The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-19


pure heart and a patriotic purpose.
His God-given powers. are consecrated
to the advancement and renown of his
own country and to the uplifting and
ennobling of his own countrymen. He
has the courage of his convictions and
cannot be tempted to WOO success or
overt defeat by any sacrifice of prin-
ciple or concession to popular clamor-
In the hour OF Republican disaster.
when other leaders were excusing and
apologizing, he stood steadfastly by
that grand legislative act which bore
his name, confidently submitting his
case to the judgment of events, and
calmly waiting for that
TRIUMPHANT vINDIcATION.
whose laurel this convention is i'm
patient to place upon his brow.
Strengthened and seasoned by long
congressional service; broadened by
the exercise of important executive
powers: master of the great economic
questions of the age; eloquent, single
hearted and sincere, he stands today
the most conspicuous and commanding
character of this great nation; divine
ly ordained as believe for a great
mission. TO lead this people out from
the shadow of adversely into the sun
shine of a new and enduring prosper
ity.
Omnipotence never sleeps. Every
great crisis brings a. leader. For every
supreme hour providence finds man.
The necessities of 1896 are almost as
great as those of 1861. True, the enc
mics of the nation have ceased to
threaten with the sword and the con-
stitutions of the United States no lon
ger tolerates that shackles shall fret
the limbs of men; but free trade and
free coinage hold no less a menace to
American progress than did the armed
hosts of treason and rebellion. If the
voice of the people is indeed
THE VOICE OF GOD,
then Mckinley is the complement of
Abraham Lincoln. Yea, and he will
issue a new emancipation proclama-
ton to the enslaved sons Of toll and
they shall be lifted up into the full en-
joyment of those privileges. advan-
tages and opportunities that belong of
right 10 the American people.
Under his administration we shall
command the respect of the nations of
the earth; the American flag will never
be hauled down; the rights of .-Amert-
can citizenship will be enforced; abun-
dant revenues provided; foreign mer-
chardise viii remain abroad; our gold
be kept at home; all governmental OBJ
legations scrupulousiy kept, and on the
escutcheon of the republic will be in
delibly carved the American policy
Protection, reciprocity and sound
money"
My countrymen, my countrymen, let
not your hearts be troubled.
THE DARKEST HOUR
is just before the day. the morning OF
the twentieth century will dawn bright
and clear. Lift up your hopeful faces
and receive the light; the Republican
party is coming back to power and
William Mckinley will be president OF
the United States.
| In an inland manufacturing city, on
election night, November, 1894, after
the wires had confirmed the news OF
a sweeping Republican victory, two
workingmen started to climb to the
top of a great smokeless chimney.
That chimney had been built by this
| invitation and upon the promise of Re
! publican protective legislation. In thf
factory over which it lowered was en-
ployed twice a thousand men. Its
mighty roar had heralded the pros
! per:,ty of a whole community. 1t ha6
stood as a cloud by day and pillar of fir
by night for a busy, industrious, happy
/ people. Now, bleak, blackened, voice
/ less and disma1ltled like
! A GRIM SPECTRE OF EVIL,
it frowned down upon the hapless city
where poverty, idleness. stagnaitior
! and want attested the complete disas'
/ ter of the free trade experiment.
l. Up and up, and up, they climbed
watched by the breathless multttuds
below Up and UP and UP until at las
they stood upon it's summit; and there
| in the glare of the electric light, cheer
! ed by the gathering thousands they
unfurled and nailed an American flag
| Down in the streets strong men weep
the happy tears of hope, and mothers
! lifting up their babes, invoked the
blessing of the flag; and then Smpas
| stoned lips burst forth in song-sht
/ hallelujah of rejoicing hosts, the Nigh
! ty boon-a peoples joy. That song thu
enthusiastic millions sing as yet
"Hurrah, hurrahl We sing the jubilee,
Hurrah. hurrah, the flag that makes
free.
So we sing the chorus from the noun
tain to the sea,
Hurrah for Mckinley and protection.
Over the city that free flag waves
caressed by the passing breeze, kissed
! by the silent stars, and there the frs
| glad sunshine of the morning fell up
| on it luminous and lustrous with th'
| tidings of Republican success.
on behalf of these stalwart work
men and all the vast army of Ameri
can toilers; that their employment ma!
/ be certain, their wages just, their dol
! lars the best of the civilized world, OF
behalf of that dismantled chimney ane
the deserted factory at its base; thai
| the furnaces
MAY ONCE MORE FLAME,
the mighty wheels revolve, the whistles
scream. the anvils ring, the spindle'
/ hum; on behalf of the thousand cot
/ tages round about and all the hum
/ BILE homes of this broad land; thai
comfort and contentment may agar
abide, the f1reside glow, the wome1
sing, the children laugh; yes, and OF
behalf of that American flag, and al
it stands for and represents: for th'
honor of every stripe, for the glory o
every star: that its power may fill thu
earth and it's splendor span the sky
! l ask the nomination of that loya
American, that Christian gentleman
| soldier. statesman, patriot, William
| Mckinley.
Mr. n. H. Alexander also seconded
the nomination of Mckinley as fol
| lows:
Mr.. President and gentlemen of tn
convention:
In behalf of the Republicans of Ala
! bama, desire to second the nomina
4 ton of Major William Mckinley.
would be presumption, the most arrc
CANT and reprehensible. on the part c
/ and southern delegate, to attempt
| dictate OF influence the nomination c
national Republican standard bearel