New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-23
VOORHEES, CHOSEN AT TRENTON.
ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION OF REPUBLICANS NAMES CAN
DIDATE BY ACCLAMATION.


legislative power dangerous tndn ueSPoe-
ism to the real interests OF State -. -.
count Il the proudest honor Q. my ne ma ma
was permitted through your preiernea' oD 20 yo
have not deemed me unmndful OF my itty u,
consentns TO BECOME member 9L PIN tne ooiiciIy
and danger. could not have consented nad no nGt
sn9%n f @ hS was w1a ehYnG t sUar them we'll as Acting
Governor and whom you would densn' 10 inaNe
your actual Governor.
IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Great events have happened since the last guber-
Material convention met here three years ago HIS
tory has been making and the map Of the "orid
has been altered. We have lived within vie" ot
such hurryng procession Of momen'ous occur
rences that mere local subjects are liable to oe
obscured. Do nc' forget, though, th9t me soVtIn-
mediate State and neighborhood Beware. est
fixing your eyes on distant stars you stumoIe a'
see no evdencs thai The potent tac9Ts in Dem0 eroO,
cratic councils IN New-Jerey are are n. ord ,rJI
have not been called hack and put in command
return 70 Democrats rule would he a return to the
control OF the same leaders VINO were repldiaat@el @
three years ago by the better element Vi NV"
party.
HAPPY FORTUNE OF THE PARTY.
II has been the happy fortune Of the Republican
marty 10 he found naturally and spontaneously IN
harmony with the demands Of National PATRIOTISM
in every great crisis When the Internal dlsseh-
sions over slavery after smoulderng for haH
century burst into fla ne Of war. there was ready
Republican party and Republican fresiGeht 20 & up
hold the Integrity Of the Union and save II iron rom
destruction. When, in 1886 the forces or rtpuaIa Ia
tlon and financial dishonor. combining WIN IN. IN in
mens OF socialism. disorder ana rol, & seIeu a "a ~,
hysierca frenzy the badges OF Democracy and nd
menaced the foundations o. our Natohas sdteE ~
honor again there was ready the Kepuolca. Ia,hho ~
with platform and candidates represf"iiifHs if and ,r
true and honest principles OF .'dllo''dl ~ 10
safety and again In It's success was as uIel , .Ip
preservation Of the vital spirit OF the msnitv com
peed us TO intervene and end the oar6arities IN
cuba there was again RePupHcan 20 he he
though loving and striving for peace. wa bch for
director OF the Nations arms in contest "nicn .or
rapidity and f9ultessness 81 ron ne earth
refer to these things not 10 glory uhduS III ,n, ~,
out this fact In each OF these great contests ,s
party has by its patriotic and successluI
necessarily drawn TO T. many Of its former oppo'
nents So It was In 1851
HAS WON THE CONFIDENCE OF OPPONENTS
In the contest two years ago for sound money
and tho unfolding OF the authority OF the Federai
courts our party again became the ralyihs hNe
~ hosts Of Democrats who could no longer in sood
conscience remain with their perverted o'Sd'''Na
ton. 1t was by their heP ori !hat foH McKney ard
| tfnb,r, And in this attest time Of storm an
stress in The md. OF great ps5PlsTibgi 4' (
is pleasant thing Re able to bear witness @ ina,
our President has retained the confidence ana ~ SUP
oor oar, - Hose who aided US in 1896 And more
ihan that he has had the assistance OF tne d -
M M Democracv North and South. loyaly ana SIN.
| cerelv rendered without thought OF parusd" VI
p9Wvben the record of his Administration u mace Hc
up there viii stand 70 the Sred Sr.fvnr qn acbisveent
nan ihlsOthat he has won and kept the conlaeneSd a
honorable ss sSppor pSSa 81 ths American people
! with greater degree OF unan'mly 'hH" ''' 49,
| dent since Washington.
| An ADMINISTRATION OF PATRIOTISM
The party and the Administration ~nlch mas mas
had the responsibility In this war, which mas given
/ s,,ch rev glory 10 our arms and lustre 70 the
| American name has not been party nor an Ad-
! ,oin,stration OF partisanship. but OF patriotism
our President serene. patient sasacous sympa-
! ,hetic great has been the Nations CHEF indeed
What can political opposition rest upon ~ t1l' l
SamPalsn e idr msT the 'De@o:rac platforms rnsy
may denounce protective 'arf;s oSt no Ran the
care They have nothing hS"er or 49, ,.n".ar ...
! Chicago platform from which ems oi 'houSd''US
/, NJ TAw-Jersey Democrats revolted , -,
! II that was a dangerous and alarming Give.siou I
Of Democratic doctrine hep IS nov o,3 ,,an 5i Of
ronna AZ defeat and present absolute nconsls tTncy
! wiih every great occurrence IN our nls'oS S'''o
V.han we are exparling aud enlarsing our Place
among the great cot1'ces cras,t nv tbe ADOPTION Of
10 en5nci5l basis at war with the system OF me
business world II denouncfs Our iasss % oGr
co,rts as eyercisire urconstitutonal ald NraiMLi, ~
Co' COY oas,e ard our Executive for enforcing the
ca. Tbs u,hnn W. are holding ourselves out not
crIv az models Of gOvcrrment 70 oppEeHs'' p,DA
-, bovn actually intcrlered BY arms 10 secure tu'
uuo h1 ,S arne Sort OF order liberty and good gov
, eminent which we enjoy.
YELLOW FEVER AND YELLOW LITERATI IKE
I do not speak Of rhat other item when cer'-.n
no0,sooners and others are trying 10 MAKE 'he 1edo
| ,n, issue Of the Democratic campaign. Forgetting
,ho glor,. ,ha achievement the success with whi-h
an army Of two hundred thousand men was raised
| 49,, ~ rothing and hostile nation almost wiped
o", IN ninety DAYS they lowering IKE oizzarns
o5ns Only S ;or misery and suffering M snd rsm6 Ss2t
which are ineviaule N ~ w" ,,,,red 50 low, in its
SUNNY ~ proper subjects for political dyiSon as %
need to rely upon yellow ieVer ana Ee"o"
THE NATIONS POLICY.
10, nm vour eyes 70 the heights where. glory
! crowned the genius Of American liberty points 'o
, f,,uro pregnant with prodigous good to all man
Kind. 10 fresh fields for the extension of American
trade and commerce-new openings FOR the invest
! n,ent Of American capital. wider scope for the
active energies OF American young men-to more
freouent glnpses Of the American flag 10 VoyagerS
over he ~ ,Se ha rbors Of the Word with Navy
aree enough and strong enough Ia entorSe our Jus,
promptly and as etcienty as ptMek & ~ Inv
Views of the Government In Manila bae an
Of seventy millions OF people "tHo' n pu tarr,hle
to the rsx wsr Gt n 'm maninantd @
! our foreign Diplomatic service upon roofing com.
@ m Longer be- Necessary to seek for Anbassa
! doris and Ministers among those onF VINO a., az !
blessed with private income sufficient TO MAINTAIN n
proper establishment abroad. without regard 10 the
! salary attached to the Office -. ....,
| Tho country demands now a hranch or state9
| ,ranshIn new 10 Americuns-the proper metho1
| and measures fer the control ana government oss
! colonial dependencies. and the adjustment, OF
colonial interests and affairs 70 the Interests OF tle
! home Governmental field wherein partisan poiitC'
should nor easily be allowed 10 eAter; bHI w wrsIG YER
| broad and enlightened State policy may ,3Ne nu
scope work out plans whereby an tne oltSsins
of essential liberty and twentieth century ciVlllzH,
tion may bc assured 10 the peoples that are 20 oe
| under our paternal care. and reclpro'al peheh''
! NAV be obtained for our own 'orn'rSm-n
WHO CAN SET THE BOUNDS
These neT, duties ard relations VIII adj
! fresh dignity 10 American citizenship. VIII raise
the sense Of Official ana political obligation as they
| ,ncrease responsibility. They will take the peone