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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
A Masterly Declaration of Princi
ples that Will Insure Victory.
The Republican of the lnited Slatr,
assembled by their representative iu
national cuuvf utiou. appealing fur the
popular Hiui historical justification of
their claim to the matchless achieve
ments uf tliirty years of Republican rule,
earnestly aud confidently address them
selves tu the awakened intelligence, ex
perience and conscience uf their country -uit-ii
iu tin- following declaration of fact
aud principles:
For tin- first time since the Civil War
the Atiii'riran people have witnessed the
calamitous consequence uf full and uu
destricted Democratic control of the
government. It has been a word of
unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and dis
aster. In administrative management it
baa ruthlessly sacrificis! indispensable
revenue, entailed uu unceasing deficit,
eked out ordinary rurrrnt expenses with
borrowed money, piled up tin public debt
by i'2)2.li. in time of ls-ucc, forced
all adverse Lninuce of trade, kt-pt a i-r-petual
menace hanging ovi-r the n-dcnip-tion
fund, pawned American credit to
alien syndicates and reversed all the
measures and results of suei-essful Re
publican rule. In the broad effect of its
policy it bai precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged de
pression, closed factories, reduced work
and wages, halted enterprise and crippled
America it production, while fctiuiulatiug
foreign piodiictioii for the American
market. Kvery consideration of public
safety and individual interest demands
that the government shall be rescued
from the bauds of tWe who have showB
themselves incapable to conduct it with
out disaster at home and dishonor abroad,
aud shall be restored to the party which
for thirty years administered it with un
equal) I success and prosperity, and in
this connection we heartily indorse the.
wisdom, patriotism anil success of the
administration of President Harrison.
Fruteclion in Reaffirmed.
We renew and emphasize our allegi
ance to the policy of protection as the
bulwark of American industrial inde
pendence ami the fotindatiou of Ameri
can development and prosperity. This
true American policy taxes foreign prod
ucts and encourages home industry; it
puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods; it secures the American market
for the American producer; it upholds
the America 11 standard of wages for the
American workingman; it puts the fac
tory by the side of the farm, and makes
the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price; it diffuses
general thrift and founds the strength of
all ou the strength of each. Iu its reason
able application it is just, fair and im
partial, equally opposed to foreign con
trol aud domestic monopoly, to sectional
discrimination ami individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, injurious to the pub
lic credit and destructive to business en
terprise. We demand such an equitable
tariff on foreign imports which come into
competition with American products as
will not only furnish adequate revenue
for the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment, but will protect American la
bor from degradation to the wage level
of other lands. We are Dot pledged to
any particular schedules. JJie question
of rates is a practical question, to be
governed by the conditions of the time
and of production; the ruling and un
compromising principle is the protection
and development of American labor and
industry. The country demands a right
settlement and then it wants rest.
Protection and Keciproclty.
We believe the repeal of the reciproci
ty arrangements negotiated by the last
Republican administration was a nation
al calamity, aud we demand their re
newal and extension ou such terms as
will equalize our trade with other na
tions, remove the restrictions which now
obstruct the sale of American products
in the ports of other countries and secure
enlarged markets for the products of our
farms, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures of Republican policy and go
haud in hand. Democratic rule' has reck
lessly struck down both, and both must
be re-established. Protection for what
we produce; free admission for thp nec
essaries of life w hich we do not produce;
reciprocal agrcemnts of mutual interests
which gain open market for us in re
turn for our open market to others. Pro
tection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures onr own market for
ourselves; reciprocity builds up foreign
trade and finds an outlet for our sur
plus. fcngar Attitude Stated.
We condemn the present administra
tion for not keeping faith with the sugar
producers of this country. The Repub
lican party favors such protection as will
lead to the production on American soil
of all the sugar which the American peo
ple use. and for which they pay other
conj tries more than $100,000,000 annual
ly. American Products Favored.
To all onr products to those of the
mine and the field, as well as to those of
the shop aud the factory to hemp, to
wool, the product of the great industry
of sheep husbandry, as well as to the
finished woolens of the. mill we promise
the most ample protection.
Merchant Marine Restoration.
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the
unbuilding of our merchant marine and
the protection of our shipping in the for
eign carrying trade, so that American
ships the produ?t of American labor,
employed in American shipyards, sail
ing under the Stars and Stripes and
manned, officered and owned by Ameri
cansmay regain the carrying of our
foreign commerce.
For 80 and Money.
The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. It caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re
sumption of specie payment in 1879
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
Measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our coun
try. We are, therefore, opposed to the
free coinage of silver, except by interna
tional agreement with the leading com
merical nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until
such agreement ran be obtained the ex
isting gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper currency mast
be maintained at parity with gold, and
'. 'V011. "nPOsures designed to main
tain Invoilably the obligations of the Unit
ed State, aud all oar money, whether
coin or paper, at the present standard
the standard of the most enlightened na
tions of the earth.
Matter ef Penslens.
The veterans of the Union army de
serve and should receive fair treatment
ad generous recognition. Whenever
practicable tfcey sbooJd be given the prcf-
1 an w ananrr eg ninvast. nasi .
they are enlitl.-d to the enactment of
such laws as me best calculated to secure
the fulfillment uf the nlcdgc made lo
1 belli iii the dark day, of the country'
peril. We d- noun.-e the pr:i.-ti.-e in the
Pension bureau, so reck b-s-dy and uu
justly tarried ou by the present adminis
I ration, of r tilling pensions and arbi
trarily dropping names lroiu the folk as
deserving liie severest co'jdei.iiiaiiou uf
the American ts-ople.
Vigorous Foreign Policy.
Onr foreign policy should be at all
times firm, vigorous and dignified and all
our interests in the Western hemisphere
carefully watched and guarded. The
Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the I luted Stales, and no foreign power
should lie permitted to interfere with
them; the Nicaragnan canal should be
built, owned and operate! by the I'nited
States, and by the purchase of the Dan
ish islands we should secure a proT
and niuch-necdiil naval station iu the
West I II. lies.
To Istop Armenian Maa-r.
The massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy aud just io-
uignatiou of the American tteome. and
i we believe that the 1'uited States sn.-uld
' exercise all the influence it can properly
exert to tiring these, atrocities to au end.
Iu Turkey American residents have been
exsised to the gravest dangers and
American property destroyed. There
and everywhere American citizens and
American prosrty must tie absolutely
protected at all hajtrd and at auy coL
Monroe Doctrine Unasserted.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in if
full extent and we reaffirm the right of
the I uitej Slates to give the doctrine ef-
lect by responding to the appeals of auy
American state tor friemllv intervention
in case of Kuropean encroachment. We
have not interfered aud shall not tater
fere with the existing possessions of any
turopean s,wer in this hemisphere, but
muse iossi-ssions must not. on auy pre
teit, be extended. We honefutlv f.k
forward to the eventual withdrawal of
the Kuropean powers from this hemis-
sphere and to the ultimate union cf all
the I.uglish-speaking part of the con
tinent by the free consent of its in
habitants. Iixlepeu lence for Cuba.
Prom the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the I'nited
States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other American peoples to
tree themselves from r.urooeari tlomina
tioti. We watch with deep and aoidiug
interest the heroic battle of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppression,
ami our Is-st holies go out for the full
success of their determined contest for
liberty.
The government of Spain, having lost
control of Cuba, and being unable to pro
tect the proiM-rty ami lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with its
treaty obligations, we believe that th
government of the I'nited States should
actively nse its influence and good othces
to restore i-ace aud give independence
to the island.
Kulargeuieu? of Navy.
The peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance of Its nghttiil tn
flucuce among the nations of the earth
demand a naval power commensurate
with its position and resismsibility. we
therefore favor the continued enlarge
ment of the navy and a complete system
of harbor and seacuast defenses.
Unjitatlou of Immigration.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship aud of the wages
of our workingmen against the fatal eom
jietition of low-priced labor we demand
that the immigration laws be thoroughly
enforced and so extended as to exclude
from entrance to the I'liSted States those
who can neither read uiir write.
Civil Sen Ice Enforcement.
The civl service law was placed on the
statute book by the Republican party,
which has always sustained it, aud we
renew our repeated declaration that it
shall be thoroughly and, honestly en
forced and extended wherever practica
ble. -
Fair liallois for Citizens.
We demand that every citizen of the
I'nited States shall ! allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and
that such ballot shall be counted aud
returned as cast
Lynching Is Condemned.
We proclaim our unqualified condemna
tion of the uncivilized and barbarous
practice well known as lynching, or kill
ing of human licine stisscted or charged
with crime, without process of law.
National Arbitration Board.
We favor the creation of a National
Board of Arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between em
ployers aud employed engaged iu inter
state commerce.
Free Homesteads Favored,
We believe in an immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the Repub
lican party and urge the passage by Con
gress of the satisfactory free homestead
measure which has already passed the
House and is now pending iu the Senate.
To Admit Territories.
We favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the interests
of tire people of the Territories and of
the I'nited Stales. All the Federal of
ficers appointed for the Territories should
be elected from boua-fide residents there
of, and the right of self-government
should be accorded as far us practica
ble. Representation for Alaska,
We believe the citzetis of Alaska
should have representation in the Con
gress of the I'nited States, to the end
that needful legislation may be intelli
gently enacted.
fctand for Temperance.
We sympathize with all wise and legit
imate efforts to lessen and prevent the
evils of intemperance and promote moral
ity. Welcome to Women,
The Republican party is mindful of
the rights and interests of women. Pro
tection of American industries includes
equal opportunities, equal pay for equal
work, and protection to the home. We
fnvor the admission of women to wider
spheres of usefulness, and Welcome their
co-operation In rescuing the couufry from
Democratic and Populist mismanagement
and misrule.
Appeal te Voters.
Such a re the principles aud policies of the
Republics n party. By these principles
we will abide and these policies we will
put into execution. We ask for them
the considerate judgment of the Ameri
can people. Confident alike in the his
tory of our great party and In the jus
tice of onr tause, we present our plat
form and onr candidates in the full as
surance that the election will bring vic
tory to the Republican party and pros
perity to the people of he 1'uited States.
Meilco's Harden of Free Mirer.
Michigan Iron Ore: The Detroit Trib
une has a staff correspondent iu Mexico,
lie descrils-s the population of that coun
try as being half beggars, and the bal
ance doing poorly. He says everything
is Impoverished, and that the tales being
told of the success of that country are
lies, pure, cnld and simple. And the cor
respondent is right, and truly describes
the condition. The res son that we re
fer to thia ia that certain free silver
champions delight in calling attention to
the wonderful strides being made by
afaaW nasier tb 16 to 1 Dlaa.
OIK .NATIONAL HONOR.
Mr. McKinley, in His Speech to the
Notification Committee, Say
It is Involved in the Cur
rency Question.
"Senator Thurston :ud Gentlemen of
the Notification Committee of the Repub
lican National Convention: To ! select
ed as their Presidential candidate by a
great party convent ion. representing so
vast a number of the js-ople of the I'nit
ed States, is a most distinguished honor,
for which I would uot cou.val my high
appreciation, although deeply sensible of
the great responsibilities of the trust and
my inability to bear them without the
generous aud constaut support of my fel
low countrymen.
"Great as is the honor conferred, equal
ly arduous aud important is the duty 1111
ssted. and in accepting the one I assume
the other, relying iism the patriotic
devotion of the sspie to the best inter
ests of our Is-lotcd country, aud the sus
taining care and aid of him without
whose suport all we do is empty and
vain. Should the people ratify the
choice of the great convention for which
you speak, my only aim will Is- to pro
mote the public g.Ml. w hich in America
is alwavs the giMd of the greatest mim
tier, the honor of our country, aud the
welfare of the 'ope.
"The questions to le settled in the na
tional contest this year are as serious
and iniHirtaut as any of the great gov
ernmental pi i'lcms that have confronted
us in the la-t quarter of the century.
They command our sober judgment and a
settlement free from partisan piejudi'-e
and passion, ts'iieticial to ourselies and
befitting the honor and graudi-ur of the
republic. They touch every interest of
our common country.
, Much Is Involved.
"f)ur industrial supremacy, our pro
ductive ciacity, our business and coin
mtrciul prosH'iity, our labor and its re
wards, our national credit and currency,
our proud financial honor, and our splen
did free citizenship the birthright of
every American are all involved in the
pending campaign, and thus every home
in the land is directly and intimately con
nected with their proT settlement.
Great are the issues involved in the coin
ing election, ami eager and earnest are
the people for their right determination.
Our domestic trade must le won back
aud our idle workinguieii employed in
gainful occupations at American wages.
Our home market must be restored to its
proud rank of first iu the world, and
our foreign trade, so precipitately cut off
by adverse national legislation, reojs'ned
on fair and equitable terms for our sur
plus agricultural and manufacturing
pDslucta.
"Protection ami reciprocity, twin meas
ures of a true American policy, should
again command the earnest encourage
ment of the government at Washington.
Public confidence must lie resumed and
the skill, the energy and the capital of
our country find ample employment at
borne, sustained, encouraged and defend
ed against the unequal competition and
serious disadvantage with which they
are now contending.
Ma.t KaUe Hurtt. lent Kevenne.
"The government of the I'nited States
must raise enough money to nns-t both
its current expenses and increasing needs.
Its revenues should Ik- so raised as to
protect the material interests of our
IM-ople. with the lightest possible drain
Usm their resources, and maintain that
high standard of civilization which has
distinguished our country for more than
a century of its existence. The income
of the government, 1 res-nt. should equal
its necessary and pro)cr expenditures.
A failure to pursue this policy has eom
pelled the government to borrow money
in a time of peace, to sustain its credit,
and nay it daily expenses. This policy
should 1m? reversed, and that, too, as
speiilily as possible.
"It must be apparent to all, regardless
of past party ties or affiliations, that it is
our paramount duly to provide adequate
revenue for the exM'tiditures of the gov
ernment economically and prudently ad
ministered. The Republican party' has
heretofore done, this, and this I confi
dently believe it will do in the future,
when the party is again intrusted with
power in the executive and legislative
branches of our government. The na
tional credit, which has thus far fortu
nately resisted every assault upon it,
must and will be upheld aud strength
ened. If sufficient revenues are provided
for the support of the government tl'cre
will be no necessity for borrowing money
and increasing the public debt.
Policy Is at Fault.
'The complaint of the people is not
against the administration for borrowing
money and issuing bonds to preserve the
credit of the country, but against the
ruinous Mi)icy which has made this nec
essary. It is hut an Incident, and a nec
essary one. to the policy which has been
inaugurated. The inevitable effect of
such a policy is seen in the deficiency of
the I'nited States treasury exi-ept as it is
replenished by loans, and in the distress
of the people, who are suffering because
of the scant demand for either their labor
tr the products 01 their lalsir. Here is
(lie fundamental trouble, the remedy for
which is Republican opporiunily aud
duty.
"During all the years of Republican
control following resumption there was
n steady reduction of the public debt,
while the gold reserve was sacredly
maintained and our currency and credit
preserved without depreciation, taint, or
suspicion. If we would restore this pol
icy, that brought us unexamined urns.
perity for more than thirty years, nuder
the most trying conditions ever known iu
this country, the policy by which we
made and liought more goods at home
nud sold more abroad, the trade balance
would be quickly turned in our favor,
and gold would come to us and not go
from us in the settlement of all such
balances in the future. The party that
supplied by hl.islation the vast revenues
lor the conduct 01 onr greatest war. am
promptly restored the credit of the coun
try at its close, and that from its ah-ind-
nnt revenues paid off a large share of the
debt incurred in this war, and that re
sumed aiccie payments and placed onr
paper currency upon a sound and endur
ing basis, can te safely trusted to nre-
scrvc both our credit and currency with
honor, stability, and inviolability.
Our Financial Honor la Sacred.
The American isople hold the finan
cial honor of our government as sacred
as our Hag, and can be relied upon to
guard it with the same sleepless vigil
aiice. They hold its preservation above
party fealty and have often demonstrat
ed that party ties avail nothing when
the spotless credit of our country is
threatened. The uionej of the United
States and every kind of form of it,
whether of pna-r, silver or gold, must
be as good as the best in the world. It
must not only be current at its full face
nine at home, but it must be counted
n t par iu any and every commercial
center of the globe.
"The sagacious and far-seel 11 nolle
of the great men who founded our gov
ernment, tne teaeniiigs ana seta of the
wisest financiers at every stage it, our
History, the steadfast faith and splendid
achievement of the great party to which
we belong, and the genius and integrity
of itu people Have always demanded
lis. -ml will ever maintain it. The
'cllar paid to the farmer, the wage-earn
er and the pensioner must continue for-
ever equal in purchasing aud deht-pay-1
ing p'.w.-r to the diHar paid tu auy tuv
cmmciit cri-ditor.
"The . i.iii. st this year w ill not be
waged npou lines of theory and sin-eolation,
but in the light of severe practical
experience and 'new aud dearly ac
quired knol.-.ge. The great body uf
our citizen klloM what tiny sM. and
that the intend to liae. They know
for what the Republican party stands,
and what its ictoin to power uieai.s to
them. They realize that the Republican
jart) believes that onr work should be
done at home, and not abroad, and ev
erywhere pns-Iaiui their devotion to the
principles of a protective tariff, which,
while supplying adequate revenues for
the government, mil restore American
production and serve the ls-st interests
of Allien, an labor and development.
Appeal to the Plain People.
"Our sppesl. therefore, is not to-a
false phitnsopby or vain theorists, but to
the masses of the American s-ople. the
plain, practical ismple. whom Lincoln
loved aud trusted and whom the Repub
lican partv has alas faithfully striven
to serve. ' The platform adopted by the
Republican national convention has re
ceived mv careful consideration, aud has
my unqualified ap.iroial. It is a matter
j ,,f- ,' .. , 1 am sun;
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must be lo Voii. anil IJcput.iicans every
j where, and to all onr p.-ople that the ex
j pressious of its declaration of j rin.-ipli'S
j are so direct, clear and emphatic, 'lhey
are t.10 plain and positive to leave any
I chance for doubt or question as to their
i puriort and meaning. Hut you will not
j expect me to discuss its provisions at
i length, or in anv detail, at this time. It
j will, however. Is- my duty and pleasure
! at some future day to make to you and
t throuch von to the ureal i.artv voU rep
resent a more formal acvptsuce of the
nomination tender.-.! me. No one could
be mine profoundly grateful Hum I for
manifestation ot public outi.leuee o!
lii. h you have so c!Hii.-iitly ,i"k.-u
it shall Is- my aim to attest tin ap
appr.ciation by an un-pai ing devotion
to what I esteem the Is-st n.terests of
I the sople, and in this Work 1 ask the
counsel aud support of you gentlemen
and of every other friend of the country.
"The generous expressions w ith which
you, sir. convey the olli. ial notice of my
nomination are highly appreciated and
as fully reciprocated, and 1 thank you
and your associate of the notification
committee and the great party and con
vention at whose instance you come for
the high and exceptional distinction be
stowed 11 ; mii me."
Hon. Uarrelt A. Iloltart Ills Mateaiuan
llke Keply to the KoliUcation
. Committee.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: 1 ls-g to extend to you my
grateful acknowledgments-, for the very
kind and Mattering terms in which you
convey the formal announcement of my
nomination for Vice-President of the
I nited States by the Republican nation
al convention at St. l.oiiis. I am pro
foundly sensible of the honor which has
la-en done me and through me to the
state in which all my life has been sis'tit.
iu my selection as a candidate for this
high office. I appreciate it the more Id
ealise it associates me, iu a contest which
involves the gravest issues, with one who
represents in bis private character and
public cans-r the highest intelligence and
Is'st spirit of bis party and with whom
my jicrsonal relations are such as lo af
ford a guaranty of s-rfi ct accord in the
work of the campaign which is before
us.
It is sufficient for me to any at this
time that, concurring without r-iher serv
ices in all the declarations ..mf principle
and policy embodied in the St. Louis plat
form, 1 accept the nominal ion tendered
to me with a full appreciation of iu re
sponsibilities and with an honest pur
pose. In the event that the fsiple shall
ratify the choii-es made by tlie national
convention, to discharge airy duties,
which may devolve upon nie with sole
reference to the public good.
JM me add that it will le my earnest
effurt in the coming campaign to con
tribute in every way possible to the suc
cess of the party which we represent
and which to the iuisirtaiit is.u.-s of
the time stands for the best interests of
the people. I'neertainty and iuslability as
to the money question involve most sc.
rious consequences to every interest and
to every citizen of the country. The
gravity of this question cannot be over
estimated. There can he no financial
security, no business stability, no real
prosperity where the policy of the gov
ernment as to that question is at all a
matter of doubt. Gold is the one stan
dard of value among all enlightened com
mercial nations. All financial transac
tions of whatever character, all business
enterprises, all individual or t-orsrate in
vestments are adjusted to it.
An honest dollar, worth 100 cents ev
erywhere, cannot lie coined out of 53
cents' worth of silver, plus a legislative
fiat. Such a debasement of our currency
would inevitably produceincalciilable loss,
appalling disaster, and national dishonor!
It is fundamental principle in coinage!
recognized and followed by all the states
men of America iu the past, and never
yet safely departed from, that there can
be only one Wait upon which gold and
silver may be concurrently coined as
money, and that basis is equality, not in
weight, but in the commercial value of
the metal contained iu the respective
coins. This commercial value is fixed by
the markets of the world, with which the
great interests of our country are neces
sarily connected by innumerable business
ties which cannot be severed or ignored
Great and self-reliant as our count rr is
it is great not alone within Its own 'bor
ders and npou its own resources, but
because it also reaches out to the ends
of the earth in all manifold departments
or business, exchange and commerce
and must maiutain with honor its stand
ing and credit among the nations of the
earth.
The question admits of no compromise
It is a vital principle at stake, but it is
in no sense partisan or sectional It con
cerns all people. Ours, as one of the
foremost nations, must have a monetary
standard equal to the best. It is 0 Tjla
consequence that this question should be
sett ed now in such a way as to restore
public confidence here and everywhere
in the integrity of our purpose. A doubt
of that Integrity among the other great
commercial countries of the world will
not only cost us millions of money but
that which, aa patriots, we should treas
ure still more highly our Industrial and
commercial supremacy.
My estimate of the value of a pro
tective policy has been formed by the
study of the object lesson of a great in
dustrial state extending over a period of
thirty years. It is that protection not
only build up imiiortant industries from
small begiuuings, but that those and all
other industries flourish or languish in
proportion a protection is maintained or
withdrawn. I have seen it indisputably
proved that the prosperity f th(! fnruu.
merchant, and ail other classes of citU
sens, goe hand In band with that of
the manufacturer and mechanic 8IU
firmly persuaded that what we need most
of all to remove the business paralysis
that afflicts this country is the restora
tion of a policy which, while affording
ample revenue to meet the expense of
the government, will reopen American
workshop on full time and full-handed
with their operstlve paid good wages
in honest dollars. And this can only
come under a tariff which will bold the
interests of onr own people paramount
in onr political ami commercial system.
The opposite policy, which discourages
American enterprises, red nee American
lancr 10 miruess, uiminunes tne esrn
laga of Aavrioan worklngmes, open oar
markets to on. oolite-, from abroad
which we should plodiloc at lioloe l
closing for.-it:ii luaik. ts again-i onr pi--l-ihIs.
sin) which, at the same time, !md
dy augments the public debt. i: n-i-s ns
the public burden, iilule d.uiiuihiuC the
aM:ity ot the pevple to u.ect thnn, i a
policy wbi. U niii-t find it ih-. f s.pu
larny clsenhere than amotig Aiu.ti-sn
citizens. t
1 shall take an early opportunity, gen
tlemen of the coioinitiii'. tbro.igh 'l.
tu communicate to mi fellow iitin.n
with somewhat m..re of detail my vic
cow-el ning the iloiiiiiinnt questions of
the hour and the crisis which confronts
tis t a nation.
With ibis brief expression of my ap
pris iatsin of the ditiiiguihl honor that
has Is-eii U-sti.wc.1 iis.u in--, and this
signification of my ac.s;tsiice of the
tru-t lo which I have Is-eii summoned.
I place myself at the service ot the Re
publican party and of the country.
SOl'NI) .MONEY.
McKinley'e Speech to the Foraker
Club Giving a Resume of the
Issues of the Campaign.
Canton. (.. July 11. It was less than
an hour after adjournment of the Chi
cago convention when t lie Thirl) -s- ou.l
Ward I'oniker Club of Cleveland arrived
in Canton :i! strong, with their wives
and daughters. They marched at one
to Governor M. Kin ley's residence. After
President I. II. I. ii.as bad made a pre
sentation address Governor McKinley
said:
"Mr. President. Ladies and Genii -iieti
and My Fellow Citizens: It git. me
very great pleasure to w eicoioi o.i to
my home city und to u.y home, and i up
preeiate more 1I1.111 1 can tin. I orl to
express the honor and the compliment
of t'jis call. I thank )ou lor your con
gratulattotis ao.l tin usr.iiruii.es ot np
liit whi. h you inuke lor the great priu
ciples tor which tin i.-ar Uu- Repuoli. au
part) stands. ( Vpplause.) I congratu
late you UMn having lor your name one
of the most illustrious of our statesmen
in Ohio, Joseph lleiisou l'oraker. (Ap
plause. I
"My fellow citizens, recent events have
iuisised upon the patriotic people of liis
country a responsibility greater than Un
civil war. Then it was a struggle to pre
serve the government of the I uited
States; now it is a struggle to pr.'S.-rve
the honor of the government. H'rt of
"Yes" and applause.)
"Then it was a contest to save the
I'nion; now it is a contest to save Msit
less its credit. (Great applause.) Then
section was arrayed against section;
now men of all sections call unite, and
will unite, to rebuke the repudiation of
our obligations and the debssemerit of
our currency. (Applause.)
"In this contest patriotism is above
party and national honor is dearer than
any party name. The currency and cred
it of the government are g.sxl now. and
must Ih- kept good forever. Our trouble
is not with the character of the money
that we have, but with the threat to de
baseit. We have the same currency
that we had ill IKI'S, good the world over
and unquestioned by any s'ople. Theu,
too. we bad unexampled credit and pros-is-rity.
Our dillieulty now is to get that
money in circulation and invested in
productive enterprises which furnish em
ployment to American latior. H treat ae
plause.)
"This is ituHssihle with the distrust
that hang over the country at the pres
ent time, and evry effort to make our
dollars or any one of them worth less
than I'' cents each only serves to in
crease the distrust. What we want is a
sound silicy, financial and industrial,
which will give courage and confidence
to all, for when that is done the money
now unemployed IsH-nuse of fear for the
future Rim lack of confidence in invest
incut will quickly nppcnr iu the channel
of trade. (Cries of "You ore right, ma
jor." and applause.)
"Gentlemen, the employment of our
idle money, the idle money that we al
ready have. In gainful pursuit will put
every idle man in the country at work,
and when there is work there is wages,
and when there are work and wages
there are consumers, who constitute the
best market for the products of our soil.
Having destroyed business and confi
dence by a free-trade policy, it is now
proposed to make things still worse by
entering upon an era of depredated cur
rency. N'ot content with the inaugura
tion of the ruinous policy which has
brought down the wages of the laltorer
and the pri.-e of farm products, its advo
cates now offer a new policy, w hich will
diminish the value of the money in
which wages ami product are paid
lAppliiuse.1 Against both of these wc
stand opfsiscd.
"Our creed embrace an honest dollar,
an untarnished national credit, adequate
revenues for the uses of the government,
protection to labor and industry, preser
vation of the home market, and reeiproci
ty which will extend our foreign mar
kets, fpon this platform we stand, and
submit its declarations to the sober and
considerate judgment of the American
people. (Great applause.)
1 thank you again for this call and
greeting, and it will give me very great
pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, to meet
you all personally." (Aplaiise.)
WORDS OF LIVING T HIT II.
Patriotic Wisdom Culled from Mr.
McKlnley'a Speeches Upon ,
Questions of the Day.
The American people hold the financial
honor of our government as sacred as our
flag, end can he relied upon to guard it
with the same sleepless vigilance.
Not content with the Inauguration of
the ruinous policy which has brought
down the wages of the lalsirer and the
price of farm products, its advocates now
offer a new policy which will diminish
the value of the money iu which wages
and price are paid.
Our trouble is not with the character
of the money that we have, but with the
threat to debase it. We have the same
currency that we had in 1WI2 g0(d
the world over, and unquestioned Ly any
people. Then, too, we had unexampled
credit and prosicrity.
The platform adopted by the Repuh.
lican National Convention has received
my careful consideration, and has uiy un
qualified approval. It is a matter of
gratification to me, as I am sure it must
lie lo you and Republicans every
where and to all our people, that the ex
pressions of its declaration of principle
are so direct, clear and emphatic. They
are 100 plain aud positive to leave any
chance for doubt or questiou as to their
purport and meaning.
The employment of the Idle money we
already have, in gainful pursuits, will
put every idle man iu the country at
work, aud when there is work there I
wage, and when there are work and
wages there are consumers who consti
tute the best market for the product of
our soil.
The money of the United Stales, and
every kind and form of it, whether of
paper, silver or gold, must be as gixsl
aa the best In the world. It must not
only lie current at it full face value
at home, but it must be counted at pur
in any and every commercial center of
the globe.
What we want I a sound policy, finan
cial and Industrial, which will give conr-
,ge and . ootid. ,.- e lo all. f-r ahei. that
d.,e the m...-y cu.p loje-!.
license of fear for the future sud lack
of confide!..- in investment. ill qui. kly
appear in the liiatit.cls of tiad.-.
Our creed em bra. -e, n t-i "! J''1
lr. an untarnished national
quale re.eUU.-S tor the -e V "5';'
eminent, inutectiou to las-r and -liv.
preservation of the home nisrkel.
and reciprocity ti. li will extend our
(..reign U, ill Let".
Recent event have inil"d "l' ""'
patriotic people of tin country a r
siiousibilitr and a duty greater thau auy
since the Civ il War. I l u
struggle to preserve the government '
the I nited States; now it i struggle
to preserve the tinaucial honor '
government ot the 1'uited Slate. I hen
it wa a contest to save the I uioti; now
it i a contest to save spotie.s its credit
ihen section wss arravoi acsiiist se.
lion; now men of all section can unite,
and will unite, to rebuke the t. .u t.atiou
ot our obligations and ibe dcoa-emeui
of our curren. j
A SILVER CATECHISM.
The l'ctroit Free Press publishes tie
following:
lu mv judgment au aH-iiitioii of nu n
em n't in business and otherwise
should Is- formed in this city without
d.lav. whose dutj it should Is- t writ,
or procure to be written, a large uiimlM-r
of tracts treating solelv the question
sound i v. 1 mlaiii not more tluiii
l,ii word each, and to be printed m
large t m- aud iqsin good pll .er. I hen
should be distributed, or Is- ready t.u
distribution b the meld August
and copies should be placed in the b itul
o evei) wage-earner sod dinner in tl.s
stjte ct .Michigan
lhe ft. .u. I bet subserve the .utoc
if dra ii li j iu the form ot a . Btecl.ism
of ivlii.h 1 append a ss-. iin. ti
7 - N but i the tun.lainelitlil coliteli
lion of ibe I lie cm nut.- adv. ale ;
A. Thai the aiooiii.l of money in ir
ciil.it ion has b.s-ii decreasing siiiiv the
deiiioiieli:'aliou of silver, a lid that thi
decrease has caused a general fall in
prices.
'I Is it true that the money supply
ha been decreasing)
A.- It is not.
What are the fact?
A. -As far as the I'nited States i con
ceriied there has Is-en au enormous in
crease. In IMiO the money in circiilj
tion in this countrv w as ? I I'J.I'i'J. 177
ill 1-.72 it was l?7.'.:'.Ki.."l'1: by the
treasury bulletin at the iM giniiiiig of the
present month of July it was $
'Ji s i.
IJ. What d.s-s this show?
A.- It shows that our money supply
has in.-reiis.il lilt) is-r
nl. s compared
with Ivai. anil list i
ent. as com
dv illcre.sl
pared with sTli.
O. Has tin- money sup
faster than the population .'
A. Very much faster.
I low do you prove this'
A. My dividing the total
circul.iilon at each , date by
iopuliition of the country at
money in
the total
tlie s.'iinc
dale, and thus finding the circulation per
capita.
tj. What doe such a process show?
A. The per capita circulation "f the
I'nited States on July I. INKI. wa-
14si; on July 1. is?-.', it wa l7u
at the Is-giiiuiug of Julv iu 1h;s; it
7
$Jl.l.-.
li. lint has not the money supply
the world at large Is'en decreasing t
A. On the contrary, it ha Is-en
Iti-
creasing rapidly,
ty. How is this proved?
A. Ity the slatistic of new gold
pro-
miction.
y. llmv large ha (hi product!
liecn?
A. The reports of (he director of the
mint, which are acknowledged authority,
show that from to 1'M, inclusive,
the world's total new gold production lis
Is-en J'J.riL'ti.KU.iSKi.
l. Is this new prisluct of gold in
creasing or decreasing';
A. It is increasing vviih enormous ra
pidily.
(.- Give die tiu'tires.
A.- In IH'.'I the world's gold produc
tion was V.si.ii.(Si; in Issii it was
1n;.-:!iI..isii. In the vear IN I it wa
$11H,S4II.ISI. In 1K!H it was l-HD.illll..
Hl. For IS! C) the exact total is not yet
compiled, but is closely estimated at
Jtllnt.rsKi.iHKi,
'.What does this ineanV
A. -It men ns that the amount of gold
annually added lo the world's money
sup:ily has more than doubled in the lat
twenty-three years.
Q. Kul ha not the issue of silver
with full coinage privilege cut down the
total annual Addition to the world's me
tallic money supply)
A. It ha not.
o.-Whv?
A.-In Is7:i the world s gold produc
tion was $!Nl.ouMKi; jtK ij v.-r pollu
tion, ?H1.HII(KI; total. IplTHINHI.ISKI.
Last year the production of gold alone
was SIIKI.Mmmmhi.
speech to tb Laboring Jnu.
At the railway sl.iii.oi. in Canton, on
July 22ti. as Mr. McKinley wa almut
to take the train for Cleveland, an as
semblage of workii.gmeu called for a
speech. In response Mr. McKinley re
ferred to the object of his vivsii to Alli
ance, and said:
All of us are interested in the wel
fare of our countrv, because iu the wel
fan- of our country is involved the Indi
vidual welfare of every citixeli. If our
great country is prosperous, then ih(' peo
ple are prosperous. What we all want
no mailer to what political organization
we may have belonged iu the pasi is a
return to the good li;ee of y-arx ago.
We want g.nsl prices and g.snl wage,
and when we have iheui we want II. cm
tu Is- paid in good money. Applause
and eric of "You are right. " Win tber
our price be high or whelher they be
low, whether onr wages Is- good" or
whether lhey Is- bad, lhey are nil the
bettor by Is'ing paid in dollins nurih Urn
colli each. 'l reuioiidous cheering J If
we have good wage they are latter by
being paid in gold dollars. If we have
twior wages, they are made siorer by lie-in-big
paid in gold dollars. If we have
low citizens, what we want more than
anything else is to keep our money equal
to that of the most enlightened tuition
of the earth and iiiaiiiinin the credit and
honor of the government of the I'nited
States. Great applause.) We are tin
greatest country m the world -greati-st
ill our freedom, greatest 111 our possibili
ties, greatest iu our niior! unities, and
we are too great In limit our country's
honor or to cast suspicion upon the i ri-dit
or obligations of our government. Ap
pla use.)
Host tlis Old Thing Works.
New York Post: A barber in this
city handed a bullion dea)er who hap
pened to Is? iu his shop ou Saturday
Mexican- silver dollar, aud asked him
what he would give him for It. lie re
plied that the bullion value wn .VI cents
aud that he would take the dollar from
him at that price, to which the barber re
plied: "You can have It. 1 gave uiv
customer a hair-cut, shampoo and shave
equal to 75 ceuts; he handed me this
dollar; I gave him a quarter change;
so I am out 47 cents on the transaction "
The bullion dealer answered: "That 1
just what will hapis-u every day If we go
on a silver basis.1' The shop was full
of people, who all loudly declared that
they would vole for McKinley and sound
money.
