The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22

steel works at Braddock, Pennsylvania.
The voice of these men Is represent
tive i'm the voice of the natlon. nc!
are men who have passed throuSh q
season of adversely; they nave su'leie9 =
from reduced wages ana from iesseil'.'
hours of work: the savings OF tis pi
dent have melted in the SLOW hre %
enforced idleness. These men nave w
agnOsed their own case cOfrecliN .h'
know what is the matter. luz!
have been prosperous under protet'ioi'
and unprOsperouS under reduced TAI
ifs. They went to an experienced aii''
svmpathetic physician i'll quest Oh
remedial prescription.
They talked to Mckinley ana he AN
swered them i'll fit words:
Il bid you welcome to my city ana
to nv home | can well appreciate WE!
the wOrkingmen of this country shouiu
have deep and profound interest III,
the outcome of the present nauolill
contest. | cannot fail TO remember
that one thing which stands between
your labor and the labor of Europe :
the one thing which stands between
your work shops and the workshops OF
the old world 1t is a wise. PATRIOTIC
American protective policy.
There are two qualities that strive
for Dre-eminence i'll the nature of Ma
jor McKinley-Sound common sen Sc
and unaffected brOtI1erly feeling tow
ard those whom Mr. Bryan delights to
call 1.-The plain common people, as II
they were of a class to which he StOopS
from the height of Il real or suppoSi-
tiOuSly intellectual supremacy but t"
whom and of whom Mckinley always
speaks as my fellow citizens These
two characteristics never have been
more finely displayed than in his ad-
dress to the iron and steel workers. An
ostentatious man would have seized
the opportunity for a display of his
scholarship in economics. and in so do
ing would have multiplied words
without wisdom" The Republican
nominee went right to the root of the
matter in less than twenty words:
I'VE know that the present monetary
standard has not stood i'll the way of
our prosperity in the past" Cries OF
mo. no; free trade haS.'o
The extreme gold men and the eX-
treme silver men alike are in error.
The present monetary standard has
not stood in the way of our prosperity
in the past" Nor will it in the future.
1t is an excellent system; it makes the
silver dollars as good as gold for the
purchase of all things and for the pay
ment of all debts; it prevents the pa
per currency from becoming depreciat-
ed or irredeemable. The Republican
party is pledged to its maintenance.
The Democratic party is pledged to It's
destruction.
After this display of the sOundeSt
quality of sound sense the distinguish
ed host of the visiting >wOrkmen gave
utterance to sentiments of the truest
patriotism and of the most implicit
confidence in the good intent of his
cOuntrymen:
My fellow citizens. it is gratifying
to me to be assured by your spokesman
and my old contradict will be inspir-
ing to the whole country that the
voice of labor here to-day declares that
no party which degrades the honor of
the nation, no party which stands OPP
posed to law and order, or which seeks
to array the masses against the classes
shall receive it's vote and support
Golden words are these. which will
strike chord in every American n3me
Whtlc III INcll anu dHIUpS
I'VE have this year resting upon us
as citizens Il grave responsibility. The
country has never failed or faltered in
the past to meet every crisis. 1t will
not falter or fail now to uphold the
dignity and independence of labor and
the honor and stability of the govern
ment, that it may still further exalt
the American name"
Here is no demagogic fiattery OF 1.-THE
intelligence of the plain common peo-
pie" no shoddy rhetoric upon 1.-The cru
cifixion of labor" but just a manly ap-
peal to the patriotism and good sense
of his fellow citizens and an express
sion of confidence in the exercise of
them at the coming election. Major
Mckinley has done we'll in all his eff
forts, but in his address to the iron ard
steel workers he eXcelled himself
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