The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-13

enthusiasm, You We're nominated Tor the
presidency by the united voice Of the rep
rescntatiVes Of our great party in which
there ia neither sign of division nor shad-
ow OF turning. Unanimity. Sways re-
markable. is here the more impressive be-
cause II accompanies a second nomination
10 the great Office which you have held
for four years. Ii is not the facile tri-
umph OF hope over experience but the
sober approval Of conduct and character
tested In many trials and tried by heavy
and extraordinary responsibilities.
Record OF Four Years.
with the exception OF the period In
which Washington organized the nation
and built the state. and of those other aw-
ful years when Lincoln led his people
through the agony OF civil war and saved
from destruction the work OF Washing
ton. there has never been a presidential
term in our history so crowded with gres'
events, so filled with new and momentous
questions as that which ia now drawing TO
its end. True to the declarations which
were made at ST. Louis in 1896, you, sir.
united with the Republicans in eonsSess
in the revision OF the tariff and the" re-
establishment of the protective policy.
You maintained our credit and upheld
the gold standard. leading the party by
your advice to the passage of the great
measures which are today the great bull
wark OF both. You led again in the
great policy which has made Hawaii
possession Of the United States. on all
Of these questions you fulfilled the hopes
and Justified the confidence OF the peo-
pie who four years ago put trust IN
your promises But on all these aues-
ton- also, you had as guides not only
your own principles the well-considered
results of years of training ana refiec-
ton. but also the plain declarations OF
the national convention which nominated
you in 1896
Bore the Burden of spanish War.
Far different was 1t when the Cuban
question. on which we had already prom
ised to settle, brought war and then
but you, as commander r-in-chief, had to
carry II on. You did So and history
records unhroken victory from the first
shot from the Nashville to the day when
the protocol was signed. The peace you
had to make alone. Cuba, Puerto Rico.
the Philippines. you had 20 assume alone,
responsibility of taking them all from
Spain. Alone and weighted with the ter
ribie responsibility uf the unchecked war
powers of the constitution, You were
Obliged to govern these islands and to
repress rebellion and disorder in the
Philippines. No party creed defined tho
course you were to follow. Courage,
foresight. comprehension of American iu-
terests, both now and In the uncharted
future, faith In the American people and
in their fitness for great tasks were then
your only guides and counsellors.
ResaIts Are Justified.
Thus YOU framed and put In execution
this great new policy which has made us
masters OF tho Antilles and a great East
ern power, holding firm our possessions
on both sides Of the Pacific The new
and strange ever eScites fear. ana cour-
age and prescience which accept them
always arouse criticism and attack. Yet
a great departure and "A new policy were
never more quickly justified than those
undertaken by YOU on the possession OF
the Philippines rests the admirable diplo-
macy which warned all nations that
American trade was not 10 be shut out
from China. IL is 20 Manila that We owe
the ability to send troops and ships IN
this time Of stress to the defense Of our
ministers. our missionaries, our consuls
and our merchants in China. instead of
being compelled "a leave our citizens to
the casual protection Of other powers,
as would have been unavoidable had we
flung the Philippines away and with
drawn from the orient.
Rest assured. sir, that the vigorous
measure which you have thus been en-
ahled 20 take, and that All further meas
ures in the same direction which you may
take for the protection ~ American lives
and property. viii receive ths hearty sup
port o.; the people II the United States.
who are now. as always, determined that
the American citizen shall be protected
at all cost ia his rights. everywhere. and
at all times. Il il to Manila again. too,
nur Hcct In the hay and our army on
land that We shah owe the power when
these scenes of blood in China arc closed
10 exact reparauon. e. enforce stern JUS
tiCe and Co insist. in the final settlement.
upon an open door 20 aN that vast mar
ket tor our growing commerce
Events moving with terrible rapidity
have been swift witnesses 90 tho wisdom
40 your action ga She East. The F'hila-
delphia convention has adopted your poll
cy both IN The Antilles and the Philippines
and has made r. their own and that 81
the Republican party,
Eject OF success or Defeat.
Your clec ,ion. sir. next November. ns-
suTes 70 us the continuance q that poll-
cy a6toad ana Ia cur new possessions To
entrust these difficult and vital questions
10 other hands az once Incompetent and
hostile would ~ disastrous TO ue and