The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-30

l } pU are tue tipSeu lthutI bl tue 'NN~ | pie. God give you strength so to bear the honors and meet the duties of that gr, at office tor which you are now n m- mated, and to which you win he elect l ed, that your administration will en- nance the dignity and power and glory of this republic and secure the safety welfare and happiness of its liberty loving people"
 McKinley's Response.
 MT Mckinley spoke as follows:
 Senator Thurston and Gentlemen of the National Committee of the Repub l lican National Convention: "ro be se- lected as their presidential candidate by a great party convention, represent ing so vast number of the people of the United States, is most distin- gished honor, for which l would not conceal my high appreciation, although deeply sensible of the great responsi- billties of the trust and my inability to bear them without the generous and constant support of my fellow country men, Great as Is the honor conferred, equally arduous and important is the duty imposed and in accepting the one l assume the other, relying upon the patriotic devotion of the people to the best interests of our beloved country and the sustaining care and aid of Him without whose support all we do is empty and vain. Should the people ratify the choice of the great conven- tion for which you speak, my only aim will be to promote the public good, which in America is always the good of the greatest number, the honor of our country, and the welfare of the people. The questions to be setttled in the na- tiOnal contest this year are as serious and important as any of the great gov
 ernmental problems that have con fronted us in the past quarter of cen- 1 tury. They command our sober judg- ment, and a settlement free from par | tisan prejudice and passion, beneficial to ourselves and befitting the honor and | grandeur of the republic. They touch every interest of our common country. | Our industrial supremacy, our product i've capacity, our business and commer- cial prosperity, our labor and its re-
 wards our national credit and cur rency, our proud financial honor and our splendid free citizenship the birthright of every Amercan-are all l lilNOlhCu III lIlD DGtlulIS CdluDdlSil, clill thus every home in the land is direct ly 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 determination. Our domestic trade must be won back, and our idle working people 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 l off by adverse national legislation, re- l opened on fair and equitable terms for our suplus agricultural and manufac- turing products. Protection and reel procity, twin measures of a true Amer 1 ican policy, should again command the | earnest encouragement of the govern ment at Washington. Public confi- dence must be resumed and the skill, l the energy and the capital of our coun- l try find ample employment at home, sustained, encouraged and defended against the unequal competition and serious disadvantages with which they are now contending. The government 1 of the United States must raise enough money to meet both it's current ex- penses and increased needs. It's reve- nues should be so raised as to protect the material interests of our people. with the ishtest possible drain upon their resources, and maintain that high 1 standard of civilization which has dis 1 tinguished our country for more than a century of it's existence. The income of | the government, I repeat, should equal it's necessary and proper expenditures. A failure to pursue this policy has com pelled the government to borrow mon- ey, in a time of peace, to sustain it's credit and pay it's daily expenses. This | policy should be reversed, and that, too, as speedily as possible. Itmust be Iapparent to all, regardless of past party affiliations, that it is our paramount du- ty to provide adequate revenue for the expenditures of the government. eco nomically and prudently administered. This the republican party has hereto fore done, and this l confidently be- lieve it will do in the future when the party is again intrusted with power in the executive and legislative branches of our government. The national credit which has thus far fortunately resisted every assault upon it, must and will be upheld and strengthened
 If sufficient revenues are provided for the support of the government, there will be no necessity for borrowing money and increasing the public debt
 The complaint of the people is not against the administration for borrow ing money and issuing bonds to pre- serve the credit of the country, but against the ruinous policy which has made this necessary, owing to the pol icy which has been inaugurated. The inevitable effect of such a policy is seen in the deficiency in the United States treasury, except as it is replen- ished by loans, and in the distress of the people who are suffering because of the sCant demand for either their labor and the products of their labor Here is the fundamental trouble the remedy for which is republican opportunity and duty. During all the years of repubii- can control following resumption there was a steady reduction of the public debt, while the gold reserve was sac redly maintained, and our currency and credit preserved without depreciation, taint or suspicion. If we would restore
 this policy that brought us uneXampled prosperity for more than thirty years,
 under the most trying conditions ever
 seen in this country the policy by
 which we made and bought more goods
 at home and sold more abroad, the | do ha1 1nr la n6