The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16
Hemeusvay and HARMONY Winning
Continuation in The First District
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE1

| n ANO1d moi
Walter Tyner, Pike; John Chewing. Spen-
/ Ger: Charles K. Heilman, Vanderburg
! George ID. Heilman, OF Evansville, was
made secretary OF the convention.
While the committee on resolutions re-
| tired nominations for Congress were called
| for, and Judge Edward H Cough of Boon
| vile, presented the name OF Representative
Hemenway. an honor he has had at each Of
| the six conventions al which First district
| Republicans have chosen Mr.. Hemen~ay as
| their leader. At the conclusion of his brief
speech Judge Cough said he did not believe
there were any rules 10 suspend, bet for
| fornality sake he would make the usual
motion that the nomination might be made
by reclamation. The motion prevailed with
a cheer and then a call was set up for the
nominee. Mr.. Hemenway was given an ova-
tion when he appeared and as the first
storm OF cheers died away, one of his adj
mirers in the balcony yelled in tones OF
was another demonstration
Mr.. Hemenway's Address.
Mr.. Hemenway spoke thirty minutes and
almost every sentence of his address was
punctuated with applause. He said:
Gentlemen of the Convention-Our con-
vention here to-day recalls to my memory the
convention held in this city ten years ago,
when, after numerous ballots, you rendered
me the nomination for Congress. Since that
time you have given me five nominations
by reclamation. For your confidence 1
promise to continue TO give to my con-
stttuents and the country my best efforts to
bring about legislation that will continue
our present prosperity as a people and a
Nation.
1t has been my ambition since first
as TO secure the confidence of my con-
stituents, and your action to-day assures
me that 1 have succeeded
what wonderful changes have come
Ton,
ago. Then We were under Democratic adj
minlstration. We were unGer Democratic
tarin bill that refused protection to labor;
that gave no encourag cement 20 our in
dustries; that transferred 10 foreign labor
the wages that should have been paid to
our own labor; that destroyed confidence
We were borrowing money to pay the ordi-
nary expenses of the government in time
or peace. Thousands OF men willing to
work could not find employment and were
classed as trainps; farm produce was sell
ing at starvation prices, but labor could
not purchase at any price; there was no en-
ployment and labor had no value. This was
the condition In which We found ourselves
and in the election of 1894 we registered our
protest by electing a Republican House of
Representatives.
No genuine relief could come, however
tunity to elect a Republican President and
secure complete control of Congress- We
went into that campaign, our opponents
under the leadership of William j. Bryan.
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brilliant orator, claiming that our unfor-
tunate condition due to the gold
standard and that our remedy was the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
leadership of Mckinley, saying to the
people that IL we were returned to power
that protective tariff law would be en-
acted that would encourage American in
duStrles and protsct American labor: that
the money being sent abroad for foreign
made goods would be kept at home and
paid 10 our own worklngmen; that idle
factories would begin operation: that con-
hdence would be restored and that pros
perity would again come to our people Ii
was wonderful campaign-the country
In distress The people, trying to solve
the question, lined up each side and
no more vigorous effort was ever made by
the political parties of this country. each
pen in the event of their success. Al
though the battle was fought out eight
years ago. you all remember the arguments
cratic friends proved untrue, and all
promises made by the Republican party
have been carried into effect.
UNDER THE DINGLEY LAW.
Immediately after the inaugural ton of
President Mckinley Congress was con-
vened and the Dingley tariff law was
enacted. Later the gold standard was
written into law, the people knew that
the. Republican party could be trusted;
factories opened up, capital was not afraid
to seek investment and the greatest era of
prosperity that the world had ever known
began. / have in mind one industry in
this district where seventy-five men were
employed only three days in the week at
low wages. In short time after the
Dingley law passed they were employed
six days, later the number of men was
increased until now 400 men have secured
employment at this one factory with in
Under Democratic rule seventy-five men,
half time, half pay.
Under Republican rule 400 men, full time,
good wages.
This Is only one of thousands of il
Illustrations of the same kind that could be
truthfully made. With the increase of the
price of farm products. Labor could buy
three meals each day; labor had money to
buy the products of the farm, a market
was created and prices went up. Our
Democratic friends said ii could not con-
tlnue and many claimed that before the
campaign of 1900 had ended prosperity
would be no more. They were mistaken.
1t is here yet and is due to the faith the
people have in the Republican party, to the
legislation the party enacted and to the
faith the people have in the party's ability
to legislate for the future.
How about the Nation? For seventy
two years our tariff laws were along Dem
ocratic lines. During this time we had only
three tariff laws that claimed to be pro-
tective, but were Tot protective,
now understand that word, and they were
In existence but short time. During this
seventy-two years only fifteen years did
we have the balance of trade in our favor.
amounting to only sl57, 200, 900. During fifty
seven years the balance was against us to
the amount of s., 270. 900 600.
when you stop to think how we survived
and how we continued to stand the strain
each year, sending millions of gold abroad
II can only be explained by the fact that
we were producing millions of gold from
Western mines that went abroad to help
pay the balance against US.
I'm 1860 we came into power; new poll
cies began, and we have been improving
means thousands IL not millions Of dollars to the