr.. Ed
warGs OF lawrence, appointed by tie
| chair for that purpose, amid round on
round of cheers. His address was
worthy of the man and occasion. Every
reference to the platform adopted at St.
Louis, to the immortal names of Blaine
/ III LllcCC III hloIC tCICllt
leadership of the party, notably the
name of William Mckinley, the presi
| Dental nominee, ELECTED the most i'm
pressive applause. The bakers dozen
at st. Louis called for a salvo of wild
cheers and glad acclaim that fairly
shook the building. Hardly less hearty
and stirring was the reception given the
words, "Spain's bloody hands," as the
speaker referred to the situation and
claims of Cuba. 1t was an eloquent
and inspiring address grandly given and
superbly received. MIR. Van Cise said in
full:
The Chairman's Address.
Gentlemen OF the Convention. |
thank you sincerely for the distinguished
compliment you pay me in choosing me
az temporary chairman OF this conven-
ton. | congratulate you on the favor
able circumstances under which we
meet together. After four years exhi-
bition Of Democratic incompetence to
manage our national affairs, the Repub.
Leans of the country are called upon to
make arrangements to go up and take
their place. And what an exhibition
those four years have made! In the
summer Of 1892 we saw our people blest
Will pIoSpCtity duu DlCDly hitlls anu
factories running at full capacity; har-
vests marketable at good prices; savings
banks paying interest to their deposit
ors, and dividends to their stockholders:
wages higher and the price of manu-,
featured products lower than ever be-
fore in the history of our country. The
Republican party was in power. 1t had
enacted into law a tariff measure pop
ularly known as the mckinley BILL"
which with its provisions for reciprocity
suggested by that prince of American
statesmen, James G. Blaine, was already
bearing fruit in increased profits for
American industry. 1t nominated a
good ticket at Minneapolis, presenting
General Harrison for reelection, with
the record of his clean, strong admins
t~ration. That ticket ought to have
been elected. But unfortunately there
was some party disaffection, there were
some disappointed leaders who sulked
in their ~tents-there were some who
wanted offices or the privilege of farm
ing out the offices, who had not had ex-
actly their way; there were some of the
emissaries OF free trade linen who loved
other nations better than their own
abroad in the land. So we were de-
feated! What followed? No sooner
was election over and the American peo-
pie realized what had happened than
the reaction came. A shadow fell upon
the land. Fear and shuddering came to
the workshops, the factories and the
homes. The Democratic party with it's
"chronic genius for blundering," as
Grant called it, was to take the reins of
government. 1t did. 1t needs no his
torlan to recount the experience of four
years. Your newspapers have told it
from day to day and week to week: you
have read it in the notices posted on the
outer doors of your broken banks and
bankrupt stores, in the sad faces of men
out Of work and out of money: you have
felt it in the pinching poverty that came
with hard times. And has the Demo
cratic party tried to afford any help?
1t went into power under the promise
to reform, and its first work was to re-
peal the federal election laws and open
the door for fraud and terrorism, it's
next, to break the reciprocity treaties
that had been the browning work of
Harrison's administration, its next, to
abolish the Mckinley tariff and enact
in its stead a mongrel mixture of free
trade and protection, a Legislative mon
strosity which the president denounced
as a piece of party perfidy and dishonor,
and allowed to become law without his
signature. AS a result of such legis-
lation, it has been impossible to gather
sufficient revenue to pay the expresses of
government, and the president has had
to resort to the issue Of bonds at high
rates to meet the bills and maintain the
nations credit, increasing our debt
$3.50, 1000 in a time of profound peace.
Instead of a party united in his support,
e~ndeavoring honestly aud earnestly to
legislate for the welfare of a common
country, he has had behind him a