Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-11
SENATOR CULLOM SPEAKS.
Address of the veteran Statesman
at Springfield on National
Questions.


Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom addressed
the meeting, speaking in part as fol-
lows:
"As we are nearing the end of the nine
teenth century ii is but right to recall the
progress of our couat:y during the 1l0 years
since the American constitution was adopt
ed in 1883.
"As a nation we have passed through
wars, foreign and domestic, in which our
flag has always been borne to victory. We
have steered between the rocks and shoals
of monarchy on one hand, and the cyclones
and whirwinds of anarchy and unrest on
the other. With each succeeding year We
have grown into new responsibilities until
the glory of our manhood has compelled
the wondering nations from the equator
to the pole to do homage to the genius of
our firm and steadfast repubicanism.
I'VE early adopted an American policy
of our own by which we unflinchingy
maintained that our course was justified
by the honesty of our purpose and the
friendship and humanity which we eXhib-
tied toward every rival. We brought to
our service such minds as Washington,
Adams, jefferson, in the early day, and
later we enjoyed the wisdom of Monroe and
Madison. We put a wreath of honor upon
the brow of Lincoln, and placed the burden
of our responsibilities upon his shoulder,
while he, with simplicity and wisdom, took
10 MS ana the HlISHly oI "HtIt-
upon the nation came steadily and triumph
antly into the harbor of safety.
1.-THE state of Illinois became factor in
this government 81 years ago. She has ever
held her own during that period and has
always stood in the front rank with New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the other
great empire states of the union.
"These fourscore years have seen Illinois
grow into a giant commonwealth. Her
growth in every material interest has been
steady and she has been true to the ma
tonal union whenever the storm of wGr
has darkened the nations horizon as well
as in peace. Always true to America, al
ways leading in everything right and just,
Illinois has dedicated and devoted her fa-
vorite sons, and all her material resources,
to the nation and its welfare.
Look over the names of the great men
who have honored Illinois in the past.
Have we forgotten the historic names of
Shadrach Bond, Gov. Edwards, william
II. Bissel, Elijah p. LoVejoy, Daniel p.
Cook, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant,
John A. Logan, Richard j. Oglesby, John
NJ. Palmer and many more? But, fellow
citizens, let US not confine our remarks
to Illinois, our great commonwealth, and
its history AS the soldier takes pride in
recounting deeds of heroism on the field
of battle, so we republicans take delight in
telling the story of republicanism in Hi
noiS and the country. The republican par
ty, founded on liberty, equal rights, a free
press, free speech, a pure and free ballot,
stands before the world to-day at the acme
of its glory. With the union saved slavery
abolished credit the best of any nation
in the world, VIC are to-day a country re-
united and a happy, prosperous people
having the doctrine of the republican party
enacted into laws.
These vast results are due to republican
pluck, persistence and intelligence. Here
after the political party which fails to
establish and build up our Industries, we
have demonstrated It's possible to build
them, will be unable to create more than
a ripple on the surface of the political
world.
Mr.. President the republicans of Hi
nois have during the 20 years of the exist
ence of our party, Travelled into the prom
ised land as led by Lincoln and Grant
but they were occasionally relegated to
the wilderness by the evil spirit of de-
mocracy. Thank the Lord, the party of
protection and honest money has now come
into its own. Every promise made by the
republican party has been fulfilled from
the first great convention at Chicago in
1860, when Lincoln was nominated, and t
Baltimore in 1864, when he was renomin-
ated, and in 1865, when Grant was nomin-
ated, and in 1872, when he was renominated,
and Hayes, in 1876, and Garfield in 1889, Har
rison in 1883, and finally TO Mckinley in
1896.
To-day President Mckinley, a the time
of his denomination approaches, has be-
come so strongly intrenched in the affec-
tions OF the people that, under the lead of
our beloved Illinois, he will be unanimously
selected for 1900. The trend Of events has
constantly proved that most of the oppos-
ing parties have come squarely out for
republican nominees, thus iustifying and
approving the principles of our party.
My friends, the republican party has
outstripped every prophesy, and under the
management of William Mckinley has
compassed the restoration of Americans m
to our nation. The blasting influence of
free trade has been destroyed, and we are
entering upon new century under the
most wonderful experiences of national
growth. We have demonstrated that
America, as a world power, has been sim
ply slumbering until the signal came for
her self-assertion. The cruel act which de-
stroyed the Maine and its American sailors
in Havana harbor less than two years ago
awakened the American people, and from
that day the Unfit uence of the United States
has expanded across seas, islands and
countries. until this country is no longer a
provincial experiment, but world power
IAN exhibit of the wonderful prosperity
and success which have been achieved by
the republican party is shown in the last
annual message of President Mckinley
In that message is presented in plain,
modest way the most wonderful showing
ever made. Not only every republican but
every American citizen has a right, in view
of the unparalleled story of American
thrift, to feel his stature increase to gil
ants height
For myself, as an American republican,
/ feel that the country now experiences
the justice and the truth Of the predictions
we have always made. Every citizen can
verify the truth of recent history. We all
feel inspired by an enthusiasm and love
for our country which has never been
known before.
american Valor has dared the heights
and depths of monarchical, as well as unciv-
tlizcd, warfare, and has swept the navy of
our antagonists from the sea. From the
West Indies to the Philippines the open sea
is now the pathway of American ships
The stars and stripes are as much at home
and as highly honored in the waters of the
Caribbean sea and in the southern Pacific
as in the bay of New York. But the great
satisfaction and value of our two years
of new life is found in the enlarge ment
of our domestic esta bliShments all over
the United States. Scarcely a feature OF
our trade and commerce, or our relations
with the world abroad, but has increased
and doubled, or perhaps quadrup.ed, dur
ing the same briEf perigI SifgDt Mo