The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-13

party CTeeu Geiineu Inc course you were
! to follow. Courage. foresight. comprehen-
sion of American interests, both now and
| in the uncharted future; faith in the
American people and in their fitness for
great tasks. We're then your only guides
and counselors. Thus you framed and put
in operation this great new policy which
has made us at once masters OF the An
TILES and 4 great Eastern power. holding
| firmly our possessions on both sides of the
| Pacific
The new and strange ever excite fear.
and the courage and prescience which ac-
cept them always arouse criticism and at
| tack Yet a great departure and a 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. 1t is
to Manila that We owe the ability to send
troops and ships in his time of stress to
the defence of our Minister our mission
aries. our consuls. and our merchants in
China, instead of being compelled to leave
| our citizens to the casual protection of 9TH
er powers. as would have been unavoidable
had we flung the Philippines away, and
| withdrawn from the Orient.
Rest assured. sir. that the vigorous
| measures which you have thus been ena-
| in the same direction which you may take,
| for the protection of American lives and
property. will receive the hearty support
! of the people of the United States. who are
row, as always. determined that the
American citizen shall be protected at
any cost in all his rights. everywhere and
(, at all times. 1t is to Manila again, to our
| feet in the bay, and our army on the land
| that We shall owe the power. when these
scenes of blood in China ara closed. to ex-
act 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. Events. NOV
ing with terrible rapidity. have been swift
| witnesses to the wisdom OF your action in
| the East.
THE Philadelphia Convention has adopt
ed your policy both in the Antilles and the
| Philippines and has made it their own and
| that of the Republican party.
! Your election. sir. next November, as
| sures TO us the continuance of that policy
abroad and in our new possessions.
ITO entrust these difficult and vital
questions TO other hands. at once incompe-
tent and hostile. would be a disaster to us.
| and still more unrelieved disaster to our
posterity.
Gold and Protection.
| our election means not only pfOteGtl0u
TO our industries. but the maintenance Of
a sound currency and OF the gold standard,
| the very cornerstone OF cur economic AID
financial welfare. Should these be shak
l en-, as they would be by the success of our
opponents. the whole fabric of our business
confidence and prosperity would fall into
ruin.
Your defeat would be the signal for the
! advance of free trade, for the arnarchy OF
| a debased and unstable currency. for busi-
ness panic, depression, and hard times,
and for the wreck of our foreign policy.
| Your election and the triumph OF the Re-
publican party, which we believe to be as
sure as the coming OF dag, will make GER
tain the steady protection OF our indGs-
! tries. sound money and vigorous and in
teiligent foreign policy. Tney will con-
tinue these conditions of good government
and wise legislation, so essential 10 the
prosperity and well being which have
blessed our country in such abundance
during the past four years.
Thus. announcing TO you. sir your
nomination as the Republican candidate for
the Presidency. We have the honor also TO
submit to you the declaration of principles
made by the National Convention which
We trust will receive your approval. We
can assure you OF the faithful and earnest
support OF the Republican party in every
State, and we beg you to believe that We
discharge, here today, with feelings of the
deepest personal qualification. this hono--
able duty imposed upon US b. the Conven
ton"
Tie vociferous applause which greeted
the Senator's final remarks grew into a
grand ovation as the President arose TO
take the stand
The Presidents Speech.
for President, Mr.. Mckinley said:
Senator Lodge, and Gentlemen of the
! Notification Committee: The message
| which you bring TO me is one of signal
honor. II is also a summons of duty. A
single nomination for the Office of presi
dent by a great party, which in thirty-two
years out Of forty has been triumphant
at national elections, is distinction
| which is gratefully cherished. To receive
unanimous denomination by the same
party is an expression of regard and
| pledge Of continued confidence for which
| il is difficult to make adequate acknowl-
edgment.
"If anything exceeds the honor OF the
! Office of President of the United States it
is the responsibility which attaches 10 it.
/ Having been invested with both. / do not
under -appraise either.
| Anyone who has borne the anxieties
! and burdens of the Presidential Office es-
| pecialiy in time Of national trial. cannot
| contemplate assuming it a second time
| without profoundly realizing the severe e2
actions and solemn obligations which ii
| imposes, and this feeling is accentuated by
| the momentous problems which now press
| for settlement. II my countrymen shall
confirm the action Of the Convention at our
national election in November. / shall
| craving divine guidance, undertake the ex-
aited trust to administer it for the interest
and honor Of the country and the well-be-
| ing of the new people who have become the
objects of our care.
The declaration OF principles adopted
! by the Convention has my hearty APPROX
al At some future date will consider its
subjects in detail and will by letter com
municate 10 your chairman a more formal
acceptance of the nomination.
"On a like occasion four years ago. |
said: The party that supplied by legisla-
tion the vast revenues for the conduct of
our greatest war: that promptly restored
| the credit of the country at its close; that
from It's abundant revenues paid off a large
share of the debt incurred by this war
and that resumed specie payments and
placed our paper currency upon a sound
and enduring basis, can be safely trusted
TO 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 sleepless vigilance They
hold It's preservation above party fealty,
and have often demonstrated that party
ties avail nothing when the spotless credit
OF our country is threatened.
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