The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-03-29

GOVERNOR M'KINLEY.
Mckinley, of Ohio. addressed the
Minnesota League of Republican Clubs.
| The Governor said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE
| REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA AND
FELLOW CITIZENS
Much has happened since the great Re
publican national convention of 1892 assem-
bled in this hall. The platform and candi-
| dates of that great convention, admirable as
they were, were rejected by the people at
| the election following; but the people had
no sooner spoken than they realized their
great mistakes mistake which they now
| feel most sensibly and regret most deeply.
| The principles enunciated at that conven
ton were true then; they are true now.
| They are as dear to Republicans now as
then; they ere better understood and more
ardently supported by the great body OF
the people i'm the year 1894 than they were
i'm The year 1892. While the Republican
party failed to carry the election, the
cause for which it contended did not fail.
1t survived the awful disaster and shines
more brightly and gloriously than ever
before. %s&
Everything Suffered But Republication,
The past year has been a long one-the
longest since the war. 1t has been full OF
| changes and experiences which have been
impressive and instructive, but expensive.
| All kinds of business ave been seriously
| disturbed. Investments have been sacri-
feed; capital has been ~despoiled of its
| earnings, and labor, more than all aud
dearer to us than all, has succumbed 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 princi-
pies. They have escaped the mildew
which has settled upon everything else.
Even the Democratic party has suffered
a calamity we could bear with resignation
If it had not also carried in its train the
vast and sacred interests of the people.
The Principles Enumerated.
What were the great principles and pol
icies thus e~nunciated in this hall? Let
me enumerate them; A protective tariff,
which shall serve the highest interests Of
American labor and American develop
ment; reciprocity, which, while seeking
the worlds markets for our surplus
products, shall not destroy American
wages, nor surrender American markets
for products which can be made at home;
1.-THE use of both gold and silver with which
to measure the exchanges of h 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
home Quilt ships; the creation OF a navy
for the protection of our national interests
- ~ Ix~-R -. Aa.w. %hx1 yS4nsnNn1
ance of the most friendly relations with
all foreign powers and entangling alliances
with none. the reaffirmation of the Mon.
roe doctrine, and of our faith i'm the
achievement of the manifest destiny of
the republic as the best government oil
earth i'm the broadest and truest sense
Who would modify these principles
who would reverse this declared policy
who would strike from the Republican
banner a single star or stripes Like al
Republican doctrines they are unchange
able. Upon them the Republican party
bases its claim to future supremacy, ane
impatiently awaits the constitutional OPP
~portunity to make its appeal to the people
How the Democracy Won.
The Democratic party won in 1892, as Ii
every contest since the war In which it ha
succeeded, by a campaign of profuse ana
glittering promises. 1T now stands de
moralized on the field of performance, an.
has, so far, signally failed to redeem
single pledge it made to the people. /
has been for many years d~enouncing tn
tariff, because some men became ricl
under its operations and others poor. Th
first year Of Democratic control has cure
all that, and the prescription has proves
, quite az effective ON the poor as the rich
for il has involved them all In a commol
loss. What devastation and distress hav
! been wrought In q single year!
Two Years Centrastsd.
2 Let the briefest statement of the bus
ness condition at the close of the year l89
/ ne contrasted with q like statement d
. That condition at the end OF 1898. Il
! year 1892 I, says Dun's Review vi Trads
: the best non-partisan~ authority, has bee
2 the most prosperous ever known In bus
G ness This Is the business indorsemer
of thirty years OF Republican rule. Mo-
mark the changes Says Dun's Review
Trade for 1888:
starting with the largest trade evs
known, mills crowded with work, and q
. business stimulated by high hopes, til
:, year 1888 has proven In sudden shrinkaf
y Of trade, I'm commercial disaster, and I'll
depression Of industries, the worst for
y years. Whether the final results OF "a
panic Of 1881 were relatively more sever
the scanty records OF that time do ri
II clearly show. The year closes with gprlc
of many products the lowest eyer know
millions OF workers. seeking IN vain (
work, and with charity laboring 4
keep back suffering and starvation In n