Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-06-26


to feed and fatten 81 mis- moorg''
But fonr nhefS years have come sand
gone, and they have brought this change
What has happened?
1 Republicans Party VIII save.
l will tell you in a word. The demo-
cratic party has been in power. That is
4 the answer. Upon us falls the heavy
burden of binding up these wounds and
| gringing relief TO ailay this suffering
The democrats deceived the people by
promising thep the millennium, and the
miserable results of those promises are
! all about us today. We have no promises
to make. We pledge ourselves only to
that which we believe we can perform.
| We Will do our best, That is all. And
| as In 1860 we saved the union and abol-
i ished slavery, so now. in 1896, we will
| deal with the democratic legacy of blum
ders, bankruptcy and misfortune.
| We are gathered here to choose the
next president of the United States.
| That we VIII win in the election no man
doubts. But let us not deceive our
| selves with the pleasant fancy that the
campaign is to be an easy one. 1t will
| be hard battle. 1t cannot be other
wise when so much depends upon the re-
suit. Against the republican party. rep
resenting fixed American policies,
| strength, progress and order. will be ar
rayed not only that organized failure,
the democratic party. but all its wander
Ing foces of political chaos and social
disorder. 1t is not merely the presidency
which is set before us as the prize. The
prosperity of the country, the protec-
ton of our industries. the soundness of
our currency and the national credit
are all staked on the great issue to be
decided at the polls next November.
Upon us rests the duty of rescuing the
country from the misery into which it
has been plunged by three years of dem
ocratic misrule.
To drive the democrats from power Is
the first step and the highest duty. We
shall triumph in vain, and in our turn
shall meet heavy punishment at the
hands of the people, If we do not pu.
our victory to right uses. Such a crisis
as this cannot be met and dealt with by
shouts of enthusiasm. We must face it
as our fathers faced slavery and dis
union. with grim determination to win
the battle and take up our responsible
ties in the same spirit with which we
won the fight. Now. as then, we can
nope to succeed only by continuous en-
deavor; and now, as then, everything de-
ponds upon the administration we place
in Office.
Question of Tariff.
We want a president who will meet
this situation as Lincoln met that of
1861 with the chiefs of the republicans
about MIN and with the party and the
people at his back. We want a president
who, on the 9Th day of next March, will
summon congress in extra session and,
refusing to make appointments or 20
deal with patronage, will say that all
else must wait until congress sends to
him tariff which shall put money in the
treasury and wages in the pockets Of
the American workingman. We want a
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the gold reserves of the treasury, wno
will see to it that no obligation of the
government is presented which is not
paid in whatever coin the creditor
chooses to demand, and who will never
| forget that the nation which pays with
honor borrows with ease.
Nations Safety and Dignity.
We want a man who will guard the
safety and dignity of the nation at home
and abroad, and who will always and
constantly be firm and strong in dealing
with foreign nations, instead of suddenl,
VARYING long course of weakness ami
Indifference with a conclusive spasm OF
vigor and patriotism. Above all, we
want man who will lead his party and
act with 1t, and who will not by senseless
quarrels between the White house and
the capitol reduce legislation and execu-
ton alike to imbecility and failure.
Such Is the man we want for our great
office in these bitter times, when the
forces of disorder are loosed, and the
wreckers with their false lights are gath
cred at the shore to lure the ship of state
upon the rocks.
Twenty Years Leader.
Such man, fit for such deeds, 1 am
now about TO present to you. He needs
no praise from me, for he has proved
his own title to leadership. From what
he is and what he has done we know
what he can do. For 90 years, in VIC
tory and defeat, at the head of great
majorities and of small majorities alike,
he has led his party in congress with n
power which no man could dispute, and
with an ability which never waned
have seen him with a maddened opposi-
ton storming about him carry through
that great reform which has made the
house of representatives the strong and
efficient body it is today. / have seen
him during the past winter guide a great
majority so that they have met every
demand put upon them, and made no err
rors which could burden the republican
party in the campaign before us.
Bold and Brilliant Champion.
Before the people and in the house he
has ever been the bold and brilliant
champion of the great republican poll
cies which, adopted, have made us pros
porous, and abandoned, have left ruin at
by birth, by descent, by breeding; one
who loves his country and has served
it in youth and in manhood, in war and
in peace. His great ability, hts origi-
nality of thought, his power of debate,
his strong will, are known of all, ana
are part of the history of the last 20
years. His public career is as spotless
as his private character is pure and I'M
blemished. He Is trained statesman
fit for the heaviest task the country can
impose upon him.
He commands the confidence of his
party and his country. He is leader of
men. We know it because we have seen
him lead. To those who have followed
him he never said Co." but always
Come" He is entirely fearless. We
know it, for we have seen his courage
tested on a hundred fields. He has been
called to great places and to great trials,
and he has never failed nor fiinched. He
is fit to stand at the head of the repub-
lican column He is worthy to be an
American president
1 have the honor, the very great honor,
to present to you as candidate for your
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