The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-09

nan satisfactory TO the party as
whole
J. N. Thompson nominated Mr..
| Brady in a speech filled with optiu1is-
t.c Thl asses. He spoke ~ Mr.. Brady
as man who had grown up In the
Republican party. and who had given
much OF his time. talent and money
for the benefit Of the parry.
Joseph w Stewart. a siiver-tongued
| young orator OF the East Emf. nomin-
atet George f Hanson as elector.
and f p. Southwark, IN equally as
ringing words, put the name OF ". II.
Nnyter before the convention as can
didate for Congress a
Mr.. Hanson. well-knowr younf
lawyer of Richmond. resp ordcd to III.
srrteh dominating him, and asserted
that the lime for Republican Il, tory
was acPe- more bright.
/ Ammunition Prosperity.
In his nominating speech. Mr..
Stewart said the prosperity of the
country at this time was due TO the
war, and not To the Democratic party.
/ 1T In ammunition prosperity said
Mr.. Stewart. He was loudly app
placded
Melvin Flegenheiner nominated ".
r. Nawter as alternate to the Chicago
convention. -.
PRESLEY Smith. Jr.. OF Gooehland
County. deplored the fact that there
were no Republican newspapers in
I Virginia to spread the news of the
( Republican party He urged the del
/ egates to consider the question of es-
tabltshfnE such an organ.
r. L. Frye. Of Newport News. was
given the floor at his own request
and urged the delegates TO see that
every man in the district pays his
poll taxes In time 10 vote at the No
vembers election. The only way to
/ win he said is to get the %otes"
! In accepting his election. Mr..
+ Brady said:
! IT am deeply sensible of the honor
! you have conferred upon me and II
/ ts not a little intensified by the fact.
/ as I understand the sense of this con
/ vention. that I ann to go as an unin-
/ structed delegate to the next Repub-
F lican national convention.
On June next that convention
will meet In Chicago, and at the same
time and place the convention OF the
{ Progresstves viii meet and to me 1T
can have but one significance. II
means that the representatives OF
those two great parties purpose to
I meet on ground and nominate candi-
j date for President who will he salts
/ factory TO both conventions. I do not
I KNOW anu pNtiSNB no one htio"N,
| who the combined patriotism and wis
| dom of the delegates to those conven-
tions will present as the nominee.
+ but feel assured that whoever he
may be he will first or all be a great
American.
+ He will be opposed TO free trade.
or a tariff for revenue only with in
cldental protection. as exemplifled by
the Underwood bill, which has not
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nue. producer, hut has absolutely
failed to reduce the cost of living to
+ the consumer. which was SO confident
IL promised by the Democrats I'm the
last Presidential campaign But he
4 will stand for a protective tariff,
I which means full, treasury ana pros
perity and happiness 10 grateful
/ people.
i No Direct Taxation.
! He will be opposed to direct taxa
! ton as means Of raising revenue to
meet the exposes of the government,
and against An mergency war tax in
time of peace.
HE will he for preparedness not
! for the purpose OF aggression or az
grandizement, but II needs be to pro-
tect the honor Of his country and to
protect and defend the lives OF Ameri-
can citizens at home and abroad.
/ He will not be for peace at any
/ price nor too proud to fight
He will be opposed to 'watchfui
waiting in Mexico. while our citizens
are murdered. the flag of our country
insulted. women ravished and the tenn
ples OF the living God desecrated.
"He will be for an unadulterated
and unalloyed, uncontaminated and
unhyphenated Americanism, and un-
less all signs fall he will be the next
President of the United States.
This ia great country In which
we live. We are at liberty to criticize
the policies and acts OF the Presi-
dent and ii Is well that we can do, so
for criticism or opposition to politi-
cal measures make good laws and
good government But II crisis
| should come in our now delicate inter-
/ national affairs, party lines VIII De
/ ohliterated. patriotism viii supplant
I partisanry, and Republicans would vie
with Democrats in support or the
/ President of the United States"
Party Platform.
The committee on resolutions, In Its
report, said. among other things:
/ 1--WE are opposed to free trade or
! tariff for revenue only. with incidental
protection. as exemplified by the
Underwood bill. which not only has
I been complete failure as reyenu"
producer. but has failed to cheaper
commodities to the consumer. and
pledge ourselves to protective tariff.
/ which has always kept full treasury
and brought prosperity and ifappiness
to = grateful people
1--WE favor the policy OF prepared
Hess,. not for the purpose OF agrees