The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-06-20
FAIRBANKS ADDRESS,
Speech of the Temporary Chair
man at St. Louis.
Bepublicanism is a Synonym for Good
Government,

l6.-Thr address which Charles " r,;r-
Lanl. ,r T,,I;.,... = ''S " 1 aIi-
( ~ iHu''h" H'llF'r'd upon aSSunl-
ing IN" temporary chairmauShiu uf tb,
convention ~. ~ fII -
,,.ntla.., a. l'ii"NN!
'tht.ehl"h Of the Convention: ! am
p'oI"hliuA grateful Tor TINS expression Of
vnre H3Tt S"Mcr"HH confidence. As citizens w,
imP"tl5ht duty than that which rests upou
rs The nomination OF n President snd
Elce-nrcSid"nt Of the United states rms
""'A j. peculiarly impressive one ~ the
moment. for il is already written in tho
book Of fate that the choice Of tbfs cou-
Fentlon Viii be the next President and ,ica.
president Of the great republic
Three years Of Dpmocrati,. ,iI,,ti,istr,tfor
have been three wears of nanIc Of wastad
energy. of auNiciy and loss fo the America,
/ p""nie without Il parallel in our history
To-day the people turn TO the Epnnhii,an
party. hopefully. confidently. and + is for
- 10 siy" thcm those candidates upon whom
Efcar : Ia "eil1 1eF'n' ana I" give them
of oUr noIt,i ft Ht3i"' emphatlc expression
The Krnnhiira" ,a,.t, - u, ,4
I yirtions 5md :, H. r'ntSH - Il parry 0i coli-
i'm the biStnrr ot tho ~ .p''.
I ana tbn y,,nrri VI w, ~ i;punIic Win me pen
| tfon aIways I.c ho,, om II ."t SnpFsmr dues-
'.no9itfc br1+ ,,.Ia, - n "ial - In'IPis
-Tbe .rroat mon a., - ,'tHllI'S!H 3H IlShi.
I lion ana tn histnrr ~ shEttn =" me ma,
the il!uStrforis IIIinq ,r ,i nram anu M
and tower of strnn~fI tf rr - }l,t. r.. .a 49,
10 their oyaltad oym,,,i W. "Ie nuI lfue
4 false TO our conntrrn'orp' H"alp'e we cannot Dc
4 adv.,t or ~ W = 'phiuTE PRIOR 70 the
fratin,i ,To ~, ,Ln ~ tStnl 1 1rmHcratc admins
the KcpubIiran nart an '1MS ,H enacted ny
/ rnucarri"o ~ ~ Pn great measures
orfl,fnafai ,,.itL :. 81 IN lhe ctrrehfy
up0u Iiucs ybih tn al "a ' mt[e IoFme9
producers from unrouaI and iinfnyt fEra;tn ~
/ compctition and IInnn Inc tbanjrr +bat -
best market in The world is tho ion,ts ,,n ~,
/ hct and that it should he cniovad nv ',if
/ own cOuntrymeu
4 | ndeI the currency laws our curraucv yr.s
made national The wildcat Statn I,n -
money Of tho Dpmorratir n,rtr - ,,inmS
ont Of existence The uPpnracado h"t cG " IT,' 10
/ mandS growing ont of the wor yyerc MOI
! by the paper currency which uItimateIy he
cam" as good as gold since the resli1untio,,
! Of specie payments in 1879 every dollar ~
! our money paper. silver and goId-has heptl
Of equal purchasing power the world oyer
The policy of the party has been TO make
and keep our currency equal to the best
! in the world
Grovtb Indsr Re,uhI;o
- a., ., On ''"'e.
! NV NV OPERATIONS OF these taflH and
.rryy in vo;r,i PA 1T ldlg unity
Sl'N ~ NeaitH "hh power beyond preCc-
49, 'dsmf "HiHlrlpp"d az "ther pow
I : ,ya 30 nv '"l'Hl'I'ial race. On N"N'mhei
y - 't'fe was WORK Tor every hhnI
Iii' PIt",i lot every mouth. We hAd reached
( hlGh water mark. Labor received higher
NdT'N 'Nah ever ana Gapllai was pTohtabiy
/ anu H''"I'N GhiPI"IPd Inc natlonal rev
I ru9eS We're Sufhrirnt to meet our Obligations
/ ciEn and domestic trade We're greater in
/ 4k,",,iiLe ana % NaIu' man they had 'fer been
I,, T,g,Im aaIi3'S WPts lateciI IN our favor
- S',n NaS moving toward us.
h"5 az OF jHls is changed. The cause is
I n"l h"iii 10 see; reaction began when
r,,tt' as Hm3M ma, 'n' ne IegislatlHe ana ex.
! t'iI ~" 'ttH'hHS "l me government were
! 10 De. .DemocEdtIc. Ihe llenocratic party
tariff principe as unconstitutional and sol
Cmuy pledged itself to the overthrow and
destruction of tn" Mckinley law and TO
the adoption Of free trade as the policy Of
the ntt"d States. This bold. aggressive
attack upon the long settled policy Of the
Republican partr horc its natural iruit i'm
shaken confidence and unsettled business,
and w" were soon drifting against the rock
/ of destruction Before the work of dcmoli-
/ tiun had actually begun run was started
4 upon the treasury reserve which tn" Re
puhIran naI,y h8d WlSolH arCumu,ated inf
/ The drain upon the reserve for the re-
/ dcmption of grccnhaCkS and treasury notes
greatly surpassed all prior experience and
i pmphaSzcd the dScrcdit into which the
/ inter want Of confidence in the admins
4 tratian possessed the people.
The Democratic party was harmonious
/ unon one subject. and that was the de
srruction Of the Mckinley law. But when
4 they came to the exercise of the creative
. faculty. the enactment Of great revenue
measure in itS stead. there was diScord-
4 watched and waited through the long and
( anxious months for SOL" settlement of the
. Important question:, it'! N"i''e'l an Gnu
/ Al length the Wilson nil was adopted
7ud il was charaCtcrized 10y Democratic
/ President rs IN" 'hld or pfihuS ana us
/ honor II was 50 bad that ne would not
rontaminate his hand by signing It. \
hin that was too base for Mr.. Cleveland Ia
approve iS too rotten Tor IN" approval OF
the American people This important law
was wanting i'm tn" primary purpose IF
. rrNrnu" measure; II falltH 70 pr"lIdr an'
gIate r"''nuc ~ niTti ~ IA ItIuiI'nirnlS ~
I the government. The deficiency thuS Iaf
1 amounts to some Sl5n.NslHH. lhe END Is
I not vet for tho deficiency grows day by daF
/ This leaves the treasury and the pnhli''
credit i'm constant peril. our foreign credit
is impaired and domestic capital fe"!S IN
secure The sectional favnrltiSi' q" Ih''
( Wilson law was one of Ms mafked fta'Hf'>
liz l1o,y ~ sheen hIshandry was an unpar-
1orahlc ofTeu>e: It was fagrant wrong
to tire farmers # the ! nIted states ~, :,
great industry had deNc ,o2ed ana gro" n n
. under Republican prote'tiTe avs ni'll y
NaS one "t "HF St'hles " - ~ 49, 30
ing abroad i','.I> ~ ,,,ors ,,,,ior thr
Mckinley LAW ...
The b">t"'t'"" "'
Th" bill struck coNI ~, -,ori,,I, ,,, ~,
the highest achievements IN AMERICAN
.fstesmausbIp No measure VAS ever en-
acted which NOR" directly adlhh,"n lns
interests Of the American farmers and
4,an,Ii",,I ..rn"tion felI advantaCeou< commcrcta
",r,,,,,o,,tS rndor which their products
- a-lt L.roIv Hnding larger and protita bic
f,rei,ru markets and without the surrender
of their own
The substitute of al vai"rtn Ter t,...i Sht,lu'
WnnlSssi@ TTDIi ,i,, frauds upon tile treasury and
PRODUCERS and employees Of the country
Ry means of under valuations foreign good
~ ',Trnnsh M. custom houses without
TuyIng their lust tribute to the treasury "l
thS Sri+,,i states Thus We have LOST
fIf;,,s tnt ~ doIIIrs i'm reveuuc and the for
I'm nrndrrar mas been enabled TO unfairly
-. ,.=I...ss "nr hone markets
Erither time nor pr,,Mste p.STt NJ. Iaei,iation d
( IL 'har,ocrati' narty nor to the hUrtfu.
-, iigIrc efra1fs Of IT. Suffice i 10 >al
=, ,b14 81 bas hon thr great and original fac
80 e. j,r..aLiry dnvn confidence. cheCklu4