The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-24
ONE DAY AT CANTON
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others from Rock Island and Moline, H.,
and Davenport Ia Maj. Mckinley said:
You come from three states Of the
mightIeSt government OF earth on
come representing diverse occupations
and varied employmcnts, but You come
with a single mission; you come with a
common purpose. and that purpose is to
manifest your devotion to the great prin-
ciples of the Republican party and your
determination to see that those princi-
pies shall triumph on the Sd day of No
vember.
You come because, as your spokes-
men have SO wei said, you are interested
III the welfare and prosperity of the
country you love, which you believe will
be best subserved by Republican vic
tory ut the ensuing election, now only Il
little more than three weeks away. lou
have come because you believe in a pro
tective tariff You believe in that great
American policy established At the be-
ginning of the government Of the nlted
States, which had the approval Of nearly
all the early statesmen of the country
and Of the first President Of the United
States, George Washington, policy thar
has been pursued for more than half the
lifetime of the republic. and during all
the period that it prevailed we enjoyed
the highest prosperity III every enter
prise and undertaking Of American pco-
are in favor of the supremacy Of the
law and because YOU mean to maintain
a government by iaw and under the law.
You are here because you believe in pub
lie and private honesty. and because you
do not propose that amy part of the pub
lie debt Of this country shall be rCpudi-
ated in whole or in part
You are here to declare that every
obligation of This government is as Sa-
a IL III
be kept and performed. You are here
because you want no depreciating or tiuc-
tuating currency with which to do your
business You are here because you be
ieye III an honest dollar for an honest
government and for an honest man Nou
do not want Il dollar that is worth less
than loo cents. for you were taught in
your childhood in these great states that
an honest dollar had 100 cents in it.
My fellow citizens, the Republican
party is an inspiration and an education.
| wish every man in this country might
read the first platform that the Repub-
lican party ever made aS a national party
in 1876 in the city Of Philadelphia.
wish that every young man might read
it, and | wish that every old Repub-
lican might look up the old record anG
recall it. 1t reads today more like AZ
inspired prophecy than the declaration
Of a political organization. 1t declared
for the unity Of the states and the indiS
solubiEty Of the American Union. Il
declared for free homes for free lands
for free speech, and it declared for a
protective tariff 1t decrccd that the two
oceans should he united by rail. the At
lantic and the Pacific, and every prom
ise that this great platform made has
been kept. How glorious is Republican
triumph. There is not a page of Repub-
lcan history that has been written in tn
last thirty-threc years that any lover OF
humanity. any lover of liberty. any
patriot would strike from the pages Of
American history today; not one You
can trust the Republican party. for be
hind il is the great conservative force
Of the country; behind it this year, as in
the days of the war. is the great patri-
otto heart of the country.
Democrats and Republicans alike. l
thank you. my fellow citizens. for this
call. This is not Il party campaign; it
is patriotic campaign. 1t i not a
campaign for mem it i a campaign for
our country. l thank YOU a thousand
times for the long journey you have
made that you might testify your devo-
ton to Republican principles. | bid you
so back home and say u all the people
that Ohio. this splendid old state Of my
birth, viii give to these great doctrines
of the Republican party an unprecedent-
ed majority this year