The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-04-06
ELOQUENT M'Kn
TREMENDOUS MUDrIrvnp
HIM AT MINNEApo,'
The Famous Apostle =.
Delivers an Eloquent .,s = :
Address Before the Coz. T
League CIubS--Fun r..
Speech.

crowd gathered at the exposv,. 81 =
ing on the evening Of M,,a 81 $500 !
hear Gov. Mckinley, who i, nent
invited to address the leau,e sEhst
lican clubs. On being introdnoa ~ 49, =
vast audience he received onst
ovation lasting some minutes ,,tstes
lowing is the full text of hs !. W. M Z
Mr.. President, Gentlemen q, !, IAcka.
Hcun League OF Minnesota ana pass f061E
zens: Much has happened snoa ind
Republican national conypntin aa0nt1
assembled IN this hall. The nIa.. 10orE
candidates of that great convent, lelaN
able as they were, We're reiprtss Tor
ptOpie at the election followips y0ut1
people had no sooner spoken thass I ~ q
lied their great miStaRe-a mis'. tflt30
they now feel most senslbly ~ yhlC4
most deeply. The principles enmsr0teC
that convention were true then sr11uol
true now Iney are as dear Ia Rs m0Wd
now as then, they are beftar ,sl0t 41f
and more ardently supported hv 11 eha
body OF the people IN the wear Il, " n
they were In the year 1882 Whl. ,n4ctG
publican party failed to carry tbs Int 4
the cause for which it eontlnde Nls
fail. 1t survived the awful dsrh1rtol
ever before. unS
The past year has been a lonc ,ame6
longest since the war 1t has H. arjY
changes and experiences which buh0aRl
impress and instructive, but prreG10
All kinds of business have been Ind16l
disturbed. Investments have bss gn1111
feed: capital has been despoiled q ,lan0
ings, and labor, more than all and tssOu
rs than all. has succumhed 10 N.ens
Ing blasts of the great change by vuO0tH
dustry has been cheated of its lust ant b
Everything has suffered but the Rs0l1t1l1
course. Everything has been i tto
but Republican principles They l3Grof
capped the miidew which has settsl4t =
everything else Even the DememalHoNs,s
ty has suffered calamity We ex1edF
with resignation. If 1t had not ais
IN It's train the vast and sacred sInhn
Of the people. ,nfSss
What were the great principles r.s~t1 r1I
cics then enunciated in this ball, tSsss Y
enLmerate them: A protective TART ns,3rf
shall serve the highest Interests leiiSei
lean labor and American deVefs lS
reciprocity, which. while seeE-ia ~
worlds markets for our surplus Fnrse z
shall not destroy American wages hafnS,
render American markets for in12fa
which can be made at home; III 4
both gold and silver with which r. M
ire the exchanges Of the people Mcff61
nobody; uon.., ,,,.,,,o,. WI WI
non q
which are the true sources Of ptA
thority; the extension Of our foFdsfturg
merce the restoration of our "a "a
marine by home-huit ships; ihf NssTF4
OF navy for the protection OF ou' -
interests and the honor OF our lo4
maintenance Of the most friehdg
with all foreign powers and entaas IL 81! sl -
ances with none; the reaflrnalM 9 81 q
Monroe doctrine. aud Of our ial' ~ r.
achievement of the manifest dtNul SSsssSs
republic as the best government h~SS
In the broadest and truest sense m
Who would modify these primer r36I
would reverse this declared plE ren /
would strike from the Republeaa ygthn
a single star or Stripe Like al Y. X
lican doctrines they are uaca III
Upon them the Republican party ast00e
claim to future supremacy and laEtef.
awaits the constitutions opp@ @pQky1
make its appeal to the peoHle \.
The Democratic party Won Id i@y.i
every contest since the war " $780,
has succeeded. by Il campaign N1s.
and giittering promises. Il now W. ss.s ~
moralized on the field Of perfoFns sssf 8. y =
has. 80 far, signal.y failed g cffnr
single pledge 1t made to the Peop ~
been for many wears 1enalaeias 4fua n
because some men became rlh H n
operations and others poor, ihp au
of Democratic control has eufs t4yfs
and the prescription has pro'pa 1eaI
effective on the poor as on 1ls IN
1t has involved them all 10 2 e9l. alos
What devastation and distress ~
wrought In single year n ss&ss,S. &s.
Let the briefest statement .
ness condition at the e,ose OF snt 1,
be contrasted with like stalehsgT yisss'
condition Mt the end Of lol5 w,
1892 says Dun's Review OF ~ IT1SS
best non-partisan authority hs syao23S
most prosperous ever known ~ FIJI n
This is the business endorsement 6e2
years Of Republican rule. Nov T-E1s IA
change. Says Dun's Review O
1893: N1
..Startiny with Tie largest lnYoSn
known, mills crowded with Noa ,
hnsiness stimulated by higa w
year 1893 has proven in Sudden laA3
Of trade. In commercial disst.
depression OF Industries, lhe Ess]
fifty years. Whether the final les. a.s
panic OF 1887 were relatively Iims mus
scarcity Of records Of that III m
clearly show. The year closes W.. m~
Of many products the loWest M ~
with millions Of workers seeAiais r.
for work. and with charity laS
keep back
Suffering and stnrva'' %
In all our cities. All hope ~, IA,
year may bring brighter days. ~,
year leaves only dismal fes.sp ~ 38
view Of different departments !,
given to-day exhibits Z coiiaoss ,,isst
and business which Is almost N,a las, a2s
edent. The iron industries, .us ,or,
weekly production of lsi al ,an. NJ
May l. but by Oct ] the gu .arr 45s3
to 1885 tons, and tie feco'sii \, ssa3 1
100000 tons Dec. still leaves pso, !
of the force unemployed. "a
WOOlen manufactures are ~iuroms lnn 5Ss<l@
cepting a brief recovery III ~ w. W.
been ever since new wool cfnN, NAN I4sI r.
for all sales In the chief Nam ia. III -, g.
eight months have been .,an W.. bxssElO
pounds, partly for spec',ia ~ VIZ aeprs sfie@E4
having fallen 20 per cent lol orains. Il
lowest point ever known, INNS M pssYs8s
OO3 pounds in the same hiem,lh e,,,lr al
Sales Of cotton goods are in,ls a,bo ID 49,
below the usual quantity y shs
vance attempted In boots ana l,-th HI a
ago was not sustained, but W. ~ \,
low as ever the shipments oant ~
shoes from Boston are y per per. an aay
last year In December. 60 bnt
factured goods as Wilo}t. "a 49,!
important farm products III oa5&
farmers find little cofnigfn ~, uitb
other reports deluded traders vsrs err |s'
ton that crops Of last yea. r.oslisb x
that famine prices could pc rsahe y The H.
To add to the perplexities .raae =. H.
under the menace Of free ..rrhirh
scribed, the Wilson bill. .mossnas
passed the house OF rep,,,ea haus