The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-16

or all Americans Abraham Lincoln. Applause and cheerng.) What was the condition of the United States when our opponents left it. You need not to be told You also know that the repub- lican party did not hesitate to srapple the questions and restore the nation to a greater glory than it had ever known before. The republican party reduced the enormous debt that the great civil war occasioned. It gave this nation the best banking system ever known.
 Our commerce reached it's highest point in 1892 You all know that before the election of 1892 all your mills were running. The fire in the forges were burning brightly. It can be safely said that no nation ever had better pros- pect than this nation had before that election. But our opponents told you that there should be a change. Well, you have had the change.
 Now, my friends, all that you have to do is to use your memory and your eyesight What was the condition of the country in 1892? Was not employ ment looking for men? What have we now? Men looking for work and not finding it.
 MT. Bryan says the country is in deplorable condition, but what it made it so? MT Bryan helped to make 1t so by his vote in congress. We propose to create a. protective tariff for our work ingmen and maintain our present sys- tenn oe finance
 ''The trouble with our friends is that they do not appreciate the power to earn. What men want is the power and the chance to earn money
 Every man, woman and child in this country is on every other man, woman and childs hands. There is no curse so great as idleness. We cannot have prosperity in this country until we de- velop our own wealth Our free silver friends do not seem to appreciate this
 -Four years ago the democratic party cried out for free trade. The people believed it and accepted it, but in few brief years they tired of it and the party know that it could not succeed again by giving the American people free trade pill, so they silver-coated it, and I am not sure that the coating is not worse than the pill.
 But MT. Bryan Is a rampant free trader, and you can't have free silver without having free trade.
 'The silver men, say that they are going to increase the circulating medi- um, Do you suppose that gold would remain in circulation if the ratio of 16 to 1 was established
 Suppose MT. Bryan should be elect ed. Why, you know we are a great debtor nation. What would be the con- sequence? England and Germany hold our bonds. How many hours would it be beeore these bonds and securities would be on the way to be redeemed? Why, gentlemen, you would soon have your circulating medium all going out of the country.
 When MT Bryan was nominated he began tour speaking from the rear end of a. train, calling upon the toling masses to rise up against the classes. He talked of men falling among thieves
 But the free silver heresy is not the worse thing that the Chicago platform contains. MT. Bryan and his party condemn the best thing that Grover Cleveland ever did-quell the Chicago riots Now, if the president cannot en- force federal laws, who can? The states cannot. Then they propose to pack the highest tribunal of justice in this nation. If this Is done, where can you and I go as a. last resort?
 Why, friends, we have had three and one-half years of free trade, and I suppose we could stand four years of Bryan's silver policy, but when a na- tion strikes at the foundation of its or ganic law, where can a suffering people turn for aid? There is little hope"
 Congressman Milliken closed with an eloquent appeal to all who wished peace, prosperity and good government to vote for Mckinley and Hobart.
 The Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Stan1- ford was introduced at the close of Congressman MfIliken's address He was greeted with cheering which lasted several minutes. When the applause had ceased MT. Fessenden proceeded to discuss for a. short time the issues of the day. He closed with a strong ap- peal to the voters for their support of the Hon. Lorrin A. Cooke and Congress- man N. D. Sperry.
 The cheering which greeted the names of the candidates for governor and for representative to congress was tremendous and lasted for fully five minutes, to be made more deafening when the names of Mckinley and Ho- bart came clear and distinct from the Stamford orator.
 There was no reception at the league, as was intended, because of the late- ness of the hour. But Chairman Ben- ton invited all to greet Governor Cooke at the capitol next January