The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-03
THE NOMINATIONS.
what tho Democratic Press Says Of the
Work OF the Republican Convention.

e~fcS'eu mas happened. The republic
On convention nominated William Nc
kinley for president on the first ballot
. as three months ago the World prophe
) sled il would. Mckinley is nominate,
, with shrek for protecttoa. when IN,
: country Is already provided with n a:
per cent. tariil-a rate one-quarteI
higher than the famous Morrill, war
tarih. He is proclaimed rs the advance
agent OF prosperity" "McKinley's tri.
umph is democracy's opportunity" so
said the World when his nomination be-
came certain. The saying is true to-
day. Nothing but the most open-eyed
laundering. the most fatrous folly by
the democrats at Chicago can deprive
them OF splendid chance to elect the
next president. Shall il he campaign
or suicide?-N. Y. World.
The republicans have nominated Nc
kinleywith unanimity not expressed for
any successful new candidate. with the
exception of Fremont the first rcpub-
lican candidate, in 1856, and Grant, the
third, in 1865. They alone were NOM
mated for first term on the first bal
/
poses that this extraordinary demon
stration has been n mere matter OF
manipulation and forehandedness in
the minutiae of convention politics.
An amiable. engaging, snowy: but
rather shifty commonplace like Nc.
knley often reaches public distinction,
but personality or individual achieve
ment hasn't drawn to him the SEN
timent which has made his nominal
tion possible with an irresistible ma
jority in the republican national con
yention.-N. y. Sun.
IL Mckinley shall be elected presi-
dent his four years. term of Office will
present an example of misgoverr meat
without parallel in past history. 1t
VIII be repetition on larger scale
OF his weak and corrupt state admins
tration in Ohio. 1t will be period of
misrule and of riot for all the schemes |
and conspiracies by which the treasury |
is robbed or by which the people are de- |
frauded and oppressed. Popular insti-
tutions. a system of free government
through pure ballot box will be test
ed to their utmost capacity. Under an
administration Of McKinleyism the
traffic in duties and subsidies, in Pit
ronage and spoils. will be a greater
strain than that of slavery in the past
on the conservative forces OF honest re-
publican overnment.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
Mckinley is nominated and the
republican party is before the
country. The nomination was secured
by money campaign two years long
The republican party bought, with the
FASH put up by McKinley's investing
hackers. proposes to buy his election
with cash pledged by the financial in
'ercsts of New York and New England.
What Mckinley and Hobart represent
OF few thousand owners Of
powerful, consolidated moneyed cor
oorations in a few states on the Allan
tic seaboard. "This is our tariff" said
Philadelphia manufacturer in 1890:
we bought and paid for it," "This is
'ur ticket" the bankers and tariff bar :
'ns are saying of Mckinley aud Ho- !
BART; I'VE have vouchers to show how
much IL cost us."-St. Louis Republic.
The brilliant and decisive victory won
~ the republican champions Of gold
I ST. Louis should be It once warning
nd an inspiration to true sound money
einocrats. few days before this Wa :
erioo OF silverism and straddle coward :.
,e would have seemed more like n :,
ream than possible reality. There :
as then every Indication that the re- :.
ublican managers. lacking the cour- :.
ge to take bold stand either for or :
gainst sound money, would straddle :
n that vital issue, as well as accept n
raddle candidate. But the gold re- !,
ubllcans arose. rallied, made a viVor- :.
rs onslaught on silverism. cowardice !.
nd duplicity, and triumphantly car :
ed the day as far as the platform was >,
'ncerned.-N. y. Herald Ind.). y
IL is noticeable that Mckinley was =
ot the choice of the great republican :,
atcs. The failure of these to agree :,
BON candidate gave the democratic :,
ates. which Will send him no electoral =,
'tes, an opportunity TO force him !,
pom them. The most eloquent sig :,
hcance OF the situation is that his -
ND ~ will fail TO arouse that r
'arty enthusiasm in the republican -
ates which would have resulted had
ey agreed upon and named n candi- -
ne OF their own. II is wonderful ,,
ectacle to see the solid democratic 60
nth thrusting down the throats OF w
e northern and New England states ~
whose nomination the lat q.
r fought so bitterly to defeat.-San "a
ancisco Examiner. sh
The nomination of Mckinley was n ~
-egone conclusion and il was certain -
20 that the convention would declare -
protection. even though the ex- -
me application of that principle with ~
Itch Mckinley's name is associated ~, VI,
once been Overwhelmingly repudi- .u
d by the people. - Chicago News ue'
i'd. The
{ is a weak ticket; and the fact that ~ ~
platform repudiates the record Nc -
lley has made on the currency :
'stion. and the further fact that the NO
'ple have rejected McKinley's hirh ant