The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

the plain people, anu Ill tnlS spOhI@iSous
outpouring has been but welldeserved trib-
= ute to the sterling manhood OF William
Mckinley.
Now, to this mighty chorus the Tippecanoe
Club wishes to add its glsdsome note OF
praise and thanksgiving over the triumph
of our political idol. We are club largely
composed OF young men at that format tive
period OF life when they are wont to select
some one as a model and guide, and several
years ago William Mckinley wss, by common
consent, selected by US all as that model The
great occasions in our clubs history have been
the banquets at which William Mckinley Jr.
was present and addressed us. We have lived
near Governor Mckinley, have often seen him
and heard him speak, and with fond admira-
ton have followed his private and public life
and have profound love and respect for him.
We look to him as our leader, and have ever
been ready TO go where he sent or follow
where he led us. We cannot but love man
who has never been led by political rainbows
TO follow strange gods, but has ever been true
to his political faith and always kept incense
burning at the altar of protection, through
whose fayors alone can a sure and lasting
prosperity come to our country. Had victory
not been given at st. Louis we should still have
loved and admired jor Mckinley, but as he
was triump phant there we now feel called upon
for renewed efforts to make secure, if possible,
that the triumph at st. Louis may be followed
by an equally sweeping victory in November.
AS President OF the United States William Nc
Kinley will walk into broader life, but we
know he viii still be guided by the same noble
aims and high purposes which have controlled
him hitherto.
AS he has been an inspiration to the young
men of the Tippeesnoe Club so will he be an
inspiration to the young men of the Nation,
both those now living and those who shall
read the story of his life, They will find him
good and upright citizen in everyday life,
careful, faithful, industrious man, loyal SOL
d1er in times of war, profoun statesman in
times of peace, devoted to principle, believer
in America for Americans and 8 champion of
protection more pers evering and successful
than any of our great leaders living or dead.
We of the Tippecanoe Club love him and long
for the day when we can greet him as Presi-
dent William Mckinley.
Mr.. WoIcott was followed by General C.
H. Grosvenor. General Grosvenor's fame
as Mckinley worker had gone before
him and he was given a cordial welcome.
The chairman introduced him as the rec
ognized leader of the Republican House
of Representatives. Speaking of the is
sues of the cam paign General Grosvenor
said:
1.-THE Republican Convention at ST.
Louis did not abandon any of the tenets
of its ancient political faith. Nor did it
announce any new doctrine. 1t stands to-
day, as shown by Its platform. where it
stood from 1861, all along the shining path
way it has journeyed.
"Bear in miEd, it was the Republican
party which enacted the law authorizing
the issue of the greenback dollar and pro-
claimed as the solemn purpose OF the
country that the greenback should be a
demand upon the treasury for dollar as
good as the dollar of the best and richest
country on earth. 1t was the Republican
party which redeemed that promise and
gave dollar in gold to the holders OF each
dollar of their money.
1.-THE silver question now soon to be a
National issue between the men of sound
money ideas and the Populistic fifty-cent
dollar advocates is a convenient mark to
hide behind by the party which, coming
into power in 1898, proceeded to destroy
the industries of the country and plunge
the treasury into insolvency. That is the
real issue of this campaign. The answer
to this question and issue will come from
the people. The people always settle the
real issues. The people have decreed that
we shall raise money sufficient to main
tain our treasury, and that we shall not
borrow it from Europe
Hon. James H. Hoyt of Cleveland fol-
lowed General Grosvenor. His speech was
the most humorous of the day, and was
heartily applauded.
Charles Emery Smith was most heartily
greeted when the chairman introduced
him as the friend of Blaine, Garfield, Har-
rison and Mckinley. Mr.. Smith, among
other things, said:
81 congratulate you upon the supreme
honor which comes TO the man whom you
in your love and faith have given 10 pub
lie life, and I congratulate him upon the
personal devotion and long and loyal sup
port of such people as see before me- No
man can hold the continued fidelity of
such people without being worthy OF the
broadest trust. This earnest and high
minded community represents and reflects
the intelligence, judgment and patriotism
of the great American people. To preserve
the full and constantly growing confidence
of such a constituency requires service of
the highest standard, and is itself. the
pathway and the title to the confidence of
the whole country. The rulers of the
Republic have for the most part sprung
from such communities. The Lincolns,
the Grants, the Garfelds, the Blaines, the
Harrlsons have met the highest demands
of the Nation because they have grown up
with the flavor of the soil and in close
touch with the plain people.
ITO this immortal roll of peoples leaders.
Major Mckinley comes by the right OF a
popular choice and anointment unsur-
passed in all our history. The future
years will look back to the convention of
1896 with admiration and gratitude for its
courage, its high spirit and its unhinching
action It was the bravest of all conven-
tions in the history of the party and the
truest in its direct reflection of the peo-
pies will" !"
The last speaker, save Mckinley, was
the brilliant young orator who has sue
ceeded him in Congress, Hon. Robert w.
Taylor. Mr.. Taylor declared that the
Democrats are trying to direct attention
from the real issue by talk about an I'M
aginary one. We had, he maintained, the
same currency and currency legislation in
1880, 1891 ard 1892, and We were prosper