The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01

INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. M.-At the OPEN
ing OF the campaign here last week Albert
J. Beveridge. well known public man.
made the following remarkable speech:
Feflow-ciiizens: 1t Is noble land that
God has given US: land that can feed and
clothe tho world: land whose coast lines
would tncsose half the countries Of Europe;
q land set like q sentinel between tho two
imperial oceans .of the globe: greater
England and q nobler destiny. 1t is .
mighty peone that He has planted on this
soil: people sprung from the most mas
terful blood OF history; people perpetual.y
rev1talixed by the virile workingfolk OF all
the earth: people imperial by virtue Of
their power. by right Of their institutions,
by authority OF their hsaveu-directed pur-
poses, the propagandists and net the misers
OF liberty It rs q glorious history our God
has bestowed upon His chosen people; q
history whose keynote was struck by LIB
erty Bell; history heroic with faith In
our mission and our future; q history OF
statesmen, who flung the boundaries Of tho
republic out into unexplorcd lausfs and
savage wildernesses; q history Of solder1
who carried the flag across blazing deserts
and through the ranks of hostile noun
tainS even to the gates OF Sunset: a his
tory OF multiplying people. who overrun
q continent In half century: a history
divinely logical In the process OF whose
tremendous reasoning we find ourselves to-
day.
Nighty Problems for Ameriea.
Therefore. in this campaign the Question
- larger than a party question, II q an
american question. II Is q world question.
Shall the American people continue their
premacy of the world2 Shall free institu-
tons broaden their hlessed reign - the
children os Hherfy wax Ia strsn9t antil the
the hearts Of al nankindf Have s,s We mo no
our fei.ow-man! Has he Almighty Fsther
and marked u as the people Of His pecu.
Har favor. merely to rot In our own selfsh-
ness, as men and nations nntst who take
cowardice for their companton and self
as Egypt has? Shall we bA ~ the man
who had one talent and hid II. or As he
who had ten talents and sNed them until
the reward that waits on the discharge of
our high duty as the sovereign power OF
earth: shall we occupy new markets for
what our factories make, new markets for
what our merchants sell-aye, and. please
God. new markets for what our chips shah
carry? Shall we avail ourselves os new
or make. 80 that what are luxuries today
will be necessities tomorrow? Shall We
conduct tho mighfiest commerce Of history
with the best money known 70 man. -
shall we use the parper money Of Mexico.
China and the Chicago platform? SHAH
we be worthy OF our mighty past Of prog
done the s spider a, webs " Of sschricalsty to- % % ana
march ever onward upon the highway OF
development. TO the doing OF real deetis, the
achievement Of real things, and the winning
OF real Victories?
An Answer In the Ballot Box.
In \ sentence, shall the American people
indorse at the polls the American adninis-
fration Of william Mckinley which, under
the guidance OF Divine Providence. has
started the republic on its nobIest career
American people rebuke that adminissra-
ton, reverse the wheels OF history halt the
career of the flag and turn to that purpose
less horde OF criticism and carping that n
Shall II be Mckinley sound money and i
worid-conquering commerce.. or Bryan.
Bat.ey. Bland and Blackburn. bastard
treat? In the only foreign war this nation
has had in two generations, will you. the
voters Of this republic and the giiardi.rs
OF its good repute- give ths other nations
OF the world 10 understand that the Amer
4can people do not approve and indoHe the
administration that conducted 1T
These arc the auestlons yoa
must answer NJ the polls, and Z
well know how you Will answer
them. The thunder of Americas
guns nj santiago and MasiIa will
Apd sts answer Ira the approval
Of the voters OF the RepmbIfc.
For the administration of william Mo-
KiBley. in both Tfsce and war. will receive
tho mightiest indor@rnent Of grateful
people ever registered In both peace ana
war. for we rely on the new birth OF pa-
tional prosperity Az well as on the new
birth os rational glory.
Two Years Ago. and Now.
Think OF both. Think OF o4yr country two
years age and shBk OF is sodav.
Two years and more ago American labor
begged for work, today employment calls
fer mlne. factory and field
Tao years and more ago mnuey Ned from
the fingers OF enterprise: today money II
as abundant as demand, ard interest IL ae
the lowest point in all the history of trade.
Two years and more ago bonds were sold /
the nations credit: in 1865. bonds were
Sod 10 the people In ire rrfe ryency of war.
tn rescue the oppressed and redeem -.
nightea lansis.
the natural Laws Of finance: IN 1855. we ex-
port ssayoners In obedience to the natural
law Of liberty
In fss4. the American people fought each
other in strikes ard snsarrects0ns because
Of rnisrrfsergr n1ifsgs born Of the dsspera-
ton Of the times: in 1853 united and resist
less. capitalist and workingrnan, ssde by
side In trench and charge, ih> American
people fought the iass great pirate of the
world. in q var holy as righss0uuuses
ard hasred-maddened men soesHht TO create
classes among the people, declared the de-
cadence Of AnerscAn MANHOOD ARA pro-
claSrnsse fhA beginning of the end AZ thu
revalAics ts,8ay nroyes thai patriots are fhs
team manhnod - ~ yfri.e under Ganfiaxo'o
euu - IL w1e Am1cnE the SHOWS of vo11ey
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