Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

waged upon lines of theory and specula-
ton, but in the light of severe practical
experience and new and dearly. ne.
quired knowledge. The great body of
orr citizens know what they want, and
that they intend 10 have. They know
for what the Republican party stands,
and what its return 10 power means TO
them. They realize that the Republican,
party believes that our work should DC
lone at home, and not abroad. and ev-
erywhere proclaim their devotion TO the
principles of n protective tariff, which,
while supplying adequate revenues for
the government, will restore American
production and serve the best interests
of American labor and development.
Appeal TO the Plain People.
"Our appeal, therefore. is not to n
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 Kepub-
lican party has always faithfully striyen
20 serve. The platform adopted by the
Republican national convention has re-
ceived my careful consideration, and has
my unqualified approval. IL Is n matter
of qualification TO me, as | am sure IL
must be TO you, and Republicans every
where, and TO all our people that the eX'
pressions of it's declaration OF principles
are so direct. clear and emphatic. They
are too plain and positive to leave n
chance for doubt or question as to thelr
purport and meaning. But you VIII NOT
expect me to discuss it's provisions a.
length, or in any detail, at this IL
will, however. be my duty and pleasure,
at some future day to make TO you ana
through you TO the great party you. rep
resent a more formal acceptance OF the
nomination rendered me-. No one coulu
be more profoundly grateful than for
manifestations of public confidence OF
which you have SO eloquently spoken.
1T shall be my aim 10 attest this ap-
appreciation by an unsparing devotion
10 what | esteem the best interests OF
the people, and in this work j ask the
counsel and support of you gentlemen
and of every other friend of the country.
The generous expressions with which
YOU, sir, convey the official notice OF my
nomination are highly appreciated and
as fully reciDrocated, and i thank you
and your associates of the notification
committee and the great party and CON
vention at whose instance you come for
the high and exceptional distinction be-
slowed upon me-"
Hon. Garrett A. Hobart-His Statesman
Xix Reply to the Notification
Committee.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: beg 10 extend TO o my
grateful acknowledgements for the very
kind and ilattering terms in which you
convey the formal announcement of my
nomination for Nice-President of the
United States by the Republican nation
al convention Mt st. Louis. | am pro-
foundry sensible of the honor which has
been lone me and through me to the
state in which all my life has been spent,
in my selection as a candidate for this
high office. ] appreciate it the more be
cause il associates me. in n contest which
involves the gravest issues, with one who
represents in his private character and
public career the highest intelligence and
best spirit of his party and with whom
my personal relations are such as TO af-
ford a guaranty of perfect accord in the
work Of the campaign which Is before
us.
1t is sufficient for me TO say at this
time that, cOncurring without other serv-
ices in all the declarations of principle
and policy embodied in the st. Louis plat
form, | accept the nomination rendered
TO me. with a full appreciation of its re-
sponsibilitics and with an honest pur-
pose, in the event that the people shall
ratify thy choices made by the national
convention, to discharge any duties
which may devolye upon me with sole
~ 1T wa kVbhs
Let me add that it will be my earnest
effort in the coming campaign to con-
tribute IN every way possible 10 the sue
cess of the party which we represent
and which TO the important issues of
the time stands for the best interests of
the people. Uncertainty and instability as
TO the money question involves most Sc
rious consequences to every interest and
10 every citizen of the country. The
gravity of this question cannot he over
estimated. There can he no financial
security, no business stability, no real
prosperity where the policy of the gov
IN as to that question is at all a
matter of doubt. Gold is the one stan
dard of value among all enlightened COM
mercial nations. All financial transac-
tons of whatever character, all business
enterprises, all individual or corporate in
vestments are adjusted to ii.
An honest dollar, worth 100 cents ev-
erywhere, cannot be coined out of I3
cents worth of silver, plus q legislative
fiat. Such a debasement of our currency
would inevitably produce incalculable loss,
appalling disaster, and national dishonor.
IL Is fundamental principle in coinage,
recognized and followed by all the states
men of America in the past. and never
yet safely departed from, that there can
be only one basis upon which cold and
silver may he concurrently coined ms
money, and that basis is equality, not in
weight, but in the commercial yalue of
the metal contained i'm the respective
coins. This commercial value is fixed NV
the markets of the world, with which the
great interests of our country are neces.
sarily connected by innumerable business
ties which cannot be severed or ignored
Great and self-reliant as our country Is.
II is great not alone within its own bor,
ders and upon its own resources, but
because ii also reaches out TO the ends
OF the earth in all manifold departments
OF business, exchange and commerce
ana must maintain with honor its stand.
ing and credit among the nations of the
earth. $40
The question admits of no compromise
Ii is a vital principle at stake, but II Is
In no sense partisan or sectional. In con-
Germs all people. Ours, as one Of the
foremost nations, must have n monetary
standard equal 40 the best. Ii Is Of vital
consequence that this question sbould Inc
settled now in such a way as TO restore
public confidence here and eyerywbere
in the integrity Of our purpose. A doubt
of that integrity among the other great
commercial countries of the world will
not only cost us millions of money. but
that which, as patriots, we should treas
ure still more ~highly-our industrial and
commercial supremacy.
My estimate of the value of n nro-
tective policy has been formed Inv tho
| study of the object lesson of n great i'm.
dustrial state extending over a period ~
thirty years. Ii Is that protection not
only builds up important Industries from
small beginnings, but that those and mi
other industries flourish or anguish IN
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