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. . ,
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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. ' .