The Washington herald., 1908-06-18

Chicago. June 17.-Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Of Massachusetts, chosen perma-
nent chairman Of the convention. was es-
corted to the platform by Gen Stewart L.
Woodford. Of New York. and Gov. Charles
Deneen. Of Illinois.
The heartiest cheer OF the day UP 10 this
time swept over the hall as Senator
Lodge mounted the platform.
Gentlemen OF the convention" said
Senator Burrows, 1T affords me the
greatest pleasure TO introduce TO you
your choice OF permanent chairman, the
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. of Massachu-
sets"
This Was greeted with more cheering
and when It died away Senator Lodge be-
san his address. He spoke as follows
Record of Achievement.
NO political party in modern times can
show such record Of achievement dur
ing the last fifty years as the Republican
party Upon that record we can stand
and challenge all comers 10 the lists. But
il IS well to remember that the test we
have TO meet is much less severe. This
is a comparative world
I'VE do not go forth to contest the
great prize with an ideal party. which we
sometimes see beautifully depicted by
persons Of self-confessed superiority and
chronic discomfort. The glitterlng alb
straction which they present never exist
ed yet on sea or land. II CLEANS upon us
in printers ink but II has neither sub
stance nor organization nor candidates
for organizations and candidates much be
taken from the ranks OF men and cannot
be the floating phantoms Of an uneasy
dream.
The American people must choose next
November between us and the Democratic
party. With the Democratic party. and
with that alone. must the comparison be
made.
I'VE say Read our record. fudge us
BY our past and our present, and from
these learn what we are-what we have
been, and what We mean to be Recall
the cries which have sounded from the
lips OF these two parties during the last
half century. On the one side Slavery
secession. repudiatiOn Of the public debt
fat money, free trade. free silver. the
overthrow OF the courts, and government
ownership
''on the Republican side-Free soil.
free men. the Union, the payment OF the
debt, honest money. protection to Amer
lean industry, the gold standard. the
maintainence OF law. Of order, and Of the
courts and the government regulation
OF great corporations
Adherence TO Principle.
AS we thus call up the past, and the
echoes Of these old conflicts again sound
in our ears and touch the chords OF mem
ory, one great fact stands forth. clear
and shining. Tho Republican party has
never failed except when It has faltered
In these latest years, as in the most
remote, we have been true to our tradi
uons. In the process OF development \
point was reached where the country was
confronted by a situation more perilous
than any Il has ever faced except in the
civil war, and we Republicans were
therefore, obliged to deal with problems
or the most complex and difficult char
acter.
Problems of Property.
Il have spoken Of the seriousness of the
situation with which the country was con-
fronted. Its gravity can hardly be over
estimated 1t grew out OF conditions and
was the result OF forces beyond the con-
troll Of men. Science and invention. the
two great factors in this situation. have
not only altered radically human environ
ment and our relations to nature. but In
their application, they have revolutionized
economic conditions These changed
economic conditions have. in turn. affect
ed profoundly society and politics. They
have led, among other things. to COM
tinations OF capital and labor on a SCALE
and with a power never before witnessed
They have opened the way to accumula-
tions Of wealth in masses beyond the
dreams Of avarlce and never before con-
templated by men.
II is the huge size of private fortunes.
the vast extent and power OF modern