Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-14

Canton, o.. July 1.-THE president was
today notified of his denomination for
the position which he now holds. Sem
a. tor Lodge made the notification speech,
as follows:
Mr. President: This committee, rep
resenting every state in the Union AMI
the organized territories OF the United
States, was duly appointed to announce
to you formally, your nominal ton by the
Republican national convention as the
candidate of the Republican party for
President of the United States for the
term beginning March 4. 1901. This
nomination comes to you, sir, under cir
cumstances which give 1t a higher
significance and make 1t an even deeper r
expression Of honor and trust than usual.
You We're nominated unanimously at
Philadelphia. You received the in
forced vote of every delegate from every
state and every territory. The harmony
of sentiment which appears on the face
of the record was but the reflection of a
deeper harmony which existed in the
hearts and minds of the delegates
Without faction. without dissent, with
profound satisfaction and eager en-
thusiasm you We're 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 unanimity, always remarkable.
Is here the more impressive because 1t
accompanies second nomina tion to
the great office which you have held for
four years. 1t is not the facile triumph
of hope over experience, but the sober
approval of conduct and character tested
In many trials and tried by heavy and
extraordinary responsibilities. True to
the declarations which We're made al St.
Louis in 1896, you, sir. united with the
Republicans in congress In the revision
of the tariff and the re-establishment of
the protective policy. You maintained
our credit and upheld the gold STANDARD d .
leading the party by your advice to tt e
passage of the great measure which Is
today the bulwark Of both. You led
again in the policy which has made
Hawaii possession of the United States
On all these questions you fulfilled the
hopes and justified the confidence Of the
people, who four years ago put trust In
our promises. But on all these ques-
tions also you had as guides, not only
your own principles, the well considered
results Of years of training and rehec-
ton, but also the plain declarations Of
the national convention which NOM
mated you in 1896.
Far different was 1t when the Cuban
question, which We had also promised to
settle, brought first. war, and then.
peace, with Spain. Congress declare d
war. but you. as cOmmander-ln-ch chief,
had to carry it on. You did so, and his
tory records unbroken victory from 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 TAX
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weighted with the terrible responsibility
of the unchecked war powers OF the con-
stitution, you were obliged to govern
these islands, and to repress rebellion
and disorder In the Philippines. No
party creed defined the course you were
TO follow. Courage. foresight; compre-
hension Of American interests. both ow
md in the uncharted future. faith in the
\merican people and In their fitness for
reat tasks. We're then your only guides
nd counselors. Thus you framed and
ut In operation this great. new policy
'hich has made us at once masters CT
ne Antilles and Il great eastern power,
lolding firmly our possessions on both
ides Of the Pacific.
The new and strange ever excite fear
md the courage and prescience which
lccept them always arouse criticism
md attack Yet great departure and
1 new policy were never more quickly
justified than those undertaken by you.
On the possession Of the Philippines
rests the admirable diplomacy which
warned all nations that American trade
was not to be shut out from China. 1t
Is to Manila that we owe the ability TO
send troops and ships in this time of
stress to the defense of Sur ministers, our
missionaries. our consuls and our mer-
chants in China, instead Of being COM
PEELED to leave our citizens to the casual
protection Of other powers, as would
have been unavoidable had we flung the
Philippines away and withdrawn from
the Orient. Rest assured, sir, that the
vigorous measures which you have thus
been enabled to take. and that all fur
ther measures in the same direction
which you may take. for the protec II IN
of American lives and property, will re-
ceive the hearty support Of the people of
the United States. who are now, as al
ways, determined that the American
citizen shall be protected a any cost In
all his rights, everywhere and at all
times.
1t Is to Manila again. to our fleet In tie
bay, and our army on the land. that we
shall owe the power. when these scenes
of blood in China are closed. to exact
reparaton, to enforce stern Justice, and
to insist, in the final settlement upon an
open door to all that vast market for our
ing with terrible rapidity. have been
swift witnesses to the wisdom of your
action in the east. The Philadelphia
convention has adopted your policy both
in the Antilles and the Philippines. and
has made 1t their own and that Of the
Republican party.
Your election. sir, next November, as
sures to us the continuance of that
policy abroad and in our new posses
sions. To entrust these difficult and
vital questions to other hands. at once
incompetent and hostile, would be a
disaster to us and a still more unrelieved
disaster to our posterity. Your election
means not only protection to our indus
tries, but the maintenance of a sourd
currency and of the gold standard, the
very cornerstones of our economic ard
financial welfare. Should these be
shaken as they would be by the success
of our opponents. the whole fabric of our
business confidence and prosperity would
fall into ruin. Your defeat would be the
signal for the advance of free trade. for
the anarchy of debased and unstable
currency. for business panic. depression
and hard times, and for the wreck of our
foreign policy.
Your election and the triumph of the
Republican party-which we believe to
be as sure as the coming of the day
will make certain the steady protection
Of our industries, sound money, ana a
vigorous and intelligent foreign policy.
They will continue those conditions of
good government and wise legislation so
essential to the prosperity and well being
which have blessed our country In such
abundance during the past four years.
Lewiston, Me-, July 12.-With the nom
ipation of Samuel l.. Lord of Saco for
governor and the hearty endorsement
of the Kansas City platform the Demo>
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