Arizona republican., 1896-06-19

convention: This is the year of the people. They are conscious of their power; they are tenacious of their rights; they are supreme in this con- vention; they are certain Of victory now and in November.
 They have framed the issue of this campaign. What is it? Money! Not that which is coined for the mine owner at the mint or clipped by the coupon cutter from the bond, but that which is created by American muscle on the farms and in the factories The and the eastern shore cries for gold, but the millions ask for work-an op- portunity to labor and live
 The Republican party does not stanA for Nevada nor New York alone, but for both; not for one state, but for all It's platform is as broad as the land, as National as the flag. Republicans are definitely committed to sound currency, but they believe that in a government |-of the people the welfare of men is paramount to the interests of money. Their Shibboleth for this campaign is Protection. From the vantage ground of their own selection they cannot be stampeded by Wall street panics or free coinage cyclones. Reports of internal complications and rumors of war pass them lightly by; they know the real enemy of American prosperity is free trade and the best coast defense is a i protective tariff. l This is the year of the people. Tn their name, by their authority, I sec ond the nomination of the great cham pion, William Mckinley; not as a fav- orite son of any state, but as the favor , ite son of the United States; not as a concession to Ohio, but as an added honor to the Nation.
 ! When his country called to arms he
 took into his boyish hands a musket
 and followed the flag, braVely barring
 his breast to the hell of battle that it might float serenely in the Union suc- cessfully. For a quarter of a century
 he has stood in the fierce light of pub 1 lie place and his robes of office are i spotless as the driven snow.
 Strengthened and seasoned by long congressional service; broadened by the
 exercise of important executive DOW CTS, master of the great economic gues-
 tions of the age, eloquent, single heart
 ed and sincere, he stands today the
 most conspicuous and commanding
 character of this generation; divineIy
 ordained, as I believe, for great
 mission to lead this people cut from
 the shadow of diversity into the sun shine of new and enduring prosper ity.
 Under his administration we shall command the respect Of the nations of
 the earth; the American flag will never
 be hauled down; the rights of A1neli- can citizenship shall be enforced; abun- dant revenues be provided; foreign
 merchandise will remain a.:rcad; our
 gold be kept at home; American insti-
 tutions will be cherished and upheld;
 all governmental obligations scrupu-
 lously kept and on the escutcheon of
 the republic will be indelihIy engraved ) the American policy, Protection,
 Reciprocity and Sound Money"
 On behalf of these stalwart workn en and all the vast army of American toil- CTS; that their employment nay be cer- } tain, their wages just, their dollars the best of the civilized world; on behalf } of the dismantled chimneys and the
 factories at their base; that the fur naces may once more fame, t1A mighty wheels reyolYe, tic i'sfies ) scream, and anvils rins, the spindles hum, on behalf of the thousand cot tages round about and all the humble homes of this broad land; that cornfort and contentment may again abide, the f1reside glow, the women sing. the children laugh; yes, and or behalf of : that American flag and al! i. stands for and represents; for the honor Of every
 stripe, for the glory of every star: that It's power may fill the earth and it's splendor span the sky-I ask the nom-
 ination of that loyal American, that Christian gentleman, soldier, states man, patriot, William Mckinley.