The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-30
NOTIFICATION OF
MAJOR M'KINLEY
concluded from Page IL

! tH- sus uslsiii.DlS cal anu ala u him
without whose support all we do is
empty and vain. Should the people rati-
: fy the choice of your convention for
which you speak, my only aim will be
to promote the public good, which in
America is always The good of the
greatest number the honor OF our coun-
try a1d the welfare Of the people.
The questions to be settled In the Ma
tional cont Il year are as serious and
important as any Of the great govern
mental problems that have confronted
Us in the past quarter of a century.
They command our sober judgement
and settlement free from partisan
prejudice and passion. beneficial TO our
selves and heneftting the honor and
grandeur of the republic. They touch
every interest of our common country.
our industrial supremacy, our product
i've capacity. our business and COM
mercial prosperity our labor and its
rewards, our national credit and cur
rency law, our proud financial honor
and our splendid free citizenship-the
birthright of every AmeriCan-ave all
involved in the pending campaign, and
thus every home in the land is directly
and intimately connected with their
proper settlement. Great are the issues
Involved in the coming election and
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right determination. Our domestic trade
must be won hack ard our idle working
people employed in gainful occupations
at American wages. Our home market
must be restored to its proud rank OF
first in the world, and our foreign trade
so percipitately cut off by adverse ma
.tional legislation, reoDened on fair and
equitable terms for our surplus aCri-
cultural and manufacturing products.
Protection and reciprocity. twin meas
ureS of Il true American policy should
again command the earnest encourage
rent OF the government at Washington.
Public confidence must be resumed. and
the skill the energy and the capital of
our country find annie employment at
home, sustained. encouraged and de-
Tended against the unequal competition
and serious disadvart rtagts with which
they are now contsnding.
NECESSITY OF TARIFF.
The government of the United States
must raise enough money to meet both
its current expense and increasir greeds
Its revenue should be raised to protect
the material interests Of our people, with
the lightest possihls drain upon their
resources, and maintain that high
standard of civilization which has dis
tinguished our country for more than
century Of it's existence. The income
of the government, I repeat, should
equal its necessary and proper eXpendi-
lures. \ failure 10 pursue this policy
has compelled the government to bor-
row money. IN time Of peace, to sustain
its credit and pay It's daily expenses.
This policy should he reversed. and
that. too. as speedily rs possible. It
must he APPARENT to all regardless of
past party ties and Affiliations that it
II the duty to provide adequate revenue
for the exp ndlturcs o. the government
economically and nrudeutly administer
ed. This the Republican party has here
tofove done. and this, I confidently be-
Hove, it will Go in the future whsn the
rarty is again entrusted with power in
the executive and legislative branches !
of our government The national credit |
which has thus far fortunately resisted |
every assault upon it, must and will be |
upheld and strengthened. If sufficient |
revenues are provided for the support |
of the government there will be 70 ne
cessity for borrowing money and in
creasing the public debt. The complaint |
Of the people is not against the admins
tratiOn for borrowing money and issu /
ing bonds to preserve the cr5d dit of the /
country, but against The ruinous policy .
NNltli tlHS 'ittlt liiS lN'tSSd y DWlIlt- u /
the policy which has been inaururated. ,
The inevitable effect of such Il policy is !
seen in the deficiency of the United |
States treasury except as it is replen-
ished by loans. and IN the distress of .
people who are suffering because of the .
scant demand for their labor and the
products Of their labor. Here is the ,
fundamental trouble, the remedy for
which is Republican opportunity and
duty. During all the years of Republican I
control following resumption, there was
steady reduction of the public debt
while the gold reserve was sacredly
maintained. and our currency and credit
preserved without depreciation. faint ur
suspicion. If we would restore this
policy, that brought us 5Xamnled pros
pcrity for more than thirty years under
the most trying condition ever known
in this country. the policy by which
we made ard bought more goods at
home and sold more abroad, the trade
balance would be quickly turned In our
favor and gold would come to us Gnd
not go from US in the settlement OF all
such balances in the future.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The platform adopted by the Repubi-
can National convention has received
my careful consideration and has my
approval. 1t is matter OF
gra tiiication to me as am sure it must
be to you and Republicans everywhere,
and to all our PEOPLE. that it's declara-
tion of principles are so direct. clear and
emphatic. They are too plain and posi-
tive to leave any chance for doubt or
question as to their purport and mean
ing. But you will not expect me to dis
cuss its provisions at length or in any
detail at this time. 1t will, however be
my duty and pleasure at some future
time to make to you, and through you
to present a more formal acceptance OF
the nomination rendered me.
No one could he more profoundly
grateful than | for the manifestations
of public confidence which you have SO
spoken. It shall be my aim
to attest this appreciH lion by an un-
sparing devotion to what ] este m the
best interests of the People, ard in
this work | nsk the counsel and support
of you, gentlemen. and of every other
friend of the country The generous ex-
pressions with which you convey the
formal notice of my nomination are
highly appreciated and as fully recipro-
Gated, and 7 thank you and your as
sociates of the Notification Committee
and the great party and convention at
whose instance you come, for the high
and exceptional distinction bestowed
upon me-
After McKinley's speech Fl. II. Smith,
of Michigan, presented to him the gavel
used by Chairman Thurston at the St.
Louis convention.