Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-18
129TH ANNUAL EVENT.


! Henry ". Cannon. General Horace PO--
ter. J. E5ward Simmons. Carl S2hUTZ, Fred
| erick ". DevOe and Cornelius y. WOOD.
! Along the Eres either side Of the tables
I sat men representing the commercial, fin an
! c!al and business interests OF the country.
| Among thOse were noticed George J. G0u!i,
| John Clafin, James u. Constable. William
/ i. Clyde, Calvin 5. Brice. John Jacob As
! tor. George ". Pullman. John d. Grim
Minis. Charles 4. Flint, Roswell p. Flower
| william Steinway, Darius o. Mills and 9TH
ers Of equal prominence,
! President orr, amid a storm OF cheers,
! delivered his iu-rOductoFy address.
II" compliments! the members on the
| work done in the last campaign and uy3n
! the victory won. and paid glowing tro-
J gte to Generals Palmer and BIokner and
others who had vigorously opposed ;E'
! Chicago platform ard ticker. H tnen said
IN part: Il know and freely admit thIt
very many intelligent men who are by
I nature or habit careless and Indifferent
may b. grageiy mistaken on almost any
/ aDbject, bHt whore questions Of morals
! and the golden rule are involved an intel
ligent man who claims the privilege OF
! laaGeFsh.p and cDnscienuousiy examines
/ down into the very roots of things, as n
! duty bound he iE Ob.gr1 to Do before re
! expresses an opinion. seldom goes wrong.
uClegs come selfish or Interior motive -
permitted 10 intervene 70 warp and twist
! his better judgment or 20 silence IN his
! breagt tha voice Of conscience AZ the eX
| pense OF his maHhco4 and honest self-re-
| sgaat
Il firmly believe thai II the truth were
I Only known 81 could ~ proved beyond
| any psraGvsnturr that IN this hes the Sc
| crat Of the origin and growth Of all Of
| these revolutionary issues to which nav"
! REFERRED. and especially Of -h- movement
! in behalf Of free coinage Of silver At the
| ratio Of IS to !. which has 50 cruelty dis
tu-Ded the credit and confidence Of TINS
IgTIUfr, Iurfua all those
1T Is bull. upon foundations OF igno-
| rance, gelhshness. duplieiiy and greed, and
| there o. no system q ethics or sound TcI-
| sCn,ug that know bf hat can b. Success
! fully advanced 80 prove that its prominent
! aGy0categ-be they rejected presidential
| candidate or accepted legislative represent
atives-are other than morally blind, mis-
! ChloyOuz and dangerous guides. who should
not be. anl who cannot honestly be class
! ifeI among the cOnsclsntiOusly intelligent
! men n the limited States.
when the chairman Df the Republican
! national committee. ". 4. Hanna. OF Clevf-
| land. D.-sgong and confident in the recb-
| tulc " his political creed. ana in no way
! rorreant 10 his great trust-cangnt the in
sp.rat.on OF the patriot and led MS party
! from the narrow path Of paTtisanShip into
/ the open and broad avenue OF national pa
tri5tisn he won for himself a noble rec
/ ord that will have .ts place in history, and
! made Eis country ana Countrymcn his
/ debtors for all time TO come.
God bless. direct and protect William
/ Mckinley. 4 Ohio. the hOaOred president
| elect 0f :he United Stats He is not the
| prrSiEout-eleot OF a single party great
and powerful though II BE- but Of that
union Of parties whose platform stands for
honesty. patriotism and love Of God and
country and the welfare OF man, Eeuti-
! mcnts tina: throb directly from the heart.
ana look out from the eyes OF every true
American citizen.
"McKinley's election means more 10 us
all than any other election that has yet
taken place In this country since We won
our way into the family Of nations. Be
fore him lies the great and glorious oppOr-
tunity of winning back to the nation its
normal conditions OF prosperity, and Civ
ing cOutentment and happiness to every
household
AT the same time. n grave responsibility
will rest with his administration. for 1t
can make or mar for many years to come
the future Of this great nation.
with abiding confidence in his intel
lcctual equipment for his high office and
in his rectitude Of purpose In It's admins
tratiOn, the chamber OF commerce Of the
state of New York, IN rendering him, on
behalf Of its loo members, its respectful
concentrations on his election, wishes him
at the same time, in the fuliness Of its
hOpefulness and happiness, a cheering and
sympathetic gOdspeed. -
At the conclusion Of his speech President
orr added: we expected the president Of
the United States with Us this evening,
but at the last minute he has sent letter
stating he was unable TO be present. In
proposing his health, I will first read the
letter in which he stated his inability to
come"
After the letter had been read. a toast
to the presidents health was drunk stand
ing.
The president then introduced Postmaster
General William l.. Wilson. who responded
TO the toast. Free Government on Trial"
Postmaster General Wilson said. in part:
Every general election in this country is
trial OF free government and not less
truly trial OF those Institutions through
which We are attempting to work out free
government.
we have just had test of the capacity
Of univeral suffrage 10 deal with the
question 80 confessediy difficult that in 9TH
er countries ii is committed TO trained eX-
perts AMI specially educated statesmen.
THAT the result mas been a triumph for
national integrity IS q cause for thanks
giving; that the result has been achieved
b. q partial and temporary dissolution Of
party ties ard the hearty concert Of forces
!-rerorC.Iably artazo1isjIc on other poll
riez j. gro md for qG.-kered patriotism
ar8 lof.tsr pride in American citizenship.
70 make forever safe the fruits OF such
v.-,5ry j. now the duty ard r=srgns billy
q ;h-ze % whom The initiative ar1 power
have come with a verdict Of the late e.ec-
ton
II would be as untrue as Z would be
Irrational 10 ETpTo=s all the millions of
Arra-s-ar -o.=-z who were uas=eI behind
I the flag n free SILVER were conscious sd-
vocaras Of reputation and dsasse-. or
were I@ss patriotic tHaG The mass OF their
| coIu-rvnen.
,sSrra-ze a~ it may seern. the question
or maintaining the financial integrity Of
! the ccuntr-. 0f keeping good fa!tH in pub
Er and private dealings. vas ro1fusaI in
the minds of many citizens 2ith the policy
of defending pIutocrarv. imaginary or
real whose interests were the interests OF
a class. and to that extent hostile TO the
Interests of the masses Of the people.
In tn. honest belief of section Of the
voters IS becoming fixed the idea that gov
ernment s 50 administered and laws ar- 50
framed as to make unjust distribution Of
social hcrofrs-aS TO make more difficult
the upward path in life and to narrow the
rareway OF opportunity for that vast ma
lorty OF youth whose sole dependence is
Individual merit and individual effort
~ this points 20 weak point IN our
political fabric il is our duty to look fear
lessIy and carefully TO that point and to
strengthen Il a. best We may.
IT on the other hand. il rests on anv
real basis In our laws or In the present
working Of our Industrial organizations
th0s. laws should be reformed and that
Industrial organization should ne brought
Into harmony with democratic government
"IC We are TO escape II the future the
cries We have heard in this campaign Of
tho power Of plUtoCracy. Of the classes
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