The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-02
NI'KINLEY'S DOCTRINE.
Protection for American Money and
American WOrkingmen.

EX-State Senator Wolcott made the in
troductory speech for the Portage county
delegation. Major Mckinley replied in
these words:
Senator Wocott. Ladies and Gentlemen
and my Fellow-citize s-r-I am truly glad
to meet and welcome my old friends and
my fellow citizens of Portage county. CAP
plause) That you should have paid me this
visit on this most uncomfortable and in
clement day in such large numbers is both
assuring and impressive. {Renewed ap
piause.) [ have looked into your faces many
times before. l have felt your warm hand
grasp. (Cheers.) 1 have realized from my
once aroused in political contest, and 1
have shared in the honor of great victory
in which you performed a noble part (Cres
OF We will do ii again, Major" followed by
tremendous cheering and waving of hats.)
I'VE propose in this eoatest to protect the
money of the United States from debase-
ment, and by the same vote we propose to
protect American labor from the competi-
ton of the cheaper labor of the old world.
Great cheering and cries of 'Hurrah for
McKinley!O
Il thank you for this hearty greeting and
splendid demonstration. Your spokesman
has most eloqu aatly referred to the dangers
'of the past through which have merci-
fully been spared. and speaks hopefully of
the future. In the great contests of the
PC ST. both in war and in peace, the Repub~
lioan party has done proud and conspicuous
tice and truth. (Applause) Let us pre-
serve her splendid example. (Great APP
pause and cries of We wili!D The issues
any of the great campaigns of the past, de-
volve upon every American citizen a most
important duty. Our contention this year
appeals to the best aspirations of American
citizenship. and involves, just certainly
as any contest in the past ever involved,
the honor and good faith of the country.
We cannot close our eyes to the fact that
if, by our ballots, We lower the credit of
the government repudate its honest obli-
cations in whole or in part, or deliberately
depreciate vast amount of its currency,
VIC have aimed blow at its hitherto unsul-
n f.alin oft
will we permit the name and honor of this
great American Nation to be sullied or
tented? cloud cries of M. never!)
Your spokesman has well said that the
United States never repudiated any obli-
cation that it had by expressed terms or
implication honestly entered into, and
agree with him, as ! am sure tie sreat ma,
jority OF our fellow-citizens everywhere will
agree that il never will. Great applause.)
This is the year to settle for all time that
our national honor cannot be tainted and
will not be tainted (Cries of That's right!
and applause) No State of the Union
ought ever to declare for financial policy
that encourages the violation of contracts.
our circulating medium. 1t should be the
common aim and pride of all that We are
all times to preserve American integrity
and credit and uphold public law Great
cheering.)
THE GRAND OLD RESERVE.
''You come from a section of our State
very near and dear to me. which has been
beginning as standing for the highest type
of American citizenship and the highest
ideals in government (applause) for having
exacted of it's public servants the most
scrupulous regard for good faith and good
morals in every public law and transaction
(applause) and duty devolves upon you
in the pending campaign which l sure
you will. with scrupulous fidelity, perform
TO maintain your high standard of the past.
The grand old Western Reserve is full Of
Ciddrgs, OF Wade, OF Garfield great ap-
plause). and the home OF the most splen-
did republicanism (cheers). the civilization
that mas produced many leaders of Repub
lican thought (applause), who have occu-
pied the very outposts of human liberty
in all the years OF the past. tApplause9
up such a Republican majority in Novem-
her as it has never before recorded (great
cheering) and once more demonstrate its
patriotism and love OF country (Re
newed cheeriug.) Never has the Republic
an cause more clearly appealed to con-
science and intelligence than in this cam
paign. The patriotism for which you are
so Justly celebrated must not be abated.
applause and cries of It won't bei) The
strong clear voice of your eople which
has been heard distinctly in perious
times of the past. must again resound
throughout the Nation in thunder tones for
the truth and justice. and honor. and hon
esty (Cheers) Your glorious past appeals
to YOU to abate no effort because the tide
OF public opinion Sc ms so strongly in your
favor. on the contrary, let this be the
greater inducement for extraordinary ef-
forts, for it will not do this year to win a
mere victory. It must be a victory tri-
umphant enough to. be worthy of the cause
| for which we stand SGreat applause and
cries of Right rghtio
"On the question of protection and free
/ trade you have already made splendid
record IN the decisive campaigns of the