The herald., 1896-06-28

remember the history correctly, failed
to carry the re-assertion Of the principle
OF the declaration Of independence that
all men were created free, and on a Sec
ond appear with the glowing eloquence
of Curtis. was the convention brought to
reaffirm that God-given truth.
THE future years will look back to the
/ convention Of 1886 with admiration and
gratitude for its courageous spirit and
unfiinching action. It was the bravest
OF all conventions in the history Of the
party and the truest in its direct reflec-
tion Of the peoples WILL"
! THE MONEY QUESTION
| Hon. Charles Grosvenor said in part:
"The Republican convention at st. Louis
did not abandon any Of the tenets of its
! ancient political faith, nor did 1t an
nounce any new doctrine. It stands to-
day, as shown by its platform, where
1t stood from 1861 all along the shining
pathway 1t has journeyed.
Bear in mind 1t was the Republican
party which enacted the law authorizing
the issue of greenback dollar and pro-
claimed as the solemn purpose Of the
country that the greenback should be a
demand on the treasury for q dollar as
good as the dollar Of the best and richest
country on earth. It was the Republi-
can party which redeemed that promise
and gave dollar in gold to the holder Of
each dollar Of this money. There is not
one dollar which today passes current
in the United States and Is respected
the world over, which does not owe its
value and parity to the wisdom and
patriotism the Republican party.
The silver question now soon to be a
national issue between the men of sound
money ideas and the populistic fifty
cent dollar advocates, is convenient
mask to hide behind by the party, which
coming into power in 1893, preceded to
destroy the industries of the country and
plunge the treasury into insolvency.
What is the real issue of this cam
paign and who shall answer that uues-
ton? The answer will come from the
men who demanded and seconded the
nomination Of Mckinley and Hobart.
The people always settle the real issue
in which they feel the deepest interest.
This year the people decree that the
Wilson-Gorman law, from all it's train
of calamities, shall be repealed and by a
like decree they have said that the ma
tion will go back to protection and reci-
procity with their train Of beneficial re-
suits and they shall again become the
practice and policy of the United States.
ITO guard against any contingency
about all this. these same people, by de-
crees which have come from the pri-
maries OF nearly all states, have decid-
ed that William Mckinley shall admin
lister the government and execute the
laws they have decided shall be enacted
in their interest"
After the crush had subsidized. Gov,
Mckinley spoke as follows:
my Fellow Citizens: thank you for
this magnificent demonstration. I think
I know just all it means. 1t is in no
sense personal, but it is the assurance
of the interest which you feel in the great
questions which are to be considered
in this great campaign, which are to be
settled at the ensuing election. 1t means.
my fellow citizens, that we are attached
by every tie of fealty and affection to
the great fundamental doctrines of the
Republican party. 1t means you intend
by your votes to write into public law
and into permanent statutes what YOU
believe would be for the best interest of
all the people. cloud and continuous
applause). Republican principles do not
perish. They have not suffered any by
defeat; they have not suffered by their
temporary rejection by the people; they
are brighter and more glorious today
than they have ever been before They
are endeared to every American citizen
and enshrined in tn American heart.
Their defeat before the American peo-
pl has never brought good to any Amer
lean interest, not one; and their triumph |
brought only good to the American peo-
pie. And, my friends, these principles
are to be tried before you again. What |
will your decision be in November?
What are these principles? A pro-
tective tariff that takes care Of every |
American interest and serves the high |