Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-19

tion four years ago, and in the pres
ence of men in hearty accord with his
policy. he could not but create a ia
vorable impression and receive, as he
did, the most hearty applause of his
listeners. He said:
Senator Eodge and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee:
The message which you bring is one
of signal honor. 1t is also SUNNI ons to
duty. 4 single nomination for the office
of president by a great party which in ~
years out of 40 has been triumphant at
national elections, is a distinction which
L gratefully cherish. To receive unani-
nous renominat tion by the same party is
an expression of regard and pledge Of
continued confidence for when It is ar
ficult to make adequate acknowledgement
If anything exceeds the honor of the
office of president of the United States
it is the responsibility which attaches to
it. Having been invested with both, do
not underappraise either. Any one who
has borne the anxieties and burdens OF
the presidential office, especially in time
of national trial, cannot contemplate as
sumng ii a second time without pro-
foundly realizing the severe eNactons and
the solemn obligations which 1t imposed
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 at our
national election in November shall
craving divine guidance, undertake the
terest and honor of the country and the
well being of the new peoples who have
become the objects of our care. The
declaration of principles adopted by the
convention has my hearty approval. At
some future date | will consider its sub
iects in detail and will by letter commun-
icate to your chairman more formal
acceptance of the nomination.
On a like occasion four years ago /
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 it's abundant revenues
paid off a large share of the debt incur
red 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 governme ent as
sacred as our flag, and can be relied upon
TO guard it with the same sleepless vigil
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 threat
ened.
"The dollar paid to the farmer, the wage
Garner and the pensioner must continue
forever equal In purchasing and debt pay
ing power to the dollar paid to any gov
ernment creditor.
"Our industrial supremacy, our produc-
tive capacity, our business and CONNER
cial 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 connected
with their proper settlement.
"Our domestic trade must be won back
ard our idle working people employed in
ganful occupations al American wages.
Our home market must be restored TO its
proud rank of first in the world and our
fE.Y-a aFst n al ~
adverse national legislation reOpened on
fair and equitable terms for our surplus
agricultural and manufacturing products.
Public confidence must be resumed 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 current expenses and increasing needs.
It's revenues should be so raised as to
protect the material interests Of our peo-
pie, with the liEhtest possible drain upon
their resources and maintaining that high
standard of civilization which has d!stn-
guished our country for more than CEN
tury of its existence.
THE national credit, which has thus
far fortunately resisted every assault up
on it must and Will be upheld and
strengthened. If sufficient revenues are
provided for the support Of the govern
ment there will be no necessity for bor-
| rowing money and increasing the public
debt"
Three and one-half years of legislation
and administration have been concluded
since these words were spoken. Have
those to whom was confided the direction
of the government kept their pledges? {?
The record is made up. The people are
not unfamiliar with what has been ac-
complished. The gold standard has been
reafIirmed and strengthened. The endless
chain has been broken and the drain upon
our gold reserve no longer frets US. The
credit of the country has been advanced
Ito the highest place among all nations.
We are refunding our bonded debt bearing
3 and and > per cent. interest at per
cent, a lower rate than of that any other
country, and already more than 5000 0O0,
COO have been so funded, with a gain to
the government of many millions of dol
lars. Instead of 16 to /, for which our
opponents contended four years ago, leg
islation has been enacted which, while
utilizing all forms of our money, secures
| one fixed value for every dollar and that
the best known to the civilized world
A tariff which protects American labor
| and industry and provides ample revenues
| has been written in pubic laws We have
| worlds markets have been opened to
American products, which so now where
passed from bord-issuing to a bond-pay
| ing nation; from nation Of borrowers
| to a nation Of lenders: from a deficiency
| in revenue to a surplus; from fear to con-
| fdence; from enforced idleress to profit
| a BILE employment. The public faith has
been upheld public order has been main
| tanned We have prosperity at home and
| prestige abroad
| Unfortunately the threat of 1896 has just
been renewed by the allied parties with
| out abatement or modification. The gold
| bill has been denounced and its repeal
| demaEded. The menace of l6 to /, there
| fore, still hangs over us with all its dire
| consequence TO credit and confidence, to
| business and industry. The enemies of
| sound finances are rally!ng their scattered
| forces. The people must once more unite
and overcome the advocates OF Reputation
and must not relax their energy until the
| battle for public honor and honest money
| shall again triumph.
congress which will sustain and, If
need be, strengthen the present law can
prevent a financial catastrophe which
| every lover of the republic is interested
| to avert.
Not satisfied with assault!nE the cur
! rency and credit of the government, our
/ political adVersaries condemn the tariff
| law enacted at the extra session of con-
gress in 1891 known as the Dingley act,
! passed in obedience to the Will of the peo-
| pie expressed at the election in the pre-
ceding November, a law which at once