The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-07-01

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 ratlIy |
the choice of the great convention 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 our people.
The questions to be settled In the national
contest this year are us serious and important
as any Of the great governmental problems
that have confronted us In the past quarter OF
q century They command our sober judg-
ment and q settlement free from partisan
prejudice and passion, beneficial to ourselves
and beftting the honor and grandeur OF the
republic. They touch every interest OF our
common country Our industrial supremacy
our productive capacity, our business and COM
mercial prosperity, our labor and Its rewards,
our national credit and currency our proud
financial honor and our splendid free citizen
ship-the birthright of every American-are all
involved in the pending campaign and thus
every home in the land is directly and inti-
mately connected with their proper settle
ment. Great are the issues involved in the
coming election. and eager and earnest the peo-
pie for their right determination. Our domes-
tic trade must be won back and our idle work.
ing people employed in gainful occupations at
American wages. Our home market must be
restored to its proud rank Of first In the world,
and our foreign trade-so precipitately cut OF
by the adverse national legislation reopened
on fair and equitable terms for our surplus ag-
ricultural and manufactured products.
Protection and reciprocity. twin measures OF
a true American policy, should again command
the earnest announcement OF the government
| ut Washington. Public confidence must be re-
| sumed and the skill, the energy and the capital
of our country find ample employmentat at home,
sustained, encouraged and defended against
the unequal competition and serious dlsad-
yantageS with which they are now contending'
| The government OF the United States must
have enough money to meet both It's current
! expenses and increasing needs. Its revenues
| should be so raised as to protect the material
interests of our people with the lightest pos
sible drain upon their resources, and MAINTAIN
that high standard OF civilization which has
distinguished our country for more than CEN
tury OF its existence The income of the gov
ernmcnt, l repeat, should equal its necessary
| and proper expenditures. A failure to pursue
this policy has compelled the government to
borrow money in time Of peace to sustain Its
credit and pay It's daily expenses. This policy
should be reversed and that too, as speedily
as possible. 1t must be apparent to Rll, re-
gardless OF past party ties or affliat!ons, that
1t Is our paramount duty to provide adequate
revenue for the expenditures Of the govern
ment economically and prudently administered
This the republican party has heretofore
done, and this it confidently believes it will do
in the future when the party is again entruste d
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. II sufficient revenues are
provided for the support OF the government
there will be no necessity for borrowing money
and increasing the pubic debt. The complaint
of tho people Is not against the administration
for borrowing money anu issuing bonds to pre-
serve the credit OF The country, but against the
ruinous policy which has made this necessary,
owing to the policy which has been inaugurated
The inevitable effect ef such policy is seen in
the deficiency in the United States treasury
except as it Is rcpenished by loans, and in the
distress of the people who are suffering be-
cause of the scant demand for either labor or
the products Of their labor. Here is the funda-
mental trouble, the remedy for which is re-
publican opportunity and duty,
During all the years OF republican contro
following resumption, there was steady re.
ductiop Of the public debt, while the gold re
, serve was sacredly maintained and our cur
rency and credit preserved without deprecie
ton. saint or suspicion II we would restor,
periey for more than 30 years under the mos
irving conditions ever known in this country
the polcy by which We made and bought NOR,
goods at home and sold more abroad the trad
balance would be quicsly turned in our favo
! and gold would come to US and not go from VI
I'm the settlement OF all such balances in tn
future.
The party that Supplied, by legislation, th
, vast revenues for the conduct of our creates
| war that promptly restored the credit Of thu
, Irountry at its close; that from its abundan
: revenues paid off large share OF the debt in
s,urred in this war, and that resumed speci
payments and placed our paper currency upol
n sound and enduring basis, can DE safel
trusted to preserve both our credit and cur
rency with honor. stability and inviolability
Tho American people hold the financial homo
of our government as sacred as our flag an,
can be relied upor to guard IL with the sam
sleepless vigilance They hold its preservation
above party fealty, and have often demon
' strated that party ties avail nothing when tn
spotless credit OF our country is threatened.
The money of the United States and ever
kind or form OF 1t, whether OF paper, silver O
gold, must be aS good as the best in the world
II must not only be current ut its full fac
=. value, at home. bat it must be counted at pa
in any and every commercial center Of tn
, globe. The SagaciouS and far-seeing policy o
= the great men who founded our government
the teachings ana acts OF the wseSt fnancicr
= at every stage in our history; the steadfas
faith and splendid achievements OF the grea
, party to which We belong and the genius an
: integrity of ourSpeople have always demande
= this and will ever maintain it. The dollar pal
. to the farmer, the wagc-earner and the pen
= sioner must continue forever equal In purchas
!, ing and debt-paying power to the dollar pai
- to any government creditor.
. The contest this year will not be waged upo
:, lines OF theory ald speculation, but in the hgt
of severe practical experience and new an
, dearly acquired knowledge. The great body
= our citizens know what they want and thu
. they intend TO have. They know for what th
a republican party stands and what its return t
= power means to them. They realize that tn
, republican party believes that oar work shoul
. be done at home and not abrezd and every
: where proclaim their devotion 10 the primo
= pie OF protective tariff, which, while supply
a ing adequate rerenues for the government
a will restore American productian and serV
' the best interests Of American labor and dc
velopment Our appeal, therefore, is not to
= false philosophy or vain theorists. but to tn
masses OF the American people--the plail
: practical people whom Lincoln loved an
:, trusted and whom the republican party hasa
= ways faithfully striVen to serve.
> The platform adopted by the republican nu
. tional convention has received my careful cor
n ,sideration and has my unqualified approva
y 1t is matter of qualification to me. as al
4 sure it must be to pou and republicans every
n where and to all Our people, that the expires
!, sions OF its declaration of principles are S
a direct, clear and emphatic. They are too plai
= and positive to leave any chance for doubt c
n eEeStion as to their pGrport and meaning Bu
a yoN will not expect me TO discuss its provision
at length or in any detail at this time 1t viii
however be my duty and pleasure at some fu
ture day to make to you and through you TO tn
great party you represent more formal aC
ceptaace Of the nomination rendered me-