Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-14
REPUBLICANS OF OHIO
John Sherman Would Prescribe
More Protection.
higher Tnriff Taxes IL what the Coun-
try Needs to Make the Crops Grow
mud the Wheels Of Indus
try to Hum.

Springfield, o., Sept. 10.-The state re-
publican campaign was formally inau-
gurated today, and the town is crowded
| with marching clubs from all the lead
ing cities Of the state as well as reform
ers and their kinsfolk from the country
for miles about. This Is the home OF
General Asa :. Bushnell. the republican
candidate for governor. and hence spe'
cial effort has been made TO make the
inauguration an overwhelming success.
For the speech making this afternoon,
three platforms have been erected at
| the fair grounds. senator sherman VIII
preside at the principal PLATFORM, ana
Governor Mckinley, Ex-Governor For
aker. General Bushnell and General ~.
8. Jones, candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor will be the principal speakers.
The presence OF Governor Mckinley and
Colone. Foraker upon the same plat
form is expected TO dispose of the cam
paign reports that the old time factionai
fight has been renewed.
John Sherman spoke as follows:
John siiern,an's speech.
Fellow Citizens: | thank you for the easy
and pleasant duty assigned me OF preslu-
ing over this great assemblage., Inc re-
publican state convention at LanesVllle,
composed OF delegates from every county
in Ohio. by "A unanimous vote. adopted a
platform of principles which has met the
hearty approval of the republicans or
Ohio. BY that vote the convention de-
clared the purpose Of our party TO do
three specific things, the nrst or whlch
was TO elect the nominees or that conVen,
ton, at the head Of whom Is Asa Bushneii
for governor. lie and every candidate
named on this ticket Is a true and tried re-
publican, deserving your respect ana con-
idence,, well qualified for the duties as,
was to elect a republican legislature mat
will send Joseph b.. Foraker TO the senate
Of the United States in the place now occu-
pied by Senator Br.ce. He needs no IN
PRODUCTION to an assemblage In ONO. re
is here TO speak for himself, or rather Tor
the republicans of Ohio, for their prin-
ciples. for their vigor and their success;
The next thing the convention promised
was thai a united delegation Of tried and
true republicans should be sent TO the
next national republican convention TO
present the name Of William Mckinney
as the choice OF the people OF Ohio for the
next president of the United states, and to
give him their hearty and united support.
But, fellow citizens, there are some
things OF greater importance TO the peo-
pie OF Ohio and of the United States than
the selection OF candidates, and these are
the principles and policy hat underlie our
The pension laws of the United States
under republican administrations were the
most liberal ever enacted by any govern
ment. The amount already paid approach
es the entire cost of the war, and tliO,0cc,UJ
il still paid yearly to the survivors OF the
war and the widows and orphans OF those
who are dead.
Every debt contracted has been prompt
ly met. and every promise made has been
fulfilled. The great debt existing at the
close OF the war, which alarmed the fears
Of the timid, has been constantly. dimin.
ished and the whole OF II would he paid
before due IL the republican party had
been continued In power. The striking
contrast between the two great parties In
our country when In power is That the re-
publican party steadily reduced the debt
and the democratic party constantly in
creases ii day by day. so that during tho
present administration II has increased
over Sl6j. go, 900, and that increase will con-
tinue while the party is in power.
The republican party has constantly
maintained the policy Of protecting Amer
ported goods, and thus has built up and
diversified American industries so that
they have Increased four-fold since. the
beginning OF the war. The first act OF the
democratic party when IN power was To
reverse this policy. The result In not only
insufficient revenue, but a large reduction
In important domestic Industries and in.
creased importations OF foreign rroducts.
What We propose and intend Ia 10 re-
store the protective policy OF the repub.
lean party, TO collect enough revenue &c
pay current expenses. to reduce the ma.
tlonal debt and to build up and increase
domesti tic anufactures and productions,
not only of the workshop. but of the farm
and the mine.
The anticipation OF such a Measure al
ready brightens the : mes. and the cleo.
ton next year OF Mckinley or any good re-
publican as president OF tbs United
States. Will make assurance doutly sure.
The republican party during thirty year.
truly American currency. 1t swept from
the field the entire system OF state banl
paper and produced a national currenci
composed ~ notes issued by the United
States, gradually lifted 10 par In gold, and
notes Of national banks secured by the de-
pos!t In the treasury OF United States
bonds. So well secured that not a dollar
has been lost by the holders OF these
notes. 1t has coined and maintained at
1ar with gold, silver coins amounting TO
$500. 0)0,0 600, several times as much as were
In circulation at any former Period.
Though silver mas declined I'm mari ct VAL
ue compared with gold. yet both silver and
sued 10y the government or by the nation
al banks have been maintained at par with
each other Ali this heneficient policy Is
now threatened by the democratic party,
and We have the sorry spectacle OF the
employment by the administration OF a
syndicate OF 10! eien and domestic bankers
buying bonds OF the United States at less
than their market value upon condition
that they viii protect the government OF
the United States from demands for gold
for United States notes.
Governor Mckinley said that Ohio
epublicans were united and Foraker
would take senator Brice's place. He
declared the tariff TO be the paramount
issue and asserted that for the sake OF
the country's credit and general pros
perity a return to the republican pro-
tective policy was necessary. He con-
graduated the people of Ohio that both
parties were ound on the money ques-
ton. On this topic he said.
ON the subject of money the republican
party stands where IL has always stood
for good money, whether gold. silver or
paper. all TO be under national authority.
at all times and everywhere equal and in
Interchangeable, which will honestly meas
ure the exchanges OF the people and de-
ceive and cheat nobody. 1t must be as
sound and strong as the government itself
and as free from stain or faint as the flag
OF our countF
I congratulate the people of the country
that the democratic party Of Ohio at last
stands upon a sound money platform.
The public credit. my fellow citizens,
must be always and forever maintained.
As was said twenty years ago by a most
distinguished statesman. Neither a gold
or silver currency, nor both conjoined,
neither monometallism or bimetallism can
form any substitute for the honesty and
good faith, which are the basis Of an en-
during credit"
The governor closed with a hearty com
mendation OF the state ticket and an ap-
peal TO the voters OF the state 10 support