The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-18

expense of American manhood tap
plause.) Nor do l. think thatsit isy econ-.
omy to buy goods cheaply abroad, II
thereby 1t enforces idleness at home.
(Renewed applause) Such goods are
the dearest that the American people
can buy. (Cries of Right you are, ma
jor.D James G. Blaine (applause), that
gifted statesman, In 1884, spoke words
of wisdom which seem singularly appli-
cable to our present situation, and to
the present hour. He said:
"A policy that would abandon the
Held Of home trade must prove disas-
trous to the mechanics and working
men of the United States. Wages are
unjustly reduced when an Industrious
man is not able by his earnings to live
IN comfort, educate his children, and
save sufficient amount for the neces-
sites of age The reduction of wages,
inevitably consequent upon throwing
our home market open to the world,
would deprive the workingman of the
United States of the power to do this.
1t would prove a great calamity to
our country 1t would produce a con.
Met between the poor and the rich.
and In the sorrowful degradation Of
labor would plant the seeds of public
danger"
The Republican party has steadily
aimed to maintain just relations be-
tween labor and capital, guarding with
care the rights of each A conflict be-
tween the two has always led In the
past and will always lead in the future
to the injury Of both. (Applause.) Labor
Is indispensable to the creation and
profitable use of capital and capital
increases the efficiency and value of
labor. (Applause) That policy is wsest
and best which harmonizes the two,
on the basis of absolute justice The
republican party has protected the
free labor Of America so that it's COM
penSatlon is larger than Is realized in
any other country. Great applause
and cries of "Hurrah for McKinleyr')
But, my countrymen, as if the bust
ness conditions were not bad enough
and hard enough to bear, we have
thrust upon us at this critical time in
the business affairs of the nation.
proposition to debase the currency of
the country and undermine the public
credit. we know what partial free
trade has done for the labor of the
United States. It has diminished its
employment and earnings. We do not
propose now to inaugurate a currency
system that will cheat labor in it's pay.
Laboring men of this country, when
ever they give one days work to their
employer, they want to be paid in full
dollars, good everywhere in the world
Great cheering and cries of Mckinley
Is all right.') We want in this country
good work, good wages and good
money. (Applause) We want to con-
tinue our good government with it's
generous privileges and matchless OPP
portunities, and want it to be gov
eminent where law is supreme over
all. (Cheers.) And for the equal benefit
Of all. (ReneWed cheering)
my fellow citizens, it is gratifying
to me to be assured by your spokes-
man. it will be inspiring to the whole
country, that the voice of labor here
today declares that no party which de-
grades 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 re-
ceive it's vote and support. Great
cheering and cries of That's right"
and "Hurrah for McKinleypD Golden
words are these which will strike
chord of sympathy in every American
home, where virtue dwells and truth
abides. (Applause.) We have this year
resting upon us as citizens, a grave
responsibility. The country has never
failed or faltered in the past to meet
every crisis. 1T will not falter or fall
now to uphold the dignity and indie
pendence of labor and the honor and
stability of the government, that it
may still further exalt the American
name" (Applause.)