The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-18
NEBRASKAG.O.P P.
Republicans Meet in State Con-
Yention at the Capital.

Lincoln, Neb.. June 1S.-The Republi-
can state convention was called TO order
at 2 o'clock by the chairman Of the
state central committee. Norris Brown.
temporary chairman, was introduced
and spoke in part as follows:
1T is humiliating to the good people
Of Nebraska to remember now that IN
1896 they published to the world their
ments and yet there was some excuse
for that mistake. We were in great pam
that year. We had been suffering since
1893 the joys of unparalleled Democratic
prosperity, Of free trade brand The
happiness which that remedial industry
brought and was vouehed for at the
time by the once peerless leader vas
too painful to be joyful. So it happened
that Nebraska's vote went to a cause
that was lost, to a ticket that was de-
reaIed, and to party that Is now
stranded on the rocks Of freedom and
the sands Of the reorganization And
this reminds me that the opposition is
now talking about reorganization. Re
organize what2 Is there anything let
to reorganize? Towne has quit, PETER
has escaped Stewart has reformed
Henry Watterson is all ready and al
ways Well organized, Tammany hall has
moved its greatest feature to England
and his successor his resigned, Hill is
a Democrat Chairman Jones is a trust
plutocrat. Allen is an editor, Grover
Cleveland has gone fishing and Bryan
lives IN barn. Now, what is there left
to feorganize?
IT believe it to be the sublime duty for
Nebraska this year to vote out of po-
l1t1ea1 existence every candidate and
every party and every platform that
breathes sympathy for the lighting foes
OF the nations flag. Let US stand at
the back of McKinley's successor, the
worthy, aggressive, the sensible, the
plain spoken and the courageous presi-
dent, Theodore Roosevelt The great
work begun by his predecessor must be
completed. The country demands it.
The present financial and industrial sys-
TENS are established policies. but they
must be preserved and made permanent.
Cuba is free, her freedom the fight of
America, but she must be encourag ed
and protected, and If she is willing.
annexed. The Philippine islands are
ours; they must remain ours. and their
people be given those blessings Of edu-
cation and liberty that fall from the
folds of the American flag The far
eastern belongings of this country must
be civilized, If it takes the nation and
the Republican party the rest of the
century to do it. Labor is employed as
never before in its history: it must be
kept employed.
The nations commerce exceeds by
millions all former records; it must be
expanded still n ore. even if it requires
the building of both canals instead of
one. A shorter water route to Asia and
Europe is Indispensable to the American
merchant, Vie future master of the
trade of the world. The interests Of
labor and capital must have the equal
protection Of the law. Labor has the
right to organize and combine for
peaceful and lawful purposes. Capital
has the right to cooperate and congre-
gate so long as its purpose is peaceful
and lawful. But neither has any right
to trample on the rights of the public
by the use of violence or by limiting
production, or by controlling the prices
Of the necessaries of life, or by sitting
competition. Such are the principles of
the Republican party and such is the
work at hand for 1t. to do.
Let us keep Nebraska in line from
one end Of the state to the other
for Republication. for McKinleyism
and for Theodore Roosevelt"