New-York tribune., 1908-06-18

r~,,;ca-a June 1.-THE speech or Senator
rs,dpe. permanent chairman of the Republican
National Convention, follows;
Gentlemen of the Convention: thank you IN mos. st
sincerely for the great honor you have done me IN
choosins me preside over your deIberaaeIls. e ms
For It is great honor TO ee Te Can Con-
oeive OF conventions have indeed hcaro .. ~, ~
now occupied by me- is dubious. and where, II eN- &
citernent IS present pleasure is conspicuous oS @
SoSl;oan convention is ever high distinction to
which no can be insensble Gentlemen Vi '"o
Convention again / thank you.
shall not delay detain you with many We Us
Your resolutions will set forth me VINCE we shall
ask for the support Of the people OF ee o,e Tot,r
Temporary chairman has already reviewed me te tas
tory of the party, has given you sccoun' 80 % md
rnean TO DO Ny duty is merely 10 AID you SO 40. e
as can in the orderly and prompt . That
rbe business which has brought us toselhel- l.Ia
business is Notwithstanding less than 70 ha
os- s .TTh Will be the next President and Vice
PRESIDENT of the United States. In order 30 M NJ m %
r..-i-ad xsctory we must defeat our opponents.
whose exclusion from power Is oesiieu N' ~
o pDoiificsI M party in modern times can show
record stand and chaIienge an 04 Jbst the
test we have to meet is much less sever Forth 70
IS comparative world we e, 90 5es I' marty which
ne eometimes see beautifully deucted by persons
esnf The ftering abstraction which they pre-
sent never existed yet On hf hef TF IL aa neither sub
stance nor organization nor CANDIDATES. Iot 81 or
81 ~anITe cf men and cannot be the floating
phsntoIns Of an uneasy cream
MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN PARTIES.
The American people must choose next NoTeT, 1sii
the Democratic party. and with thst alone & iS 4bt
psTtv In some important particulars. We both. 1t
Is true have past and history p Ppe W. wfsb 20
Keep their past a profound secret We seek by
ali means 10 publish ours to the world II we re
fer TO their history they charge US with eauifly my
We regard ours truthful and undistorted. as our our
ssv SJudge US solely by undiscovered future
We say. "Read our record judge US by our pasI
s-e-what We have been and what we mean to
he Recall the cries 43 %L3ca 5ie ae gbe last half
century. on the side, slavery, secession re
trade free silver the overthrow Of the courts and
on The Republican side. Free soil free men.
the Union. the payment of the debt, honest money
T9 he ainfenance Of law Of order and of the
courts and the government regulation OF great great
Gratis are to-day the epItaphs of policies winch
are dead and damned. They serve only to remind
Us Of dangers escaped or 10 warn of perils to
be Stunned. The battle cries Of the Republicans
have been the watcHwords OF great causes They
tell of victories won and triunlphs Iasted-thney
embodied in the laws and mark the stepping
Stones by which the Republic has risen 10 ever
greater heights Of power and prosperity
AS thus call up the past and echoes of these
old conflicts again sound in our ears and touch
the chords OF memory. one great fact stands forth
failed except when IL has faltered Our long ca
reer OF victory. rarely broken, has been due 10
our meeting boldly each question as II arose. TO
our facing every danger 1t crossed our path.
with entire courage, fearless Of consequences and
determined only be 10 the principles which
brought the party into existence and 10 the spirit
which has inspired IL from its birth We faced
secession rather than assent to the extension Of
slavery Rather than submit to secession we took
I'D the dread burden Of civil war. But few years
ago we permitted thousands Of Republicans TO
leave us. thereby imperIlng our political power
rather than abandon the gold standard and plunge
the country into disaster and dishonor
FERILOUS SITUATION
In these latest years. a in the most remote,
have been true 10 our traditions In the process of
DEVELOPMENT a point reached where the coun-
Try was confronted by situation more perilOus
than any il has ever faced except in the Civil
War. and Republicans We're therefore obliged
70 deal with problems Of the most complex and
To our honor. be it said have not shrunk
from the task. Much has been done-much, no
doubt still remains 1 debut the great under
living principles have been established, and upon
them We can build, as necessity arises carefully
and deliberately.
I have spoken Of the seriousness of the situation
with which the country confronted. Its graV-
stv can hardly be oVerestimateG. II grew of
conditions. and the result of forces beyond the
control Of men. Science and invention, the two
great factors this situation, have not only al
tered radically human environment and rela-
tons 10 nature but in their application they have
Yevolutionized economic conditions These changed
<oundy society and politics. They have led. among