Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-09-08

form he delivered an address which Is
reproduced below, in which he defines
his position, and denies in vigorous
language the imputation that he is tie
candidate OF the Southern Pacific Raj
read, and that if elected he will be
srbseryient to the will OF that corpora
tim:
at thank you for your cordial greeting. l
acceptit as an expression Of your good will,
and in some degree Of your confidence.
Ten years ago the Republican party in
convention met in this city, and in this
very hall. A ticket was then nominated
which swept the State at the ensuing cleo
tion. 1t ia a hopeful and an auspicious
circumstance that a reunited Republican
party is again assembled in this hall, I'M
der old Mount Davidson, in this city,
which, in the olden time and in more re-
cent elections, was ever true to the Repub-
lican party. We miss many Of the old
familiar faces, but they are with us In
spirit and l am sure they will all be with
us in November. But the new faces which
take the places of the old faces are eloquent
with the old time energy, the old time en-
thusiasm, and the old time courage which
betoken a good fight and an old time vic
tory.
81 am here today asking one of the high
esthonors within your gift. fullyre-
alizing that this convention is not gathered
merely for the purpose of gratifying the
ambition or rewarding the services OF any
man. You are here to adopt a platform
which will commend itself to every good
citizen as the wisest and most cOnserya-
tive statement of those principles and poll
cies which are vital to good government.
and to nominate a ticket which will in.
sure the triumph Of the Republican party
at the next election, and thus secure TO us
the continuance Of that wonderful prosper
ity which came with the administration of
President Mckinley.
"Four years ago the Republican party
went into power with a promise to protect
American industry, American enterprise,
and American labor. How well that prom
ise has been fulfilled let the whole country
answer.
'The excess OF our exports over our i'm
ports has amounted during the present ad-
ministration to the st~upenduous SUN Of
| fourteen thousand millions Of dollars.
During the 100 years before this admins
tration the total excess Of our exports over
sar imports amounted to scarcely one-third
Of that sum. In other words our sales
have exceeded our purchases by about one
million dollars per day for each day Of
President McKinley's administration.
"Such a wonderfully abundant, abound
ing, overlooking prosperity We have never
known. Our laborers are better paid, our
people are better fed, better clothed, bet
ter housed, than any other on the globe.
Even poor Nevada has not been passed by;
our cattle, beef, sheep, mutton n wool
are worth twice as much as four years ago;
real estate in the agricultural counties has
advanced in value from rs to 100 per cent
in the past three years. Who wants a
change? Who wants to return to free
trade! Who wants to return to the lean
and hungry years Of the last Democratic
administration? Who wants to return to
the inef6ciency which increased the ma
tional debt nearly o~ne.quarter of a billion
dollars in a time of profound peace? Gen.
tlemen, this is the great argument; this is
the great fact which should convince every
good citizen that he ought to be a Republi-
can. This Is the great living fact before
which the alleged argument Of imperial
ism is but a man of straw.
"Who believes hat the party Of Lin
coin, the party that struck the chains from
4, 200, 900 slaves is about to enslave the
Filipinos! Who believes that the party
which today is attempting to govern with
out the consent of the governed in the
South is capable Of giving liberty and
self-government to the dusky races in the
islands beyond the sea? Do men gather
figs Of thistles or grapes of thorns?
Snow / wish to speak Of a matter which
you may consider purely personal. Still I
feel that an explanation is due to you and
that / owe it to myself.
'Before / had announced that / would
like to run for Congress; before l had even
decided that it would be wise or expedient
for me to seek this nomination, my candi-
dacy was heralded by certain newspapers.
My name was coupled with that Of Mr..
Wallace and with the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company in a manner highly
offensive TO me. Those statements were
intended TO be an imputation upon my
character; a challenge to my manhood. L
have been told that these statements were
paid for at the rate of IS per column.
They were made for and in behalf of the
man who will probably be the Democratic
candidate for Congress. / shall hold him
responsible fer them. Ii 80 far a. these