Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

~Alison-and to- ask you to take Il on the
Old and New Testament OF republlcanism.
~ takes a big man to represent the state
OF IOWA IN the congress OF the United states
Tor thirty-hve years. but Senator Allison Is
mat man. With the most perfect knowl'
ana their histories. with that statesmanliko
Judgment which. distinguishes the essential
from the accidental and the inimitable from
the. transitory. with every look a cordial
snllte' every gesture n carcss, yet with n
spiilt or such fine mold and purpose that no
orlDe or teqst or palace could win or
the floor OF the house and senate been fight
ing for the interests of the people, carrying
onward and upward the nations legislative
ing the eliminating stars of democracy;
unmasking the hidden purposes of corrupt
|ungrudged supremacy I'm the legislative halls
of that most splendid of c%apitols.
II the people have worked hard. prayed,
tasted. paid high, and now let them have it..
Allison does not believe in u tariff for rev
nue. only, but In n tariff for protection
and revenue jointly. He has always in
I Is the maj misbti taf ib pft2SSGtiyte ro system thn
sources oH r and the strongest HHE agency Ra n to pro- ro-
tCCt American wealth and American labor.
Protection built the laborer his American
home, and he never again viii welcome
therein democratic sirens singing free trade
songs, written and composed by English
bards. For having chiselcd the principles Of
protection In his hearthstone he will at the
next election defend them at his front
gate. The great and important issue which
is just now coming around the corner is
the one of sound money, and we can no
In this respect the situation Is easily sim
pie. but certainly serious. \ decision upon
this convention. and remember, gentlemen,
n nation listens to catch the click of its
ALLISON AND MONEY.
For Gpnutpr Allison Won Cnnrnt htii1I tnp
strong n platform for sound money, and If
you place him upon 1t he will see to 1t that
its staunch timbciS. The United States can
no more make good money by simply plac-
ing its symbol Of sovereignty or mark of
authority on any kind of metal, regardless
of its commercial value or relations to for
eign countries, than It can extend its do
mains by calling Il furlong IL mile.
He believes that the American dollar
should have some grains of sense as well
as more of silver. That there can be no
keep adopting such shifting policies, as that
uEder them the same piece may be a copper
cent in one hand or a dollar in another.
lie believes that unlimited roinage would
soon lead to unlimited bankruptcy.
No honest, farmer would borrow from his
neighbor a bushel of 0-cent wheat and in
sist upon paying him back with "A bushel
of 25-cent oats, and so this great govern
ment cannot expect to keep it's credit at the
insists upon aging back with 50-cent silver,
any other construction of the word coin"
in any laws or alN contracts to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The platform of this convention must be
sound money, and in clear, ringing, UNI
mistakable terms. on any other construc-
ton of it the party may get into power, but
the country will be in danger of falling
the batch OF, bankrupt governments,
it would probably rave no more of an 'es-
tate than did Rabelais, whose will, when
opened, read: In the name of God. Amen.
l have nothing. 1 owe much. l give the
rest to the poor.
"At a time when nation looks wildly at ma
ton, standing With mute lips apart Ali
son did notN meet with clenchcd fist the
hand of international adjustment.
However, he has stood unswervingly by the
doctrine and insisted that the
States, should recognize any people
struggling for liberty and republican insti-
buttons even if they were insurgents in
1 ask youtte nominate him, If you do.
the people from the sand-enshrouded Mex
from an unborn daughter on the north will
shout as in one glorious, glad, anthem, THE
PIa T1 IN if f99f Of sSsep1ters yo stu 10 stands aIsry
of this campaign will be kept at
concert pitch. IF you do, the white
1ouse Will no lonser be used as an expert
Nominated him and. not now perhaps, but
when the strife. is over, his name Will fall
ike millennial music on your ears.
Nominate him and a thrill of joy will go
west ito the east, earrying on its
way the songs of our reapers only
% be lost in the roar of your furnaces.
NOMINATED him tSnd when"our cornngrows
gold In t.auturnn'sH time. our fiockS teeming !
md our Sranaries full, every spindle will
pc turning day and night upon the Merri-
nae.
If you will do this, light will break upon
our darkened land and nstantly u long
people will hear the 9urges of. re-
urning prosperity.
May the spell of republicanism have
cover to move you than the spell
If magic words. In this hour of anxious
expectancy; in this hour %pregnan with his
DRY, prophecy and destiny, the grave gives
Up it's mighty dead, and they are here
llustrious dead of the republican party. and
.ingling with It's living advocates. Mar
yred Lincoln's spirit pleads with you to see
o 1t that These dead shall nave not died
n vain"
Early in his speech he spoke the name of
ames G. Blaine, which in conventions gone
lad been a slogan to %conjure with. The
was not great III volume when
Baldwin first mentioned the name of his
although it was intense in the
ections where Iowa delegates and alternates
'ere stationed. Congressman Hepburn had
emporarily taken Thurston's gavel when
baldwin finished.
.ODGE SPEARS FOR THOMAS REED.
Plea of the Senator from
nSsachuSctt
When the state, of Maine was reached,
enator Lodge of Massachusetts came for
ard and presented the name of Thomas b..
ICED. Eo spoke as follows:
Four years ago we met as we meet now