Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-10
GU UMMlNS' NAME
BEFORE CONVENTION
Congressman kz"lall Makes Speech
Naming Favorite Son of
Iowa.
BIDS PROGRESSlVES TO ASSIST

Coliseum, Chicago, une 9.-Con-
gressman eKndall said i'll part III
nominating Senator "A. B. Cummins
ior the nomination for the presidency:
"Of all that is good Iowa affords
the hest. | come to offer to the re-
publican party a candidate whose
nomination in June will be equivalent
to election in November.
There are republicans enough in
the United States for one dominant
party, but there are not enough tor
two. We are determined to rescue a
distressed country from internal dis
tress and international disgrace, Fopr
wears ago we demonstrated conclu-
siyely that "a house divided against
itself cannot stand That incalulable
disaster can now be royalty repaired
if republicans discontinue hostilities
against other republicans and con,
centrate against their ancient ad-
versary.
Welcome to Progressives.
"With charity for all and malice
towards none we welcome the pro-
gressives at the Auditorium to unite
with the republicans at the Coliseum
for the overthrow of the common en-
emy. After our attachment to the
country, l am sure that above every
other consideration we all love the
republican party. We are too vigor-
Gus to be destroyed by an assault
from without. Are we not too sensi-
Bile to be disrupted by discord within Z
When we last relinquished possession
Of the government the material well
being of the country challenged the
admiration of the world. Behold
what metamorposis has been pre-
cipitated almost ir the twinkling Of
an eye.
"A rhetorical executive who is an
artist in empty pronounceamento, but
an amateur in effective performance
has advertised to the world that we
are too proud to fight even in just
cause and has thereby incurred. for us
the contempt OF all s,ir-respecting ma
tions. A subservient congress has re-
fused to make us ready to resent the
insults our weakness invites. In our
domestic concerns the underlying ele-
ments of our former solvency have
not dissolved, but they have not been
conserved. What has happened to
disturb our local tranquility? Moth
ing but the incumbency of demo-
cratic administration.
Cummins the Man.
"The question now recurring is,
who, in Tie campaign on which we
are now entering, can most certainly
enlist the earnest cooperation OF all
those who deeply believe that the
principle to which have advertised
should be speedily crystallized into
the law and practice of the land?
We offer you stateman familiar
with the past, acquainted with present,
forearmed character, he is unexcelled
in his equipment for presidential of
flee. For more than a generation he
has stood in the forefront OF the bat
tie for popular government; for the
direct election of senator's, for a tax
on incomes, for the regulation OF rail-
roads, for the restraint of corpora
tions for the repression of trusts, for
the enlargement of the rights and
privileges of the average man, and he
was engrossed in the advocacy OF
these salutary reforms when men less
fearless were reluctant to volunteer
in the unpromising struggle.
Gained by Own Worth.
without systematic organization,
without publicity bureaus, without
electioneering contrivafces, his candi-
dacy has gradually advanced in the
appreciation OF the country because he
is acknowledged to be fit and worthy
and available. Trice governor of the
in'perial Hawkeye j.. commonwealth,
and thrice invested with its commits
sion that l. irreproachable and a pub
lie service, dedicated unreservedly to
his fellow men. By the ura.inious
mandate of the 100000 er .nusia site
militant republicans of Iowa, repre-.
sent him to your friendly favor, born
in Pennsylvania, educated in Illinois,
married in Michigan, resident in Iowa,
citizen and senator of the United
States-Albert B. Cummins" q
Before offering the name of his can.
didate as the right man to head the
party and the nation, Mr.. Kendall re-
viewed the life and achievements Of