The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN, THURSDAY, JUNE IS, 1896.

win the battle, and that done, to take up
! our responsibilities in the same spirit
with which we won the fight. Now we
can hope to secure this by the most
strenuous endeavOr and as upon admins
tration everything is placed. We want a
president who will meet this situation as
| Lincoln 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 will summon congress in extra
session, and refusing TO make appoint
ments or to deal with patronage, Will say
| that all else must rest until congress sends
to him a tariff which shall put money in
the treasury and wages in the pockets OF
| the American workman. We want Il
president who will protect at all hazards
the gold reserve of the treasury, who will
see to it that no obligation of the govern
ment is presented which is not paid i'll
whatever coin the creditor choose to de-
mand, and who will never forget that the
nation which pays with honor borrows
with ease We want Il man who will
guard the dignity of the nation at home
and abroad and who will always and con-
stantly be firm and strong in dealing with
foreign nations instead of suddenly vary
ing along courses of weakness and lndlt-
ference with Il cOnvulSive Spasm of vigor
and patriotism. Also we want man
who will lead his party and act with it
and who will not by SenSelcSs QualrelS
between the White House and the
capitol reduces legislation and execution
alike to imbcciity and failure. Such is
the man we want for our great office i'll
these bitter times when the forces of dis
order are loose and the wreckcrs with
their false lights gather at the shore and
lure the ship of state upon the rocks.
Such Il man tit for such deeds | am now
to present to you. He needs no praise
from me for he has proven his own title
to leadership. From what he is and what
he has done we know what he can do
For twenty years in victory and defeat
at the head of great majOriticS and of
small minOritieS alike, he has led his
party in congress with power which no
man could dispute and with an ability
which never failed. | lave seen him
with maddcned opposition stOrming
about him, carry through that great re-
form which has made the house of rep
resentativcs the strong and efficient body
it is today. | have seen him during the
past winter guide Il great majority so
that they have met every demand put
upon them and made no errors which
could burden the Republican party in the
campaign before us. Before the people
and in the house he has ever been the
bold and brilliant champion of the great
Republican policy, which, adopted, has
made us prosperous, and, abandoned, left
ruin at our doors. He is thorough
American by birth and by descent, by
breeding; one who loves his country and
has served it in youth and manhood, war
and peace. His great ability, his origi-
nality of thought. his power in debate,
ctt, al lnnun IN al n nI
are part of the history of the last twenty
years. His public career is as spotless
as his private character is pure and I'M
blemished. He is a trained statesman, fit
for the highest task the country can inn
pose upon him: he commands the con-
fdence of his party and his
country. He is the leader of men.
We know it because we have
seen him lead. To those who have fol
lowed him he never said NO" but al
ways "Come." He is entirely fearless.
age tested on hundred fields. He has
been called to great trials and he has
never failed nor finchGd. He is fit to
stand at the head of the Republican
column. He is worthy to be an Amcri-
can president. l have the honor, the
great honor, to present to you us Il candi-
date for your nomination, the speaker
of the nation, the house of representa-
tivos, Thomas 3. Reed of Maine.
The mention of Mr.. Reeds name was
received with loud applause and cheer
ing, led by the W vine delegation. To add
to the enthue al some admirer of the
Maine sta Ian suspended n large pic
ture of Mr.. iced from the gallery, which
evoked demonstrations of approval.
Mr.. Littleiicld of Maine seconded the
nomination of Reed
LITTLEFIELD'S SPEECH.
"The nominee of the convention will
be the next president of the republic.
That the Republican party is to he vic
toriOus in the coming campaign whoever
its candidate may be has long since been
settled by the manifold blunders, worse
than crimes, that have been committed
by the Democratic party. 1t has demon
strated its incapacity to direct the af-
fairs of the nation in full measure heap
ed up to running over. 1t was entrusted
with power by forgctful and forgivng
people at time of uncXampled pros
perty, with an overlooking national
treasury, an unlimited public credit, labor
fully and proiitably employed wheels
turning, looms moving. furnaces glowing
and machinery humming the music that
attends profitable. diversified industry.
These were the inevitable results of the
intelligent application of that element
and principle of our system and govern
ment. with the birth agony of the repub-
lie protection to American labor and in
dustry. The Democratic party, after
having denounced the Mckinley tariff as
the eliminating atrocity of class legisla-
ton and set forth its declaration of al
legged principles, asked for change of
administration and party in order that
there might be change of system and
a change of method
'We have had change in administra
ton and party. change of system and
method and a complete reversal of re-
suits. In 1896 we see the perfect con-
verse of the picture presented in 1892.
In that great achievement of statesman
ship. the confessed misbegotten offspring
of cowardicc, perfdy and dishonor, a
tariff for deficiency only. Even Cleve-
land has discovered that we are confront
ed by condition of business depression.
Then a surplus overlooked the treasury.
Now Il deficit declines its vault. The
stern logic of events has given the Amcri
can people an object lesson upon the most
stupcndouS scale. hut one lessoA is taught,
1t is so plain that he may run who read
eth it.
Another change is decreed. 1t only
waits the slow turning of the hand on
the dialplate of time to be registered.
For the next four years the Republican
mn rtv will opoin to l,n rhoron of thn luS-