Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-18
SPEECH OF HENRY CABOT LODGE
Permanent Chairman of Convention
Sounds Call 20 Duty.

SOUNDS SalA 10 Duuy.
CHICAGO, June i7.-Henry Cabot Lodge,
permanent chairman Of the convention, in
his address today spoke as follows in OUT
lining the work anead of the party at the
present time
most sincerely for the great honor you
have done me in choosing me TO preside
T honor to- to be t the presiding OFFICER Of q re.
publican national convention can con-
ceive of conventions-I have indeed heard
of conventions where the honor OF such
post as that now occupied by me. is du-
bious, and where. II Excitement "a present,
pleasure is conspicuous by its absence, But
convention is ever high distinction to
which no man can be insenslble Gentle-
men Of the nSt gsSy or assn thank
many words, Your resolutions will set
forth the principles Of the party and de-
for the support of the people of the United
States. With fullhess and with eloquence,
your temporary chairman has already re-
viewed the history of tie party, has given
you account of What has been done and
has set forth what we hope and mean to
as as ca can, in in the orderly and prompt trans M
action of the business which has brought
us together, That business Is momentous.
men who speaking with the simplicity OF
truth. will be the next president and vice
president Of the uEited States, IN order
assured as we'll as a fnerited Victory, we
must defeat our opponents, whose exc
clusion from power is desired by the coun-
try and deserved by them.
opDOsltiOn an Abstraction.
No political party in mo1ern times can
show such a record OF achlevement during
the last fifty years as the republican
is We'll to remember that the test we have
GO para parative World. We DO not eo forth
party tSi' which Nv we sometimes see beautifully
pePlSreG pePSrty % snd chronic dseonte1t fhe git
tering abstraction which they present never
existed yet on sef or I'll. lsna' 70 IL glsanS g upon %
stance or organization. nor candidates, for
organizations and candidates must be taken
from the ranks o. men and cannot be the
The American people must choose next No
vember between US and the aemocrstio
with that alone, must the comparison be
made We differ from that party IN some
have a past and a history but we treat
those possesssions very differently. They
wish TO keep their past profound secret.
the world. II We refer 70 their history
they charge us With calumny We regard
ours; truthful ana ugdistortsd sdi,S as our
Try they say "Jeese ~, " solely sE our oi, un-
sSSSe s6S from BY hsss Gs learn sRs sRs
are, what we have been and what we
mean 10 be" RAesil the cries which have
sounded from the lips Of these two parties
during the last half century. On the one
side: Slavery. secession, reputation OF
the public debt, fiat 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;
dustry: the gold industry; the, maintenance
of law, or order and OF the court and the
government regulation OF great corpora
lions" The old sniboleths Of the democrats
are today the epitaphb OF policies which
are dead and damned They serve only 10
remind us Of dangers escaped or 20 warn
us OF periis TO be Stunned. The battle cries
OF the republicans have been the watch
word OF great causes. They tell OF VIC