The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

half as much wealth in the whole country
in 1860, a population approx mating 35.oo0,-
600 in 1890, gain since 1870 OF practically
100 per cent and property of the assessed Yalua-
ton of nearly $4,000, 100000.
! This was the achievement of twenty years,
| this creation of a new nation within the old,
greater than the parent itself under the wise
laws enacted and enforced, and under the
policy marked out by the great Republican
party.
In these twenty years the protective policy
was steadily pursued, and our present gold
standard of values was the basis of all the
money issued, whether gold, silver or paper.
Yet there are those who insist upon
declaring that this excellent monetary
system, and that the dollars we now have in
circulation, every one of which has been
worth 100 cents in gold every minute of every
hour OF every day since January 1, 1879, is
impoverishing the West and bankrupting all
its people. tApplause.l
The Mississippi Valley is surely part of the
West, and the marvellous growth told by the
census figures, the official authority, proves
the falsity and absurdity of their statements.
The new promising States of North and
South Dakota Kansas, Nebraska and Mime
| sofa are certainly young giants of the West,
and their growth in population from ], 94O,O 600
in 1870 to 4,290, 900 in 1890, and wealth of ST.
| S25, 900, 900 demonstrates to fair-minded men
that however much they have suffered by
drouths and poor crops, they are still reason
ably vigorous [laughterl and in no very great
danger of being abandoned or bankrupted.
| lApplause.l
All have made remarkable progress; all
have gained immensely in both people and
wealth. the older States not nearly so rapidly
| as the newer, but all going ahead at steady
and healthy pace, and all the time they have
been making this progress we have been under
a protective tariff and upon a sound money
gold basis.
The great trouble in this country is that we
have not enough to do for our people. lap
pl1use.I We had every man employed in this
country in 1892 at the best wages that had
ever been paid to any workingmen in the
world. What is the matter now? 1t is lack of
confidence.
What we want in this country, in the first
instance, is restoration of confidence, and
! the only way to have confidence in the Gov
eminent and among the people is for the Gov
eminent TO have a revenue policy that will
| supply enough money to pay its expenses.
| [Applause.1
You cannot create confidence among the
people If you have no confidence in the public
| treasury. Our dollars now are all full and
sound and all we want is an opportunity to
earn them. How can this be secured? IA
voice: eject McKinley."l
Well, I do not know what you may think
about it, but believe the best way 10 restore
prosperity to the people OF the United States
is TO do all our work at home at the American
scale of wages and on the basis OF American
| institutions and ideals, fully recognizing the
| necessity OF a free, enlightened and dignifed
citizenship. [Applause.l
Following closely upon the commercial
| travellers came a delegation of 1900 from
Pittsburg and vicinity. also commercial
travellers. Major Mckinley addressed
them briefly ON lines similar to his recent
speeches 20 delegations of that character,
and at 4:30 came sprightly delegation Of
ungarian-Americans from Cleveland.
Their spokesman, J. G. Bloch, made a
long address to Major Mckinley, who had
been standing in the chill air on an ex-
posed platform occupied with the various
delegations. Major Mckinley made a
neat response.
Then came a delegation of Cleveland
hardware men, numbering several hum
dred. whom the Republican candidate adj
| dressed in happy vein.
Major Mckinley also spoke to deIega-
ton from Oakmont and Verona, Pa, and
big delegation of steel-workers from the
| Carnegie mills Pittsburp