The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-17


sideration OF all contests and would
present It's formal report TO the con
yention with an hour.
Senator Malloy read a resolution de-
clafing that the Republican party
owed II to itself TO honor its veterans
and therefore It was resolved 10 In
vite Hon. A. G.. Proctor. OF st. Joseph,
Mich, who had been delegate 10
the convention. which nominated Lin
coin forty-eight years ago. II was car
ried with whoop. and Mr. Proctor
was escorted TO the stand
Marching Clubs Enter.
Then the clubs entered. The Ameri-
Gus club, OF Pittsburgy headed the
parade. The banner OF Knox devel-
oped some applause. The marchers
carried red, white and blue and yellow
and black flags, and marched TO the
accompaniment of -"Kno&, Knox,
Knox" The Americas tariff banners
were the signal for another outburst.
Then came band playing America
In march time. The people could
stand it no longer. The chills began
to run up and down their backs and
the shouts leaped from their threats.
|
cinnati. with the banner OF Taft fol-
lowed the band. The people should
thank them for developing the first
real enthusiasm OF the convention
even II II did. And then came the
Danville club. Any one who thinks
Joe Cannon IL not big man In I'LL
nois should have been present and
compared the volume OF cheers with
that which greeted the Taft banner.
The Cannon band played "Tammany."
When the Marion club. OF Indiana.
entered, UP went the Indiana delega-
ton onto their chairs The Fairbanks
banner headed the marchers. Indiana.
OF course, cheered. but there was little
response. II became evident about
this time that the galleries had not
been steam rollered>> The name OF
Taft had not been called out once,
while Cannon. Knox and Fairbanks
had received considerable attention.
| Altogether the clubs did their best
to stir up some old-time enthusiasm
and succeeded fairly we'll.
The committee on permanent colA
mittee then made its report, naming
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts, per-
| uldutnl CIldll HAL ~ iOh6 hoh Va hOh~A
airy presidents and the necessary sec
retaries and the like was reported. IL
was unanimously adopted and Gov
Deneen. of Illinois, and Gen. Stewart
l.. Woodford, OF New York. were APP
pointed to conduct him to the chair.
There was the usual amount Of cheer
ing
Senator Lodges Speech.
Mr.. Lodge after extolling the Re
publican party said In part;
The American people must choose
next November between us ana the
| cratic party, and with that alone must
their comparison be made. We diner
from that party In some impor,ams
particulars We both. IL true . hase
possessions very differently They wish
to keep their past profound secret.
We seek by all means 10 publish ours
| 10 the worft. If wr refer te- Their his
tory they charge us with calumny We
regard ours, truthful and undistorted.
as our greatest glory. To the youth OF
iv by our undiscovered future. We
say: Read our record Judge us by our
past and our present. and from these
learn what we are, what we nave peen
and what we mean to be-" Recall the
cries which have sounded from the lips
of those two parties during the last
half century. On the one side-"Slav-
cry. secession. reputation or the pun
lie debt, Nat money. free trade. free
silver, the overthrow of the courts, ana
government ownership
On the Republican side-"free SOIL.
free men, the Union. the payment OF
the debt honest money protection 10
American Industry. the gold standard
the maintenance of law, OF order and
OF the courts, and the government reg
ulation OF great corporations" The old
shibboleths ~ the Democrats are today
the epitaphs Of policies which are dead
and damned The battle cries OF the
Republicans have been the watchwords
OF great causes
Peril Of Ffnanciering.
In these latest years. as In the most
remote. we have been true to our tradi-
lions. In the process or development
a point was reached where the country
was confronted by situation more
perilous than any IL has ever faced ex-
ssD. IN ,se %sr o sns H To asa
with problems OF the most complex
and difficult character. To our honor
be IL said, we have not shrunk from the
task. ! have spoken OF the seriousness
of the situation with which the coun-
try was confronted Changed economic
conditions have In turn Affected pro-
led. among other things. to combina-
tions OF capital and labor on scale
and with power never before VIII
messed; rhe social and political prob
LENS thus created are wholly new
Menace of Mammoth Fortunes.
Great Individual fortunes and rich
men are, II IL true. as old as recorded
history. Yet II Is none the less true
that the same things today present
questions different In kind as well as
In degree from their predecessors.
IL Is the huge size OF private for
tures. the vast extent and power or
modern combinations OF capital, made
possible ny present conditions. which
have brought upon US In these later
years problems portentous In their pos
sibilities and threatening not only our
social and political welfare. but even
our personal freedom. IL they are not
boldly met and wisely solved.
The great body of the American peo-
pie. neither very rich nor very poor,
the honest. the thrifty. the hardwork-
ing. the men and women who earn and
save. have no base envy no fanVtic
hatred OF wealth. whether individual
or corporate, II II has been honestly
gained.
But this great body OF our people
began to observe with deep alarm the
recent manifestations of the new econ
omic conditions. More and more they
tunes were formed and built up by
began to fear that political power was
into the possession OF the money hold
ers. To those who looked beneath the
surface an ominous unrest was appar-
emit Tie violent counsels OF violent
men, who aimed mt the destruction OF
M 1a ~ Ia ha-