Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-18

boundaries have been threatened in Alas
ka. The Monroe doctrine has been de-
Tended, but is not INDICATED. The peo-
pie of a neighboring island fighting for
freedom look toward us with impiorins
eyes and look in vain. The American
policy which would protect our indus
tries at home and our flag abroad has
faded and withered away. Look then upon
that picture and on this
-"'Could you on that fair mountain
leave to feed and fatten on this moor"
But four short years have come and
gone and they have brought this change.
What has happened? l will tell you In
a word. The democratic party has been
in power. That is the answer. Upon
us falls the heavy burden of binding up
these wounds and bringing relief to all
this suffering. The democrats deceived
the people by promising them the millen-
mum, and the miserable results of those
lying I promises are all about us today:
pledge ourselves only to that which we
believe we can perform. We will do our
best. That is all. And as in 1850, we
so now in 1890 we will deal with this
democratic legacy of blunders, bank
ruptcy and misfortune.
To Choose the Next President.
I'VE are gathered here to choose the
next President of the United States. That
We will win the election, no man doubts.
But, let US not deceive ourselves with the
pleasant fancy that the campaign is to
be an easy one. 1t will be a hard battle;
1t cannot be otherwise when so much de-
Ponds upon the result. Against the re-
publican party, representing fixed Ameri-
can policies, strength. progress and or
der, will be arrayed not only that Or
ganized failure-the democratic party-but
all the wandering forces of political chaos
the presidency which is set before us as
the prize. The prosperity Of the coun-
try, the protection of our industries, the
soundness Of our currency, and the ne
tiOnal credit are all s:aked on the great
issue to be decided at the polls next No
vember Upon us rests the duty Of res
cuing the country from the misery into
which 1t has been plunged by three years
ocrats from power is the first step and the
highest duty. but we shall triumph in vain
and in our turn shall meet heavy punish
ment at the hands Of the people If We do
crisis as this cannot be met and dealt
with by shouts OF enthusiasm.
As Our Fathers Faced Slavery.
I'VE must face it, as our fathers faced
slavery and disunion, with a grim deter
mination to win the battle, and that done
to take up cur responsibilities in the same
spirit with which we won the fight. Now,
as then, we can hope to succeed only by
the most strenuous endeavOr. and now. as
then. everyt thing depends upon the ad-
ministraticH we place in office. We want
President who will meet this situation
as Lincoln met that of 1861, with the
chiefs of the republicans about him and
with party and people at his back. We
want President who on the fifth day of
next March will summon Congress in ex-
ira session and, refusing to make ap-
pontments or to deal with patronage, will
say that all else must wait until Congress
sends 10 him a tariff which shall put
money in the treasury and wages in the
pockets of the American workngman
I've want a President who will protect
at all hazards the gold reserve of the
treasury, who will see to 1t that no OBJ
legation Of the government is presented
which Is not in whatever coin the creditor
chooses to demand, and who will never
forget that the nation which pays with
honor borrows with ease.
I'VE want a man who will guard the
safety and dignity of the nation at home
and abroad and who will always and con-
stantly be firm and strong in dealing with
foreign nations instead of suddenly vary
ing the long course of weakness and in
difference with a convulsive spasm of
vigor and patriotism.
Also, We want man who will lead his