The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-22

Who can set bounds to the expansive
spirit of American enterprise? Only forty
years ago an American periodical declar-
ed that the banks of the missouri Rlyer
! were the shores at the termination Oh a
/ vast ocean desert over l,bD0 miles IN
breadth which it was proposed 70 tray
erse If at all, with caravans OF camels
| and which interposed final barrier to
1 agriculturai or commercial That desert
now blossoms like the rose, and parallel
lines of iron rails bear the produce OF
| irnmea sura bic acres of fertile lands east
and west to the markets of the world.
/ The ambitious energy of American en-
| terprise can take its choice today OF delv-
ing for gold in the frozen wastes within
| the Arctic Circle or of tilling the gener-
| Gus soil of islands washed by tropic seas,
where in the heat of the day they rest in
the shade Of the palm trees, al under
This has been year unequa;snedy ioT
progress and accomplishment The hand
of man has not fashioned nor his eye
/ foreseen theawork that has been wrought
| Call it fate, the progress of events Prov
| idence, God what you wilt has been
leading upward and on, the drawing I g
| people to a place at the front OF the
! world.
TO Captain Gridley at his post on the
| memorable May morning came the quiet
word of command as Dewey said You
may begin firing, Gridley The guns
/ that responded sent forth death and de-
/ struction, but in the light of their flashes
! was revealed new hope and better
| life for millions for whom heretofore the
! sun of liberty and civilization had never
shone except through the murky clouds
! of semi-barbarism and superstition.
And so this nation enters upon new
era Do not doubt but t. that she , VIII Pc 9ss
! the capacity of Americans to govern, to
govern themselves and to govern others
I set up no dogma OF infaliibility, bgI ex-
pointment, / believe that the boundlesS
capacity and the splendid courage OF
America, with her high sense Of justice,
her appreciation of the rights of man,
will in the new duties placed upon us
| work out marvellous good for the peoples
that have come under our guardianship,
| and greater glory for our country.
And how we have been blessed already!
All the old root OF bitterness between
North and South removed, What years
and years of political effort could not do
was done in a moment when our stand--
ards were set toward a foreign foe and
the ccnsummate tact and grace OF our
Republican President refused to make
any distinction between Federal and Con-
federate but put Lee and Wheeler side
by side with Kent and Shafter, YanksN
| and "Johnnies' all keeping step together
John Adams standing in the royal pres
ence, the first accredited Minister of the
| new Republic to the mother country,
speaking like the noble gentleman and
wise statesman that he was, said to
King George
Il shall be the happiest Of men if I can
be instrumental in restoring an entire
esteem, confidence and affection, or, in
better words. the old good humor be-
tween people who have the same Lam
guage, similar religion, and kindred
blood"
1t has been the happy result of this war
to have brought back, forever we trust,
| that entire esteem. confidence, ana aHec-
tion the old good humor, between the
people of the North and the South, as
| in the days when. Adams and Hamilton
and Jay labored and conferred In frater-
nal harmony with Patrick Henry and
Thomas Jefferson and the Pinckneys
about our country's interests
The speech was received at first coldly.
The initial outbreak came when the At
torney General referred to voorhees,.
McKinley's name was hailed with cheers
and enthusiasm, and when the speaker
referred to Dewey and Manila Bay, the
conves,tion simply went wild. Cheer af-
ser cheer was given, while delegates
yelled themselves hoarse. There was
much enthusiasm at the end of the
speech.
General Sewell moved the roll call.
When Morris was called young Mahlon
Pitney arose to respond. He received an
ovation which surprised many. He was
cheered to the echo and it was some time
teen minutes was then taken to allow
the committees to get together, so that
the convention can adjourn early.
The convention Was called to order at
Las o'clock. The temporary officers were
made permanent. George H. Nelson, of
Hudson, chairman of the Credentials
Committee, reported no contests. Senator
Stokes, chairman of the Committee on
Al 4frx,,x f.,1
lows
The representatives of the Republican
party of New Jersey, assembled in con-
and declare.-
That we affirm our adhesion and devo-
ton to the fundamental principles of the
National Republican party as set forth
in the platform adopted at the ST. Louis
convention in 1885, that we specially de-
clare our -undying opposition to any
proposition to debase the National cur
rency. a proposition so repugnant to the
honest voters of New Jersey. that when
it was presented to them in allu its bare
iniquity in 1896, they promptly buried it
and declared in favor of the rep
resentatives of the National honor
and honesty. Mckinley and Hobart.
We heartily approve and endorse the
Administration Of President Mckinley.
His treatment of domestic questions has
more than fulfilled all expectations and
the firmness and dignity with which it
has been maintained, have won for him
not only the confidence and appreciation
of our people but the highest respect of
the civilized world
Involved without due preparation in a
war in the interests of humanity, he pur-
sued a course which commended united
support at home and effectively silenced
the assaults of intereste diplomacy
abroad. IN three months this conflict was
brought to practical end with a smaller
percentage of loss from battle and disease
than in any war of modern times. and
with the result of freeing a suffering peo-
pie from a rule of cruelty and oppres-
sion, of acquiring new and valuable ter
nues of trade and commerce, furnishing
new outlets and demands for the agricul-
tural and Industrial products of our coun-
try.
When Mr. Stokes had finished Frank
lin Murphy took occasion to air himself
He objected to the section in the plat
form which said that if the President
and his constitutional advisers would
punish any one whose mismanagement
had caused the death of a single sol
der That, he said, implied that if
| there were any offenders in this respect
the President would not punish him.
That was an implication no Republican
convention should sanction, and he moved
1t be stricken out. The motion was car
ried with only two dissenting voices.
Burlington county offered resolution
| taffeying Franklin Murphy for withdraw
| ing his resignation as chairman of the