Arizona republican., 1896-06-19
M'KINLEY IS THE NOMINEE
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ments of Republicanism. It takes a big man to represent the state of Iowa in the congress of the United States for thirty-five years, but Senator Allison is that man. With the most perfect knowledge of the details of all our po- litical laws and their histories, with that statesmanlike judgment which distinguished the essential from the accidental and the immutable from the transitory, with every look a cordial smile, every gesture caress," yet with a spirit of such firm mold and purpose that no bribe or feast or palace could awe or swerve, he has for thirty-five years upon the floor of the house and senate been fighting for the interests of the people; carrying onward and upward the Nations legislative work; turning cranks out of place, unspher- ing the eliminating stars of Democ- racy; unmasking the hidden purposes of corrupt measures, until now he holds the place of ungrudged supremacy in the legislative halls of that most splen- did of capitols.
 That which this country has lost, is that which it now seeks, Protection" To get 1t they worked hard. prayed fast, prayed high, and now let them have It.
 Allison does not believe in a tariff for revenue only, but in tariff for protection and revenue jointly He has always insisted that the protective system is the mightiest instrument for the development of our natural re- sources and the strongest agent to pro- tect American wealth and American labor. Protection built the laborer his American home and he never again will welcome therein Democratic si- rens singing free trade songs written and composed by English bards, for having chiselled the principles of pro- tection in his hearthstone, he will at the next election defend them at his front gate
 The great and important issue which is just now coming around the corner Is the one of sound money and we can no more dodge it than we can gravita- tion. In this respect the situation is easily simple, but certainly serious. A decision upon this important ques- tion must be made by this convention and remember, gentlemen, a nation listens to catch the click of it's fate. For Senator Allison you cannot build too strong a platform for sound money and if you place him upon 1t he will see to it that the dry rot of 16 to 1 does not steal through it's timbers.
 The United States can no more make good money by simply placing its sym bol Of sovereignty or mark of authori- ty on any kind of metal, regardless of its commercial value or relations to foreign countries than it can extend it's domain by calling a furlong mile.
 He believes that the American dollar should have some grains of sense as well as more of silver, that there can be no stability to our currency or money ii we keep adopting such shift ing policies as that under them the same piece may be a copper cent in one hand or a dollar in another. He be- l1eves that unlimited coinage would soon lead to unlimited bankruptcy. No honest farmer would borrow from his neighbor a ibushel of 50 cent wheat and insist upon paying him back with a bushel of 25 cent oats, and so, this great government cannot expect tc keep it's credit at the highest point ii it borrows a dollar and insists in pay. Ing back with 50 cent silver, any other construction of the word "coin'' in any law or contracts to the contrary not. withstanding.
 The platform of this convention must be for sound money and in clea1 ringing, unmistakable terms On any other construction of it the party ma, get into power, but the country would be In danger of falling into the batcl Of bankrupt governments and at tn, end of the party's administration i would probably have no more of al estate than did Rabelias, whose will when opened, read: 'In the name o God, amen. I have nothing. I ow much. I give the rest to the poor"
 At time when a nation wildly look at another nation, standing with nut lips apart, Allison did not meet wit clenched fist the proffered hand of in ternational adjustment However, h has stood unwaveringly by the Monro