The record-union., 1896-10-19

cnance, ana II they nave not got the
sense to take it, their children may
have.
Now, then, we have got to make our
choice. l want the republic one and
| indivisible. (Great applause.) Then you
| have got to choose between Mckinley
and Bryan. 1t won't take you long to
make up your minds.
II admit that Bryan is honest. If he
was not his intellectual pride would not
allow him to say what he does. He is
honest. He is Populist. a socialist
and a new Democrat (Great laughter)
His head is filled with vagaries and his
brain is q kind of political insane asy-
lum without keeper. Oaughter)
| Mckinley is a trained man. McKin-
ley has a level head. He is sensible,
candid. He is an American in every
drop of his blood. (Applause) He was
| a soldier when Bryan was in his
mothers arms. He was soldier he is
a statesman; he Is the apostle of pro-
lection (applause); he knows the road
that leads to prosperity; he knows the
way to business; and he understands
honorable methods.
"A few years ago he made a speech
at Cleveland on protection and I read
it, one of the few speeches have read
in my life, and it was the best speech
1 ever read or ever heard on the subject
of protection. (Applause) He mar
shaled his facts with as much skill as
Grant or Caesar ever marshaled his
forces in the field. (Applause)
His speech had foundation, proper
ton, and ever since I read 1t I have had
profound respect for the intelligence of
William Mckinley. Applause) He has
made many speeches during this cam
paign. He has made no mistake. He
has not made one that did not add to
his popularity. Applause.) He has
not made one that has not added to
the respect the American people have
for him. (Applause) Shall we take
Mr.. Bryan? (Cries of MOI
Imagine Mr.. Bryan's CabinetLaugh-
teri. For Secretary of State. Ignatius
Donnelly Qaughterl; for Secretary of
War, Tillmani Secretary of the Treas
ury, Coin Harvey Continued laugh
teri; Secretary of the Interior, Henry
George; Attorney General, Governor
Altgeld (great laughter, mingled with
hisses); Secretary of Agriculture,
George Fred Williams; Postmaster,
PETER and his whiskers for Secretary
of the Navy. Coxey Continued laugh
ter and applause). Then he could keep
off the grass.
Then would come the millennium.
The cryptogram and the Bacon cipher
and State laws, free silver single tax
fat money, destruction of banks and
credit, bondholders and creditors
mobbed, courts closed, debts repudiated
and the rest Of the folks made rich by
law Applause)
"I think we had better take McKin-
ley. If he should die, a capable honest
man would take his place (applause)-
Garret A. Hobart. If Bryan should be
elected and he died-imagine sitting in
the seat of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas
Watson Gaughter) That Is enough
to give a patriot the nightmare. Let US
stand by Mckinley.
''You have got to choose between
! PARTIES You have got to choose be-
| tween the Republican party and the
new Democratic party Oh forgot the
third party-yes. Palmer and Buckner.
| Naughter.) Too good to vote for Bry-
al, but not sensible enough to vote for
| Mckinley.
Brother Palmer is a kind of decoy
| duck Qaughter). while his running
mate is a stool pigeon: and they say:
| We want to beat Bryan; vote for us.
And some fellow in the crowd says:
| Do you expect to be elected?'
On no; we are just running to
catch the votes of Democrats who have
rot sense enough to vote according to
their own judgment, according to their
conscience. We want to catch few
petrifactions Qaughter) that want to
| ct; ;nlr TO he Dcn,norofto rfx fo
have it on their tombstones,' Gaugh-
ter.)
why, do you expect to be elected? 2
| No Then, of course, you want Nc
| Kipley elected?'
And poor old Palmer will have to
say, Yes and then the man in the
crowd will say: Why in - don't you
vote for him, then?' Naughter)
I'm 1861 hundreds of thousands of
| Democrats held country above party
| and came to the defense of Lincoln's s
administration. In 1896 we expect hun
dreds and hundreds of thousand of good
| Democrats to come to the support of
Mckinley and honest money.
''The new Democratic party is worse
| than the DID, and that is saying a good
deal for me.
The new Democratic party. with its
allies, the Populists and the Socialists
represents the follies, the mistakes and
absurdities Of a thousand years. They
are in favor of everything that cannot
be done Whatever is is wrong
"They think creditors are swindlers
and debtors who refuse to pay their
debts are honest men. Good money is
had and poor money is good. A prom
ise is better than a performance. They
desire to abolish facts, punish success
and reward failure.
They are worse than the old, and
yet l want to be honest. / am like the
old Dutchman who made a speech in
| Arkansas. He said: Ladies and gen.
tlemen l must tell you the truth. There
are good and bad men in all parties
except the Democratic party, and in
the Democratic party there is bad and
worse
And 1 want to be honest. There are
hundreds and thousands of good patri-
otic Democrats that hold country above
party, and they will vote for Mckinley
ind there are many thousands Of them
in the State of Illinois that will vote fol
John r. Tanner. (Applause.)
you have got to choose between
parties. The Republican party has
been tried in peace and war, and the
history of the Republican party is the
glory of the great Republic. (Applause.)
The Republican party has the en-
thusiasm Of youth and it has the wis
dom of age and besides that it has the
genius of administration.
Stick to the Republican party II
has saved the life of this nation. II
has kept our country on the map OF
/, the world. 1t kept the flag in the air