Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-06-16

An ArlZOAa ThenlD5f ~i"l'G'oN'
Welding, and the delegation was POI
cd. All voted Aye"
New York was called and Chairman
Harding recognized Governor WHIT
man, who was given warm anu tu
mulutous reception.
Governor Whitman, in opening, SAD:
I'VE have Leen frequently tod thlt
we are here 10 choose a standard
bearer in a great campaign. If our
action be wise ard righteous we Will
] leave this place after having named
tine future ruler of 100,000,000 people.
I'VE are here TO select the next
president Of these United States.
THE national horizon is dark an
troubled. From afar the lurid HaSEe
Of world war reminds us Of our own
citizens Killed and our own flag in
suited. To the south we see ararchi
encroachng cn our borders. At Wash.
ington the president watches all
/ waits
"Yet we must not think the task be
fore us an easy ore. The country i
still at peace and the maintenance o
peace will be plausibly claimed by TIC
Democratic party. That party hope
! that the country will soon forget the
| insults to our national honor. 1t i:
! its belief that the people will not lon
remember the vacilating diploma!
| clothed in giittc-ing rhetoric whic
has alarmed our people, discreditc
our standing among the nations anc
| brought us to the verge Of war.
"a form of prosperity is in tee laaC
and few perhaps recognize its tenn
porary nature or pause to analyZe it.
| causes.
"rhe great war in Europe create
unusual and temporary markets whi h
stayed for the tine the disaster other
wise sure to result from a Democratic
| tariff. The war came when our fac
! tories were beginning to close, Whei
| cars and engines were being shuntec
! onto siGings for long idlenesS, whei
business was preparing for a sieg
of hard times, such as had not beer
! experienced since 1895. This grea
war turned our workmen from The
| breadlnes hack to tie mills, the forges
and the farms, rs surely as did the
election or William Mckinley and a
Republican congress in 1896.
1--WE must choose a man so grca
and of such masterful authority tha
! lie may bring hCme to the people !;
realization OF the artificial characte
OF our temporary prosperity" Whit
man continued. 1--WE must choose
man so great that he may be able t
lead us safely through the perils tha
will follow the resumption of peace.
Governor Whitman then reyieWe
| the record CT Justice Hughes at leng h
citing his management Of the insul
! ance investigation and his WORK a:
| governor. lie called attention to hi
| great work in the 1893 campaign il
! behalf of William Howard Taft, and Of
! the personal triumph that CAM al )
really was Tor Justice Hughes.
! There wGs not any cues ion abb
| his AmeriCaIism them" sand the GOV
ernor. lie above al other men, Ca
assure this country that the Rerubl'
can party, the party of progress,
union and of patriotic achievement, is
once more united and capable OF as
! suming the helm of the ship Of state
He, above all others, can bring Daci
to the party the confidence OF the pc
pie. He, above all others, can bin
to the country prosperity, happiness
and honorable peace.
Gentlemen of the convention, thu
! state Of New York presents to t.. ma
ton Charles Evans Hughes as its mex
president"
Enthusiastic applause greeted the
name of Hughes. A demcnsTato
followed which lasted twenty-one min
utes.
Chairman Harding then announced
| that Arizona continued her courtes!
| to New York and he then recognize
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler to name
Elihu Root.
AS in the case of Hughes, demon.
stration was started. The New York
Root delegates began it and it sprea'
rapidly. Then a woman who said sht
| was Mrs. Thomas Root, daughteE-i2
law of the senator, in the gallery b k
of the speakers stand, cut loose with
| the widest, most maniacal yells so far
| heard.
Burton Named.
Governor Willis, of Ohio, was then
recognized and placed in nomination