The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-13

the re-establishment of the protective
policy.
You maintained our credit and M
hel dthe gold standard. leading the
party by your advice to the passage of
the great measure which is today the
great bulwark Of both You led again
in the great policy which has made
Hawaii q possession Of the United
states On all of these questions YOU
Z fuinlled the hopes and justified the
confidence of the people who. four years
ago, put trust in your promises.
Talks Up China.
You framed and put in operation
this great new policy which has made
US masters Of the Antilles and a great
eastern power holding from our possess
SiOnS on both sides of the Pacific. frhe .
new and strange ever excites fear. md -
the courage and prescience which ac-
cept them always arouse criticism and
attack. Yet great departure and a
I new policy were never more quickly
justified than those undertaken by you.
On the possession Of the Philippines
rests the admirable diplomacy which
warned all nations that American
trade was not TO be shut out from
China It is to Manila that we owe the
ability to send trOOns and ships in this
NAAAAN u oLAC ~ lAlE uCLElloE u OLE
ministers, our missionaries, our con-
suls and our merchants in China. in
stead OF being compelled 10 leave our
citizens TO the casual protection of
other powers. as would have been -un-
avOidable had We flung the Philippines
away and withdrawn from the Orient.
Rest assured, sir, that the vigorous
measures which you have thus been
enabled to take. and that all further
measures In the same direction whichs
you may take for the protection of
American lives and property. viii re-
ceive the hearty support of the people
Of the United States, who are now, as D..
always, determined that the American
citizen shall be protected al any cost
in all his rights, everywhere and at ALL
times
1T is 10 Manila again, to our feet in
the bay and 10 our army on land, that
We shall owe the power when these
scenes of blood in China are closed. TO ..
exact reDaratiOn. to enforce stern jus
tice and 70 insist in the final settle
ment upon an Open-f!OOF TO all that vast
market for our growing commerce.
Raps at Free Silver.
Your election means not only pro-
lection TO our industries but the main
tenance Of sound currency and Of the
gold standard, the very cornerstones Of
Should these be shaken, as they would
be by the success OF our opponents, the
whole fabric of our business conference
and prosperity would fall into ruin
oYur defeat would be the signal for
the advance of free trade, for the an
archy Of a debased and unstable cur.
I rency, more business panics depression
and hard times. and for the wreck of
our foreign policy"
The senator's remarks were frequent
ly interrupted with applause When
Senator Lodge closed President Nc
kinley mounted the stand, the vast
concOurse Of people cheering heartily.
II was some moments before the presi-
dent could proceed. He had manu-
script in his hand, but he referred to il
only at long intervals
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of
Notification COmmittee-The message
which you bring to me is enc of signal
honor 1t is also summons to duty. A
single nomination for the Office of pres
ident by great party which, in thirty
TWO years out Of forty has been tri-
umphant at national elections. is q. dis
unctlon which l gratefully cherish. To
receive unanimous denomination bv the
same party is an expression of regard
and pledge of continued confidence
for which Il is difficult to make ade-
quate Acknowledgement
If anything exceeds the honor of the
office Of president of the United States
Z it is the responsibility which attaches
to 1t. Having been Invested with both,
| do not under-aDDraiSe either ANY
/ one who has borne the anXietTes and
| burdens of the presidential Office. es-
Decially in time of national trial. can
not contemplate assuming il a second
/ time without profoundly realizing the
/ severe eXactiOnS and the solemn obi
0 rrlT Tra-,e~ -S-.E~
! ing is accumulated by the momentOus
problems which now press for settle
ment. If my cOuntrymen shall confirm
| the action Of the convention at our ma
| tiOnal election in November. | shall.
| craving divine guidance. undertake the
| trust TO administer il for the interest
and honor of the country and the well
| being of the new peoples who have be-
come the objects of our care.
THE declaration of principles adOpt-
| ed by the convention has my hearty
| approval At some future date I will
| consider its subjects in detail and will.
i by letter. communicate TO your chair
man more formal acceptance of the
nomination.
"On a like occasion four years ago I
said: The party that supplied by legis-
lation the vast revenues for the conduct
Of our greatest war; that promptly re-
| stored the credit Of the country at its
! close; that from its abundant revenues
| paid off a large share Of the debt in
| CURED BY this war. and that resumed
| specie payments and placed our paper
/ currency upon a sound and enduring
| basis, can be safely trusted 10 preserve
! both our credit and currency with
| honor. stability and inviOlability. The
| American people hold the financial
/ honor of our government as sacred as
/ our flag, and can be relied upon TO
/ guard il with the same SleeDless viSi-
| lance They hold its preservation
above party fealty. and have often
| demonstrated that party ties avail
nothing when the spOtleSs credit Of our
| country is threatened.
! The dollar paid to the farmer. the
/ Wage-earner and the penSiOner must
| continue forever equal in purchasing
| and debt-Daying power TO the dollar
| paid 10 any government creditor.
"'Our industrial supremacy, our pro-
ductive capacity, our business and COM
| mercial prosperity. our labor and its
! rewards. orr national credit and cur
! rency. our pride, financial honor and
] our splendid free citizenship. the BIRTH
| right of every American. are all in
voIved in the pending campaiESl, and.
/ thus every home in the land is directly
and intimately connected with their
proper settlement.
Our domestic trade must be Won
hack and our idle working people en-
ployed in gainful occupations a. Amer =