Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-09

Mr.. Chairman, and Gentlemen of tn
Convention: "Of all that is good lows
affords the best" AS her represents.
tive this afternoon, offer to the re-
united party in the nation candidate
whose nomination in June will b'
equivalent to election in November.
There are republicans enough in thu
United States for one dominant party
but not enough for two. At the pres
ent critical juncture when the grea
republic Is demoralized at home ant
dscredited abroad the public Interest
is paramount to any private prefer
ment, and >the aspirations of the indi-
vidual are subordinate to the welfare
of the commonwealth. AS we approach
our duty today we encounter the en-
, barrassment which arises from 8
wealth of men, each of whom Is en-
titled to the proudest honor than any
convention could confer. We are de-
termined to rescue distracted coun
try from internal distress and mterna-
tional disgrace. and in that tremendous
undertaking, unlike the understands
who will shortly foregather at st. Louis
we are peculiarly fortunate in this: that
no one man so completely or SO exclu-
sively embodies the purpose of our
party that the selection of another will
necessarily prefigure defeat.
Demands High Wisdom.
The situation in which we are as
sembled demands for Its solution the
highest wisdom accompanied by the
Hottest patriotism of which we are ca
pahle. At this moment the entire COM
munity from ocean to ocean is pro-
foundly weary of democratic ascend
ency, and it awaits with impatient
eagerness the restoration of republican
control. Four years ago we demon
strated conclusively that "a house di-
vided against itself can not stand" and
our domestic quarrels made easy the
temporary triumph Of our. traditional
foes. That disaster. entailing as in
evitably 1t did, suspended enterprise,
disordered business. enforced idleness
and augmented misery can now be
royalty repaired if republicans discon-
tinue hostilities against other repub-
licans and concentrate all their power
full warfare upon their ancient adver-
sary. AT this suspicious hour we here
highly resolve that our house shall
against itself. We will let the dead past
bury its dead With charity for all and
with malice toward none, we will get
together. We will not impeach our
sanity by assailng each other; we will
eNempiify our sasacity by o, erthrowing
the common enemy.
After our attachment to country,
am sure that above every other consid-
Grafton we all devotedly love the old
republican party. We remember that
its great and initial service was to
enldncipate the enslaved, and to per-
patuate forever an indissoluble union
OF lndestructible states. That single
performance sufficient 10 immortaliZe II
III the annals of humanity was only
Introductory 10 succession OF ac-
so vast in their extent
so varied in their quality, so valua BILE
In their consequences, that the civilized
world paused transfixed with reverent
awe Reconstruction was effected. the
obligations of the war discharged the
credit OF the country rehabilitated. and
protection to American industry insti-
'uted as the inviolable policy of the
nation. In the period which interviewed
between the inauguration Of Lincoln
and the retirement of Taft, under the
beneficent legislation of the republican
party, our population more than multi
Piled by three, our mining by four, our
agriculture by six, our TRANSFORMATION
by nine, our manufactures by twelve.
and our moral premiership in the chan
celiries of the world was unuuestioned
on every hemisphere. For five decades.
less eight years of calamitous expert
ment with democratic fallacies. the
American people enjoyed a prosperity,
contentment, happiness, never par
aleled in the history of the human
race. And this is the unrivaled record
of the republican party. Are we not too
sensible 10 be disrupted BY discord
from within?
Republican Achievement.
The sixteen years which preceded
the 4th day of March. 1913, were rem
dered particularly resplendent by re-
publican achievement and progress and
success: the thirty-nine months which
have since elapsed have been signally
disfigured by democratic incompetency
ar retrngression and failure When we
last relinquished the possession of the
government. the material welI-being OF
the country challenged the admira ton
and envy of the world. Our capital
was safely invested at satisfactory re-
turns, our labor was steadily employed
at remunerative wages. our enterprise
was constantly engaged in creative de-
and everywhere beneath the
stars and stripes We were experiencing
the blessings of rational government
faithfully administered. Abroad we
were overturnins European tyranny,
the West Indies, civilizing
the orient, constructing the canal, and
postulates of justice and
equality before all the parliaments in
At home we were making
our own commodities. consuming our
own products, occupying our own mar
kets, apprnpriating our own profits, in
creasing individual income and amass-
ing national wealth. Behold what a
metamorphosis has been pre- cipitated
almost in the twinkling of an eye. We
can not glance abroad without a sense
Of shame. We can not look at home
without dread of panic VIVA. has
occurred? III our foreign relations the
vital opportunities for influence and
usefulness have not disappeared, but
they have not been embraced
Amateur Statesmanship.
An executive who is an artist in
empty pronunciaments but an amateur
in effective performance, has advertised
to the world that we are too proud to
fight even in q Just cause; and has
thereby incurred for us the contempt OF
all the self respecting nations on the
globe. A congress which exists merely
to register his whimsical will when it
can be ascertained has refused to make