The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-10
H0BART'S VIRILE LETTER
Continued from Second Page.)

(COnllnueu lIUIn IcSSolu IdSe,)
 lands. We are not pledged to any par ticular schedules The question of rates is a practical question, to be gov erned by the conditions of the time and of production; the ruling and uncom- promising principle is> the protection and development of American labor and industry. The country demands a right settlement, and then it wants rest"
 The republican party, in it's first sue cessful national contest, under Abra- ham Lincoln declared in favor of that policy of national exchanges which se- cures to the workingman living wages, to agriculture remunerative wages, to mechanics and manufacturers an ade- quate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation conner cial prosperity and independence" The principle thus enunciated has nev- ed been abandoned. In the crisis now upon us, it must be tenaciously ad hered to. While we must insist that our monetary standard shall be main tained in harmony with that of the civ ilized world, that our currency shall be sound and honest; we must also re- member that unless we make it possi- ble for capital to find employment and for labor to earn ample and remunera- tive wages, it will be impossible to at tain that degree of prosperity which, with a sound monetary policy but tressed by sound tariff policy, will be assured.
 IT,, l@xy rc,ol cn,lt ytrA touched the high water mark of our national prosperity, we were under the same financial system that we have to- day. Gold was then the sole standard, and silver and paper were freely used as the common currency. We had a tariff framed by republican hands un- der the direction of the great states man who now logically leads the con- test for a restoration of the policy whose reversal brought paralysis to so many of our industries and distress upon so large body of our people. We were under the policy of reciproci- ty, formulated by another illustrious statesman of the genuine American type We may, if we choose to do SO, return to the prosperous conditions which existed before the present ad- ministration came into power.
 My sincere conviction is that my countrymen will prove wise enough to understand the issues that confront them, and patriotic enough to apply safe and sure remedies for the evils that oppress us They will not, l am sure, accept again at their face value, the promises of party which, under desperate and perverted leadership has so recently dishonored it's solemn pledges which has repudiated the prin- ciples and policies which have given it historic past, and the success of which, as now constituted, would en- danger at home private security and the public safety and disastrously af- feet abroad both our credit and good name. And foremost among those who will decline to follow where the new democracy leads will be thousands of men, democrats aforetime and demo- crats to-day, who count country more than party, and are unwilling even by indirection to contribute to results so disastrous to our most sacred interests.
 The platform of the republican na-
  tion concerning other questions than those herein referred to. These, while at the present time of subordinate im- portance, should not be overlooked. The republican party has always been the defender of the rights of American citizenship, as against all aggressions whatever, whether at home or abroad. It has. to the extent of it's power, de- tended those rights, and hedged them about with law Regarding the ballot as the expression and embodiment of the sovereignty of the individual citi- zen, 1t has sought to safeguard it against assault and to preserve it's purity and integrity. In our foreign relations it has labored to secure to every tr1an entitled to the shelter of our flag the fullest exercise of his rights consistent with international obliga- tion. If it should be restored to ruler ship. it would infuse needed vigor into our relations with powers which have manifested contempt and disregard, not only of American citizenship, but of humanity itself.
 The republican party has always stood for the protection of the Ameri- can home It has aimed to secure it in the enjoyment of all the blessings of remunerated industry, of moral cul- turc, and of favorable physical envi- ronment. It was the party which in- stituted the policy of free homesteads, and which holds now, that this policy should be established, and that the public lands yet vacant and subject to entry in any part of our national terri tory. should be preserved against cor porate aggression as homes for the peo- pie. It realizes that the safety of the state lies in the multiplication of households, and the strengthening of that sentiment of which the virtuous home is the best and the truest embod- irent; and it will aim to dignify and enlarge by all proper legislation this el- ement of security.
 If elected to the position for which I have been nominated, it will be my earnest and constant endeavor, under Divine guidance in the sphere of duty assigned to me to serve the people loy- ally along the line of the principles and policies of the party which has honored me with it's preference
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