Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-23
ANDREWS THE DELEGATES
Speech Of Temporary Chairman at the
State Republican Convention.
RESULTS FROM REPUBLICAN POLICIES
Growth OF the Nation in Fifty Years
cited 10 Prove the wisdom
OF the Party that Has
Dominated.
lrrom a statr correspohaent.l

(rrom a stan Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Aug. = 22.-(SpeciaL when
Hon. w. e. Andrews, auditor of the treas
ury at Washington was introduced by
Chairman Warner OF the state republican
committee this afternoon as the chairman
of the convention he was greeted by a
great burst Of applause As soon as per-
mitted Mr., Andrews addressed the con-
vention, saying:
l appreciate the honor. or presiding over
your temporary orsanizstien As We have
assembled Tor the consideration OF public
business is ffstipg that. We take our bear
publican policies and their influence upon
the. affairs of the country. .----
the apy union one Se eSen An trne Tepyb
cahlsm Ana, genuine rAmericanism. Fifty
years ae6 we made .o9r hrst Rational cam
paisn Under the leadership of the famous
pathfinder John e.. Fremont
AS he had, with the aid OF a field com
pass, formerly crossed the western plains.
tains and added California and the Golden
Gate to the public domain SO, In 1856, with
veyed the realm Of civil rights under the
national constitution and, in the name of
his party, announced the doctrine of the
'non-extension" of human slavery
Although that Campaign was unsuccessful
the doctrine of inon-extension' was re-
affirmed In our nationeiz platform of 1860
lamation in 1853 under the leadership
eommoner. Thus for the first time in
fully this Is the land of the free as we'll
as the home OF the brave" for republic
canism had then given US a hand with.
But that great contest revealed another
radical differences between republicanism
decentraiization Of federal power; national a
sovereignty VS.. states rights; perpetual
union VS.; secession; peace vs.. war:
Lincoln with the republican party behind
him and the federal army In front of him.
Every note Of war sounded along the fed
eral lines from Sumter to Appomattox
was an argument IN support of the Hamil-
tonian-republican. doctrine of centraliza-
ton, national sovereignty, perpetual union,
the confederate lines was an argument In
| favor of the Jeffersonian democratic doc
! trine of decentralization. states rights. Sc
When Grant had executed the command
onward to Richmond those opposing
doctrines met in final struggle amidst the
roar OF cannon and the leaden hail of
battle. In the'surrender of Lee, decentral-
ization, states rights, secession were buried
In the grave of the rebellion and above
them there seemed to appear a ban
ner with the inscriptions Capitalization,
national sovereignty, perpetual union, our
country. our whole country and nothing but
one nag. That was republicanism trium-
phant- Under its sway Lincoln, Grant
the wandering stars Of the American con-
stellation. rechristened them In the blood OF
fallen comrsdes and placed them perma-
nently In THEIR constitutional orbits to
shine with increasing iustre forever among
! the other states or the American Union.
@ Finaneiaf. q oIicies. t..:
Those great events put the financial ANA
industrial policies or our party to tho
severest tests. The democracy had be-
i nj a N a n, 4trfA IL,
pleted treasury, an unstable currency a
! depreeiated' public ocredit, commercial
psrasiystis', , the sSpshse devastation and
Gums tanees howltodlS the Intricate prob
lens of the nation be solved in keeping
with the interest 81 ofothe people,. History
answers and he yfIb runs may read. =
| G9mPaTssfhe n sastSnsa balance lance sheets OF
our total stock 81 Money was s452. 600. 90,
not iivs over might, but on July i, 1905,
goo, and every dollar of It as good as soid
| around the world. Then we had ouly
opooSSGI Of gold and d. silver s22Sooo
ali 't Sf wi which Except 300 as seen
sst '' s Pa tss CO.. es
note the fact that every dollar of that in.
crease was gained under republican legls-
You readily recall the prophetic deliver
ances that Issued from Nebraska ten yeaI s
I ago; Then we had; only S567, 100000 OF
| distinguished Nebraskan recently said in
London that Uncle Sam has done so well
| with only one leg that he would IIko to
two. If the experiment OF 1896 should be
| attempted in 1908, the people Of the coun-
| try Will again announce their positive re-
fusai to employ any surgeon who insists
| upon the amputation of Uncle Sans good
| leg to patch UP piece of leg that has
always been compelled to lean upon q
From that battle OF the standards the
republican party came forth with renewed
! strength to improve the monetary and
a period OF ten years the volume of our
| circulating medium has been Increased
! 81, 40, 100000. This Is republicanism tri-
umphant again at the rate OF .f21. 100000 a
| year, t--
The history OF our public debt also g.
| Illustrates the superior value OF republican
prineiples Without recounting the financial l
cost OF the war Approximately $1,000 600, 000)
| we observe that our interest bearing debt
in 1865 was 81 $780, 0O,0 900. mourning an an
nu interest charge s Of co. 3ot al the
penditures. Including everything except the
1 postal service. amounted to sos. 900 and
t6s, 0oo, oC0 respectively. and the democracy
pay current bills. The rate Of interest ad-
| vanced to. IL per cent with discounts ap-
could the republican party meet, the de.
| mands OF the hour with an annual interest
| charge which alone was more than double
the total expenditures in 1861 and prior
Note the results. when the Legislative
| and executive departments of the govern
| ment were transferred I'd, the democracy in
| 1899 the interest bearing debt OF the gov
| ernment had been reduced 20 $3.50 900 and
the annual interest charge correspondingly
reduced to S2e 600 without borrowing d
| dollar to nay current bills and on thai