The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-22
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RESOLUTIONS
ORGANIZATION PRESENTED.
chmanPlatform Presented and
Speech


Rev. Thomas L. Cox of the Holy
Name Cathedral, invoked the Divine
blessing on the convention and its
deliberations as follows:
"Our Father who art in Heaven,
we thank Thee for the opportunities
Of this day. In all humility We adore
Thy Sovereign Majesty. To Thee we
look for grace and guidance. In Thy
hands are the destinies of nations,
Thy providence enters into the career
Of man. There is no just power but
from Thee. Thy will is the sole source
of law and good government.
"Bless the deliberations of this
| convention. Let us not forget those
who have bequeathed to us aglorious
history. Give us wisdom and under
standing Drive far from us all self
seeking. Fill us with love of coun-
try, Of peace, of forbearance and of
Justice. For Justice exalteth a ma
ton, but when the wicked bear rule,
peoples perish Hasten the day
when it shall be said: 'Thy kingdom
of this world is become our Lord s
and His Christ's, and He shall reign
forever and ever Amen.'
The report Of the committee on Gre
dentials was presented. All its ac-
ton has been anticipated in reports.
The "Stalwart' delegates from Wis
consin opposed to Lafollette, were
seated. The,feport was adopted with
out discussion.
On motion of Senator Foraker, Gen
eral Osterhaus, the distinguished Ger
man soldier of the civil war, was Civ
en- a seat and escorted to the plat
form. The senator reported on ar
ragements to visit the Worlds Fair
and the report was accepted. The
report of the committee on perman-
ent organization was presented and
adopted. Speaker Cannon had an
; ovation as he took the chair as perm
anent chairman and began his ad-
dress which was as follows:
'"The Republican party was born
with the declaration that slavery
was sectional or local, and that free
dom was national. 1t has ever been
a national party, its policies bene-
| fitting every section and every man
in the Republic. It made its first
successful contest for power in 1860
with Abraham Lincoln as it's standard
bearer. Secession followed. The
war for the maintenance of the Union
was waged for four years, and such
a contest of arms the world had nev-
er seen before, and perhaps never
will see again. In the end slavery
was abolished and freedom became
universal within the borders of the
Republic. With a bankrupt treas
ury and bankrupt credit, the party
under the lead of Lincoln, went back
to the policy of Washington and
wrote upon the statute books the rev.
Ienue laws imposing duties on imports
that wuld produce revenue and at
the same time protect every citizen of
the United States in diversifying the
industries Of the Republic. It was a
contest for free men and for free
labor everywhere within our borders.
The policy of protection has been
the shibboleth of the Republican par
ty from that day to this. Under this
policy, from an insignificant manu-
featuring country in 1860 by leaps
and bounds, while we still remained
first in agriculture among the ma
tions of the earth, we have become
more than first in manufactures.
More than one-third of all the man.
ufactured products of the whole earth
is produced by American capital, by
American labor, which works shorter
hours than any people or earth, and
has more steady employment than
any people on earth, and on the av-
erage receives, cOnservatively stated
one and three-fourths dollars compen-
sation where similar labor elsewhere
receives but one dollar.
"We are one harmonious whole
| and if one or more of the great in