Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-07-13

were then you- oniy guides and councillors.
Thus. you framed and put in operation & i
great new policy which has made at nas
master Of TIE Antilles and great eaafern
power, holding firmly our possessions on both
sides u the Pacific
In the nsw and strange ever exist fear. md
tiie courage and presence which acceat them.
always arouse criticism and attack Yet
great departure and q new policy we're never
more quickly justified t.lan those md rtalren
by YOU On the possession Of the Philippines
rests TIE admirable diplomacy which warned
al nations tiiet American trade WAS not to be
smut from China. 1t IL TO Manila that we owe
the ability tn send troops and ships in this
tifiie ,f stress 10 the defense Of our ministers,
onf missionaries, our eonsuls and our mer-
chants in Gina, instead Of being compelled to
ieaye our citizens to the casual protection Of
other IoWers. as would have been unavoidable
mac We fung the Phil gpines away and with.
drawn from the Orient
Rest assured. SIR that the vigorous measures
which you have thus been en- bied to take. and
That all further measures in the same ditec-
tion which You may take for the protection Of
American lives and property viii receive the
henrfy support OF the people OF the United
States, who are now, as always, determined
That tine American citizen shall be protected at
any cost In all his rights. everywhere, and at
all times 1t il 10 Manila again, to our fleet In
the Day, aud our army on the land that
shall owe the power when these scenes Of
blood IN China are closed, to exact rei,aration,
TO enforce stern justice and to insis in the
final settlement, upon open door t. all that
vast market for our fast growing commerce.
Events, moving with terrible rapidity, have
been swift witnesses to the wisdom of your
action in the east The Philadelphia conven-
ton has adopted your policy both in the An
titles and the Philippines, and has made it
their own and that of fhe Republican party.
Your election, sir, next November assures TO
I H.
IN our new possessions. To enfrust these diff.
feult and vital questions to other hands, it
once incompetent and hostile would be dis,
aster to us, and a still more unrelieved disas-
ter to our posterity. Your election means not
only protection to our industries, but the main.
tenanee of a sound currency and Of the gold
standard, the very cornerstones of our econo-
mic and financial welfare
Should these be shaken 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 cur
reney, for business panic depression and hard
tir1es and for the wreck of our foreign policy.
Your election and the triumph of the Repub-
ican party-whieh we believe to be as sure as
De coming of the day-wi1 make certain the
steady protection of industries, sound
money and 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
abunanee during the past four years.
Thus announcing to you, sir, your nomina.
ton as the Republican candidate for the presi-
dency we have the honor also to submit to
you the declaration of principles made by the
national convention, which, We trust will re-
ceive your approval We can assure you of the
faithful and earnest support of the Republican
appfry
that we discharge here today. with feelings of
the deepest personal qualification, this honor
able duty imposed upon us by the convention.
President Mckinley, in reply, said.
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of the Notifaa-
ton Committee:
The message which you bring to me is one of
signal honor. 1t Is also summons to duty. A
single nomination for the office of president
by great party which in 81 years out of 10
has been triumphant at national elections, is a
distinction which gratefully cherish. To re-
celve unanimous denomination by the same
party Is an expression of regard and pledge
OF continued confidence for which it is diff
cult to make adequate acknowledgment.
II anything exceeds the honors of the office
of President of the United States it is the re-
spensbility which attaches to it. Having been
invested with both do not contemporaries
either. Any one who has borne the anxieties
and burdens of the presidential office espee-
tally in times of national trouble can not con
template assuming it second time without
profoundly realizing the severe exactions and
the solemn obligations which it imposes and
this feeling is accumulated by the momentous
problems which now press for settlement If
my countrymen shall confirm the action of
the convention at our national election in No.
vember, | shall, craving divine guidance UNI
dertalSe the exalted trust, to administer it for
the interest and honor of the country and the
well being of the new peoples who have be-
n1Ni Of at1p
ton of principles adopted by the convention
has my hearty approval. AT some future date
/ will consider its subjects in detail and will
by letter communicate to your chairman a
more formal acceptance of the nomination.
On a like occasion, four years ago, | said
"The party that supplied by legislation the
vast revenues for the conduct of our greatest
war, that promptly restored the credit of our
country at its close that from its abundant
revenues paid off large share of the debt in
CURED by this war, and that resumed specie
paylnents and placed our paper currency unon
sound and enduring basis, can be safely
trusted to preserve both credit and cur
rency with honor, stability and inviolabiltv
The American people hold the financial honor
of our government as sacred as our flag and
can be relied upon to guard it with the same
sleepless vigilance. They hold its preserva-
tion above party fealty and have often demon
strated that party ties avail nothing when the
spotless credit of our country is threatened
"The dollar paid to the farmer, the wage
Garner and the pensioner must continue for
ever equal in purchasing and debt-paying
power to the dollar paid to any government
creditor,
"Our industrial supremacy, our productive
capacity, our business and commercial pros
perity, our labor and its rewards, our national
credit and currency, our proud financial honor
and our splendid free citizenship, the birth
right of every American, are all involved in
the pending campaign and thus every home
in the land is directly and intimately inter
ested with their proper settlement.
'sOur domestic trade must be won back and
our idle working people employed in gainful
occupations at American wages. Our home
market must be restored to its proud rank of
first in the world, and foreign trade. 50
precipitately cut off by adverse national legis-
laton rep9ened or fair and equitable terms
for autntlts agricultural and Inanuiactur
ing products
Public confidence must.be.resumed and the
skill, energy and the capital of our country
find ample employment at home. The govern
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