The herald., 1896-06-18
TRURSTON'S SPEECH
The Usual Thing About Proud Moments and
Certain Success

Certain Success
Gentlemen of the conventions: This
happy recollection of your kindness and
confidence will abide in my grateful
memory forever. My sole ambition Is to
meet your expectations, and pledge my
self to exercise the important powers
of this high office with absolute impair
tiality.
1 beseech you to remain orderly and
dignified, as BELTS the celebration of the
supreme council of the Republican party.
Eight years ago had the distinguished
honor to preside over the convention
which nominated the last Republican
president of the United States. Today
have the further distinguished honor
to preside over the convention which is
to nominate the next president of the
of the United States. This generation
has it's object lesson, and the doom of the
Democracy is already announced.
The American people will return the
Republican party to power because they
know it's administration will mean SUI
premacy of the constitution of the United
States; maintenance of law; protection
of every American citizen in his right to
policy; enforcement Of the Monroe doc
trine; restoration of our merchant ma
rine; safety under the Stars and Stripes
on every sea and in every port; revenue
adequate for all government expendi-
lures and gradual extinguishment of
the national debt; a currency las sound
as the government and as untarnished as
its honor" whose dollars, whether Of
gold, silver or paper, shall have equal
purchasing and debt paying power, will
be the best dollar of the civilized world;
protective tariff which protects, cou-
pied with reciprocity, which reciprocates
by securing the best market for our pro-
ducts and opening American factories to
the free coinage of American muscle;
q pension policy. just and generous to
our living heroes and to the widows and
orphans of their dead comrades; gov
ernmental supervision and control Of
transportation lines and rates; protec-
ton of the people from all unlawful
combination and unjust action of aggre-
gated capital and corporated power:
an American welcome to every God
fearing, liberty loving, constitution-re-
specting, law-abiding, labor-seeking,
decent man; exclusion Of all whose birth,
whose blood, whose condition, whose
teaching. whose practices would menace
the permanency of free institutions and
endanger the safety of the American
people, or lessen the opportunities of
American labor; abolition of sectional
ism, every star of the American flag
shining for the honor and welfare and
happiness of every commonwealth and
of all the people; deathless loyalty to
all that is truly American and patriot
ism eternal as the stars.
Chairman Thurstons address was
punctuated all the way through with ap-
plause and cheers. Special interest was
manifested when he referred to the fact
that the convention had met for the
purpose of naming the next president;
when he spoke of protection, not only of
American industries but of the right of
every citizen of the nation to vote; his
reference to a vigorous foreign policy
and the enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine; that part of the address which
dealt with the pensions for disabled SOL
diers of the war and their widows, and
his allusion to protection against the en-
nopolies.
On the conclusion of his address he
said:
Gentlemen of the convention, what
Is your pleasure?"
The pleasure of the convention was
expressed by the whole body rising
waving flags and hats and handker-
chiefs and presenting to their chairman
a magnificent floral shield surmounted
by crown of American Beauty roses
When the broad and beautiful field of
the shield confronted the house from its
position at the front of the platform, the
galleries joined the convention in great
roar which continued until, with per-
sistent effort, the permanent chairman
drove it from the hall with his gavel.
Gentlemen Of the convention, what
Is your pleasure?"
A DELAYED REPORT
At this interval letter was passed