Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-20
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Governor Shaw of Iowa and Governor
Theodore Roosevelt of New York"
A cheer went up, strong and continued
as this group of names left the chair
mans lips.
Apparently Governor Roosevelt had
not expected to be thus designated. and
his face showed signs of annoyance.
With Governor Shaw he stepped to Mr..
Lodges seat and with the permanent
chairman between them they marched
up to the platform. The cheers echoed
continuously until Mr.. Lodge, after
greeting Mr.. Wolcott, turned to the audi
ence and began his address.
Senator Lodge sud: Z
One of the greatest honors that can
fall to any American in public life is to
be called to preside over a republican ma
tional convention. How great an honor
1t is you know, but cannot realize, but l
can express the gratitude which l feel
toward o for having conferred it upon
me. I a only say to you, in the sim
plest phrase, that I thank you from the
bottom of my heart. "Beggar that I am,
I ann even poor In thanks. n yet I
thank you"
We meet again to nominate the next
president of the United States. o
years have passed since we nominated
the soldier and statesman who is NOW
president. and who is to enter Upon his
SCSOlu II lIlC lllc civil WdT IO
presidential term has been SO crowded
with great events as that which is now
drawing to a close. They have been four
memorable years. To republicans they
show a record of promises kept, of work
DONE, of unforeseen questions met and
answered. To the democrats they have
been generous in the exhibition Of un-
filled predictions. in the ruin of their
hopes of calamity and in futile OppOsi-
lion RI the fOrofS IF tho finoS ond tho
aspirations of the American people. I
wish l could add that they had been
equally to our opponents, but
while it is true that the democrats, like
the bourbons, learn nothing, it is only
too evident that the familiar comparison
cannot be completed, for they forget a
great deal which it would be we'll for
them to remember.
In 1897 we tool the government and the
country from the hands of President
Cleveland. His party had abandoned
him and we Joined to their idols, of which
he was MO longer one. During the last
years of his term, we had presented to US
the melancholy spectacle of a president
trying ITO govern without a party. The
result was that his policies were ruin,
legislation was at a standstill, n pub
lie affairs were in a perilous and inco-
herent condition. Party responsibilities
had vanished and with it all possibilities
of Intelligent action demanded by the
country at home and abroad. It was an
interesting, but by no means singular
display of democratic unftness for the
practical work of government. To the
political student 1T was instructive; to
the country 1T was extremely painful, to
business disastrous.
IN ACCORD WITH HIS PARTY.
We replaced this political chaos with a
president in thorough accord with his
party, m the machinery of government
began again to move smoothly and eff
fectively. Thus we kept at once orr
| promise of better and more efficient ad-
ministration. In four months after the
Inauguration of President Mckinley we
had passed "a tariff bill. For ten years
the artificial agitation in behalf of what
was humorously called tariff reform and
of what was really free trade, had kept
( business in "a foment and had brought a
treasury deficit, paralyzed industries. de-
preston, panic and finally, continuous
bad times to a degree never before i'm
agined. Would you measure it's success,
recollect that 1t is no longer al issue,
that our opponents, free traders as they
are. do not dare ITO make it an issue, that
there is not a state in the Union today
which could be carried for free trade
against protection. Never was a policy
more fully justified by it's works, never
l oo a III lIN1 ny LILY purity u
absolutely fulfilled.
F.! Dominant among the issues of four
years ago was that of our monetary and
financial system. The republican party
promises to upohld our credit, to pro-
tect u currency from revolution and to
maintain the gold standard. We have
\ done more. We have been better THAN
our promise.
Failing to secure. after honest effort,
n announcement for international BIZ
metadl1Sm, We have passed a. law
strengthening the gold standard and
planting it more firmer than ever in our
financial system improving our banking
laws, buttressing our credit and refund
ing the public debt at 2 per cent. inter-
est. the lowest rate in the world. It was
a great work, we'll done. T,he only argu-
ment the democrats can advance today
In their own behalf on the money uues-
ton Is that a republican senate, in the
event of democratic success, would not
permit the repeal of a republican law.
This is a precious argument when O
at with considerable eyes, and quite
worthy OF the intellects which produces
it. Apply it generally. Upon his theory
because we have defeated the soldiers of
Spain and sunk her ships, we can with
safety dispense with the army and nayy
which did the work. Take another ex-
ample: There has been a fire in a great
city; 1T has been checked and extjn-
guished; therefore. let us abolish the fire
department and cease to insure our
homes. Distrust in our currency, the
dread of change, the deadly fear of a de-
based standard were raging four years
ago, and business lay PROSTATE before
uhem. Republican supremacy and re-
publican legislation have ~extinguished
the fires of debt. and business has risen
triumphant from the ashes. Therefore
abolish your fire department, turn out
the republicans and put in power the in
cendiaries who lighted the flames and
trust What remains Of republican con-
troi 10 avert fresh disaster. The propo-
sition is it's own refutation. Tha sInre-