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Supplement REPUBLICAN PLATFQRM. A Masterly Declaration of Prlncl pies that Will Insure Victory The Republicans of the United States, . nosioniMcil bv their renresentatives in national convention, appealing for the nonular and' historical lustihcation 01 their claims to the matchless achieve- mpiits of thirtv venra of Republican rule, earnestly and confidently address them selves to the awakened intelligence, w norinnfo find nnnflpnr-p of their country men in the following declaration of facts and principles: . i.. .1... 0;n,A ha r1 1 v 1 1 War the American people have witnessed the calamitous consequences 01 run miu laatt-itoH rifmoT5iti pnntrol of tne arnirornninnt It hns hppn a record of nnnnrfi llnlwl inortnncitv. dishonor and dis aster. In administrative management it kas ..,i.i..iir .irififnil indispensable revenue entailed nn unceasing, deficit eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up the .public debt - tw (;' (KliKIMIO in time of peace, forced nn nrivr-rso li.il.-ince of trade, kept s "per petual menace hanging over the redemp tion fund, pawned American credit to nlinn Kvii(lii :itis . nnd reversed all the measures nnd results of successful Re publican rule. In the broad effect ot its rwilicx- it hns nrorinitfltpd name, blighted " industry and trade with prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced worw and wares, halted enterprise and crippled American production, while stimulating foreign production for the American market. Kvery consideration of public . snfptv and individual interest demand that thp crovprnnient shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselves incapable to conduct it with out disaster at home and dishonor abroad and sbail be restored to the party which lor thirty years administered it rcn un- equaled success and prosperity, and in this connection we heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism and success of the administration of President Harrison Protection Is Reaffirmed. We renew and emphasize our allegi ance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial .inde- npndpnce and the foundation of Ameri can development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign prod nets and encourages home industry; it puts the burden of revenue on foreign gvuun, il n( IH 1 1 tuc 1.1.1 1 1 .. n wiunLt for the American producer; it upholds the American standard of wages for the American workiuginan; it puts the fac tory by the side of the farm, and makes the American farmer less dependent on foreign dessand and price; it diffuses general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In its reason able application it is just, fair and im partial, equally opposed to foreign con trol and domestic monopoly, to sectional discrimination and 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 r 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 not pledged to any particular schedules. The 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 Bcttienn-nt and then it wants rest. Prnlnrtlnn an il Riln,Aittt , We believe the repeal of the recinroci ty arrangements negotiated by the. last Kepuuiic.m administration was a nation al calamity, and we demand their re newal ami extension on 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 larms, forests and factories. Jt rotection nnd reciprocity are twin .. C T i.i: . .uieunui t- ui iit'iHiuucau poucy and go iiauu in mum. uemocrntic rule has reck lessly struck down both, and both .must be re-established. Protection for - what wte produce: free admission for the nec essaries or nte winch we do not produce; reciprocal agreeuints of mutual iuterests which gain open markets for us in re turn for our. open market to others. Pro tection builds up domestic industry nnd trade, and secures our own market for ourselves: reciprocity builds up foreign irauu uuu iiuuet uu ouuer ror our sur plus. . , r Sugar Attitude Stated. We condemn the present administra tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The Repub- xii-uu 1H111.V imurs mwuii prorection as will lead to the production on Amprinun o;i of all the sugar which the American peo ple use. and for which they pay other countries more man $iuu,uuu,UOO annual ly. American Products Favored. To all our products to those of the mine and the field, as well as to those of the shop nnd 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 STarine Restoration. We favor restoring the early American policy of discriminating duties for the upbuilding 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, ofi-cerrd and owned by Ameri cansmay regain the carrying of our forcigD commerce. For Sound 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. B 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 can be obtained the ex isting gold standard must be preserved. All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity "with gold,- and we favor all measures designed to main tain invoilably the obligations of the Unit ed States, and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened na tions of the earth. Matter of Pension. The veterans of the Union armyv de serve and should receive fair treatment andxgenerous recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given the pref erence in the matter of employment, and they are entitled to the enactment of such laws as are best -calculated to secure the fulfillment of the pledges made to tnem in the dark days ot tne country i peril. We denounce the practice in the Pension bureau, so recklessly an-! un justly carried on by the present adminis tration, of reducing pensions and oibi trarily dronmne names from tbe rolls at deserving the severest condemnation of the American people. , Vigorous Foreign Policy. Our foreign policy should be 'at all times firm, vigorous and dignified and all our interests in the Western hemisphere careiuuy watched and guarded. the Hawaiian islands should be controlled by the United States, and no foreign power should be permitted to interfere with them: the Kicararrunn pnnal should be built, owned and operated by the United. oiates. and by the purchase ot tne Iran ish islands we should secure a proper and much-needed naval station, in the West Indies.. To Stop Armenian Massacres. The massacres in Armenia have aroused the deen svmnathv and just in dignntion of the American peopie, and we believe that the United States should exercise all the influence it can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an end. In Turkey American residents have been exposed to the gravest dangers and American property destroyed. There and everywhere. American' citizens and American property must be absolutely protected at all hazard and at any cost. . Monroe Doctrine Reasserted. We reassert thp Monroe doctrine in Its full extent and we reaffirm the right of the United States to irive the doctrine ef fect by responding to the appeals of any American state for friendly intervention tin case of European encroachment. We nave not interfered and shall not inter fere with the existing possessions of any European power in this hemisphere, but those possessions must not, on any pre text, be extended. We hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawal of the liiuronean nowers from this hemis- sphere and to the ultimate union of all the English-speaking part of the con tinent bv the frpp consent of its in habitants. Independence for Caba. From the hour of achieving their own independence the neonle of the United States have regarded with sympathy tbe struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from European domina tion. We watch with deep and abiding interest tbe heroic-battle of tne uuoan patriots against cruelty and oppression, and our best hones so out for the full success ot their determined contest tor liberty. Xhe government of Snain. having lost control of Cnba, and being unable to pro tect the property and lives ot resident American citizens, or to comply with its treaty obligations, we believe that tne covernment of the United States should actively use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island. Enlargement of Navy. The pence and security of the republic nnd the maintenance of its rightful in fluence among the nations of the earth demand a naval power commensurate with its position and responsibility. We therefore favor - the continued enlarge ment of the navy and a complete system of harbor and seacoast defenses. Limitation of Immigration. For the protection of the quality of our American citizenship and ot tne wages of our workingmen against the fatal com petition of low-priced labor , we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly enforced and so extended as to exclude from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write. ( Civil Service Enforcement. The civl service law was placed on the statute book by the Republican party, which has always sustained it, and we renew our repeated declarations that it shall be thoroughly and honestly en forced and extended wherever practica ble. alr Ballots for Citizens. We demand' that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast. Lynching is Condemned. We prtfclaim our unqualified condemna tion of the uncivilized and barbarous practice well known as lynching, or kill ing of human beings suspected 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 and employed engaged in inter state commerce. Free Homesteads Favored. We believe 'in an immediate return to thp free homestead policy of the Renub- lican party and urge the passage by' Con gress ot the satistactory tree homestead measure which has already passed the House and is now pending in 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 the people of the- Territories and of the United States. Ail the Federal of ficers appointed for the Territories should be elected from bona-fide residents there of, and the right of self-government should -be accorded as far as practica ble. Bepresentation for Alaska. We believe the citzens of Alaska should have representation in the Con gress of the United States, to the end that needful legislation may be intelli gently enacted. Stand for Temperance. We sympathize with all wise and lpeir- imate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote moral ity. Welcome to Women. The Republican party is mindful nf the rights and interests of women. Pro tection of American industries includes equal opportunities, equal pay for equal worK, ana proieeuoij to tne nome. We favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness,. ami welcome their co-operation in rescuing the country from Democratic and Populist mismanagement and misrule. - . Appeal to Voters. Such are the principles and policies of th Renublican party. By these nrineinloa we will abide and these policies wp, 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 our cause, we present our plat form and our candidates in the full as surance that the election will bring vic tory to the Republican party and pros perity to the people of the United States. Mexico's Burden of Free Silver. Michigan Iron Ore: The Detroit Trib une has a staff correspondent in Mexico. He describes the population of that coun try as being half beggars, and the bal ance doing poorly, i He says everything is impoverished and that the tales being told of the success of that country are lies, pure, cold and simple. And the cor respondent is right, and truly describes the condition. The reason that we- re fer to this is that certain free silver champions delight in calling attention to the wonderful strides being, made by Mexico under the IG'to 1 plan. OUR -NATIONAL HONOR. Mr. McKlnley, In His Speech to the - Notification Committee, Says It Is Involved In the Cur- rency Question. "Senator Thurston and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee of the Repub Kran National Convention:' To be select ed as their Presidential candidate by a great party convention, representing bo vast a number of the people of the -United States, is a most distinguished honor, for which I would not conceal my high aDnreciation. although deenlv sensible of the great responsibilities of the trust and I my inability to bear them without the generous and constant support oi my xei- low countrymen. "Great as is the honor conferred, equal ly arduous and important is the duty im posed, and in accepting the one I assume the other, relying upon the patriotic devotion of the people to the best inter ests of our beloved country, and the sus taining care and aid of him without whose support 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 be to pro-, mote the public good, which in America is always the good of the greatest num ber, the honor of our country, and the welfare of the people. "The questions to be settled in the na tional contest this year are as serious and important as any of the great gov ernmental problems that have confronted us in the last ouarter of the century. They command our sober judgment and a. settlement free from- partisan prejudice and passion, beneficial to ourselves and befitting the honor and grandeur "of the republic. They touch every interest of our common country. . Mach Is Involved. "Our industrial supremacy.' our pro ductive capacity, our business and com-' mtrcial prosperity, our labor and its re wards, our national credit and currency. our proud financial honor, and our splen did tree citizenship the birthright ot every American are all involved in .the pending campaign, and thus every home in the land is directly and intimately con nected with their proper settlement. Great are the issues involved in the com ing election, and eager and earnest are the people for their, right determination.. Our domestic 'trade must be won back and our idle workingmen employed in gainful occupations at American wages. Our home market must be restored to jtg- proud rank of first in the world, and our foreign trade, so precipitately cut off by adverse national legislation, reopened on fair and equitable terms for our sur plus agricultural and manufacturing products. Protection and reciprocity, twin meas ures of a true American policy, should again command the earnest encourage- Public confidence must be resumed and the skill, the energy and the capital of our country find amnle employment at home, sustained, encouraged and defend ed against the unequal competition and serious disadvantage with which they are now contending. Mnst'Kalse -Sufficient Revenue. "The government of the United States must raise enough money to meet both its current expenses and increasing needs. Its revenues should be so raised as to protect the material interests of our people, with the lightest possible drain upon 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, I repeat, should equal its necessary and proper expenditures. A failure to pursue this policy has com pelled the government to borrow money in a time of peace, to sustain its credit, and pay its daily expenses. This policy should be reversed, and that, . too, as speedily as possible. . "It must be apparent to all. rpcrarrilpsa of past party ties .or affiliations, that it is our paramount duty to provide adequate revenue for the expenditures of the gov ernment economically and prudently nd- a , rr.i t i , . , uuuisit?reu. me ippuuucan party nas 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 unon it. must and will be upheld and strength ened. If sufficient revenues are provided for the support of the government there will be no necessity for borrowing money and increasing tne. 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 f rmuuua ijuui-y vvmcu uaa uiaue lllis nec essary. It is but 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 United States treasury except as it is replenished bv loans, and in -the distress of the people, who are suffering because of the scant demand for either their labor or the products of their labor. Here is 1 the fundamental trouble, the remedy for j which is Republican opportunity and ' duty. I During all the years of Renubhcan ' control following resumption there was a 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 nol- ' icy. that brought US unexampled Pros-1 perity for more than thirty years, under ' the most trying conditions ever known in this country, tbe policy by whicn we made and bought more goods at home and .sold more abroad, the trade balance ! would be auicklr turned in onr f ivor ' nd gold would come to ns and not so from us in the settlement of all such balances in the future. The party that upplied by legislation the vast revenues for the conduct of our greatest war. and promptly restored the credit of the coon try at its close, and that from its abund- nt revenues paid off a large share of the debt incurred in this war, and that re sumed specie payments and placed our paper currency upon a sound and endur ing basis, can be safely trusted ;to pre serve ootn our credit ana currency witn honor, stability, and inviolability. Our Financial Honor Is Sacred. ' "The American people hold the finan cial honor of our government as sacred as our flag, and can be relied upon to guard it with the same sleepless - vigil ance. 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 money of the United States and every kind of form of it, whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world. It must not only be current at its full face value at home, but it must be counted at par . in any and - every commercial center of the globe. -. "The sagacious and far-seeing policy of the great men who founded our eov- ernment, the teachings and acts of the wisest financiers at every stage in onr' nisiory, me meuuiasi iujui ana splendid achievements of the great party to which we belong, and tbe genius and integrity - of our people have always demanded this, and will ever maintain it. The dollar paid to the farmer, the wage-earner and the pensioner must continue for ever equal in purchasing and debt-pay- ing power to the dollar paid to any gov ernment creditor. - "The contest this year will not "be waged nnon lines of theory and snecula tion, but in the light of severe practical experience and new and . dearly ac quired knowledge.. The great body cf our citizens know what they want, ana that they intend, to have. They know for what the Republican party stands, and what , its return to -power means to them. They realize that the Republican party believes that our work should be done at home, and not abroad, and ev erywhere proclaim their devotion to the while supplying adequate revenues for the government, will restore American production and serve the best interests j 0f American labor and development, Appeal to the Plain People. ' ' - '.- y '' "Onr nnnpnl- therefore. Is not to false philosophy or vain theorists, but to the masses or tne-American iitowic, iuc plain, practical people, whom Lincoln loved and trusted -and whom the Repub lican -party has always faithfully striven to serve The platform adopted by the Republican national convention has re ceived my careful consideration, and has my unqualified approval. It is a matter of gratification to me.' as I am sure it must be to you. and Republicans every whprp. enrl tn nil nnr nponle that the ex- nrpssinns of itn dpnlnration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic. They rp trtn nlnin ftnri nnnitivp to leave any chance for doubt or question as to their purport and meaning. But you will not expect me to discuss- its provisions at length, or in any detail, at this time. - It will, however, be my duty and pleasure at some future' day to make to you anu through you to the great party you rep resent a more formal acceptance of the nomination tendered me. No one could be more profoundly grateful than I for manifestations of public confidence of wnicn you nave- so eloquently spoiseu. "It shall he mv aim to attest this ap- appreciation by an unsparing devotion to what I esteem the iest interests of the neoDle. and in this work I ask tbe counsel and support ' of you gentlemen and of every other friend of tne country. "Th epnpronn pxnrpssions- with which you, sir, convey the official notice of my nomination are highly appreciated and as fully reciprocated; and I thank you ana your associates oi tne noiincmiuu committee and the great parly and con vention at whose instance you come for the high and exceptional distinction be stowed upon me. Bon. Garrett A. Hobart-Hla Statesman. like Beply to the Notification Committee! Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: I beg to extend to you my grateful acknowledgments for the very kind and nattering terms in wnicn you convey the. formal announcement of my nomination for Vice-President of the United States by the Republican nation al convention at St. Louis. I am pro foundly spnsihlp of the honor which has been done me and through me to the state in which all my life has been spent, in my selection as a candidate for this high office. I appreciate it the more be cause it associates me, in a contest which involves the gravest issues, with one who represents in his private chnracter and public career the highest intelligence and best spirit of bis party and with whom my personal relations are such as to af ford a guaranty of perfect accord in the work of the campaign which is before us It is sufficient for me to say at thia time that, concurring without other serv ices in all the declarations of principle and policy embodied in the St. Louis plat form, I accept the nomination tendered to me with a full appreciation of its re sponsibilities and with an honest pur pose, in the event that the people shall ratify the choices made by the national convention, to discharge any duties which may devolve upon me with sole reference to the public good. Let me add that it will be my earnest effort in the coming campaign to con tribute in every way possible to the suc cess ot the party which we represent and which to the important issues of the time stands for the best interests of the people. Uncertainty and instability as to the money question involves most se rious consequences to every interest and to every citizen of the country. The gravity of this question cannot be over estimated. There can be no financial security, no business stability, no real prosperity where the policy of the gov ernment as to. that question is at nil a matter of doubt. Gold is the one stan dard of valtie among all enljgfitened com mercial nations. All buancial transac tions of whatever character, all business enterprises, all individual or corporate in vestments are adjusted to it. An honest dollar, worth 100 cents ev- erywhere, cannot be coine worth of silver, plus fiat. Such a debasement of comed out of 53 a legislative our currency would inevitably produce incalculable loss, appalling disaster, and national dishonor. It is fundamental principle in coinage, recognized and followed by all the states men of America in the past, and never yet safely departed from, that there can be only one basis 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 metajj contained . in 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 country is, it is great not alone within its own bor ders and upon its own resources.- but because it also reaches out to the ends nf the pnrth in nil mnnifnM rlmo ..,.,, 0f business, exchange . and commerce, and must maintain with honor its stand- inir nH r red it Hmnno- thp n;.. k Th- 01IpKt.5nn admits ,,f n ta. s- - : r... . J"r .. 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 of vital consequence that this question should be settled now in such a way as to restore public confidence here and everywhere in tbe 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, as patriots, we should treasJ I ure still more highly our industrial and 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 builds up important industries -from small beginnings, but that those and all other industries flourish or languish in proportion as protection is maintained or withdrawn. 1 have seen it indisputably proved that the prosperity of the farmer, merchant, and all other classes of citi zens, goes hand in hand with that of the manufacturer- and mechanic. I am 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 workshops on full time and full-banded, with their operatives paid good wnfe. in honest dollars. Ana this can on v come under a tariff which will hold the interests of our own people paramount in our political and commercial systems. The opposite policy, which discourages American enterprises, reduces American labor to idleness, - diminishes the earn ings of American workiDgmen, opens oar markets to commodities from abroad whidi we should produce at home, while closing foreign markets against our prod ucts, and which, at the same time, stead ily augments the public debt, increasing tbe public burdens, while diminishing tbe ability of the people to meet them,. is a policy which must find its chief popu larity elsewhere than among American citizens. I shall take an early opportunity, gen tlemen of the committee, through you, to communicate to my fellow citizens with somewhat more of detail my views concerning the dominant questions of the hour and the crisis which confronts us rs a nation. With this brief expression of my ap- Ereciation of the distinguished honor that as been bestowed upon me, and this signification of my acceptance of the trust to' which I have been summoned, I place myself at the service of the Re publican party and of the country. SOUND MONEY. McKlnley's Speech to the Foraker Club Glvlnn a Resume of the Issues of the Campaign. Canton, O.. July 11. It was less than an hour after adiournment of the Chi cago convention when the Thirty-second Ward Foraker Club of Cleveland arrived in Canton 300 strong, with their wives and daughters. They marched at once to Governor McKinley's residence. After President D.. kl. Lucas had made a pre sentation address Governor McKinley said: "Mr.. President. Ladies and Gentlemen and My Fellow Citizens: It gives me very great pleasure to welcome you to my home city and to my home, and i ap preciate more than I can find words to express the honor and the compliment of this call. I thank you for your con gratulations and the assurances of sup port which you make for the great prin ciples for which this year tbe Republican fiarty stands. (Applause.) I congratu ate von upon having for your name one of the most illustrious of our statesmen in Ohio. Joseph Benson toraker. lAp- 'nlmiMp-l "My fellow citizens, recent events have imposed upon the patriotic people of this country a responsibility greater than the Civil war. Then it was a struggle to pre serve the government of the Limed States: now it is a struggle to preserve the honor of the government. IC-rus ot Yes and applause.) men it .was a contest to save tne Union: now it is a' contest to save ppot- less its credit. (Ureat applause.j xnen section was arrayed against section; nnnr mpn nf all sections can nnite. and will nnite. to -rebuke the repudiation of our obligations and the debasement of our currency.- (Applause.; In this contest patriotism is anove party and national honor is dearer tnan any party name. The currency and cred it of the government are good now, and must be kept good forever. Our trouble is not with the character of the money that we have, but with the threat to de base it. We have the same currency that we had in 1892, good the world over and unquestioned by any people. Then. too, we bad unexampled -credit and pros perity. Our difficulty now Is to get that money in circulation and invested in productive enterprises which furnish em ployment to American labor. (Great ap plause.) . This is- impossible witn the distrust that bangs over tbe country at the pres ent time, and every effort to make our dollars or any one of them worth less than 1UU cents each only serves to in crease the distrust. What we want is a sound policy, financial and industrial. which will give courage and confidence to all. for when that is done the money now unemployed beeause of fear for the future and lack of confidence in invest ment will quickly appear in the hnnnels of trade. (Cries of "You are right, ma jor," and? applause.) dentlemen. the employment of our idle money, the idle money that we a ready have, in gainful pursuits will put every mie man in me country at worK, and when there is work there is wages. and wnen mere are worn and wnirpa mere are consumers, who constitute the nest 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 depreciated cur rency. Not content with the inaugura tion of the ruinous policy which has brought down the wages of the laborer and the price of farm products, its advo cates now offer a new policy, which will diminish the value of the money in which wnges and products are paid. (Applause.) Against both of stand opposed. uur creed embraces an honest Hnllar an untarnished national credit, adequate revenues for the uses of the government, protection to labor and industry, preser vation of the homp mnrl-pi miri ,imw,m. ty whicn will extend our foreign mar kets. Upon this platform we stand, and submit its declarations to the sober and considerate judgment of the American people. (Great applause.) I thank you again for this mil nml greeting, and it will give me very great pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, to meet you all personally." (Aplausc.) WORDS OF LIVING TRUTH. Patriotic Wisdom' Culled from Mr. McKlnley's Speeches Upon Questions of the Day. The American people hold the financial honor of our government as sik red as our flag, and can be 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 laborer and the price of farm products, its advocates now offer a new policy which will diminish the value of tbe money in which wages and prices are paid. Our trouble is not with the rhn rn ptnp of the inoney that we have, but with the threat to debase it. We have the same currency that we had in 1S'.)2, good the world over, and unquestioned by any people. Then, too, we had unexampled credit and prosperity. The platform adopted by the Repub lican National- Convention has received my careful consideration, and has my un qualified approval. It is a matter f gratification to me, as I am sure it must be to you and Republicans every where and to all our people, that the ex pressions of its declaration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic. They are too plain and positive to ieare any chance for doubt or question as to their purport and meaning. The employment of the idle money we already have, in gainful pursuits, will put every idle man in the country at work, and when there is work there is wages, and whfcn there are work and wages there are consumers who consti tute the best market for the products of our soil. The money of the United States, and every kind and form of it, whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world. It must not only, be current at its full -face value at home, but it must be counted at par in any and every commercial center of the globe., . What we want ! a sound policy, finan cial and industrial, which will give cour- age and confidence to afl, for when that is done the money now unemployed, because of fear for the future and lack of confidence in investment, will quickly appear in the ahannels of trade. Our creed 'embraces an honest dol lar, an untarnished national credit, ade quate revenues for the uses of the gov ernment, protection, to labor and indus try, preservation of tbe home market, and reciprocity which will extend our foreign markets. Recent events have Imposed upon the patriotic people of this country a re sponsibility and a duty greater than any since the Civil Was. Then it was a struggle to preserve the government of the United States; now it is a struggle to preserve the financial honor of the government of the United States. Then it was a contest to save the Union; now it is a contest to save spotless its credit. Then section was arrayed against sec tion; now men of all sections can unite, and will unite, to rebuke the repudiation of our obligations and the debasement of our currency. A SILVER CATECHISM. Tbe Detroit Free Press publishes tha following: ' In my judgment an association of men eminent in business and otherwise should he formed in this city without delay, whose duty it should be to write or procure to be written, a large number of tracts treating solely the question of sound money, to contain not more than 1.000 words each, and to be printed in large type and upon good paper. These should be distributed, or he - ready for' distribution by the middle of August, and copies should be placed in the hands of every wage-earner and farmer in tha state of Michigan. '. They would best subserve the purpose if drawn up in the form of a catechism. of which I append a specimen: V. v nat is tne tunonmentai couteu- v tion of the free-coinage advocates? A. That the amount of money in cir culation has been decreasing since the demonetization of silver, and that this decrease has caused a general fall in . prices. Q.-t-Is it true that the money supply has been decreasing? A. It is not. .. Q. What are the facts? A. As far as the United States Is con cerned there has been an enormous in crease. In 18ti0 the money in circula tion in this country was $442,102,477; in 1872 it was $738,300,549; by tha treasury bulletin at the beginning of tha present month of July it was $1,509,725. 200. Q. What docs this show? A. It shows that our money supply has increased 240 per cent, as compared with 1800, and 104 per cent, as com pared with 1872. Q. Has the money supply increased faster than the population? A. Very much faster. Q. How do you prove this? A. By dividing the total money In . circulation at each date by the total population of the country nt the same date, and thus finding the circulation per capita. Q. What dc?s such a process show? A. The per capita circulation of the United States on July 1, 1800, was $14.00; on July 1, 1872. it was $13.70; at the beginning of July in 1800 it was' $21.15. Q. But hns not the money supply of the .world nt large been decreasing? A. On the contrary, it has been In creasing rapidly. Q. How is this proved? A. By the statistics of new gold pro duction. Q. How large has this production, been? . . . . . i ... i v.. in in., .inn iv vi luy mint, which are acknowledged authority, show that from 1873 to 1804, inclusive, -the-world's total new gold production has . been $2.52G.834,0O0. Q. Is this new product of gold In creasing or decreasing? A. It is increasing with enormous ra pidity. Q. Give the figures. A. In 1S73 the world's gold produc tion was $!Xi,200.000; in 1880 it waa $10C..43.S00. In the year 1890 it waa $118,849,000. In 1804 it was $180,026.- 100. For 1895 the exact total is not yet rnuipiipu. nui is cioseiy estimated as $199,500,000. - - I) VTht Hncv. fhia mnn n " A. It means that the nnio'nnt of gold annually added to the world's money i supply has more than doubled in the last twenty-three years. O. But has not the Issue of silver . with full coinage privileges cut down the . total annual addition to the world's me tallic money suiuilrV A. If hns not. Q. Why? A. In 1875 the world's gold produc tion was $!M!.2(H).000; its silver produc tion, $81,800,000; total. $178,000,000. Last year the production of gold alone was $199,500,000. . -fipeeeh to the Laboring Men. At the railway station, in Cannon, oa July 22d. as Mr. McKinley was about to-take the train for Cleveland, an as semblage of workingmen called for a speech. In response Mr. McKinley re ferred to the object of his visit to Alli ance, and said: All of us are interested in the wel fare of our country, because in the wel fare of our country is involved the Indi- v'mIiihI welfare of every citizen. If our great country is prosperous, then the peo ple are proHlieruiiN. ivuui uu wnut no matter to what politienl organization we may have belonged in the past is a return to the good times of years ago. Wp want good prices and good wages. biwI n-hpn we have them we want them to be paid in good money. Applause and cries of "Yon are right." Whether our prices be high or whether they be low. whether our wages be good or tvhtthpr thev be bad. they ore all the better by being paid in dollars worth 100 cents each. ITreaiendous cheering. If we hnve good wages they are better by being paid in goid dollars. If we hava poor wages, tney are uuiue poorer vy oc being paid in goM dollars. If we have low citizens, what we want more than auvthing else is to keep our money equal to "that, of the most enlightened nation of the earth aud maintain the credit and -honor of the government of the United States. Great applause. We are the greatest country in the world greatest in our freedom, greatest in our possibili ties, greatest in our opportunities, and we are too great to taint our country's honor or to cast suspicion upon the credit or obligations of our government. Ap plause. - How the Old Thing Works. New Tork Post: A barber In this city handed a bullion dealer who hap- . peueil to be in his shop -on Saturday a Mexican silver dollar, and asked him -. what he would give him for it. He re plied that the bullion vulue was 53 cents, and that he would take the dollar from him at thnt price, to which the barber re plied: "You can have it. I gave my customer a hair-cut, shampoo and shave, equal' to 75 cents; he handed tue this dollar; I gave him a quarter change: so I am out 47 cents on the transaction. Tb bullion dealer answered: "That is just what will happen every day If we go on a silver basis. The shop was full of people, who nil loudly declared that they would vote for McKinley and sound money. ' .