The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-13

| place 10 perform a duty similar To that
| which calls us together today, but how
| different now rs every condition, and
| the very atmosphere which surrounds
| the American people. Then, the third,
| ana thank God, the last of those miser-
able years of business depression and
! industrial stagnation was nearing its
end The only active business was
| politics, and we rejoice that we attend
! ed TO that with more zeal than did our
| brethren on the other side. | stood
here as | do now, thanking you for
| the honor YOU were comforting upon me
| and thinking. with some trepidation.
! OF the demands which your action in
| volved.
PROMISES HAVE BEEN KEPT.
Two years ago we proudly endorsed
the candidacy of a man for president
OF the United States whose splendid
services i'm peace and war, as states
man and commander chief of the
army and navy, places on the roll OF
fame beside the names OF Washington
and Lincoln, that Of William Mckin-
ley. We promised then that If the Re-
publican party was returned 10 power
it would so change the economic laws
OF the nation that the opportunity 10
attain a return of prosperity should be
afforded 20 our people. We have Kept
that promise.
We went about the business Of keep
ing our promises without delay. With
i'm IS days OF McKinley's Inauguration
Congress was convened i'm extraordi-
nary session, and even with the oppo-
sition OF "A hostile Senate, a Senate in
which one man had TO make Mp for the
lack OF votes by such consummate
craftsmanship. and phenomenal knowl-
edge of all the varied interests of the
tfsx nd hxF hn CHI .nf a
commanding intellect as compelled a
favorable vote i'm that body and insur-
ed the speedy enactment OF the Dingley
tariff into law.
| need tell no American. certainly no
Rhode Islander. that this one man was
the senior Senator from our state, the
Honorable Nelson w Aldrich.
How well this promise was kept is
proven by the renewed hum of long si
lent spindles, and the millions OF dol
lars of cancelled farm mortgages
throughout the country.
Wages may not yet be as high as we
could wish, the products or the farm
and the shop may be lower than seems
desirable. but real prosperity begins
when every man who will can find
work and the wolf OF hunger and cold
no longer terrorizes the home.
SO we have kept that promise,
After referring to the honest efforts
made to pass adequate banking and
currency laws and TO the Popocratic
opposition in the Senate Mr.. Capron
proceeded To consider the destruction
of the Maine and the declaration of
war which followed soon after.
DECLARATION NOT FORCED.
1t is not true, he declared, that con-
gress or the press OF the country forced
the declaration of war for. in the elo-
nf Mr. Of
over that mysterious harbor while the
Nultures waited for our belated dead,
and. above. the eagles eye sternly wait
ed for the truth" over all the All-see-
Ing Eye was watching and shaping the
destiny of His children through these
mysterious and unfathomable ways,
and the American people and congress,
and the president. Ii seems to me. were
ana are but instruments i'm His hands
To carry out His purposes to the at
tainment OF His ends, and with the
battle cry, Remember the Maine" on
every lip and In every heart. who shall
say OF our honored dead that they died
I'm vain? And then war came. War is |
terrible! Its cost I'm blood and treasure
is enormous and incalculable but one |
day notable in our later history saw |
a sight which was worth all it's cost
A resolution placing $50 900, 900 in the |
hands of the president for national de- |
fence was passed by senate and house. |
by Democrat and Republican and Pop |
ulist, Union and Confederate. goldbug |
and silverite. without one dissenting
vote; and for the first time since the
'ivil war the whole people. north and
'outh, We're gathered again under the
I'D flag and faced the world as one
United people.
A motion was then adopted empower.
ng the district congressional commit
ee to fill all vacancies, and a vote OF
hanks was extended to the chairman
nd secretary. after which the conven.
ion was adjourned.