Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-19


now. Few men will criticise the first
portion of the address. Gov. Oglesby,
a personal friend of Lincoln, and the
war governor Of Illinois, praised it in
the highest terms. The latter part ot
the address certainly commends itself
to Republicans The Governor read
from an address made by Lincoln in
1S43 on the tariff question. The coun'
try at that time faced an emergency
for several years the revenues Of the
government had been unequal to the
expenditures aud consequently loan
upon loan had been made, and Ma
tional debt created, with rapidity
which Lincoln declared to be fearful
to contemplate, and only reasonably
to be expected in time of war Nc
Kinley said that ,hjs words read as il
written for the living present, not for
the forgotten past, and every sentence
that he quoted from the address made
more than fifty years ago, was received
with great applause by men who felt
themselves to be face to face with a
similar emergency today. Bringing
Lincoln up to date" Mckinley de-
clared that the platform of 1896 might
we'll reaffirm the Lincoln platform of
1860 on the SUBJECT of protection. 1t is
as follows:
''Resolved, that the history of the
nation during the last four years has
fully established the propriety and
necessity of the organization and per-
petuation of the Republican party and
| the causes which called it into exist
ence, are permanent in their nature
and now more than ever before, de-
mand it's peaceful and constitutional
triumph.
Resolved, that while providing rev.
enue for the support of the general
government, by duties on imports,
sound policy requires such an adjust
ment of these imports as to encourage
the industrial interests of the whole
country, and we comend that policy
of national exchanges which secures to
the working man liberal wages, to ag-
riculture, rennmerative prices, to me-
chanics and manufacturers, adequate
reward for their skill, labor and enter
prise, and to the nation, commercial
prosperity and independence"
Upon the money question Mckinley
declared that the republican party
would as soon think of lowering the
flag of our country as to contemplate
with patience or without protest and
opposition, any attempt TO degrade or
corrupt The medium of exchanges
among our people"
He also said that the Republican
party proposes to make the campaign
next year upon its own ground not up
on the ground of its opponents. The
sporadic outbursts of patriotic favor
for rights in foreign countries should
! not divert from the main question that
party which for forty years has
steadfastly maintained those rights at
home and abroad" Nor should any
side issue upon which a hue and cry
may be raised obscure the issue upon
which the Democratic party has been
wrecked.
"Throughout the entire address the
audience manifested their approval,
but especially when Lincoln was com
mended for listening to the voice of
the people and accepting their guild
ance, the response was instantaneous
and continues; the feeling among Nc
Kinley's listeners being that the voice
of the people in Republican ranks to-
day calls upon him to lead in the com
ing fight. The sentiment quoted, "a
profound common sense is the highest
genius of craftsmanship" also elicted
hearty and immediate applause for
Mckinley is regarded as the apostle of
common sense.
The dramatic incident of the even.
ing was furnished by the presence of
the venerable Richard j. Oglesby, the
war governsr of Illinois, and the per-
sonal friend of Lincoln. After the last
opCCSii oi IuC prog RAIN Hdu Utcu ldue,
the audience would not disperse until
this man, who for many years led the
Republican party in his state, had re-
sponded to the call. Uncle Dick" as
he is affectionately called, is now ap.
preaching his eightieth year. He is a
man of commanding presence and his
firm and kindly face is true index of
a strong and exalted character. His
response to the call showed him to be
an ''old man eloquent" His diction
was as strong and clear as it ever
could have been, the continuity of his
address was unbroken and the un-
quenchable fire of his eloquence burned
as brightly as of yore. His reference
to the early hardships and sufferings
of Lincoln were touching in the ex-
treme, and nothing could be more in
spring than his comments on Lincoln's
achievements Old Uncle Dick, how
ever, does not live in the past and not
one of the speakers of the. evening
spoke more clearly the sentiments of
that audience on questions of today
than did the old war horse han bo