Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-10-22
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others from Rock Island and Moline. Ill,
and Davenport. la. Maj. Mckinley said:
You come from three states OF the
mightiest government of earth. on
come representing diverse occupations
and varied empiOyments. but you come
with single mission; you come with
common purpose and that purpose is to
manifest your devC. ION 10 the great prln-
cipes of the Republican party and your
determination TO see that those prlncl-
pies shall triumph on the Sd day of No
vember.
You come because, rs your spokes-
men have so well said, you are Interested
i'm the welfare and prosperity of the
country YOU love. which you believe will
be best subserved by a X, publican vie
tory at the ensuing cl, ction. now only II
little more than three weeks away. You
have come because you believe in pro-
tcctye tariff. You believe in that great
American policy established at the be,
ginning of the government OF the Onltel
, States. which lad the approval of nearly
all the early statesmen of the country
and of the first President of the United
States. George Washington: policy that
has been pursued for more than half the
lifetime of the republic. and during all
the period that II prevailed we enjoyed
the highest prosperity in every enter
prise and undertaking of American peo-
ple. You have come here because you
are in favor of the supremacy of the
law and because you mean to maintain
a government by law and under the law.
You arc here because YOU believe in pub
lie and private honesty, and because YOU
do not propose that any part of the pub
1 lie debt &C this country shall be repudi-
ated in whole or in part
You are here to declare that every
I obligation Of this government is as sa-
/ cred as its flag. and that obligation shsli
I he kept and performed. You are here
because you want no depreciating or fluc-
tuating currency with which TO do your
/ business You are here because You be-
lieve in an honest dollar for an hcnest
government and for an honest man. You
do not want n dollar that is worth less
than 100 csots for you were taught in
your childhood in these gre3 states that
/ an honest dollar had 100 cents in it,
My fellow citizens, the Republican
/ party rs an inspiration and an education.
| wish every man in this country might
read the first platform that the Repub-
/ lican party ever made as national party
/ in 1896 in the city of Philadelphia
wish that every young man might read
, :, and | wish that every old Repub-
lean might look up the old record and
recall it, Ii reads today more like an
inspired prophecy than the declaration
/ of n political organization. Ii declared
for the unity of the states and the indis-
solubility OF the American Union. 1t
declared for free homes, for free lands,
for free speech, and il declared for n
protective tariff. 1t decreed that the two
oceans should be united by rail. the At
lantic and the Pacific. and every prom
Use that this great platform made has
been kept. How glorious is Republican
triumph. There is not n page Of Repub-
lcan history that has been written i'm the
last thirty-three years that any lover of
humanity. any lover of liberty. any
patriot would strike from the pages of
American history today: not one. You
can trust the Republican party. for be-
hind il is the great conservative force
of the country; behind il this year. as in
the days of the war. is the great patri-
otto heart Of the country.
Democrats and Republicans alike.
thank YOU. my fellow citizens. for this
. call. This is not a party campaign; il
is n patriotic campaign. Ii is not n
campaign for mem il is a campaign for
our country. / thank you a thousand
times for the long journey you have
made that you might testify your devo.
ton to Republican principles. | bid you
60 back home and say to all the people
that Ohio. this splendid old state of my
, birth. will give TO these great doctrines
of the Republican party an unprecedent
ed ma jority this year.