The herald., 1896-10-25
money known to the civilized world
We never stopped to inquire what the

letter Of the contract might be. We only
know that any agreement by the United
States government meant that 1t must
be paid in 100 cent dollars at the time it
came due. We do not propose to COM
mence now, after a hundred and twenty
years glorious history, Of glorious life
and glorious achievements. to repudi-
ate our obligations. public or private.
We do not propose ever to attempt to
do business with dollar one cent short
OF q hundred cents We propose to run
our finances exactly as we have always
run them, with fairness and absolute
integrity on the part of the government
and the people, and we propose another
thing, and If the people are with us we
shall realize 1t. We propose to protect
ourselves against the products of the
Old World, to uphold our own factories
rather than build up factories for any
other nation on the face Of the earth.
The American workshop, the Amer
lean farm, the American factory and the
American people Of whatever occupa-
tion or calling are our chief concern.
and we must see to it that there is no idle
American and that none Of our work Is
done in Europe as long as there is a man
in this country who wants to work.
To employees of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad of Horton,
Kansas, Trenton. Missouri. and Eldon.
Iowa, Major Mckinley said:
My Fellow Citizens-I am more than
glad to welcome to my home the en-
ployes of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad, coming, as you do, from
those three great imperial states-Kan-
sas, Iowa and Missouri. It Is remark
able tribute to a political cause that so
large body Of citizens should travel a
thousand miles to testify their devotion
to the country and to- the principles
which the Republican party represents
this year. You have come from no idle
curiosity, but because you have deep
concern for your own individual welfare
and for the public welfare and for the
prosperity of our common country.
Some people seem to think the way to
bring back the prosperity is to debase
the currency of the country. Some peo-
pie seem to think we can bring back
work and wages. traffic and transporta-
ton by calling so cents worth of silver
dollar. Does anybody in this Audinece
believe that? tremendous shouts,
"No, no, never.") They say, too, that
coercion Is going on. The only coercion
that is operating in the United States to-
day is that Of reason, conscience and ex-
perience. This is the mighty force that
leads but never drives; and all this talk
about coercion comes from source that
four years ago deceived you. Is not that
so, my fellow citizens? (Cries of "Yes,
that's rightly
Coercion? Why, you would have to
coerce men from thinking, reading and
feeling to keep them away from the
cause of the country and public honor
this year. You would have to make
them insensible to what they have ex-
perienced in their own lives under this
policy.
We have in this country today the best
money in the world, but the trouble is
we do not get enough Of 1t individually.
and the reason of that is because we
have no work. The thing the people of
the country are looking for this year is
+ the lost job; and you can't get back the
lost job by destroying business.
You destroy business when you de-
stroy confidence, when you defantly
propose to pay off debts, public and pri-
yate, in deprecated currency.
Now, what will Missouri do this year?
(vociferous applause and cries of Elect
McKinley.") What will Kansas do this
year? ("Elect Mckinley; give you 50,000
majority.") What will Iowa do this
year? tremendous yelling and cries,
"Give you 100000 majority.")
You are all fighting in the same cause.
You are all moved by the same consider
ations; you are all inspired by the same
splendid principles.