The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-13

THE new and strange ever excite fear.
and the courage and prescience which
accept them always arouse criticism and
attack. Yet a great departure and new
policy were never more quickly justified
than those undertaken by you. On the
possession of the Philippines rests the ad-
mirable diplomacy which warned all ma
tlons that American trade was not to be
shut out from China. 1t is to Manila that
we owe the ability to send troops and
ships in this time of stress to the defense
of our ministers, our missionaries, our
consuis and our merchants in China, in
stead of being compelled to leave our cit
izens to the casual protection OF other
powers, as would have been unavoidable
had we flung the Philippines away and
Withdrawn from the Orient. 1t is to
Manila again, to our fleet in the bay and
our army on the land that we shall owe
the power, when these scenes of blood in
China are closed, to exact reparation, to
enforce stern justice and to insist. in the
final settlement, upon an open door to all
that vast market for our fast growing
commerce.
Your election next November assures
t. us the continuance of that policy
abroad and in our new possessions. To
entrust these difficult and vital questions
to other hands, at once incompetent and
hostile, would be disaster to us and
terity. Your election means, not only pro
lection to our industrials, but the main
tenance of a sound currency and of the
gold standard, the very cornerstones of
our economic and financial welfare Should
the Sc be shaken, as they would be by the
success of our opponents, the whole fab
re of our business confidence and pros
perity would fall into ruin. Your defeat
would be the signal for the advance of
free trade, for the anarchy of a debased
and unstable currency, for business panic,
depression and hard times and for the
wreck of our foreign policy Your election
and the triumph of the Republican party
which we believe to be as sure as the
G. ming of the day-will make certain the
steady protection of our indus res, sound
money ard a vigorous and in elligent for
eign rolicy."
Senator Lodges remarks were frequent
ly interrupted with applause. When he
closed and President Mckinley mounted
the stand. the assemblage arose and
cheered enthusiastically. 1t was some
moments before the President could begin
his remarks. He had a manuscript OF
his speech in his hand, but he referred to
it only at long intervals. He said:
speech of the President.
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of the
| Notification Committee: The message
which you bring to me is one of signal
honor. 1t is also a summons TO duty. A
single nomination for the office of Presi-
dent by a great party which in thirtytwo
years out of forty has been triumphant
IN national elections, is a distinction which
| l gratefully cherish. To receive unani-
nous denomination by the same party is
an expression of regard and a. pledge of
continued confidence for which it is diff
fcult to make adequate acknowledge
ment
IF anything exceeds the honor of the
| il is the responsibility which attaches to
| ID. Having been invested with both, do
not under-appraise either. Any one who
| has borne the anxieties and burdens OF
| the presidential Office, especially in time
| of national trial, cannot contemplate as
'suming it a second time without pro-
| foundly realizing the severe exactions and
che solemn obligations which it imposes
and this feeling is accentuated by the
momentous problems which now press for
settlement. If my countrymen shall con-
| firm the action of the convention, our
national election in November. l SHALL
craving Divine guidance. undertake the
| exalted trust, to administer IL for the
| interest and honor of the country and
the well-being of the new peoples who
have BECOME the objects of our care. The
decaratio of principles adopted by the
| convention has my hearty approval
"At some future date 1 will consider Its
subjects in detail and will by letter.
communicate to your chairman more
formal acceptance of the nomination.
Their Financial Honor.
"On a like occasion four years ago. 1
| said: The party that supplied by legis-
! iation 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 incur
red by this war, and that resumed spe-
| Gle payments and placed our paper cur
| rency upon sound and enduring basis,
can be safely trusted to preserve both our
credit and currency, with honor, stability
! and inviola bility The American people
| hold the financial honor of our govern
ment as sacred as our flag, and can be
relied upon to guard 1t with the seme
! sleepless vigilance. They hold it's preser-
walton above party feaity. and have often
demonstrated that party ties avail moth
| ing when the spotless credit of our coun-
| try is threatened.
THE dollar paid to the farmer, the
wage Garner and the pensioner, must
continue forever equal in purchasing and
debt paying power to the dollar paid TO
any government creditor.
Whnt Was Involved.
"'Our industrial supremacy. our produc-
tive capacity, our business and CONNER
eial prosperity, our labor and its rewards,
! our national credit and currency, our
! proud financial honor and our splendid
! free citizenship, the birthright of every
/ American are all involved in the pending
| campaign and thus every home in the
| land is directly and intimately connect
| ed with their proper settlement.
" Our domestic trade must be won back
| gainful occupations at American wages.
! Our home market must be restored to it's
proud rank of first in the world, and our
| foreign trade, so precipitately cut off by
adverse national legisla tion, reopened on
| fair and equitable terms. for our surplus
agricultural and manufacturing products.
"'Public confidence must be re-
sumed and the skill, energy, and
the capital of our country find
ample employment at home. The
| government of the United States must
raise money enough TO meet both it's cur
| rent expenses and increasin needs. Its
! revenues should be so raised as 10 protect
! the material interests of our people, with
the lightest possible drain upon their re-
! sources and maintaining that high stand
! ard Of civilization which has distinguish
ed our country for more than a century
| of IT'S existence.
THE national credit. which has thus
far fortunately resisted every assault up