Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-15
WORDS on PATRIOTS.
Prominent Stump Speakers on
Sound Money, Protection and
National Honor.
RECENT CAMPAIGN ORATORY.
Makers OF History Record Utterances
Which Are Bound to Live
for Ages.
RECENT CAMPAIGN 0RAT0RY,
What The Republican Party Stands
For.
MAI. MCKINLEY.

Is peculiar. We have had few parallel
to our present political condition. w
have but one political party which i
united, and that is ours. (Appllase.
Discord rcigns in all others. Our time
honored opponent, the Democratic party
is torn and divided. Two national con
ventions have been held by it and tw,
national tickets presented. and their plat
forms are totally different on every sub
1ecf and in almost every section. The
Populist party has merged its organiza.
ton INTO that of the Chicago Demo.
cratic and st. Louis silver organizations,
and their allies are for the most part
harmonious except that each one has q
distinct and different candidate for vice.
president. Great laughter and ap-
p~lause.)
Happily the Republican party was
never more closely united than now, both
IN fact and in spirit, and there were
never better reasons for such union, and
never greater necessity for it than nc ".
Cheers and cries of That's rightly It
IL welded. devotedly welded, to :,arty
principles. 1t stands as it has always
stood, for an American protective tariff
which shall raise enough money TO con-
duct the several departments of the gov
eminent. including liberal pensions to
the Union soldiers. tremendous cheer
Ing and hurrahs for Mckinley A tariff
that will stop debts and deficiencies and
make the treasury of the United States
once more safe and sound in every par
ticular. (Applause.) Il stands for a re-
ciprocity. that seeks out the markets Of
the world for our surplus agricultural
and manufacturing products without sur
longs to the American workman. GAP
pIause.) 1t believes in preserving q
home market for the American farmer
(~applause), in the opening of the Amcri-
can factories for the American working
man (applause), and the opening up of q
with profit to all the great interests Of
the United States.
1T. is. too. for sound money great
cheeringl. every dollar worth 100 cents
(renewed cheering, every dollar as good
as gold CONTINUED cheering), and it is op-
coinage of silver, and the issuance Of ir- I
reasonable paper money to which the
allied party seemed firmly Committed. |
tGreat applause.) 1t has always kent |
silver at q parity with gold. 1t proposes
to keep that silver money in circulation |
and paper, each the equal to the other. |
and each the equal Of the best. and |
the best never to be inferior to the best
money known to the commercial nations
Of the world: loud cheering.) II
wive continue warh tt to favor msr a policy that win
plause), markets to American farmers
(cries of That's what we VANITY. and
sound money to both. Tremendous
Sheerlngs and cries of 'Hurrah for Nc
hlnley!) We are now convinced after
three years Of experience, whatever may
past, OF the truth of the observation Of
webster. made more than half a century
ago. You will recall that he said:
That is the truest American policy
which shall most u~sefully employ Ameri-
can capital and American labor and best
sustain the whole American population
(Great applause.)
Agriculture. m and manufac-
lures Will prosper together or fail to-
gefner. Equally true also were the
great interests Of this agricultural. min
ing and manufacturing nation are 40
linked in unison that no permanent cause
OF prosperity to one of them can operate
without extending its influence to the
oaner. lApplause) We cannot have
AVN III cAQuu6lOn WlIns 1
out national and individual honor.
I'VE cannot have commercial prosperity
without the strictest integrity both OF
government and citizen. (Renewed an
plause and cries of That's rightly The
financial honor OF this government is Of
cred to be the football of party politics.
good.C The Republican party has main,
!ained It and is pledged to maintain It.
= mas more than once stood between
good faith and dishonor and when Il I
1--WE " the control Of the government
our national honor had never before been
% !, high and unQuestioned. (Applause.5 4
Republican party is pledged 10 main.
AIN the credit of the government which
intimately associated with it's spotless
and honor. and this it will do un- !.
ler 2 circumstances and at any cost. !
Great cheering.) .
1T taxed the credit of the government 9
q the days Of the war to it's utmost ten :.
non to preserve the government itself. \
Which, under God, it was happily en- =
pied to do. Following that mighty :
Nruggle it lifted U credit higher than =
! mad ever been before and made it
Ions Of the world. Applause and :
ries Of That's right.D II IS pledged i
9 maintain interrupted the currency Z.
the country of whatever form or n
and that has been used by national au- q
nority. 1t made the old greenback az Il
az gold and has kept It as good a. i,
'old ever since. 1t has maintained every Il
ofm OF American money, whether sill al
"a or paper, equal to gold, and it will q,
take any backward step. Great ap- It
sause and cries Of Good, good.D No v
arty ever went out of power which left al
3 magnificent a record as the Repub- v
.An party. (Cries OF That's rightly fl
IIgef great war debt was more than two al
antds paid OF, our currency unquestioned. n
q credit ~unfarnishcd, the honor OF the
eon unsullted. the country In its ma 80
III conditions stronger than II had VI
80 been before: the w~orkingmen better cr
.alpIoyad and better paid than ever - iis
u With prosperity ~ ever part Of ~ i, IS!
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