Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
True and Honest.

The Mckinley and Hobart club OF
Knoxville, Allegheny county visited Nc
kinney at Canton, last Thursday. John
Eberhart, president of the club and form
er president OF the glassworkers' union
of Knowxsille, acted as spokesman, and
d id well; and Mckinley answered as fol-
lows:
"Mr. Eberhart and my fellow-citizens
i am glad indeed to meet and greet the
Knoxville Mckinley and Hobart Repub-
lican club in this city and at my home,
and I thank you most cordially for trav-
cling so long distance to express your
personal good will to me and your devo-
ton to the great principles Of the Repub-
lican party.
"You are right, Mr., Spokesman, in
saying that the Republican party stands
now, and it has always stood, for a
sound and stable currency and for the
maintenance of all its money OF every
kind at parity and always equal to the
best money Of the most civilized nations
Of the earth. [Applause.] A depreciat-
ed currency, as you have 50 well said,
would work disaster to the interests OF
the people, and to none more than those
Of the workingmen and producers. Long
wears ago Daniel Webster said that they
were tie first to feel it and the last to re-
cover from it. "a disordered curreucy,
said he, is fatal to industry, frugality
and economy. It fosters the spirit Of
speculation and extravaganza. II 10 the
most efectual of inventions to fertilize
the rich mans field with the sweat Of the
poor mans brow
THAT which we call money, my fell
low citizens, and with which values are
measured and settlements made, must be
as true as the bushel which measures TIE
grain Of the farmer, and as honest az the
hours OF labor which the man who tolls
is required to give" Loud applause. p
Zone must be az full and complete and
as honest as the other. [Applause. our
currency to-day is good-all of it as good
as gold-and il is the unfaltering de-
termination of the Republican party to
SO keep and maintain it forever.
lCheers.1 1t is the duty Of the people
Of this country to stand united against
every effort to degrade our currency or
debase our credit. tCries of They
WILL They must unite now, as they
have united in the past in every great
crisis of our country's history. When
the country seemed wildly bent on in
hation preceding the resumption Of specie
payments, the sober sense OF the Ameri-
can people without regard to party unit
ed and stemmed that threatened tide of
irredeemable paper money and repudia-
ton and placed and kept the nation on
the rock Of public honor, sound finance
and honest currency.
"You have rightly stated, sir, that the
Republican party not only believes IN
sound money and the highest public
faith and honor on the part OF the gov.
ernment of the United States to all its
creditors, but also that il believes in a
tariff which while raising enough money
to conduct the government economically
administered, will serve the highest and
best interests Of American labor, Ameri.
can agriculture, American commerce and
American citizenship. [cheering. Some
of our political opponents arc given tc
saying that the tariff question is settled.
II we are not wrong in interpreting their
meaning. we think they are right laugh
teri. aud thank them for the confession.
i've believe that the taiif question il
settled-scttled in the minds and hearts
of the American people, and settled or
the side Of protection. Tremendous
cheering. But however firmly it may
be settled in the public mind, it is moi
yet settled in public law. What is in
the hearts and consciences Of the people
touching any public question is not ef-
fective until IL is written in public stat
ute, and this can only be done through
the exercise of the elective franchise in
the choice of Congress of the United
States which makes our public laws. Nc
one. take it, will regard the present
tariff law as last and final settlement oi
the question. Whatever may be oui
differences about the economic principle
upon which tariff legislation should be
made, all agree that the present tariff
law is a failure even as a revenue meas
ure.
80, without discussing the principle
Of free trade or protection, everybody
must appreciate that no law is settle
ment which creates very month de.
fciency in the public treasury. Loud
applause and cheering. The people oi
this country are not satisfied with such
an enactment and will not be satisfied
until public law shall express the pub
lie will in a statute which will provide
adequate revenues for the needs Of the
government, full security for its credit
and ample protection to the labor, capi
tai and energy Of the American people
[Applause. / thank you, my fellow
citizens, for this friendly call, and | as
sure you that II will give me pleasure tc
meet each and every one Of you person
ally" Tremendous applause and cheer
ingl.
After the speeches there was singing
by glee CLUB and music by the band,