The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

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Hril1uSr.l II is ap%prorriatr ami in no
sense embarrassing to mo tu speak joint
~ To the people of Missouri and Ohio.
Ctpplausc.) There is one thing glorious
about our campaign this year-it is ma
tional in character and represents the
best hopes and aspirations of the Amerl-
can people everywhere. You are all
commercial travellers. and whether from
Missouri or from Ohio, You have had
similar experiences. You leave your
talk a little longer and more directly,
my fellow citizens of Ohio. to my friends
from Missouri, it is because / more fire.
quently have an opportunity to talk to
you than l have to them. Great cheer
ing on part of the Ohioans.) 1 love my
old state (here three cheere for Ohio
were given at the suggestion of one of
the MiSsourianS). the state of my birth.
love the public spirit and splendid en-
ergy of the people of our city on the
and nothing has occurred this summer
in st. Louis to make me change my
mind. Tremendous cheering and waving
of hats.)
Il welcome you all here to my home
and city. l welcome the commercial
travellers of St: Louis, the citizens of
Missouri: and | welcome the SOUND
money club of st. Louis. which is COM
posed of men of all political parties. who
stand this year for the honor of the gov
crnmcnt and the integrity of our financial
system. We are all citizens of Il com
years of the future. | trust We nave no
North. no South, no East, no West. but
union and union forever. Great cheer
in%.I
We have but one flag. too. like the one
brought to me by my young friend from
Missouri. Maj. Mckinley here exhib-
tied Il small flag. which was followed by
tremendous cheering.) 1t is the flag we
AL love. and which we mean to transmit
to future generations, unsullied and stain
less
ToachstOne OF Confidence Needed.
missouri. like Ohio. needs protection.
sound money and public confidence. Iou
have n hundred ard fifteen countips in
your state. and | understand that there
is not a single county that does not pro-
duce zinc. iron, coal or lead beneath its
soil. (Cries of That's right.') What
You want is the tombstone of conf
dence, which will bring business activity
and send every miner with his pick to
dig out from the bowels of the earth
those treasures of wealth. (Applause.)
I'VE want in this country a tariff policy
which will supply the government with
sufficient revenue and protect every
w~orkingman: Why. Missouri, away
back in the days of Thomas Benton, was
Called tue DulllOu Sldte. I1dS she Ueterl-
GRATED since then? (Cries of "No, no!'')
Will the great commercial city of st.
Louis, with it's intricate and delicate
threads of trade and commerce, vote for
a policy or for a party that will destroy
confidence, u~nsettle values, impair the
city's welfare, and produce panics of
unprecedented severity? cloud cries of
"Never!') 1 do not believe it will. CA
voice: I'VE will give you 10000 major
ity in st. Louis" followed by great APP
plause.) A friend from Missouri says
that Missouri will give our ticket 10000
majority. Cries of NO! st. Louis will
swer will Ohio make to that? (Cries of
$50. OO0."0 Ohio answers $4,000. Ire
mendous cheering.) Thirty thousand in
Missouri is a greater majority than 150,-
600 in Ohio. (Cheers.)
This year patriotism is above party.
Men love their country more than they
love their old political associations. Men
this wear would rather break with their
party than break up their business. TIRE
mcndous cheering.) | cannot imagine
ANYTHING thai could happen to strengthen
the American union more than to have
the men of the South and the men OF
the North come together and Jointly aa-
minister the government. tApplause.)
est money, public security. national tram
| guilty, q protective tariff, and recipro-
city. CTremcndous cheering and cries
of 1--WE will vote right.") And above all,
let there sound forth n verdict for this
! Nation of law and order and its en-
thronement in every corner of the repub-
lie. l thank you all, and bid you good
afternoon" Great cheering and three
cheers for McKipley.)