The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-08
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Paragraphs From the Notific alton Ad.
dress of Speaker Cannon. at
Oyster Say, July ~,

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| We have sometimes made mis-,
takes from q false sense of security
Tor from desire to change policies in.
stead of letting well enough alone
merely TO see what would happen
but We have always paid the penalty
of unwise action at the ballot box and
endured the suffering until under the
law through the ballot box. we have
returned to correct policies.
Under the lead of the Republican
party for over forty years the United
States. from being 9 third-ciass pow
er among the Nations, kps become in
every respect first.
This policy of protection has always
been opposed by the opponents of
the Republican party and is opposed
by them to-day. In their last Nation.
al platform. adopted at St. Louis. they
denounce protection as robbery They.
never have been given power but they
proceeded by word and act TO destroy
the policy Of protection. Their plat
form is as silent as the grave touch
ing the gold standard and our curren-
cy& system Their chosen leader after
his nomination. having been as silent
as the sphinx to that time. sent his
telegram saying in substance that
the gold standard Is established. and
that he viii govern himself according
ly if he should be elected.
| congratulate him. 1t is better to
be right late than never 1t is better to
be right in one thing than wrong in
all things. l wonder if il ever occur
red to him that if his vote and sup
port for his party's candidate in 1896
and 1900 had been decisive we We
now have the silver standard Won
der what mace hi send that tele-
gram after Re was dominated, and
why he dc not send 1t before When
did he have change of heart and
judgment. And does heat heart be-
lieve in the gold standard and our
currency system, or does he try now
to reap where he has not sowu?
Correct revenue laws, protection or
free trade, the gold standard and our
currency system, all depend upon the
sentiment of the majority of our peo-
pie as voiced at the ballot box A fcc-
jority may change our revenue laws;
majority may change our currency
laws; a majority may destroy the
gold standard and establish the silver
standard. or. in lieu of either or both,
make the treasury note, non,interest
bearing and irredeemabIe, the sole
standard of value.
The Republican party stands for
protection. 1t stands for the gold
standard and our currency system.
All these dwell in legislation enacted
under the lead of the Republican par
~ and against the most determined
opposition of the Democratic party,
including its leader and candidate
These being our policies, and having
been most useful to the country, we
have confidence in and love them. II |
it be necessary from time to time |
that they should be strengthened |
here and controlled there, the Repub-
Iican party stands ready, with loving.
competent nandS, 10 apply the proper
remedy. say remedy" Being our
policies. we will not willingly sub
ject them to their enemies for slow
starvation on the one hand or to sud-
len destruction on the other.
The Republican party. under your
leadership. keeps its record from the
beginning under Lincoln for doing
Kings, the right thing at the right
line and in the right way, notwith-
the opposition of those who
oppose the right policies from the sell
ish or partisan standpoint They
lare not tell the truth about your
'fficial action or the record of the par
y and then condemn it.
The Republican party for you and
nder your leadership appeals to the
,reat body of the people who live in
he sweat of their faces, make the
Utilization, control the. republic, fight
is battles and determine its policies,
Or approval and continuance in power
WAVE MEASUREMENTS.