The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
M'KlNLEY THE MAN.
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and gives promise OF that day when it
shall BE entirely lifted and our country
freed financially as IL is politically from
The domination of monarchy and foreign
auiocracy- Any system OF finance which
tends TO depreciate the price of human
productions which We must sell abroad.
but IN so Tar adds 10 the burden of our
debt and conveys a threat Of the per
1eDtor nation 10 the cons mers OF credi-
tOr nations.
TO Us il is a folly without a parallel
that this country Or-Sey political party
therein should deliberately accept
money syGem WITCH enriches others at
our cost History, philosophy. mOral-all
join with the cOmmonest instinct Of self
preservation in demanding that the United
States shall have just and substantially
unNarylng standard composed of all the
available gold and silver, and with it our
country Will progress to financial en-
reimbursement. But with a single gold
standard the country will become the
hewers of wood and the drawers OF wat
er for the consumers in creditor nations
of the earth.
ITO such an unholy end we will not lend
ourselves. Dear as has been the repub-
hcan name to its adherents that name is
not so dear as the faith itself, and we do
not sacrince one jot or little of the mighty
principles by which republicanism has
uplifted the world when We say that at
the parting OF the ways we cling to the
faith. Let the name go where it will.
We hold that this convention has seeded
from the truth; that the triumphs of such
secession would be the eventual destruc>
ton of our freedom and our
civilization. To that end this
people will not knowingly follow any po-
place in the ranks of the great mass OF
citizens who realize that the hour has
come for justice. Did we deem this issue
less important TO humanity we would
yield, since the associations of all our
political lives have been intertwined with
the men and the measures of this party
OF past mighty achievements. But the
people cry aloud for relief They are
bending beneath burden growing
heavier with the passing hours. En-
deavOr no longer brings its Just reward:
fearfulness takes the place of courage
and despair usurps the throne of hope,
and unless the laws of the country and
the policies of the political parties shall
be converted into mediums of redress,
the effect of human desperation may some
time be witnessed here as in other lands
and IN other ages.
Accepting the nat Of this convention as
the present purpose of the party, we with
draw from this convention to return to
our constituents the authority with which
they invested US, believing that we have
better discharged their trust by this ac-
uOn, which restores to them authority UNI
sullied, than by giving cOwardly and in
sincere Endorsement to the greatest wrong
every wilfully attempted within the repub-
Hcan party, once the redeemer of the
people, but now about to become their
oppresSOr, unless prOVidentialy restrained
by the votes of free men,"
When MIR. Cannon had nearly finished
the reading Of the document cries OF
Time, and counter-cries of mo, let him
finish" were raised. The chair again APP
pealed for respectful attention to the pro-
test which, he said, was nearly finished.
AS he read the closing words, declaring
that the republican party, once the re-
deemer of the people, was about to be-
come its OppressOr, a storm Of Kisses and
groans was raised from all parts of the
hail, and cries of Down We're raised.
The chair, with his resonant voice rising
above the tumult, said: The chair sug-
gests to this convention that the republi-
can party in convention assembled, need
not fear any declaration" Here an out
burst of cheers, which lasted several sec
they had subsidized he continued: And
the chair further suggests in the interests
of the republican party, That whatever IS
10 be said within reasonable limits by
those who can no longer remain in our
organization, ought to be listened to with
respectful attention, believing that full
answer to all such declarations will be
made by the great majority of the
Der"
The names of the signers to the protest,
as read by the secretary, were greeted
with Kisses, and a voice N the rear called
out, "Good-by, my lover; good-by," as
Senator Teller and his associates filed out
of the hall, marching down the main aisle.
The whole convention rose and yelled and
waved flags, hats and fans, while the
band played patriotic airs, the assemblage
singing the chorus, Three Cheers for the
Red, White and Blue" to the accompani-