The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-20


as temporary chairman of the Republican
National Convention, was as follows:
''Since the first party Convention in these
United States, there was never one gath
cred together under such hopeful and aus
picious circumstances as those which sur
round US today. United, proud of the
achievements of the past four years, our
country prosperous and happy, with moth
ing to regret and naught to make us
ashamed, with a record spotless and clean,
the Republican party stands facing the
dawn, confident that the ticket 1t shall
present will command public approval. and
that in the declaration of its principles
and its purposes. it will voice the aspira-
tons and hopes Of the vast majority of
American freemen.
I'VE need no omen but our country's
cause yet there is significance in the fact
that the Convention is assembled in this
historic and beautiful city, where we first
assumed territorial responsibilities, when
our fathers, Q century and a quarter ago.
promulgated the immortal Declaration OF
Independence.
animated them found voice three-quarters
of a century later in this same City of Bro
therly Love, when Fremont led the forlorn
hope of united patriots who laid here the
foundations of our party and put human
freedom as its cornerstone. II compelled
Cur ears to listen TO the cry OF suffering
across the shallow waters of the Gulf two
years ago. While we observe the law of
nations and maintain that neutrality which
We owe to great and friendly Govern
ment, the same spirit lives today in the
genuine feeling of sympathy we cherish
for the brave men now fighting for their
homes in the veldts of South Africa. 1t
prompts us in our determination to give 10
the dusky races of the Philippines the
blessings of good government and repub!i-
can institutions. and finds voice In our in
dignant protest against the violent sup
preston of the rights of the colored man in
the South. That spirit will survive in the
breasts of patriotic men as long as the ne
ton endures; and the events Of the past
have taught us that 1t can find its fair
and free and full expression only in the
principles and policy of the Republican
party.
The first and pleasant duty of this great
Convention, as well as its instructive i'm
pulse is to send message of affectionate
70 OUT iSdueT anu
President, William Mckinley. In all that
pertains to our welfare in times of peace,
his genius has directed us. He has shown
an unerrirg mastery of the economic prob
lens which confront us, and has guided us
out Of the slough Of financial disaster. i'm
paired credit and commercial stagnation,
up to the high and safe ground of national
prosperity and financial stability. Through
the delicate and trying events of the late
war he stood firm, courageous, and con-
sentative, and under his leadership We
have emerged triumphant, our national
honor untarnished, our credit unassailed.
and the equal devotion of every section OF
our common country to the welfare of the
Republic cemented forever. Never in the
of this generation has there stood
at the, head of the Government a truer
patriot. wiser or more courageous lead
er, or better example of the highest type
Of American manhood. The victories of
peace and the victories of war are alike
inscribed upon his banner. Those of us
whose pleasure and whose duty have called
Ms from time to time into his presence,
know how freely he has spent and been
spent in his country's service; but the
same vigorous manhood and clear and pa
triotic vision animate him as Of old. and
give US confidence and trust for the future
OF our Republic, because his hand will
RulCe US, anu MS genius uiTect.
A Tribute to Hobart.
-Four years ago the Republican party at.i
st. Louis named ticket which command
ed the confidence and support of the Amer
lean people. 1t bore the names of two
eminent Americans, each endeared by years
of loyal service to his country and his
party. No whisper of personal attack ia
truded upon the national issues which de-
termined the contest. There was a double |
for the country's welfare. Every |
true American knew that if in the dispsn- |
cation OF Providence our leader should be |
called from his high place there stood be-
side him a statesman devoted and stanch, \
in whose hands the vast and weighty af-
fairs of our country could be well and safe
Iy entrusted. Had Carrot Augustus Hobart |
been spared TO us until today, the work of
this Convention would have been limited /
10 a cordial and unanimous endorsement
Of the leaders of 1886. Dis alter visum-
and when, few months ago. our dear Vice
President left this sphere of usefulness for
another, he was accompanied with the
tears and sorrow of every lover Of his
He distinctly lifted the high Of
ice of Vice President to an nobler plane
and to greater dignity and Importance. He
was always the trusted friend and adviser
in judgment; while to those OF US whose
great privilege it was for three years to see
him daily In the Senate of the United
States, and to come under the influence of
his calm and kindly presence, and to grow
nearer TO him and more endeared in friend
hip as the months rolled around, his loss
! personal and deep. He is no longer with
is in the body but his influence still per-
neates the Senate and will for all time |
make better and kindlier the sons Of men,
md he lives in the hearts he left behind.
There is
The noble living and the noble dead.
$50 many events OF great portent have
zen crammed into the past months, that
We are apt to judge and measure the work
II this Administration chiefly by the &C.
urrences since the outbreak of the Span
sh war. 1t is worth while for us TO recall
arlier days.
When Mr.. Mckinley became President
Ie took the reins of Government after fonr
ears OF Democratic Administrator. For
he first time in more than a generate,
Democracy had full sway, with both
iouses of Congress in party accord with
he Executive. No summary of the un-
nerciful disasters Of those four years can
onvey an idea Of 1.-THE OF the ruin
hey wrought.
CicveIand's Administration.
In the four years preceding Mr.. Cieve-
and's Administration We had paid two
undred and sixty millions of the national
ebt; he added two hundred and thirty
aillions to its burdens. He found tariff
ct, bearing the name OF his successor and
ur President. fitted to meet the require
1ents OF our necessary expenditures. to
arnish the needed protection TO our farm :
rs and manufacturers, and to ensure the !
teady and remuneratiye employment, of /,
bose Xhn L. hnr Instead of ,narr,,iitIr.. L