, 1906-08-16


Was Never in Better Condition.
Danville, Ill, Aug. 16.-Accepting a
denomination to congress here this
afternoon, Speaker Cannon delivered
the following speech on the campaign
issues:
Cannon's Address,
Gentlemen of the convention: /
thank you for this expression of con
hdence and congratulate you ON the
prosperous condition of the country un.
der the republican administration. The
republican party has followed the
teachings in the parable of the wise
servant who returned to his master the
talent intrusted to his care multiplied
tenfold. Clothed with responsibility for
the administration of the government
of $4,000, 900 people, We have sought
to make a return that will benefit those
who intrusted 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 democrat.
ic administration.
Business Has Doubled.
The business of the country is dou.
bled, the material interests of all the
people nave become better than aver
before in our history. Attribute this
condition to what cause you may, it OK
lists. Their never has been recorded
anywhere such industrial development,
such a wave OF prosperity as has sweep
over the United States in the last de
cade. There has been a greater de-
velopment in all forms of industry I'M
der the Dingley tariff than ever reach
ed under any other revenue law since
the government was organized. This
remarkable prosperity has not been
for one class but for all the people.
Capital is cheaper han ever before,
money can be had at less interest than
anywhere else in the world.
No Clevelandism Now.
The sun of prosperity is shining on
every part of our country. The bust
ness conditions for 1890 and 1900 we
have in census figures. We have the
message of President Cleveland COM
planning of unparalleled business dis
tress during his administration, and
the Official statement of President Com
pers, of the American Federation of
Labor, that more than three million
workmen were without work from 1894 |
to 1897. Since hen under republican
rule the industrial development of the
country, both as affecting labor and
capital, has been at the rate of one
hundred per cent in the ten years.
A Help to the West.
The republican party has always fol.
lowed the maxim: plant the factory
by the farm" This has helped the
west in the last five years. New Eng
lane increased her industrial capital
only two hundred and sixty millions,
and the middle Atlantic states nearly
a billion and a half. The percentages
of increase We're: New England, "a
per cent; Middle Atlantic states, 81
per cent; Southern states, 70 per cent;
Central states, AZ per cent, and West
ern states, 73 per cent.
Growth of Two Industries.
Speaker Cannon then showed thatnot
only has manufacturing doubled up in
the west, but the farmers have receiy-
ed for corn, wheat and oats of last year
more than double the amount received
In the last year of the democratic ad-
ministration He showed that our for
eign trade has doubled. I'VE live bet
ter than any other people, having be-
come the wealthiest nation on earth"
EuIogy of the President.
The speaker said that the steel trust
dominates nothing nor any other trust
Inc speaker favored Mr.. Gompers' OPP
position to government by injunction,
but not his method, which would not
really, he thought, be in the interests
of organized labor. Mr.. Cannon eulo-
gized Roosevelt as brilliant. courage
Gus, honest" the president of all the
people, Jealous in administering the
law against hi trusts, and demanding
that ail have a square deal.p