Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-11
McKtnley's Resnouse

Canton, o., June Ex-senator Thurs
ton n Gentlemen OF the Notification
Committee of the Republican National
Committee: To be selected as their
presidential candidate by a great party
convention, representing so vast a num-
Der OF the people OF the United States Is
a most distinguished honor, for which
would not conceal my high apprecla-
ton, although deeply sensible of the
great responsibilities OF the trust and
my inability TO "a them without the
generous and constant support OF my
fellow countrymen. Great as the honor
conferred. equally arduous and import
ant IL the duty imposed, and in accept
Ing n I assume the other, relying upon
the patriotic devotion OF the people to
the best interests OF our beloved coun-
try and the sustaining care and aid Of
Him, without whose support all we do
Is empty and vain. Should the people
ratify the choice OF the great owen
ton for which you speak, my only aim
will be to promote the public good.
MIC in America Is always the good Of
the greatest number, the honor OF our
country and the welfare of the people.
The questions to bo settled in the ma
tional contest this year are as serious
and important as any of the great gov
ernmental problems that have c~onfron-
ted us In the past quarter of a century.
They command our sober judgment and
a settlement free from partisan preJu-
dice and passion, beneficial to ourselves
and BETTING the honor and grandeur Of
he republic. They touch every inter-
est of our common country.
Our industrial supremacy, our pro-
ductive capacity, our business and COM
mercial prosperity, our labor and Its re-
wards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and our
splendid free citlzenship-the b.rthright
of every Amerlcan-are involved in the
pending campaign, and thus every
home in the land Is directly and intl-
mately connected with their proper set
Element. Great are the issues involved
In the coming election and eager and
earnest the people for their right deter
mination. Our domestic trade must be
won back, III idle working people en-
ployed In gainful occupations at Ameri-
can wages. Our home market must be
restored to it's proud rank OF first in the
world, and our foreign trade, so precipi-
lately cut Off by adverse national legis-
latlon, reopened on fair and equitable
terms for our surplus agricultural and
manufacturing products. Protection
and reciprocity. twin measures of a true
American policy. should again command
the earnest encouragement of the gov
eminent at Washington. Public conf
dence must By resumed and the skill. the
energy and the capital OF our country
find ample employment at home. sus-
tanned, encouraged and defended
against the unequal competition and
serious disadvantages with which they
are now contending. The government
Of the United States must raise enough
none to meet both Its current expen-
SEES and increasing needs. Its revenues
should be SO raised as to protect h ma
terial interests of our people. with the
lightest possible drain upon their re-
sources, and maintain that high stand
ard OF civilization which has distin-
gulshed our country for more than q
century OF Its existence. y
Government Income.
The income of the government. ! re-
peat. should equal its necessary and
proper expenditures. A failure to pur-
q this policy has compelled the gov
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