The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-15

have reason TO rejoice. But all the States
will Immediately or eventually approve
This IS a year when Republican yic,orio.
will not be considered mere partisan fri,
urlphs, but successes for posterity. and tho
State-will enjoy its fruits. the prosperIty
of the United States, for q long time ~
ctme, and certainly its honor is inySlved IN
the pending campaign. Eliminating ali
minor issues. 1t is a contest for the preseT.
walton of law and order. and the indie
eraI judiciary. What will the answer ~
Maryland be TO that open challenger II Ia
for the continuance of honest money-gold
silver and paper, all equal to the best and
as good as the best-and the
restoration of the pro~tective-tariff system.
without which we cannot hope to have
either permanent prosperity among orr
people or sufficient revenue to support the
government. Surely the voice of Maryland
ere of these vital propositions. A State o?
her proud record in the revolutionary war
State OF Carroll and Pinckney and of Writ
and of Francis Scott Reyes. will surely not
falter now in any campaign affecting the
national honor: a State with her vast
commercial and material interests. whose
prosperity and development are so entirely
dependent upon her great both
both a great coastwise and railroad trdde;
a State with her immense banking capital,
schools and universities. her advanced CIV
ilization, will surely never cast discredit
upon the good name or the country or
asperse the honor and glory of the Repub-
lie; a state of her great manufacturing and
agricultural interests cannot afford to lon
ger continue a tariff policy that impover-
ishes her people and retards her growth.
You know, my fellow-citizens of Cum
berland and Allegheny counties, Maryland,
what troubles you have had in the last
three years and a half. You know, too.
what is the matter and what is the cause
of that trouble. You know it is because
you have not had steady work at good
wages. Now, what we want to do in this
country is to restore a policy that Will en-
manufacturing and give work to American
workingmen. That is the policy of the Re-
publican party, and it has been it's unin-
terrupted policy since 1851. Under this
policy, as every w~orkingrnan in my pres
ence we'll knows, we enjoyed a higher
than we ever enjoyed before or
since in the United States.
Now, having restored that policy, which
can only be done by your votes in connec-
ton with the votes of your fellow-country-
men everywhere, let II be recorded by the
that the people of this country are in ia
vor of honest dollars with which to meas
ure our exchanges, and not shifting dol
lars, to be ascertained by consulting the
in the newspapers of the county. When
you lave PERFORMED a good, honest days
work you wantIto be paid in good, honest
dollars. You want to be paid in staying
dollars that are good not only when you
receive them, but good for all the time.
because they rest upon nextinguishable
and inherent value, recognized the world
II thank you. my fellow-citizens. for hav-
journeyed so far to give me your as
surance of support, your good will and
a pleasant stay in our little city of Can
ton. I regret that you did not reach us
earlier, and | wish for you all q safe re-
turn home to your families and to your
cOmmunity. Good night