The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
CANNON IGNORES
PREPARED SPEECH
Talks ExtemporaneousIy and
Heaps Rldicuie Upon the
Other Fellow

Mr.. Cannon, in his speech as perma-
neft chairman of the convention, said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: For the
first time in my life / put in black and
white enough sentences to contain $500
word to say to you. have tried to mem
orizes 1t, but / cannot. l have given 1t
out through the usual channels to the
great audience and now / must either
beg to be excused entirely or / must do
as we do down in the house of repre-
sehtatiVes under the five-minute rule, and
make a few remarks. But that no man
shall say that / have not made a great
speech l will set that matter at rest by
saying that from beginning to end /
heartily indorse every statement OF fact
and every statement that was given you
yesterday from the temporary presiding
offer in the greatest speech ever deIiv-
ere5 at q convention.
Now. let me go on and ramble. And,
first they say that there is no erlthu-
siasm in this convention. Gentlemen, the
great river that has its thirty feet of
ing in depth and breadth down to the
ocean, bears upon it's bosom the COM
merce of that section Of land that it
drains, and bears it out to the world. 1t
river that is like to the river Platte out
IN Nebraska that is fourteen miles wide
and four inches deep. makes more noise
that the bigger river.
When We were young folks twenty
years ago we went to see our best girls.
We were awfully enthusiastic if they
would give US a nod of the head, or the
trip away catch me if -you-can to enter
upon the chase; that was awfufly strenu-
GUS and awfully enthusiastic. But, when
she said yes then good relations were
established and wS went on evenly
throughout the balance of our lives.
''Here for Business
1t is contest that makes enthusiasm.
In 1904 as in 1900, everybody has known
for twelve months past who is to be our
standard bearer in this campaign. We are
hnr h1Tcy II yA1n1n vr
friends, the enemy, would not be glad of
little of our kind Of enthusiasm.
Now, there is, not one Of you that
raises chickens as l do, but what under
with one chicken, she does more scratch
ing and makes more noise than the moth
erly hen that is fortunate with twenty
three. Our friends, the enemy. VIII nave
the enthusiasm; we will take the. votes IN
November.
In 1860 we had been substantially domi-
mated for many years by the free trade
party, insignificant in manufactures,
great in agriculture. Under our policy,
which has been followed with the eX-
ception of four years from that time 70
this the United States remains first in
agriculture but, by leaps and bounds. has
diversified her industries, until today we
are the greatest manufacturing country
on Gods fOotStool. 1t is not few r1ch
men that make markets Nay, nay. 1t is
the multiplied millions on farm, in mine
and in factories, that work today and
consume tomorrow, and with. steady en-
ployment and good wages, give US, with
eighty millions of people, market equal
to 200, 100000 of consuming people.
The wheels go round You cannot
strike one great branch of labor In the
republic without the blow reacting on all
producers.
The Republican party is a.. national
party and believes in Investigation Of our
industries and the protection Of American
capital and American labor as against
the cheaper labor elsewhere on earth
4'The other People,
What do the other people believe in?
, For sixty years went out the cry or free
trade throughout the world, free ships
for revenue only. The free trade party
has always denounced the Republican
policy of protection as robbery, and when
ever clothed with power, whatever its
pretense, it has thrust a dagger into the
very heart of protection.
Oh, we'll, arn't they going to change
Let US see. Just before the close OF the
| last congress New Yorl1s eloquent son,
| Bourke Cochran, a member OF the house
of representa- got the floor and ne
preached an old-fashioned Democratic
Sermon free trade and all that kind or
| thing and he did it we'll, and there came
from the minority side of that house,
| without exception, such cheering. clap
ping and applauding as L never Witness
| ed before in that house of representa- tlves,
| because at last they had the pure Demo-
| cratic faith delivered to them They are
| trying to do what? Trying to convince the
| people that they ought to come into pow
| ef under the lead of German, of the SEN
| ate and Williams, of the house. They
| have been trying to give the country
! Dover powders.
/ oh" said a distinguished colleague,
| following the astute Senator German, If
we come into power, while protection Is
robbery we VIII say t9 you th at we fro WI
| but we will not destroy your industries
| overnight.
Great God. think of it. They won't XIII
| you outright, but they will starve you tC
I death day by day. They want to be put
| on guard to protect the people who are
! dwelling in peace and prosperity under q
isl And Republicans, we have got to out
line the policy and lead the. people IN
/ caring for it. Why we are like the Wom-
i an we not only have to take. care OF
! ourselves but more, as one of our wom-
4 en- said. We have to take care OF the men
4 The Republican party not only has &c
care for us, but has to care for the mi,
nority by a wise policy Mckinney
Roosevelt! the Dfngley act that restored
! us economic prosperity! The gold stand
ard act that settled for all time the mat
Liter of sound currencyi The short
| triumphant war with Spain! The Phil
| ippines- and Porto Rico coming under oul
flag and freedom to Cuba is a record thai
| will stand in the future second only (
the record made by George Washington
| and Abraham Lincoln. have given yol
the great achievements under Mckinley
4 Under his worthy great successor WI
| have the contamination of freedom tt
| Cuba, wrought out by superior statesman
I ship. Imperialism, talked about under Nc
Kinley, has disappeared with GROWING
| civil government and peace in the Phil
| ippines. Aye, and it has disappeared from
the face of the earth.
Gets at the Trusts
But our friends. the enemy. some o
them little politicians. vex the air crying
TRUSTS, trusts. trusts Oh they COM
out strong with good lungs as trust bust
ers. Since 1890 have they eyer done an.
busting?
Oh. no. There is no Jericho now, AM
if there was, it would never happen agail
that people would march about the wall
/ blowing rams horns seven times unit
the walls fell down. That is what tn
Democrats are trying to do.
'sTrustS?" Yes. Great combinations O
capital against public policy? Yes. Blu
1 the Republican party always true to tn
provide under the constitution Legislation
that would prohibit these combinations.
That young, enthusiastic, true man tao
! an oath to see to it that the laws wer
executed and has executed the law. An
| in his opinion trusts are unlawful on
| should be dissolved. That is the dl4w r
ehce between the Democrats and Roose
Welt. One bursts by wind, the othe
bursts by law. The census of 1900 show
| that from the establishment of the SO
| called trusts in the United States onl
IA per cent of the factory product came
whereas Sc per cent of the factory prod
uct came from their competitor, individual
and small ownerships.
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