The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-07-08

Him without whose support all we do
il empty and in vain.
Should the people ratify the choice Of
the great Convention for which You
speak, my only aim will be 70 promote
the public good, which, in America, is
always the good Of the greatest number;
the honor Of our country, and the
welfare Of the people.
The questions to be settled in the Ma
tional contest this year are as serious
and important as any great GoverInen-
tai problems that have confronted Us in
the past quarter Of the century. They
commanded our sober Judgment and
settlement free from partisan prejudi-
ees and passion, tene efieiai to ourselves
and belItfing the honor and grandeur
Of the Republic. They touch every III
terest Of our common country. Our
industrial supremacy, our productive
capacity, our business and our COM
mereial prosperity, our labor and its
rewards, our National credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor, and
our splendid free eitizenship-the
birthright Of every Ameriean-are all
involved in the pending campaign, and
thus every home in the land is directly
and intimately connected with the
proper settlement.
Great are the issues involved in the
| coming election and eager and earnest
the people for their rights and de-
examinations. Our domestic trade must
be won back and our idle wOrkingmen
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 off by adj
verse National legislation, reOPened on
fair and equitable terms for cur surplus
agricultural and manufacturing pro-
I ducts.
Protection and ciproeity-twin
measures of true American policy
should again command the earnest en-
Washington. Public confidence must
be resumed, and the skill, the energy,
and the capital Of our country find
ample employment at home, sustained,
encouraged, and defended against the
unequal competition and serious dis
advantages with which they are now
contending. The Government of the
| United States must raise enough money
to meet both its current XICnsCs
and increasing needs. It's revenues
should be so raised as to protect tie
material interests of our people, with
the lightest possible drain upon their
resources, and maintain that high stand
ard of civilization which has distin-
guished our country for more than.a cell
turv of its existence.
The American people hold the nm
ancial honor of our Government ss
sacred a. our flag, and can be relied
upon to guard it with the same sleep
less vigilance. They hold it, preserva-
tion above party fealty, and have often
demonstrated that party ties avail
nothing when the spotless credit of
our country Is threatened. The money
of the United States and every kind or
form Of it, whether of paper, silver or
gold, must be a good a. the best in the
| world. 1t must not only be current at
its full face value at home, but it must
be counted at par in any and every
commercial centre of the globe. The
sagacious and far-seeing policy of the
great men who founded our Govern
ment; the teachings and acts Of Il e
wisest finaneiers at every stage in our
history; the steadfast faith and splendid
achievements of the great party to
which we belong, and the genius and
integrity of our people have always de
manded this, and will ever maintain
it. The dollar paid to the farmer, the
wage-earner, and the pensiOner must
continue forever equal in purchasing
and debt-paying power to the dollar
paid to any Government creditor.
The contest this year wilr not be
waged upon lines of theory and specu-
lation, but in the light Of severe praeti-
cal experience and new and dearly-ae-
quired knowledge
The great body of our citizens know
what they want and what they intend
to have. They know for what the Re
publican party stands and what its re-
turn to power means to them. They
realize that the Republican party be-
believes that our work should be done
at home and not abroad, and every
: where proclaim their devotion to the
principles of Protective Tariff, which
while supplying adequate revenues for
the Government, will restore Ameri-
can production and serve the best in
terests of American labor and develop
ment.
Our appeal, therefore, is not to false
philosophy or vain theorists, but to the
masses of the American peOple-the
plain, practical people whom Lincoln
loved and trusted, and whom the Re
publican party has always faithfully
: ssriven 10 serve.
The platform adopted by the Repub-
lican National Convention has received
my careful consideration and has my
unqualified approval. But you will
not expect me to discuss its provisions
: at length, or in any detail at this time.
IL will, however, be my duty and
pleasure at some futurer day to make
. to you, and through you to the great
, party you represent, Il more formal ae-
ceptanee of the nomination rendered
me.
No one could be more profoundly
grateful than 1 for the manifestations
of public confidence of which you have
so eloquently spoken. The generous
expressions with which you, sir,
convey the official notice OF my NOM
ination are highly appreciated and as
fully reciprocated, and l thank you
and your associates of the Notification
Committee and the great party and
;, Convention at whose instance yoa
come for the high and exceptional dis
tinction bestowed upon me.
When the speakers concluded, the
visitors were presented individually 10
, Governor and Mrs. Mckinley, who
! shook each one by the hand, Hon.
Mark A. Hanna presiding at the eere-