Evening journal., 1910-09-01

ID. Hutson was on his feet and nomi-
mated william r. Heald for a second
term I'm Congress. Philip @ Church
man arose to second the nomination,
and there we're cries for him TO take
the platform, which he did. Mr..
Churchman stirred his hearers to
shouts and applause. as he lauded the
record OF Mr.. Heald and of his
achievements at Washington. Mr.
Churchman said in part
Mr.. Churchman's Speech.1
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Repub- |
licans: My part in the proceedings |
of this convention is a very pleasant |
one, combining as It does, the per-
formance OF an act of friendship for
a friend Of many years standing and
a duty TO the Republican party-that
Of urging the convention 10 name the
strongest candidate It can offer TO the
people at this time. for Representa-
tive In Congress-; the one man above
all others who should lead the Re-
! publican party IN this state 10 that
certain success at the polls, which
the party, by virtue of its record I'm
the part, so we'll deserves: and the
ode man who. In view Of his owr
/ record upon the vital question OF tn,
! day, should be entrusted with the du
ties Of that Office TO vote I'm the fu
ture. as he has done IN the past, fol
those measures advocated by the Re.
! publican party I'm its national plat.
form, as being the solution OF those
new problems OF government which
the party has always rightly solved
in the past
"The gentleman whom I shall name
Land urge you 10 nominate as your
candidate is a man Of ripe experience.
gained through a busy life OF constant
and untiring activity and a man Of
the highest integrity, which has been
often tested, and has never been i'm
peached
William II. Heald is distinctively a
Delaware product. He was born I'm
Delaware. He was raised In Della
ware. He was educated in Delaware
He read law and was admitted to the
! bar in Delaware He has lived almost
his entire life in Delaware. He has
always been interested IN everything
looking to advance the interests Of
the citizens of the state and his ma
tive city--the city Of Wilmington. So
that he is a Delawarean through and
through He early embraced the
principles OF the Republican party
and from early manhood, in season
and out of season. he has been untir-
ing in his efforts to promote its sue
cess.
Two years ago my friend was nam
ed as the candidate Of our party for
the high office OF Representative in
the Congress of the United States
from our state and was elected al
/ the following election, and has, by
, his record. made In the performance
! OF the duties of the office, demonstra-
! ted that the party made no mistake
i In choosing him as its candidate and
4 electing him to that office. for in ad.
. dition TO his ceaseless efforts to pro
n mote the interests of the state notabl,
n IN the matter of the improvements o
3 our waterways and securing new pub
! lie buildings, he has made a record O
n which the Republicans should b,
Il proud.
10 Il invite the attention of my hear
! ers TO an inspection Of that record
i After referring TO Mr. Heald's par
a in the tariff bill, he said
n THE Republican National Platform
! OF 1908 declared in favor of the estab
h lishment Of postal savings bank sys
g tenn for the convenience Of the peo
q pie and to encourage thrift; and, Il
a accordance Herewith, Congress pass
q ed such a bill, known as the Posta
4 Savings Bank bill, and William y
Heald advocated In committee and O.
the floor of the House In an admirabl
way, this important measure.
> "Our national platform advocate
4. the admission OF the territories {
New Mexico and Arizona as separat
: states Of the Union. and also, a fre
= interchange of products. with certai
n limitations. between our country an
Il the Philippines. and bills were pass
ed admitting those territories to tn
y Union and adjusting the tariff rat.
n on products from the Philippine
& whereby all the products OF thos
s. islands were admitted, free OF dut
81 except rice. Both of these measur,
4 Mr.. Hesld supported and voted for.
s. as shown ~ the record In conform
a ity with the national platform Coz
y gress also passed, and our represel
tatives supported and voted for = n
Is called the rsilrsad bill. enlarcir
the powers Of the Int state Con
merce Commission nndar the She
man Antitrust Law. creating a sp
cial court of commerce, and contain
ing what is known as the short an
long haul clause e'-whereby the raj
roads engaged in Interstate cor
mcrce are prohibited from chargir
more for a short haul than a loi
haul
This last provision, may adj
was supported and voted for hv NJ