Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-16

gresSiOnal district renOmlnated JOS.
c. Cannon for the eighteenth consecu-
tive time, being the seventeenth nomi-
nation by acclamation. He had not in
tended TO launch his boom for presi-
dent at this convention but the pres
sure of his supporters was so great as
to sweep away his wishes in the
matter. Cannon's supporters in his
district will urge the state convention
to make a similar endorsement.
Speaker Jos. C. Cannon was given
splendid welcome here today upon
the occasion of his appearance before
the eighteenth republican congress
ional district convention. Mr. Cannon
spoke as follows
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the convention: | thank you for this
expression of confidence and | con-
gratulate you on the prosperous con-
dition of the country under republic
an administration. The republican
party has followed the teachings in
the parable of the wise servant who
returned to his master the talent in
trusted to his care multiplied ten
fold. Clothed with responsibility for
the administration of the government
of S0,000000 people, we have sought
to make a return that will benefit
those who entrusted the talent to our
care. We have succeeded in making
two blades of grass grow luxuriantly
under republican administration
where one grew feebly before under
the democratic administration.
Business Has Doubled.
Since the election of William Nc
Kinley as president the business of
the country has doubled and the ma
terial interests of all the people have
become better than ever before in
our history; aye, better than the con-
dition of any people anywhere on
earth in any time since history began.
This is under the policies of the re-
publican party as enacted into law
by congress and executed by the
president. Attribute this condition TO
what cause you may, speculate about
it as you will, call it confidence in
men or measures, the fact remains
that it exists and that there never
has been recorded anywhere such in
dustrial development and such a wave
of prosperity as has swept over the
United States in the last decade.
Under the DingIey Tariff.
Under the administration of the
Dnigley tariff law there has been a
greater development in all forms of
industry than had ever been reached
under any other revenue law since
the government was organized. The
schedules of that law are not sacred,
bus the principle there embodied is
fundamental. Since the enactment of
the first revnue law under Washing
ton down to the present time the
periods of prosperity have been under
protection, and the periods of adver-
sity have been under the policy of
free trade or tariff for revenue only.
Every Class Prosperous
This remarkable prosperity under
the Dingley law has not been for one
class, but for all the people. 1t has
touched the artisan, the farmer, the
manufacturer and the common labor
of the country. All have felt its BEN
Efficient influence, and | measure my
words when | say that the production
from all kinds OF business enterprises
has doubled since that memorable
year of 1896, when the country in its
distress turned to William Mckinley,
vance agent of prosperity. The cap
ital employed in our industries has
doubled; the total wages paid for
labor has more than doubled in these
ten years; the farmers have lifted
their mortgages and are enjoying the
embarrassment of a surplus the
savings banks; and laborers H.. -"
ceased TO hunt for jobs and have be-
come the hunted by the jobs in spite
OF large immigration from other lands,
there is more work than the workers
in this country TO-DAY can do. Capt
tai is cheaper than ever before, and
money can be had at less interest
than anywhere else in the world. The
sun of prosperity is shining on every
part of our immense stretch of terri
tory from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and from the Great Lakes TO the
Gulf and the Rio Grande. We are at
peace with all the world, and our in
fluence for peace, whether il be be-
tween two great powers in the
Orient, or among the small republics
on the American continent, is felt
throughout the world.
Comparison OF Times,
Af AtNpiu VI lut servant is ll7
best and only certificate for continued
employment, and the republican party,
as servant Of the people, stands to-
day, in this campaign squareely on
its record.
We nave no census figures as 70
business conditions in 1896. but We
have them for 1890, 1900 and 1905
and TO supplement these we have the
official message of President Cleve-
land, complaining that unparalleled
business distress and lack of con-
ddence marked the greater part of
his administration. We also have the
official statement of Samuel Comp
ers, president OF the American Feder-
alton OF Labor that more than 3,OO0,-
600 workingmen were without work