The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-30

- LAeAE EEcSluellLlAA can ate by a great
party's convention, repre- lting so vast a
number OF the people Of IN United States
Is a most distinguished honor for which /
would not conceal my hi-a appreciation,
although deeply. sensible q the great re-
sponslbilities Of the trust and my ina
bility 10 bear them Withru- generous and
constant support Of my fellow countrymen.
Great as Is the honor conferred equally
arduous and important s the duty i'm
posed, and IN accepting the one / assume
the other, relying upon the patriotic devo-
ton Of the people 70 the 5-st interests OF
our beloved country and the sustaining
care and aid OF Him without whose sup
port all we do Is empty ana vain. Should
the people ratify the choice Of the great
convention for which you s8aak. my only
aim VIII be 10 promote the public good.
whicn IN America IS always the good OF
the greatest number, the honor Of our
country and the welfare OF the people. The
questions 70 be settled in the national con-
test this year are as serious and impor-
tant as any Of the great governmental pro
blems that have confronted US in the past
quarter of the century. They command
our sober Judgment and a settle
ment, free from partisan prejudice and
passion, beneficial to ourselves and bent
ting the honor and grandeur OF the re
public. They touch every interest of our
common country.
"Our industrial supremacy. our produc-
| tive capacity, our business and our com
1 mercial prosperity, our labor and its re-
wards, our national credit and currency.
| our proud financial honor AMI our splen-
did free citizenship-the birJhnght OF ev-
cry AmericanE-are all involved in the
| pending campaign, and thus every home
in the land is directly and intimately
connected, with their proper settlement
Great are the issues involved in the
coming election, and eager and earnest
the people for their rights and determina~
tions. Our domestic trade must be won
back and our idle wOrkingmeu employed
| in gainful occupations at American
I u a h.a1n ar1ra h., 70
stored to its proud rank Of first in the
world and our foreign trade. so percipi-
lately cut off by adverse national legis-
lation, reOpened on fair and equitable
terms for our surplus of agricultural and
manufacturing products.
protection and reciprocity. twin meas
ures of a true American policy, should
again command the earnest encourage
ment of the government at Washington.
Public confidence must be resumed,
and the skill, the energy and the capital
or our country find ample employment
at home, sustained, encouraged and de-
Tended against the unequal competition
and serious disadvantage with which they
are now contendine.
THE government of the United States
must raise enough money to meet both
| its current expenses and increasing needs.
Its revenues should be so raised as to
protect the material interests of our
people with the lightest possible drain
upon their resources. and maintain that
1 distinguished our country for more than
century of its existence.
The income of the government ] re-
peat. should equal its necessary and prop
| er expenditures. failure to pursue this
| policy has compelled the government to
| borrow money in a time of peace to sus-
| tain its credit and pay its daily expenses.
This policy should be reversed, and that,
| too, as speedily as possible. 1t must be
| apparent to ALL regardless of past party
| ties or Affiliations, that it is our para
/ mount duty TO provide adequate revenue
for the expenditures of the government
! economically and prudently administered.
| The republican party has heretofore done
/ this, and l confidently believe it will do it
| in the future, when the party is again en-
/ trusted with power in the executive and
I legislative branches of our government.
THE national credit, which has thus far
| fortunately resisted every assault upon
\ 1t, must and will be upheld and strength
/ ened. If sufficient revenues are provided
| for the support of the government there
| will be no necessity for borrowing money
/ and increasing the public debt. The com
/ plant of the people Is not against the ad-
| ministration borrowing money and issu-
| ing bonds to preserve the credit of the
| country, but against the ruinous policy
which has made this necessary. 1t is but
| an incident, and a necessary one, to the
| policy which has been inaugurated. The
| inevitable effect of such policy is seer
/ in the deficiency of the United States
| treasury, except as 1t is replenished by
loans and In the distress Of the people
! who are suffering because of the scant de-
mand for either their labor or the pro
| ducts of their labor.
Here is the fundamental trouble, the
remedy for which is republican opportu
| nifty and duty. During all the years of re-
publican control following resumption
there. was a steady reduc
| ton of the public debt, while
the gold reserve was sacredly maintained
| and our currency and credit preserved
| without depreciation, faint or suspicion
/ If we would restore this policy tina
| brought us unexampled prosperity TO
| more than thirty years, under the mos
| trying conditions ever known in this coun
! try, the policy by which we made ant
| brought more goods at home and sol'
| more abroad, the trade balance would b.
| quickly turned in our favor, and golI
would come to us and not 60 from us II
| the settlement of all such balances in tn
| future. The party that supplied by legis
| lation the vast revenues for the conduc
| OF our greatest war and promptly restore,
| the credit of the country at its close, an
| that from its abundant revenues paid of
| a large share of the debt incurred in tht
| war, and that resumed specie payment
| and placed our paper currency upon
sound and enduring basis can be safel,
| trusted to preserve both our credit ant
| currency, with honor, stability and invio
liability.
THE American people hold the finan
cial honor of our government as sacret
as our flag and can be relied upon t
guard it with the same sleepless vigilance
They hold its preservation above part.
fealty, and have often demonstrated tina
party ties avail nothing when the spotles
credit of our country is threatened.
1.-THE money OF the United States, AM
every kind or form of it, whether 0
paper, silver or gold, must be as good a
the best in the world. 1t must not onl,
be current at its full face value at home
but 1t mus be counted at par in an.
and every commercial center of the globe
The sagacious and far-seeing policy o
the great men who founded our govern
ment the teachings and acts of the wis
est financiers at every stage in our his
tory, the steadfast faith and splendi'
achievements of the great party to whicl
we belong and the genius and integrit
of our people has always demanded this
and will ever maintain it. The dolla
paid to the farmer, the wage-earner an
the pensioner must continue forever
equal in purchasing and debt-payin
power to the dollar paid to any govern
ment creditor.
THE contest this year will not b
waged upon lines of theory aDd specula
ton but in the light of severe practice
experience and new and dearly acquires
knowledge. The great body of our citl
zeps know what they want and wha
they intend to have They know for wha
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