The San Francisco call., 1896-06-19

IT is not merely the Presidency which is set
before US as the prize. The prosperity of the
country, the protection of our industries, the
soundness of our currency and the National
credit are all staked on the great iss ne to be
decided al the polls next November. Upon US
rests the duty of rescuing the country from the
misery into which it has been plunged by
three years of Democratic misrule
To drive the Democrats from power is the
hrst step and the highest duty, but we shall
triumph in vain, and in our turn shall meet
heaVy punishment at the hands of the people
II we do not put our victory to right uses.
Sucn Crisis as this cannot be met and dealt
with by shouts and enthusiasm. We must face
IL as our fathers faced slavery and disnnion-
with grim determination to win the battle,
ana, that done, to take up our responsibilities
In the same spirit with which we won the
night. Now, as then, we can hope to succeed
only by the most strenuous endeavor; and
now, as then, everything depends upon the ad-
mlnlstration we place in office.
We want President who will meet this
situation as Lincoln met that of 1S61-wfth
the chiefs OF the Republicans about him and
Win party aid people at his back.
we want President who on the 5th day OF
next March will summon Congress in extra
session and. refusing to make appointments or
to deal with patronage, will say that all else
must wait until Congress sends to him tariff
which shall put money in the treasury and
wages in the pockets of the American working
men.
We want President who will protect at all
hazards the gold reserve of the treasury, who
will see to it that no obligation of the Govern
ment is presented which is not paid in what
ever coin the creditor chooses to demand, and
VINO Will never forget that the nation which
pays with honor borrows with ease.
we want man who will guard the safety
and dignity of the Nation at home and
abroad, and who will always and constantly
be firm and strong IN dealing with foreign
nations, instead OF suddenly varying a long
course OF weakness and Indifference with q
convulsive spasm of vigor and patriotism.
Above all, we want man who will lead his
party and act with it and who will not by
senseless quarrels between the White House
and the Capitol reduce legislation and execu-
tion alike to imbecility and failure.
Such is the man we want for our great Office
in these bitter times, when the forces of dis
order are loosed and the wreckers with their
false lights gather at the shore to lure the ship
OF state upon the rocks. Such man fit for
such deeds l am now to present to you. He
needs no praise from me, for he has proved his
own title to leadership. From what he is and
what he has done we know what he can do
For twenty years, in victory and defeat, at the
head of great ma ajorities and OF small minori-
ties alike, he has led his party in Congress with
power which no man could dispute and with
an ability which never failed.
have seen him with a maddened opposi-
tion storming about him carry through that
great reform which has made the House of
Representatives the strong and efficient body
it is to-day. have seen him during the past
winter guide a great majority SO that they
have met every demand put upon them, and
made no errors which could burden the Re-
publican party in the campaign before u.s.
Before the people and in the House he has
ever been the bold and brilliant champion of
the great Republican policies which, adopted,
have made US prosperous; and, abandoned,