The herald., 1896-06-30

COME ana the promised land or Ameri-
can prosperity is again to them an in
sured inheritance.
But your nomination means more than
the endorsement of a protective tariff,
reciprocity, Of sound money and of hon.
est finance, for all of which you have so
steadfastly stood. 1t means an endorse
ment Of your heroic youth; your fruitful
years of arduous public service; your
sterling patriotism; your stalwart Amer
icanism; your Christian character and
the purity, fidelity. and simplicity of
your private life In all these things
you are the typical American; for all
of these things you are the chosen leader
of the people. God give you strength to
so bear the honors and meet the duties
of that great office for which you are
now nominated and to which you will be
elected, that your administration will en-
hance the dignity and power and glory
of this republic and secure the safety
welfare and happiness ofits liberty-lov-
ing people.
The nominee responded as follows:
M'KINLEY'S REJOINDER.
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen Of
the Notification Committee of the Re
publican National Convention-To be
selected as its presidential candidate by
a great party convention, representing
so vast a number Of the people of the
United States, Is a most distinguished
honor, for which 1 would not conceal my
high appreciation, although deeply sem
sible of the great responsibilities of the
trust and my inability to bear them
without the generous and constant sup
port of my fellow countrymen. Great
as is the honor conferred, equally ardu-
Gus and important is the duty imposed,
and in accepting the one 1 assume the
other, relying upon the patriotic devo-
ton of the people to the best interests
of our beloved country and the sustain
ing care and aid of Him without Whose
support all we do is empty and vain.
Should the people ratify the choice Of
the great convention for which you
speak, my only aim will be to promote
the public good, which in America is al
ways the good to the greatest number,
the honor of our country and the well
fare of the people. The questions to be
settled in the national contest this year
are as serious and as important as any
of the great governmental problems
tHdt nave COHlIQulcQ us Ill tIle past
quarter of a century. They command
our sober judgment and settlement
free from partisan prejudice and pas
sion, beneficial to ourselves and befit-
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 CONNER
cial prosperity, our labor and it's re-
wards, our national credit and curren-
cy, our financial honor and our splen-
did free citizenship-the birthright of
every American-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 right determina-
ton. Our domestic trade must be won
back, and idle workingmen employed in
gainful occupations at American wages.
Our home market must be restored to it's
proud rank of first in the world, and our
foreign trade so precipitately cut off
by adverse national legislation, reopen
ed on fair and equitable terms for our
productions. Protection and reciproc-
ity. twin measures of a true American
policy, should again command the earn
est encouragement of the government at
washington. Public confidence must be
restored and the skill, the energy and
the capital Of the country find ample
employment at home, sustained. en-
couraged and defended against the un-
equal competition and serious disadvan-
tages with which they are now contend
ing. 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 slightest possible
drain upon their resources, and main
tain that high standard of civilization
Whlch has distinguished our country for
more than n century of it's existence
Inc income of the government I repeat.
should equal its necessary and proper
expenditures. A failure to pursue this
poncy has compelled the government
TO borrow money in time of peace to
sustain it's credit and pay its daily ex-
penses This policy should be reversed
and that, too, as speedily as possible.
1t must be apparent to all, regardless
or past party affiliations, that it is our
paramount duty to provide adequate rev.
enue for the expenditures of the govern
ment economically and prudently admin
fstered. The Republican party has here
tofore done this, and l confidently he
lieve it will do it in the future. when
the party again is entrusted with power
III the executive and legislative branches
OF our government. The national credit.
which has thus far resisted every as
sault upon it, must and will be upheld
and strengthened. If sufficient revenues
are provided for the support of our gov
ernment there will be no necessity for
borrowing money and issuing bonds to
preserve the credit of the country, but
against the ruinous policy which has
made this necessary, it is but an Incl
dent and a necessary one, to the policy
which has been inaugurated. The newt
able effect of such policy is seen in the
deficiency of the United States treasury.
except as it is replenished by loans and
the distress of the people who are suffer-
ing because of scant demand for either
their labor or the products of their labor.
Here is the fundamental trouble. the
remedy for which is Republican oppor-
tunity and 0uty During q II Tho voore -