The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-28
ASsembled on Veranda. giEEI

s$S Speaker Cannon and his& &CommltteeG Gof#t
Notification. togat her vi til many Of the
invited guests, rived q here on; a special n
train from New ork ! .ss The attendance sofss
the members q 18th commit itteeS was filotas$s
bly, large regrets being recelYe from
only three-J ames N Com bs,, OF Florida;sss
Senator Cha uncey u M q DepeWss IL 81 s N NeWs5
York. and Senator Clarence 2. 4 Clark gof 4
Wyoming. In ID II about oreS hui dred and 4
ty-five per rsons We're presene nes;a VI the
ceremony.
Presto liant SRoos Il 8pe rsona ly recn II
the 1nemb bers Eof the commit teess and ot llsr
guests as they arrived at agamore III .8s
He knew a almostS ev ery II man Il per sonal lS.SXs
After the visitors " had been greet u ysS
the President Secretary Loeb presented 81
each one to Mrs. Roosevelt and oty Miss u
Alice Roosevelt. The guests were B sea ted
on the veranda.5 WI ere N the nott ficationsf
ceremony was held e
923 AS Sneaker Cannon. e. Tired in a dark 4
gray frock suit St epped$ pom a Oh airs
standing near the 81 sveranda raj lng,l he u
was q given a cordial s9r RECEIPT lon While
Mr.. Cannon read & Ills speech PreBide lent
Roosevelt stood at h Is III ght hand. u giving
close attention to the q ddress.5 Mrs.
Roosevelt, surround led y by her CHI ldreHT-
Kermit, Ethel and Quentin bod facing
crowd. e
Speech Of Mr.. Cannon.
Mr.. Cannon was int terrupted fred uently
by applause. He spoke in part as folio :H
8 .The people, under tho lead OF the Repuh-
flican party, wrote upon tn estatute 3boks reve-
nue. laws. levylng taxes upon the products 81
foreign countries seeking our markets. Swh hich&;
!replendish our treasury, 8 but were 90 ad -5ss
jlsted as to- encourage our people IN develop
ing. fdiversifyng and 4 maintaining our dua-s3
tries at the same time prpte ectinE our cit
zenH llaboring In production against The COM
petition OF foreign labor. Under this poltcy @1
our 4 manufactured product to- day is one-sss
third OF the product OF the civ yized world.
and our people receive almost double the
nay for their labor that similar labor receivess
elsewhere in the world. thereby enabling ,ls Sg
to bear the burdens Of citizenship.
Liberal compensate Ion for labor makes liberal "a
customers for our products, Under this policy S
OF 4 protection our home market affords all Is
our people8 better market than has any 4
other people on earth, and this. too, even ie
we did not sell any OF our products abroad NJ
In addition to this We have come to be the
greatest exporting nation In the world. a For n
the year ending the soth of June. l9o4. our ex-i
ports to foreign countries were valued at SIS
400 900 oOO of which $3.50. 900 were produc u
OF tho factory Tho world fell In our debt
last year 347o 0o0 an increase OF $4,000, 600
over the preceding year.
That Parker Telegram. n;
..This policy OF protection has always been Il
opposed by tho opponents OF the Republican
party and is opposed by them to-day, In their 4
last national platform. adopted at st, 4 Louis.
they denounce protection as robbery. They
never have been given power but they pro-S
ceeded by word and act to destroy the policy
OF protection. Their platform Is as silent n
as the grave touching the gold standard and 4
our currency system. Their chosen leader.
aft or his nomination. having been as silent
as the sphynx up to 4 hat time, sent his tee
gram, saying In substance hat he goll
STANDARD is established. and that he Will "
govern himself accordingly df he should be 8
elect ed. /. 1S y {l5 gs 5.i5s
II congratulate him. II Is better 20 be & &S
right late than never. y Sis better To- 2 &
right In one thing than wrons In all things
r wonder IL IL ever occurred 10 him lhat N a
his vote and support for his party's candidate
In 1896 and 1900 had heen decisive We SWoull
now have the silver standard \ wonder VIII 9
made hin, send that telegram after he Mas IA
nominated, and why he did not send y heforr{
When did he haye#a change OF Heart AMI sEt
Eiudrment ri And does he at heart hslleye as553
the gold standard and our currency SYSTEM, tr u
does he now try to reap N1nsre he has nat
.ovnp It nerchanco he should he elected s
~ forcing together discordant elemsnts. 4 ~
5s,,hn,t that With d Democratic iolissS Of Rep;
rsaentat,yes or House and senate, there wonid Il
be no harmonious action In legislation Or nd,
mir istraiion that would benefss the people,
sEn,t that doubt and disaonsen " would syers-8
,yhere distress production! and labor, Cons s
fsnmptian would be curtatied. IN Short. 5wo
would have an expfr,el'ess sinilar % that ffons
1898 to 1885, It this chosen leader nna nts Fs3
,y,snds ara converts % ssepubiiean poilcits.
should not they bring forth fruits 7 ns1l IL