Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-07-21
Mckinley and Roosevelt Formally
Apprised Of Philadelphia Con-
yention's Action.
RESPONSE bY The PRESIDENT
Points 20 Republican Promises and
Declares Pledges or Party Have
Been Kcpt-.-UBforsecn Prob
lens successfully Handled.

his denomination left at $3.50 O'Clock
over the Cleveland Terminal and Val
ley road with 300 persons aboard.
Canton, o., July t4.-Chairman
Lodge and the members OF the Motif
cation committee, together will
Chairman Hanna and members of the
national committee, arrived shortly
after IL o'clock. They entered car.
riages and were driven to the prcsi-
dents house, where the president and
Mrs. Mckinley welcomed them from
the front porch. There were n mum
Der of distinguished men on the
porch, including Hanna, Postmaster
General Smith, Cornelius >. Bliss
Henry G. Payne and Judge Day.
Senator Lodge Immediately mount.
ed a small standing block and deliv-
cred his speech. He said;
Mr.. President, This committed, repre-
senting every state In the union and the
organized territories OF the United states,
was July appointed to announce to yoS
licap national convention, which met In
philadelphia on June 10 last, as the can
didate OF the. republican party for presi-
dent OF the United States for the term
beginning March 4, 1901.
To be selected by the republican party
as their candidate for this great Office
~ a OiAN Va NV az nv iifNs
can be given TO any man. This nomina-
ton, however, comes TO you, sir, under
circumstance which give II n higher sig
niiicance and maxi II an even deeper ex-
preston OF honor and trust than usual,
You were nominated unanimously at
Philadelphia. YOU received the unforccd
vote or every delegate from every state
and every territory.
The harmony of sentiment which ap-
pears on the face OF the record was but
the reflection OF the deeper harmony
which fNiGfnh I'm III. In1Fga "a md nninla nf
tho delegates. Without faction, without
dissent, with profound satisfaction and
eager enthusiasm you were nominated
for the presidency by the united voice OF
the representatives OF our great party,
In which there is neither sign OF division
nor shadow OF turning. Such unanimlty,
always remarkable, rs here the more i'm
pressive because It accompanies a second
domination to the great Office which you
have held for four years. 1t III not the
facile triumph or hope over experience,
but the sober approval of conduct and
character tested In many trials and tried
by heavy ana extraordinary responsible
ties. With the exception OF the period In
which Washington organized the nation
and built the state, and OF those other
awful years when Lincoln led his people
through the agony OF civil war, and saved
ton. there never has been a presidential
term In our history so W. with
great events, so filled with new and mo-
mentous questions as that which is now
" . W AAib ~ y 'Ata NV = " nv "
lions which were made at ST. Louis In
1896, you. sir, united with the republicans
In congress In the revision OF the tariff
and the re-establishmeut OF the protective
policy.
You maintained our credit and upheld
the gold standard. leading the party by
measure, which is Today the great bal.
wark OF both. You led again In the pol
ley which has made Hawaii a possession
Of the United States, ON all these ques-
Hang fnlnllnh fhn lAf.Ag aVI a,tUIln.I
the confidence or the people who four
years ago put trust In oar promises. But
on all these questions also YOU had AS
guides not only your W principles. the
well considered results OF years OF train
Ing and reflection, but also the plain dec
larations OF the national convention
which nominated you Ia 1896. Far differ
ent was II when the Cuban question,
which we had already promised TO set
tic, brought hrst war and then peace
with Spain. Congress declared war. but
you, as commanucr-ln~chlef. had to carry
1t on. You did 80, and history records
unDrokcn victory from the first shot OF
the Nashville to the day when the pro-
tocol was signed. 1'ho peace YOU had TO
tppines-you q to assume alone the re-
sponsibility OF taking them all from
Spain. Alone and weighted with the ter
riblc responsibility OF the unchecked war
powers OF the constitution you were
obliged to govern these islands and TO re-
press rebellion and disorder In tho Phil
NO parry tTctu ucllicu NLne
you were to follow. Courage, fore
sight, comprehension OF American inter-
ests. both 10Y and In the uncharted fu-
ture, faith in the American people and
In their fitness for great tasks were then
your only guides and counsellors.
Thus You framed and put In operation
this great new policy which has made
us at once masters OF the Antilles and a
eastern power, holding firmly our
possessions on both sides of the Pacific.
The new and strange ever excites fear
and the courage and prescience which ac-
them always arouse criticism and
attack. Yet, a great departure and n new
policy were never more quickly justified
those undertaken by you. On the
admirable diplomacy which warned all
nations that American trade was not to
be shut out from China. 1t is TO Manila
that we owe the ability 10 send troops
and ships In this time OF stress TO the
defense OF our ministers, our missiona-
ries, our consuls and our merchants in
China, instead of being compelled to
our citizens to the casual protec-
lion of other powers. as would have been
had we flung the Philippines
and Withdrawn from the orient.
Rest assured, sir. that the vigorous
which you have thus been ena-
bled TO take, and that all urther meas
lres In the same direction which you
may take for the projection OF American
Ives and property. will receive the hearty
OF the people OF the United
who are now as always deter
that the American citizen shall be
protected at any cost In all its rights
everywhere and at all times. 1t Is to
again, to our fleet in the bay and
our army on land that we shall owe the
when these scenes of blood In
China are closed, 10 exact reparation, 10
enforce strict justice and 10 Insist, In the
inal settlement. upon an open door TO all
hat vast market for our fast growing
Events, moving with terrible rapidity.
naUa ham GpvIff xuitnNaCag IN tho wisdom
II your action I'm the east. The Phtladcl-
phia convention has adopted your policy
both In the Antilles and the Philippines
ind has made IL their own and that OF
he republican army.
You election, sir, next November as
lures TO us the continuance OF that policy
abroad and In our new possessions: TO
these difficult and vital questions
o other hands, at once incompetent and
hostile, would be a disastrous and a still
more unrolieved disaster TO our posterity.
election means not only protection
o our industries, but the maintenance
Il a sound currency and of the gold
tardard the very cornerstones or our
economic and financial welfare. Should
hose be shaken, as they would be by
he success of our opponents, the whole
abric of our business confidence and
prosperity would fall into ruin. Your de-
would be the signal for the advance
Z free trade, for the anarchy or a de-
ased and unstable currency, for business
anic, depression and hard times, n
or the wreck or our foreign pOllcy.
Your election and the triumph of the
epublican ~party-which we believe 10 be
IS sure as the coming of the day-will
make certain the steady protection or
ur industries, sound money and a vigor-
us and intelligent foreign policy. They
vill continue those conditions OF good
and wise legislation so essen
ial to the prosperity and well being
which have blessed our country in such
bundance during the past four years.
Thus announcing to you, sir, your nom
nation as the republican candidate for
he presidency, we have the honor also
o submit TO you the declaration of Prin-
iplcs made by the national convention
Which, we trust, will receive your APP
roval. We can assur you of the faith
ul and earnest support of the republican
arty I'm every state, and we beg you To
elleve that we discharge here today
nth feelings Of the deepest personal
this honorable duty i'm
osed upon us by the convention.
Mckiniey's Address.