The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-30
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others from Rock Island and Moline, ILL.,.
and Davenport la. Maj. Mckinley said:
You come from three states of the
mighticSt government of earth. You
come repreSemtin" diverse occupations
and varied cmployments. but you come
with single mission: you come with
common purpose. and that purpose is TO
manifest your devotion TO the great prin-
ciple> of the Republican party and your
determination to see that those prlncl-
pies shall triumph on the Sd day of No
Vcmher.
''Iou come because. as your spokeS
men have So we'll said You are interested
in the welfare and prosperity of the
country You love. which YOU believe will
be best subServed by Il Republican vic
tory at the ensuing election. now only
little more than three weeks away. You
have come because You believe i'll pro-
tective tariff luu believe in that great
American policy established at the be
ginning of the government of the United
States. which had the approval of nearly
all the eariy statesmen OF the country
and of the first President of the United
States. George Washington: policy that
has been pursued for more than half the
lifetime of the republic. and during all
the period that it prevailed We enjoyed
the highest prosperity in every enter
prise and undertaking of American peo-
are i'll favor of the supremacy of the
law and because you mean to maintain
Il government by law and under the law
GU are here because you believe in pub
lie and private honesty. and because YOU
do not propose that any part of the pub
lie debt of this country shall be- repudi-
ated in whole or in part.
y ou are here to declare that every
litigation of This government is as sa-
al Il, Ill
he kept and performed You are here
because You want Eo deprcciating or tiuc-
tuatin% currency with which to do your
! business. on are here because you be-
iieve i'll an honest dollar for an honest
government and for an honest man. You
do not want a dollar that is worth less
! thah 100 cents. for you We're taught in
your childhood in these great states that
= an honest dollar had 100 cents in it.
My fellow citizens. the Republican
party Is an inspiration and an education.
Wish every man in this country might
read the first platform that the Repub-
ll"an party ever made rs national party
III 1906 III the city of Philadelphia. /
wish that every young man might read
II. and l wish that every old Repub-
/ iIean might look up the old record and
recall it. 1t reads today more like an
inspired prophecy than the declaration
/ of political OrganiZati 1t declar red
for the unity of the states and the indis-
solubillty of the American Union. 1t
declared for free homes. for free lands.
for free speech. and it declared for
protective tariff. 1t decreed that the two
oceans should be united by rail the At
lantic and the Pacific and every prom
Use that this great platform made has
been kept. How glorious is Republican
triumph. There is not Il page of Repub-
lican history that has been written i'm the
last thlrty-three years that any lover of
humanity. any lover of liberty. any
patriot would strike from the pages of
AMERICAN history today: not one You
can trust the Republican party. for be-
hlnd It Is the great conservative force
OF the country: behind it this year as i'm
the days of the war. is the great patri-
otto heart of the country.
Democrats and Republicans alike.
thank you. my fellow citizens. for this
call. This is not Il party campaign: it
is Il patriotic campaign. 1t is not a
campaign for men: it is a campaign for
, our country. | thank you a thousand
times for the long journey you have
made that yon might testify your devo-
ton to Republican, principles | bid you
GO back home and say to all the people
that Ohio. this splendid old state of NV
birth. will give to these great doctrines
of the Republican party an unprecedent-
I ed ma jority this year