Middletown transcript., 1900-03-24

the unselfsh patriotism and po-
litical sagacity with which VIII
liam Mckinley has discharged,
under circumstances Of excep-
tional difficulty, the highest re-
sponsibilities and arduous duties
Of the Presidential Office, and we
demand his denomination to the
Presidency by the National Con-
vention which is to meet in June.
Eve therefore instruct our
delegates to the National Con-
vention to cast the entire vote OF
Delaware, first, last and all the
time, for William Mckinley, OF
Ohio, as our candidate for Presi-
dent.
Levi G. Bird, Esq, was the
first to speak to the resolutions.
His eloquent, patriotic address
should be read by every voter in
the State. Especially should
every laboring man who recalls
with a never-to-be-fo forgotten an
guish the hard times of the last
Democratic Administration, read
the admirable analysis Of party
policies by Mr.. Bird.
Mr.. Bird traced the history Of
the party, and in speaking Of the
Administration Of President Nc
Kinley, among other things, said:
"The future historian in deal
ing with the Administration Of
William Mckinley, seeking only
the light of truth and stripped
of partisan bigotry, dealing as
historians must, of necessity,
deal with precise facts, and exact
conditions without the fervor OF
passion on the one side, or the
glow of admiration upon the
other, rid Of all iealousies, envy
and preiudices, will chronicle il
as an Administration of becom-
ing dignity, Of the highest in
| tegrity and Of most patriotic
purposes. And pray, WhathigEer
encomium can history bestow
| upon the life Of any service to
the government? With it's birth,
it's very dawn into existence, il
found itself in possession of a
worse than crippled financial
policy, a dissatisfied people, labor
at a complete stand still, conf.
dence entirely shaken, capital
stored and hidden by reason Of
| the lack of such confdence-de.
vices innumerable to coin money
that was not money, and to make
a dollar not of merit and value,
but a legislative dollar, stamped
with a lie upon it's face. Such
we're some Of the conditions ex-
listing when, in March, 1897,
the Republican party resumed
its place in the nation. Its effect
was electrical. Confidence re-
turned; the wheels of industry
slowly, but steadily began to
move. The laborer and the
artisan woke from a heretofore,
unknown lethargy; the loom and
the anvil echoed to each other in
busy activity; the light Of the
forge and the furnace once more
brought peace and happiness to
the mountain homes Myfriends,
turn your minds back to those
| frightful days during the conven-
| ton which met in Chicago and
| nominated Mr.. Bryan. No mo-
| ment Of time in the history Of
this country, not even the dark
est days Of the civil war can
| equal the doubt, the fear that
| overwhelmed this land - days
and nights Of horrible suspense.
Revived memories of France and
the throes of that terrible revo-
luton, with the scenes of blood
shed, which have ever beggared
description communism, social
ism, free silverism, middle-of-
the -roadism, classism, and every
other ism that the rawlings Of a
| sordid mind, debauched intellect
could conceive, banded together
hand in hand to build up that
which was false and unstable,
against that which was perman-
ent and true. Down with the
rich, as though that would build
up the poor, Down with the rail
roads, as though the stage coach
could take their place. Down
with the corporations without
prescribing the medicine to cure
| their evil effects. Everything
that was evil, corrupt, passionate
and unlawful congregated to
pour out the walls of their wrath
against the government, against
sound money, against the com
panionship Of labor and capital
1t was a convention stormed and
carried by evil thoughts, wild
imaginations, bitter denuncia-
tions and unjust accusations.
Thank God it has passed away.
It is dead. It is buried. I have
only spoken thus long Of that
event that you may better ap-
preciate the conditions that ex-
listed when Mr.. Mckinley took
the oath Of his high Office.
Look, my friends, and let your
kindly vision remain for a while
in comparison upon the days lot
ascension to power, and the last
two years of his Administration.
PICTURE OF PROSPERITY.
| "What a picture it presents
| RAILING UnrkSh0nS wasting in,