The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-19

a spirit OF Sucl nrIn InOlQ ana puTpOS'
that no b.ibe of court or palace coulC
make him swerve he has 'or thirty
five years upon the field of the hous'
and senate been fighting for the inter
ests of the people; carrying onward and
ward the nations legislative work
turning cranks out Of places; unspherins
the eliminating stars Of Democracy; in
masking the hidden purposes of eoFrup
measures, until now ne holds the plact
Of ungrudged supremacy in the legisla,
tive halls OF that most splendid Of cap
ftols.
That which this country has lost, Is
that which it now seeks-"PrOtection
To get IT the people have worked hard
prayed long, paid high and now let them
have it
Allison does not believe in a tariff fol
1 revenue only but a tariff for protec-
ton and revenue jointly.
He has always insisted that the pro-
/ tectiye system is the mightiest instru-
ment for the development of our natural
resources and the strongest agency to
| protect American wealth and American
/ labor. Protection built the laborer his
American home and he never again will
welcome therein Democratic sirens. sing
! ing free trade songs written and com
posed by English bards, for. having
| chiseled the principles of protection IN
! his hearthstone, he will a. the next cleo
| ton defend them at his front gate.
The great and important issue which
/ is now coming around the corner is the
one of sound money, and We can no
more dodge 1t than we can gravitadon.
! In this respect the situation is easily
simple, but certainly serious. A decis-
! ion upon this important question mus;
/ be made by this convention and, remen-
| Der, gentlemen, the nation listens 10
catch the click of its fate.
For Senator Allison you cannot build
| too strong a platform for sound money,
and if You place him upon it he Will see
10 it that the dry rot Of Is to / does
not steal through fits staunch timbers.
The United States cannot no more
make good money by placing its sym
boil of sovereignty or mark of authority
on any kind of metal, regardless Of its
commercial value or relations TO foreign
countries, than II can extend its domain
by calling a furiong a mile.
He believes that the American dollar
should have some grains OF sense as
we'll as some Of silver. That there can
be no stability 10 our currency or money
if we keep adopting such shifting poll
cies as that under which the same price
may as a copper cent in hand and a dol
lar in the other
He believes that unlimited coinage
would soon lead TO unlimited bankrupt
cy. No honest farmer would borrow
from his neighbor bushel OF fifty cent
wheat and insist upon paying him back
with a bushel of twenty-five cent oats
and so this government cannot expect
to keep its credit at the highest point
If it borrows dollar gold and insists up
on paying back with fifty cent silver,
any other construction of the word
"coin' in any laws or any contracts to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The platform of this convention must
he for sound money, and in ringing, IN
mistakable terms. On any other con-
struction of 1t the party may get into
power, but the country would be in dan
ger Of falling into the ditch Of bankrupt
governments and at the end Of the
party's administration would probably
have no more of an estate than did
Rabelias, whose will, when opened,
read: I'm the name of God, Amen"
1 have nothing. owe nothing. give
the rest to the poor
At a time when nations wildly looked
at nation standing with mute HIPS apart
Allison did not meet with a cienched fist
the profered hand Of international ad-
justment. However, he has stood I'M
waveringly by the Monroe doctrine and
insisted that the United States Shout
recognize any people struggling for lsb-
erty and Republican institutions, even
if they were insurgents in Cuba
1 ask you to nominate him. If YOU
do fha ueOnlA from tf1a
Mexican line to the live wire that sep
arates US from an unborn daughter Of
the north viii shout as in one glorious
glad anthem The old temple of Repub-
lcanism still stands. lock to it for shell
ter" If you do, every keynote of the
campaign VIII be kept at concert pitch
If you do, the white house will be used
no longer as an experiment station,
Nominate him, and, not now perhaps
but when the strife Is over. his name
viii fall like miilenial music on your
ears. Nominate him, and thrill of
joy will go from the west 10 the east
carrying on its way the songs of our
reapers, only to be lost in the roar OF
our furnaces. Nominate him and when
our corn grows golden at harvest time,
our fiocks teeming and our granaries
full, every spindle viii be turning day
and night upon the Merrimac
May the spell of Republicanisrn have
greater power to move you than the spell
of magic words. In this hour Of anx-
ious expectancy in this hour pregnant
with history. prophecy and destiny.
the grave gives up its mighty dead.a
they are here-Lncoln. Grant. Garfield.
Blaine; yea, all the illustrious dead of
the Republican party, are mingling with
its living advocates, martyred Lincoln :
spirit pleads with you 70 see to ii that
''these dead shall have not died in
vain"
Kansas. Kentucky, and Louisiana
were called. No one responded.
TWO-FOR-FTVE JOKES
A voice-What about the erring sisters
who walked out OF here a while ago.
uaughter)
Mr.. Depew-They have deserted the
convention composed Of rep
resen tatives of the party from all sec
lions Of the union and they walked out
because they objected TO the gold stand
ard. I wonder how they Will feel when
they arrive at the gate OF the celestial
city. where they will find b. is run under
a Republican government. daughter !
I wonder how they will feel when they
are told that che heavenly streets are
paved with gold daughter and Cheers) !
Upon the call Of Maine. Hon Cabot |
Lodge OF Massachusetts took the speak
er's stand and spoke as follows:
Mr.. Lodges speech nominating Mr. 1
Reed was as follows:
-Four years ago We met as We meet !
now. represeat aIives OF the great Re-
publican party. Prosperity was IN the I
land. capital was confident and labor /
employed. There was the good days /
wage for the good days work and the 4
spirit ofAmericaa enterprise was stir
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