The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-25
SPEECH OF FORAKER.
what He Said Putting Major Mckinley
liz Nomination.

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Sr. LOUIS June Ex-senator. elect
Foraker, in nominating Mckinley, said
1t would be exceedingly difficult, If not
entirely impossible, to exaggerate the dis
agreeable experiences of the last four
years. The grand aggregate of the null
titudinous bad results of n Democratic ma
tional administration may be summed up
rs one stupendous disaster; 1t has
been disaster, however, not without at
least one redeeming feature, IL has been
tair-nobody has escaped 1t. Laughter. ]
| 1t has fallen equally alike upon all sec
tions of our country, and all classes Of our
people, the Republican and the Demo-
crat, the rich and the poor, the big and
the low, have suffered In common. Idle
ness and its consequences, poverty and
distress, have been the rewards of labor;
| distress and bankruptcy have overtaken
| business, shrunken values, have dissipa-
ted fortunes, deficient revenues have I'm
| poverished the government, brought
about the bond issues, and bond syndi-
Gates have discouraged and scandalized
the nation.
Over against this fearful penalty, is,
however, to be set down one great com
pensatory result, it has destroyed the
Democratic party. Loud applause The
proud columns which swept the country
In triumph in 1892 are brsken and noise
less in 1895. Their boasted principles,
when they came to the test of practical
application, have proven nothing but fall
lacies and their great leaders have dcgen-
Grated into warning chieftains of petty
and irreconcilable factions. Their boasted
principles when put to the test of n proper
application have proven delusive fallaces.
Their approaching national convention Is
but an approaching national nightmare.
No man prctends to be able to predict any
good result to come from 1t and no man Is
seeking nomination of that convention,
or accept any kind of public trust by pro-
claiming their willingness to stand upon
any platform that may be adopted. The
der the odium Of Fan slavery, opposi-
ton to the war for the enfranchisement
reconstruction and specie resumption at
last finds itself ovcrmatched and under
by itself. 1t is writhing in the throes of
dissolution, superinduced by dose of its
own medicine No human agency can
prevent its absolute overthrow at the next
election, except only this convention. If
we make no mistake the Democratic party
will go out of power on the 4th of
March, to remain out until God in his
wisdom and mercy and goodness shall see
fit once more to chastise his people. APP
plause. So far we have not made any
mistake. We have adopted q platform,
which, Notwithstanding the scenes wit
messed in this hall this morning, meets
the demands and expectations of the
American people. 1t remains for us now
as the last crowning of our work here to
complete our work by nominating good
candidate.
The people want good Republican,
they want something more than wise
patriotic statesman, they want a man who
embodies in himself not only all of these
essential qualifications, but who in addi-
ton, in the highest possible degree,
typihes in n monetary character, in record,
in ambition and in purpose, the exact OPP
posite of all that Is signified and repre-
sented by the free trade, deflcit-making
bond issuing, labor.saving Democratic ad-
ministration. Cheers. l stand here to
present to this convention such man.
His name Is William Mckinley.
Here occurred fearful outburst of
applause, which lasted for quite time.
You seem to have heard the name of nv
candidate before. Laughter. And so
you have. He Is known the world over
His testimonials are of private life, with
out reproach. -Four years of heroic service
as boy soldier on the battlefelds of the
republic, under such gallant generals as
PHILLIP, II. sheridan. lApplause,l Twelve
years of conspicuous service in the halls
of congress, associated with great leaders
of Republicanism. More applause.
-Four years of executive service as gov
ernor of Ohio, but, greatest Of all, meas
ureu by present requirements, leader of |
the house of representatives and author of
the Mckinley law" Prolonged ap-
plause
A law under which labor had richer re- |
ward and the country greatly increased |
prosperity. No other name so completely |
meets the requirements of the American |
people; and no other man so absolutely |
commands their hearts and their affec- |
tions. The shafts of envy, malice and de. |
reelection lie broken and harmless at his |
feet. They have already been shot and |
shot in vain; the quiver is empty and he |
untouched; and that is SO because the
American people know him, trust him, be.
lieve him, love him, and no efforts to dis |
Parage him can succeed, They know that
he is patriotic, and they know that he Is an |
American of Americans. They know he |
is wise; that he Is able and true, and they |
want him for president of the United |
States. They know that he is patriotic, |
and they know that he Is able and true, |
and they want him for president.
They have already so declared, not in |
this or that state or section, but in all the |
states and all the sections of our country,
from ocean TO ocean and from the gulf to |
the lakes. They expect us to give them q |
chance to vote for him. II is our duty to |
doit. If we discharge that duty we shall |
campaign and triumphant victory for our |
cause, and, he in turn, will give us an ad. |
ministration under which the country |
Will enter upon new era of prosperity at |
home and of glory and honor abroad. BY |
all these tokens of the present and all |
these promises for the future, in the name
of the AZ delegates of Ohio, submit his
claims TO your consideration. Loud cheer
ingl.