New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-28
CANNON,S ADDRESS.

The notification ceremony was informal and
unconventional Speaker Cannon. wearing a
dark gray froCk suit stepped on the chair and
faced the audience. He was received with cord
ial applause. While Mr.. Cannon read his speech
President Roosevelt stood at his right hand.
rounded by her children Kermit Ethel and
Quentin, stood facing Mr.. Cannon almost in the
centre Of the throng. Mr.. Cannon was inter
rupted frequently by applause. His thrusts at
the Democratic party his references TO the tariff
to the gold standard and TO the construc-
ton of the Panama Canal aroused great en-
thusiasm. He spoke follows.
Mr.. President: The people Of the United
States by blood heredity education and nrac
tice are a self-goVerning people We have
sometimes been subject to prejudice and en-
bSrrassment from harmful conditions but We
have outsrown prejudice and overcome condi-
tons as rapidly as possible, having due regard
10 law and the rights of individuals We
have sometimes made mistakes from a false
sense or security or from a desire TO change
policies instead OF letting we'll 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 Tested by expert
ence. no nation has successfully solved all
problems and chosen proper policies as our ma
ton. Under the lead OF the Republican party
for over forty years. the United States from be-
ing a third class power among the nations has
become in every respect first The people rule.
The people ruling 1t is NECESSARY that they
should be competent TO rule. Competency re-
quires not only patriotism. hut material well
being. education and statecraft.
BENEFITS OF PROTECTION
The people. under the lead of tho Republican
party, write upon the statute books revenue
laws levying taxes upon the products of for
eign countries seeking our markets. which re-
plenished our Treasury, but We're adjusted
to encourage our people In developing diver
styling and maintaining our industries at the
same time protecting our citizens laboring in
production against the competition of foreign
labor Under this policy, our manufactured
Z product to-day is One-third of the product Of
/ the civilized world. and our people receive al
| most double the pay for their la Dor that sim J.
liar labor receives elsewhere in the world
thereby enabling us to bear the burdens of
citizenship.
Liberal compensation for labor makes lib.
eral customers for our products, Under this
policy of protection. our home market affords
! all our people a better market than has any
other people ON earth, and this, too even IL we
did not sell any of products abroad In adj
dition 10 this we have come to be the greatest
exportin- NATION in tbe world For he 49,
| ending June 80. 1904. exports to foreign
! countries were valued at 81 AGO 00O OOO. OF
| which $50 900 900 products OF the fac
| tory. The world fell in our debt last year s47O-
/ 100000. an increase of $I5Oo0Ooo over the pre-
ceding year.
! This policy of protection has always been OPP
( posed by the opponents OF the Republican party
and is opposed By them to-day. In their last ma
tional platform adopted at st Louis they de-
been given power but they proceeded by word
and act 10 destroy the policy OF protection.
PARKER'S BELATED TELEGRAM
Their platform is silent the grave touch
ing the gold standard and currency system
! Their chosen leader after his Notwithstanding
been as silent the Sphinx 10 that tiTne-sent
his telegram saying. in substance, that the gold
standard is established. and that he will govern
himself accordingly 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 II
ever occurred TO him that if his vote and sup.
port for his party's candidate In 1895 and 1906
had been decisive would now have the silver
| standard? 1 wonder what made him send thai
! telegram after he nominated and why ht
! did not send It before? When did he have 6
change of heart and judgment? And does he a.
heart believe in the gold standard and our cur.
| rency system, does he try now to reap where
he has not sown? IT, perchance. he should b,
! elected by forcing together dIscordant ele.
ments, I submit that, with Democratic House
| of Representatives or House and Senate, Their,
| would be no harmonious action in legislation o,
| administration that would benefit the people
but that doubt and discomfort would everywhere
distress production and labor. Consumption
would be curtaiad. In short. we would have an
experience similar to that from 1898 to 1897
| If this chosen leader and his friends are con.
verts to Republican policies, should not they