The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-29

PENNSYLVANIA and Michigan Join in Early
HomOrs.

HonOrs.
Twenty ear loads Of people from Penn
sylvania and Michigan were the first 10
cet Mai MrKincy'S attention. They
were at his door ut o'clock and 70 the
BRET addresses of their spokesman MIR.
MrKnley responded by saying:
Your early call is an example of
qnmpnp>> which [ trust will be fol-
arad on the 81 of November in every
part of our country. The best thing i'll
This world next to liberty is labor. and
the hest thing for labor is an opportunity
to work This is the opportunity for
which we are all striving this year and
which We hope through. change of
policy in the administrator of the gov
anment of the United States to enjoy to
a larger degree than we have done in
the past three and one-half years. What
We want more than anything else in
order 10 give this opportunity to labor is
restoration Of confidence. With con
1telce shaken. money seeks its hiding
place and GOES ont of the channels of
business and legitimate investment and
away from farming, manufacturing and
mining enterprises. | do not know of
Better Illustration of the value of con
ndence to the country than is found in
Our own experience during the last
twenty Years.
Some Financial History.
loG will remember that this COUNTRY
resumed >Ircl" payments January l.
M W" had outstanding then. Is we
nave now, N'4i.WO.OO0 Of what is COM
Monty Known aS grepnback currency.
Every dollar Of that from that date was
ITFehahlr ia gold upon presentation at
U' treasury Of the United States. So
great was ih" confidence of the peODlc
!, II me ability of the country thai from
!>7 10 lSH hu, 46.OOO.OtNl Of ,iolllrs
were presented for redemption. and the
goa was taken out; S4G.O00.0O0 in four
"'1 Years ami yet in the last three and
l. nall years. since confidence has been
CNnrOed. more than 100000 900 of
gcenback> have been presented ia tho
o'q>ary "i the United States and the
e,d taken out.
1.' 'g"' II confidence had existed. if the
usN 81 these greenbacks had not
WI fearful and they were only made
&, |tduNr the treasury of the United
,, ''sS was hot collecting enough money
~ gay It's DIS, that the revenues of the
n.a}S.uF were inadequate for public ex-
SI'I''ureS' and alarmed. as they were.
(. Noud not have sent their green
>,rr III Tor redempticn The gold re-
t,' was oncroached upon, and from
<r.,.. !" 'lme We have been compelled to
,,. .,'ln il, 10 borrow gold TO put into the
p.1n,"2? o' the United States. Now. the
NJ I'Htah party believes il is the dutv
e,r,, s"'efhment first to raise enough
Man., ,, IL run The government. We don't
g-. , "'i Hthr"ncirS in the public treas
MIN i., .' "" have no deficiency we
t.h-x n No. debts, and il we have no
NJ. W. VIII have no bonds, and when
hr.' ''t no deficiencies everybody will
IT,. sr. o"",''ii'e IN the solvcncy of the
'' % fhc United States.
m Necessity for High Tariff.
hi 1~,n, NY fellow citizens, we not only
IN. r. w III raising enough money TO RIM
3,qr;s nlnrnj. but we believe in having
li.l "no "iyH foreign competing products
ml ,n'.. I" protect American labor
rg- ;' :, manufactures. We be-
afg, oe II NE hrst duty of the govern
defend .I.' I uted States to protect and
Nirr -, '''IHenS. 1t is the poorest
give er ou Inc part of the government ia
Inns Hu ~, - the laborcr of other ma.
Cn+oj" S y. "" have idle men in the
ogr. SUITS. Now. when we have
c1n,inro ~ pushed that we pronose to
ouDtry ''u good money we have in this
we do not want any short