Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17

CHICAGO, June 11.-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts dealt chief
ly with the question of party policy
toward property in his address today as
permanent chairman of the republican,
national convention. He said:
Gentlemen of the convention: l thank
YOU most sincerely for the great honor
YOU have done me i'm choosing me TO pre-
side over your deliberations. For Ii is a
great honor to be the presiding officer or
the republican national convention. 1 can
conceive of conventions; l have indeed
heard OF conventions where the honor OF
such a post as that now occupied by me
is dubious, and where il excitement is
present. pleasure is conspicuous by IFS
absence. But to be the presiding officer
of republican convention is ever a high
distinction to which no man can be In
sensible. Gentlemen of The convention,
again 1 thank YOU.
'I shall not delay or detain you with
many words. Your resolutions Will set
forth the principles of the party and de-
clare the policies upon which We shall
ask for the support of the people OF the
United States. With fullness and with ell
oquence your temporary chairman has al
ready reviewed the history of the party.
has given you account OF what has been
mean to do. My duty is merely to aid
YOU. so far as j can. In the orderly and
prompt transaction Of the business which
has brought us together. That business
is notwithstanding less than TO name
here the two men who. speaking with the
simplicity of truth. will be the next Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States. In order TO win for them, and
for our party. an assured. as well az a
merited victory. We must defeat our op-
ponentS. whose exclusion from power 10
desired by the country and deserved by
them.
Record of Achievement.
NO political party In modern times can
show such a record of achievement dur
ing the last fifty years as the republican
party Upon that record We can stand
and challenge all comerS to the lists.
But ii is we'll to remember that the test
have 10 meet Is much less severe
This is a comparative world We do not
go forth to contest the great prize with
an ideal party, which sometimes see
beautifully depicted by persons of self
confessed superiority and chronic dis
content. The glittering abstraction which
they present never existed yet on sea or
land II CLEANS upon in printers ink.
but il has neither substance. nor organi-
"a ton. nor candidates. for organizations
and candidates must he taken from the
ranks of men and cannot be the 1oating
phantoms of an uneasy dream. The Amer
lean people must choose next November
between and the democratic party
With the democratic party, and with that
alone, must the comparison be made. We
differ from that party in some important
particulars. We both, il is true. have a
past and history. but We treat those
possessions very differently. They wish
to keep their past profound secret. We
seek by all means to publish ours to the
world. Ii We refer 10 their history they
charge us with calumny. We regard ours,
truthful and undis:orted. as our greatest
glory. To the youth OF the country they
say Judge us solely 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 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.
fiat money. free trade. free silver, the
overthrow of the courts and government
ownership.
ION the republican side-"Free SOIL free
men; the Union: the payment of the debt:
honest money; protection to American In
dustry: the gold industry: the mainte-
nance of law. of order and of the courts
and the government regulation OF great
corporations The old shibboleths OF. the
democrats are today the epitaphs of poll
cies which are dead and damned. They
serve only to remind us of dangers es-
capped or to warn us of perils to be shun-
ned The battle cries of the republicans
have been the watchwords OF great
causes They tell of victories won and
triumphs tasted-they are embodied in the
laws and mark the stepping stones by
which til, republic has arisen TO ever
greater lights of power and prosperity.
Party Eas Never Failed.
LAS we thus call up the past and the
echoes of these old conflicts again sound
in our ears and touch the chords of men,
ory, one great fact stands forth. clear
and shining. The republican party has
never failed except when il has faltered.
Our long career of victory. so rarely
br oxen. has been due to our meeting bold
ly each question 1T arose. TO our facing
every danger. as IL crossed our path, with
entire courage. fearless OF consequences
and determined only to be true to the
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