Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-04-05

Minneapolis March % The great
republican meeting in the exposition
building this evening was presided
over by Gov. Nelson of Minnesota,
who. without formality. introduced
GOV. Mckinley. As he rose to speak
he was enthusiastically chcered by
nearly 5000 people, representing every
republican organization in the state,
He spoke from manuscript for an hour
and a half and the closest attention
was paid to his utterances Interrupt
tions by applause when Il specially
striking point in his address was
reached. were frequent and at the
conclusion he was accorded a rising
vote of thanks for his courtesy In
visiting the northwest and for the
mastery effort presented. He spoke
in part as follows
Much has happened since the great
republican national convention of 1892
assembled in this hall The platform
and candidates Of that great tonven-
ton, admirable as they were, were re
iected by the people at the election
following; but the people had no
sooner spoken than they realized their
great mistake-a mistake which they
now feel most sensibly and regret most
deeply. The principles enunciated at
that convention were true then: they
are true now They are dear to re-
publicans now as then; they are bet
ter understood and more ardently sup
ported by the great body of the people
i'm the year 1894 than they were in
the year 1897 While the republican
party failed to carry the election, the
cause for which it contendcd did not
fail. 1t survived ne awful disaster
and shines more brightly and glorious
~ than ever before.
THE past year has been a long one
the longest since the war II has been
full of changes and experiences which
have been impressive and instructive,
but expensive An kinds of business
have been seriously disturbed Invest
mentS have been sacrificed capital has
been dcspoiled of its earnings, and
labor. more than all and dcarcr to us
than all. has Succumbcd TO the wasting
blasts Of the great change by which
industry has been cheated of its just
rewards Everything has suffered but
the republican cause. Everything has
been blighted but republican principles.
They have escaped the mildeW which
has settled upon everything else Even
the democratic party has suffered
calamity we could bear with resig-
nation, il it had not also carried i'm its
train the vast and sacred interests of
the people
What were the great principles and
policies then enuuciated in this hail?
Let me cnumCratc them: A protective
tariff. which shall serve the highest
interests Of American labor and Ameri-
can developments; reciprocity, which,
while seeking the worlds markets for
our surplus products, shall not destroy
American wages, nor surrender Ameri-
can markets for products which can
be made at home; the use Of both gold
and silver with which to measure the
exchanges of the people and cheat
nobody; honest elections, which are
the true sources Of public authority;
the extension of our foreign commerce;
the restoration Of our merchant marine
by hOmebuilt ships: the creation of a
navy for the protection Of our national
interests and the honor Of our flag;
the maintenance of the most friendly
relations with all foreign powers and
entangling alliances with none; the re
affirmation Of the Monroe doctrine,
and of our faith in the achievement Of
the manifest destiny of the republic
as the best government of earth in
the broadcast and uuest sense.
Who would modify these principles
who would reverse this declared
policy; who would strike from the re-
publican banner a single star or stripe?
Like all republican doctrines they are
interchangeable. Upon them the republi-
can party bases its claim to future
supremacy and impatiently awaits the
constitutional opportunity to make its
appeal to the people
The democratic party won in 1893.
as IN every contest since the war i'm
car. az 90 AiN Nut'ffltis bA a. ldll-
p3lgu Of profuse and glittering prom
ises Tt now stands demoralized on
enc field Of performance and has. SO
Iar Nisnally failed to redeem a single
pledge it made to the people. II has
'r'n for many years denouncing the
Iafif because some men became rich
under its operations and others poor.
ihe first year Of democratic control
las cured all that and the prescription
mas proved quite as effective on the
.'"r ms the rich, for It has involved
mem an in a common loss. What de-
E">'at'on and distress have been
wrought in a single year!
Lnr the briefest statement of the
business condition at the close Of the
wear 1892 be conrasted with a like
S.at"ment n that condition at the end
~ 1893 The year 1892 SAYS Dun's
review Of Trade. the best non-parti-
,aa authority has been the most
-ro>peroSs ever known in business.
lhis is the business Endorsement Of
.Airty Years IF republican rule. Now
mark the change, Says Dun's Review