The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-01

| H. " misrepresentation when
| they investigate for themselves. This
they are doing this year in a marked de-
j, gree II is of no avail that party
leaders appeal to passion when the peo-
PIE are alive to their own and the public
| interests. 1t will not do to say to the
men who are poor in this worlds goods,
you must get off by yourelves, form a
government of your own, your interests
; are opposed to those who employ you.
, nat Is not enough, because, the poor
man ma inquiries, what good will that do me ?
How will that better my condition
Mlll be benefited by despoilng my EN-
ployer! Will it give me more employ
inent and better wages to strike down
those whose money is invested in pro-
ductive enterprises which give me work
and wages?
-Four years ago it was said that the
manufacturer was making too much
money. You remember it, but that can
not DE sad now .(cries of no, no. and the
roDDer tariff which was enriching him
must De torn up root and branch, TO the
ehd That he shall be deprived of what
some So people were pleased to call his
lll-gotten profits. The country agreed
10 the suggestion and the trial was en-
Tered upon, with what result every manu-
iacturef, commercial man, travelling or
working man best knows. 1t has been
discovered, to our sorrow, too that you
can not lnjure the manufacturer without
lnjuring the whole business of the conn
Try. lCries OF that's right You may
close the shops by adverse tariff legis-
iatlon, because you imagine the manu-
facturer is making too much but with
that done you close the door of employ
hleht Ill the face of the labOrer whose
only capital is his labor. Great cheer
lngJ You can not punish the one with
fhn h..,.
would not intilct the slightest injury on
either applause and cries of that's
rlght;) Such case of getting off
together does not do either any good
;Afraylng labor against capital is n pub-
nc calamity and an irreparablc injury to
hoth. Glass appeals are dishonest and
uishohoraDlc. They calculate to
separate those who should he united. for
our economic interests are common and
teach the doctrine that it is the duty
ana privilege of every man to rise; that
with honest industry he can advance
himself to the best place in the shop. the
store, the counting house or in the
learned professions. This is the doe
trihc OF. equality and opportunity that is
woven III every fibre of our natural
beng, doctrine which has enabled the
poor boy with the humblest surround
ings to reach the best place in our great
Industries and in the highest trusts
which can he bestowed by IL generous
people.
trymen everywhere. if you have not
yourselves been among the most fortu-
nate, L pray. you think of your boys and
girls and place no obstacles in their
pathway to the realization of every
lofty and honorable ambition which they
may nave Great applausc.) | pray
God that the burdens of class may Lever
be imposed upon American manhood
npplause) and American womnnhood.
(Renewed applause.N
Now. my fellow citizens thanking
YOU most heartily for this call and for
the gracious message sent to me in your
behalf by your spokesman. it will give
me pleasure to meet and greet each one
OF you personally Great applause.)
A large delegation of Buffalo real es-
tate men was next to call TO them
Maj. Mckinley said:
MY Fellow Citzens-I count if
great honor to have you present at my
nome today. the real estate men of the
city OF Buffalo. | thank you for your
coming and bid You hearty welcome. /
am glad to know there are among this
assemblage men of all political parties
men who have heretofore not voted the
republican ticket. and who this year be-
lieve the republican. more than any
other party. stands for national honor and
the credit of the country. (Applause.)
thank all such for the support
To the party, which this year represents
national honor and prosperity. There is
nothing more vital to q government like
ours than the sanctty of law. Cap
plauseD 1t must be considered over all.
above all and observed by all. Cheers
and cries of GOOD good) Acquicncc in
public law which the people themselves
have made and ordained is the highest
obligation TO citizenship and the chief
source of safety to the republic. APP
plause.) The courts, which interpret and
execute the law must be preserved on
that exalted plane of duty and incOrrup-
tibility which so signally character ,
lied the American judiciary. (Chccrs.) |
These courts must be upheld for the safe
ty and defense of the citizens. When the |
law and those whose constitutional duty |
it is to execute them are assaicd the gov
eminent itself is assailed. If there are |
those who would break down law and dis |
turb the peace and good order of So
cicty then those who value these safe
gaurds as essential to our liberty must |
Sacrediy guard and defend them by their |
ballots. Great applause.l This they |
viii do with the same earnest patriotism
that they have always displayed in every |
energy in the life of the nation. TO strike /
at the credit of the country is to deal Il |
blow at its prosperity. (Applausr) 1t |
destroys confidence and when that is done |
business stops and the currents of trade |
are dried up. Confidence, i'll measure, |
and in Il very great measure. is the capital !
of the world. Destroy confidence and |
you invite suspicion to every enterprise !
in the land. Cries of 'corrcct.'O AbSo- |
lutte integrity of payment in all transac-
tions, public and private, lies at the foun- |
dation of confidence, and when confidence
is once firmly established there is scarcely |
any limit to capital. Cries of that's right |
and good, good) That is the universal |
experience of both the government and |
individual. A tainted credit is conctant
to government and citi- |
Znn and whom il once faStnns itself il is |