The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-24

dom which seem applicable to our pres
ent situation and to the present hour.
He said: A policy that would abandon
the field of home trade must prove disas,
trous to the farmers and workingmen OF
the United States. Wages are unJustly
reduced until an Industrious man is moi
q BILE with his earnings to live in comfort
educate his children and save a sufficient
amount for the necessities for the home
The republican party has labored to main
tain just such relations between Labor
and capital A conflict between the two
has led in the past, and will always lead
in the future, to the injury of both
(Applause.) Labor is indispensable tC
creation and profitable use of capital and
capital increases the efficiency and value
of labor. Whoever arrays the one against
the other is an enemy of both. ZAP
plause.)
That policy is wlsest and best which
harmonizes the two on the basis of alb
solute justice The republican party has
protected the free labor of Americans SC
that its compensation is larger than is
realized in any other country. Great APP
plause and cries of hurrah for Mckin-
ley)
But. my countrymen. if the business
conditions were not bad enough and hard
enough to bear, we have thrust on us at
this critical time proposition to debase
the currency of the country and injure
the public credit. We know what II par
tial free trade has done for the labor of
the United States. 1t has diminished its
employment and earnings. We do not
propose now TO inaugurate currency
system that will cheaper labor in its pay.
The laboring man of this country, wher-
ever they give one days work to their
employer want to he paid in full dollars,
good everywhere in the world. Great
cheering and cries of Mckinley's all
right)
I'VE want in this country good work,
good wages and good money. (Applause.)
We want this to he Il government where
law is supreme over all. And for the
equal benefit of all. (Rencwed chcering.)
My fellow citizens, it is gratifying to
me to be assured by your spok esman and
my old comradc that the voice of labor
here today declares that no party which
degrades the honor of the nation; no
party which stands opposed to law and
order or which seeks to array the masses
against the classes, shall receive its vote
and support. Great cheering and cries
of that's right.D
Golden words are those which will
strike a chord Of sympathy in every
American home. where virtue dwcIls and
truth abides. We have this year resting
upOIl us us ClllItllS SIuNt ItSI'pllNlbilllN
The country has never failed or faltered
in the past to meet every crisis: it will
not falter or fail now to uphold the dig
nifty and independence of labor and the
honor and stability of the government
that it may still further eXalt the Amer
lean name. (Applause.)
Il thank you over and over again for
this call and for the patriotic sentiments
which have been so eloquently expressed
by your spokesman. To have the hearty
support of the workingmen of the United
States is an honor for which | thank you
in the name of the cause | represent. and
is only another evidence of the wisdom
and strength of free government. May
God bring to you and your homes the
cheer of contentment.
1T will give me pleasure to meet and
greet each one of you personally" Gre
mendous cheering and cries of hurrah for
Mckinley, the next president.)