The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-19

excelled. Nominate him and he will elect
himself.
/ name to you the soldier and the states
man, Pennsylvania choice-Matthew
Stanley Quay.
AT the conclusion of the call of the
roll, j. Madison Vance, of Louisiana
was recognized and seconded the NOM
iriation.
After the. cheers and tumult had
subsidized the vote by states was taken.
and the chair announced the result as
given above, which was made unani-
NOUS
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Judge Franklin nominated Garrett
A. Hobart, of New Jersey, in the fol-
lowing speech:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Couvention-I rise to present to this
convention the claims of New Jersey TO
the vice presidency. We come because
we feel that we can. for the first time
in our history, bring to you promise
that our electoral vote will be cast Tor
our nominees. If you comply with our
request this promise will surrey be re-
deemed.
For forty years. through the black
umphant Democracy, the Republicans
OF New Jersey have maintained their
organization and fought as vaiianty
as if the outcome were to be assured
victory Only twice through all this long
period mas the sun Shone in upon US.
Yet through all these weary years we
have like "Goldsmith's Captive felt
that
Hope. like the cleaning tapers light,
AdornS and cheers our way:
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits brighter ray.
The fulfllment of this hope came in
1894 In that year for the first time
since the Republican party came into
existence, we sent to congress a solid
delegation of eight Republicans and
elected a Republican to the United
! States senate. We followed this in
! 1895 by electing a. Republican governor
by a majority of $4,000. And in this
year of grace we expect to give the
Republican electors a majority of not
| less than 10000.
A NEW NEW JERSEY.
| / come TO you then. today in behalf
/ of new New Jersey. a politically re-
deemed and regenerated state. Old
things have passed away, and behold,
all things have become new.
]
sey has received recognition by a ma
| tional committee.
| When Henry Clay stood fer protsec-
ton in 1874, New Jersey furnished The
odlore, Freling huysen as his associate.
! The issue then was the restoration of
/ the thrift, and was more nearly like
! that of today than at any either period,
which l recall. in the nations political
history In 1860. when the freedom of
| ~t1% m d IL,
| to existence, and the great Pathfinder
was called to lead, New Jersey furnish
ed for that unequal contest William L.
/ Dayton as the vi7a presidential can
i didate. Since then counting fer moth
/ ing, we have asked for nothing. Dur
| ing this period Maine has had a candi-
date for president and vice presi-
| dent, Massachusetts a. vice president,
! New York four vice presidents, one of
whom became president almort a full
term; Indiana a president. a candidate
for president ard a. vice president; Hill
nots a. president twice and vice presi-
dental candida e: Ohio. two presidents
and now a candidate for the third time;
Tennessee, vice president, who be-
came president for almost a full term.
WE WANT ITr'
| We believe that the vice presidency in
1896 should be given to New Jersey; we
have reasons for our opinion. We have
ten electoral votes. We have carried
! the state in the elections of 1893, 1894
and 1895. We hope and believe we can
keep the state in the Republican col
! uInn for all time. By your action TODAY
you can greatly aid US. Do you believe
you could place the vice presidency in
state more justly entitled to recogui-
! ton. or one which it would be of more
/ pHpllc advantage to hold in the Repub-
lican ranks?
If the party in any state is deserving
Of approval, for the sacrifice of its
members to maintain it's Organization.
then the Republicans of New York in
tn1s the hour of their aScendency af
ter long years of bitter defeat feel
that they cannot come to this conven-
ton in vain.
A TOUCHING APPEAL.
We appeal to our brethren in the
south VINO know with us what it is to
be oyeTTidden by fraud on tbe bz,lroa
pox; 10 be counted out by corY1Ipt cleo
ton officers; to be dominated by am ar
roSant, unrelenting Democracy
we should have carried orr stane
AT every election for the past ten years
II the count had been an honest ONE
We succeeded in throttling the ballot :
pox stuffer and imprisoning the corrupt
oiicers, only to have the whole raft of
tnem pardoned in a day, 10 work
again ehelr nefarious practice upon an
liohest people But today under ballot
REFORM laws, with an honest count. we
KNOW we can win 1t has been a. long
terrible strife to the goal. but we have
reached it unaided and unassisted from
WlEnout, and We came today promising
20 the ticket here selected, the vote of
New Jersey, whether you give lis the
VICE presidential candidate or not. We
make 1t no test of our Republicanism
that we have a candidate. We have
peen too long used to fighting for prin-
caple Tor that; but we do say THAI you
can. by granting our request, tighten
our burden and make us a confident
party with victory in sight, even before
the contest begins
VAIN HOPES.
VIII We carry Colorado, Montana
and Nevada this year if the Democray
declare for silver at 16 TO l.? Let us
hope we may. New Jersey has as
many electoral votes as those three
states together
i Will you not make New Jersey sure
to take her place in case of need? We
have in all these long years of Repub-
hcanism been the Lone Star" Demo-
cratic state in the north. Our forty
years of wandering in the wilderness of
Democracy is ended. Our Egyptian
darkness disappears. We are on the
bill top looking into the promised land.
Encourage US as we march over into
the political Canaan of Repubiicanism,
there to remain, by giving us d leader
on the national ticket to go up with
us.
We are proud of our public men.
Their Republicanism and love of coaln-
fI.N hrac hQnra t1raldod In % e