Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-07-25

usual. lOn were nominated unani-
mously ut Philadelphia. You re-
cclvcd the vote of every delegate,
from every State and from every ter
ri,ory.
"Thc harmony of sentiment which
appears on the fact OF the record was
but the reflection of the deeper har-
mony which existed in the hearts and
mines of the delegates. Without
faction, without dissent, with pro-
found satisfaction and eager cnthu-
Slasm you were nominated for the
presidency by the united voice of the
representatives OF our great party, in
which there is neither sign of division
nor shadow of turning. Such unani-
nifty, always remarkable, is here the
more impressive, because it accom-
panics second nomination to the
great Office which you have held for
four years. Not the facilc triumph
OF hope over experience, but the
sober approval Of conduct and char
actcr tested in many trials and tried
by heavy and extraordinary rcspon-
Sibilitics.
NEW AND MOMENTOuS QUESTIONS,
"With the exception of the period
in which Washington organized the
nation and built the state and of those
other awful years when Lincoln led
his people through the agony Of civil
war, and saved from destruction the
work Of Washington, there never has
been a presidential term in our his.
tory so crowded with great events,
SO filled with new and momentous
questions as that which is now draw
ing to an end. These declarations
which were made in St. Louis in
1896, you, sir, united with the Repub-
llcms in Congress in the placing Of
the tariff and the establishment of
the protective policy. You main
tanned our credit and upheld the gold
standard, leading the party by your
advice to the passage of the great
measure which is to-day the great
bulwark Of both.
"(ou led again the policy which
has made Hawaii possession of the
United States. On all other ques-
tions you fulfilled the hopes and JUS
titled the confidence Of the people
who Iour years ago put trust in your
promises. But on all these questions,
also you had as guides, not only your
own principles, the well considered
results ~ years of training and re-
ilcction, but also the plain dcclara-
tons Of the National Convention
which nominated you in 1896.
GEAR different was it when the
Cuban question, which we had al
ready promised to settle, brought on
war and then peace, with Spain.
Congress declared war, but you, as
commandcr-in- chief, had to carry it
on. You did so and history records
unbroken victory in the first shot Of
the Nashville to the day when the
protocol was signed. The peace you
had TO make alone. Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Philippines, you had to
assume alone the responsibility OF
taking them all from Spain. Alone
and weighed with the terrible rcspon-
slbility Of the unchecked war powers
OF the constitution, you were obliged
TO govern these islands and to rcprcss
rebellion and disorder in the Philip
pines. No party creed defined the
course you were to follow. Courage,
foresight, comprehension Of Amcri-
can interests, both now and in the un-
chartered future, faith in the Amcri-
can people and in their fitness for
great tasks, were then your only
guides and counscllors
McKINLEY's GREAT roLIcY.
"Thus, you framed and put in opc-
ration this great new policy which
has made us ut once masters of the
Antilles and great Eastern power,
holding firmly or possession on both
sides Of the Pacific
"rhc new and strange ever cxcitcs
fear and the courage and prcscicncc
which accept them always arouse
criticism and attack. Yet great
, departure and new policy were
never more quickly justified than
those undertaken by you. On the
possession Of the Philippines rest the
admirable diplomacy which warned
all nations that American trade was
not TO be shut out from China. 1t is
| to MuUliu that, we owe the ability Ia