Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-20
UNCLE JOE CANNON RENoMih.
ATED.

DANvILA4E, H.. Aug. 16,-"Uncle
Joe Cannon. speaker Of the house,
was renominated for congress- this
Afternoon. The nomination was
unanimous amid much cheering.
Mr.. Cannon was in good voice and
delivered an address which Will prob
ably be generally accepted as the
keynote to the fall campaign and the
position OF the Republican party. be-
Ing In part as follows: i
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 Republi
can administration. The Republican
party has followed the teachings In
the parable of the wise servant who
returned to his master the talent en-
trusted to his care multiplied ten
fold. Clothed with responsibility
for the administration OF the govern
ment OF s0.0O0,000 people. we have
sought to make a return that will
benefit those who entrusted the tai
ent TO our care. We have succeeded
in making two blades OF grass grow
luxuriantly under Republican admin
istration where one grew feebly be
fore under the Democratic administra.
ton.
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 be-
gan. This Is under the policies OF
the Republican party as enacted. into
law by congress and executed By the
president. Attribute this condition
to what cause you may, speculate
about 1t as you will, call 1t confidence
in men or measures. the fact remains
that 1t 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 administration Of the
Dingley tariff law there has been q
greater development In all forms OF
industry than has ever been reached
under any other revenue law since
the government was organized. The
schedules of that law are not sacred
but the principle there embodied II
fundamental. Since. the enactment
of the first revenue law under Wash
!. ington down to the present time the
periods of prosperity have been un
der protection, and the periods OF ad
versity have been under the polio,
OF free trade or tarin for revenue
only.
Prosperity for All.
This remarkable prosperity unde
the Dingley law has not been for one
class, but for all the people. 1t ha.
touched the artisan. the farmer, the
manufacturer. and the common labor
err OF the country. All have left iti
benefcent influence. and measure
my words when say that the pro
duction from all kinds of business
enterprise has doubled since thai
memorable year of 1896, when the
country in Its distress turned to VII
liam Mckinley the champion OF pro
lection, as the advance agent of pros
perity. The capital employed In oul
industries has doubled; the tota
wages paid for labor have more thar
doubled In these ten years; the
farmers have lifted their mortgagei
and are enjoying the embarrassment
of surplus in the savings banks. ant
laborers have ceased to hunt for Job
and have become the hunted by the
jobs; In spite Of large immigration
from other lands, there is more worl
than workers in this country today
Capital is cheaper than ever before
and money can be had at less inter
est than anywhere else in the world
That sun Of prosperity Is shining or
every part of our immense stretch Of
territory from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and from the Great Lakes tt
the Gulf and the Rio Grande. Wt
are at peace with all the world, ant
our influence for peace. whether Il
be between two great powers in the
Orient or among the small republics
on the American continent, Is fell
throughout the world. -t
The record of the servant IL hii
best and only certificate for contin
ued employment. and the Republican
party, as a servant OF the people
stands today In this campaign
squarely ON its record. H
We have no census figures az t6
business conditions in 1886. but we
have them for 1890. 1900. and 1905
and to supplement these we have the
official message Of President Cleve
t.i,x hat llo1a