Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-10-27
ONE DAY AT CANTON
Continued from First Pags.


others from Rock Island and Moline, Ill,
and Davenport. la. Maj. Mckinney said:
'.You come from three states OF tne
mightiest government OF eafth. iou
come representing diverse occupations
and varied employments, but you come
with single mission; you come Win
common purpose, and that purpose IS TO
manifest YOUR devotion to the great prih-
ciples of the Republican party and your
determination 10 see that those primer"
ples shall triumph on the Sd day OF NO
vember.
"You come because, as your spokes,,
men have so well said, you are interested
in the welfare and prosperity OF tne
country you love, which you believe VIII
be best subserved by q Republican VIC
tory Mt the ensuing election, now only
little more than three weeks away. You
have come because you believe In pro.
tective tariff. You believe In that great
American policy established at the be-
Ginning of the government of the United
States, which had the approval OF nearly
all the early statesmen of the country
| and of the first President of the United
| States, George Washington; q policy that
| has been pursued for more than half the
| lifetime Of the republic, and during all
| the highest prosperity in every enter
| prise and undertaking of American peo-
| ple. You have come here because you
| are in favor of the supremacy OF the
| law and because you mean to maintain
| a government by law and under the law
You are here because you believe in pub
lie and private honesty, and because you
do not propose that any part OF the pub
| lie debt of this country shall be repudi
ated in whole or in part.
"You are here TO declare that every
obligation of this government is rs sa
cred as its flag, and that obligation shall
he kept and performed. You are herr
because you want no depreciating or huc
tuating currency with which to do you
business. You are here because you be
lieye in an honest dollar for an homes
government and for an honest man. fo'
do not want dollar that 10 worth les
than 100 cents, for you were taught IL
your childhood in these great states tina
an honest dollar had 100 cents In it.
my fellow citizens, the Republican
party is an inspiration and an education
| wish every man in this country nigh
read the first platform that the Reput
lican party ever made as national part
in 1856 in the city Of Philadelphia.
wish that every young man might rea
1t. and l wish that every old Reput
! lican might look up the old record an
recall it. II reads today more like a
inspired prophecy than the declarati0
of a political organization. 1t declare
for the unity of the states and the fndi:
solubility Of the American Union.
declared for free homes, for free landi
: for free speech, and it declared for
. protective tariff. 1t decreed that the tw
oceans should be united by rail, the A
lantic and the Pacific, and every prom
Use that this great platform made bs
been kept. How glorious is Republka
triumph. There is not page of Repu'
| lcan history that has been written in Il
.. last thirty-three years that any lover I
humanity, any lover of liberty, an
patriot would strike from the pages I
American history today; not Que. lG
can trust the Republican party, for
. hind il is the great conservative for'
!. of the country; behind it this year, as
: the days of the war, Is the great patl
: otto heart of the country.
n Democrats and Republicans alike,
h thank you, my fellow citizens, for IN
4 CALL This is not a party campaign;
l. is patriotic campaign. 1t is not
q campaign for men: il Is a campaign I
y our country. I thank you thousal
o times for the long journey you ha
e made that you might testify your dey
h ton to Republican principles. ! bid y
e go back home and say to all the peoI
that Ohio, this splendid old state of u
4. birth, will give to these great doctrin
a of the Republican party an unprecedei
4 ed majority this year.