The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19
BALDWIN NAMES ALLISON.

Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen: There is one,
but only one of those whose names will be
presented to this convention who can claim
that there has been placed for him in history's
golden urn an estimate of his character and
worth made by him in whom Nature stamped
her royal seal; whom God exhibited as his
greatest design of American manhood, genius,
craftsmanship and patriotism; who, now in
heaven, wears crown of deathless praise, and
whose great soul is portion of eternity
itself-James G. Blaine.
Blaine, writing to Garfield, said: 'sThen
comes Allison. He is true, kind, reasonable,
fair, honest and good. He is methodical in
dustrious and intelligent and would be a
splendid man to sail along with. smoothly and
successfully"
Complying with the request of the Iowa dele
cation, rise to propose to this convention the
nomination of him to whom this heritage was
bequeathed-William B. Allison, and to ask
you to make it on the old and new testam ent
OF Rep1blicanism. 1t takes big man to repre-
sent the State of Iowa in the Congress of the
United States for thirty-five years, but Senator
Allison is that man. With the most perfect
knowledge of the details of ell our political
laws and theiD histories, with that statesman
like judgment which distinguishes the essen
tial from the accidental, and the immutable
from the transitory, "with every look cordial
smile. every gesture caress," yet with spirit
OF such firm mold and purpose that no bribe
or feast or palace could awe or swerve, he has
for thirty-five years, upon the floor of the
House and Senate, been fighting tor the inter-
ests of the people; carrying onward and up
ward the Nations legislative work; turning
cranks out of place, unsphering the culminat-
ing stars of Democracy; unmasking the hidden
purposes of corrupt measures, until now he
holds the place of ungrudged supremacy in the
legislative halls of that most splendid of ca pi-
tolls.
That which this country has lost is that
which it now seeks, protection" To get it
they worked hard, prayed fast, paid high and
now let them have it. Allison does not believe
in tariff for revenue only but in tariff for
protection and revenue jointly. He has always
insisted that the protective system is the
mightiest instrument for the development of
our natural resources and the strongest agent
to protect American wealth and American
labor. Protection built the laborer his AIneri.
can home, and he will never again welcome
therein Democratic sirens singing free trade
songs written and composed by English bards;
for, having chiseled the principles Of protec-
ton 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 more dodge it
than we can gravitation-and sound money
means the courageous maintenance of our
present gold standard until changed by in |
ternational agreement.
In this respect the situation is easily simple |
bu certainly serious. decision upon this |
important question must be made by this con-
vention, and remember, gentlemen, g nation |
listens to catch the click OF its fate For Sena- |
tor Allison you cannot build too strong plat
form for sound money, and if you place him |
upon it he will see to it that the dry rot of 16 |
TO does not steal through its timbers. The |
United States can no more make good money
by simply placing its symbol of sovereignty or
mark of authority on any kind of metal, re-
gardless of its commercial value or relations
to foreign countries, that it can extend its do
main by calling q furlong q mile.