Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-19
HEARS HIS COUNTRY'S CALL.

HEARS HIS COUNTRY'S CALL.
President Mckinley omeialIy Notified Of
His Nomination.
President Mckinley was Thursday
officially notified OF his second nominal
alton by the Republican party for tho
highest Office in the gift of the republic.
He responded as follows:
Have those to whom was confldod the
| direction of the government kept their
pledgesP The record Is made up. The
people are not unfamiliar with what has
been accomplished. The gold standard
has been reaffirmed and strengthened,
The endless chain has been broken and
the drain upon our gold reserve no longer
frets us. The credit of the country has
been advanced TO the highest place among
A tariff which protects American labor
and industry and provides ample reve-
nues has been written In public law. Tho
worlds markets have been opened to
American products, which go now where
have prosperity at homo and prestige
abroad.
Threat of 1896 Renewed.
Unfortunately, tho threat Of 1896 has
just been renewed by the allied parties
without abatement or modification. The
gold bin has been denounced and its re-
peal demanded. Tho menace Of 10 to 1,
therefore, still hangs over us with all its
dire consequences to credit and conf
dence, to business and industry. The
enemies OF sound currency are rallying
their scattered forces. The people must
once more unite and overcome the advo-
Gates of population and must not relax
their energy until tho battle for public
honor and honest money shall again tri-
umph.
Not satisfied with assaulting the cur
rency and credit If tho government, our
political advcrsaries condemn the tariff
law enacted at tho extra session Of con-
gross In 1897, known as the Dingley act,
passed in obedience to the will OF the peo-
pie Mt the election Of tho previous Novem-
Der; n law which ut once stimulated our
Industries, opened the idlo factories and
mines and gave To the laborer and to the
farmer fair returns for their toll and In
vestment. Shall we go back to tariff
which brings deficiency In our revenues
and destruction to our industrial enter
prisesp
Things Not ON the Bill.
Some things have happened which were
not promised, nor even foreseon, and our
purposes I'm relation to them must not be
left I'm doubt. A just war has been waged
for humanity and with 1t have como now
problems and responsibilities Spain has
been elected from tho western hemisphere
and our flag floats over its former terri
tory. Cuba has been liberated and our
guarantees To its people will be sacredly
| executed. A beneflcent government has
been provided for Porto Rico. The Philip
pines are ours and American authority
must be supreme throughout the archi-
pelago. There will be amnesty broad and
liberal, but no abatement of our rights,
no abandonment Of our duty.
There must DO no scuttle policy. We
will ful1ll in tho Philippines tho obliga-
tions imposed by the triumphs of our
arms and by the treaty of peace, by inter-
national law, by tho nations sense of
honor, and moro than all, by the rights,
interests and conditions Of the Philippine
peoples themselves. No outside interfer-
ence blocks the way to peace and q stable
government. The obstructionists are
here, not elsewhere. They may postpone,
but they cannot defeat the realization of
the high purpose of this nation to restore
order to the islands and TO establish just
and generous government, In which the
Inhabitants shall have the largest partici-
patton for which they are capable. The
organized forces which have been misled
into rebellion have been dispersed by our
faithful soldier and sailors, and the peo-
ple of tho islands, delivered from anarchy,
pillage and oppression, recognize Ameri-
can sovereignty as tho symbol and the
pledge Of peace, justice, religious freedom,
education, purity Of life and property and
the welfare and prosperity Of their several
communities.
We reassert the early principle of the
Republican party, sustained by un-
broken judicial precedents, that the rep
rosentatives Of the people in congress as
sembled have full legislative power over
territory belonging to the United States,
subject to the fundamental safeguards of
liberty, Justice and personal rights, and
are vested with ample authority to act
"for the highest interests OF our nation
and the people intrusted to Its care" This
doctrine, first proclaimed In tho cause of
freedom, will never be used as q weapon
for oppression.
situation I'm China.
/ am glad to be assured by you that
what we have done in the far east has the
approval of the country. The sudden and
terrible crisis In China calls for the gray
est consideration and you will not expect
from me now any further expression than
to say that my best efforts shall be given
to the immediate purpose of protecting
the lives OF our citizens who are in peril,
with the ultimate object OF the peace and
welfare of China, the safeguarding of all
our treaty rights and the maintenance of
those principles of impartial Intercourse
to which the civilized world is pledged.
cannot conclude without congratulate
ing my countrymen upon the strong ma
tional sentiment which finds expression
in every part of our common country and
the increased respect with which the
American name is greeted throughout the
world. We have been moving in untried
paths, but our steps have been guided by
honor and duty. There will be no turn
ing aside, no wavering, no retreat. No
blow has been struck except for liberty
and humanity and none will be. We will
perform without fear every national and
international obligation. The Repub-
lican party was dedicated to freedom A
years ago 1t has been the party of lib
erty and emancipation from that hour
not of profession, but Of performance. 1t
broke the shaokles of 100000 slaves and
made them free, and to the party of Lin
coin has come another supreme oppor-
tunity, which 1t has bravely met, in the
liberation of 10, 600, 900 of the human fam
ily from the yoke Of imperialism. In its
solution of great problems, in It's perform
ance of high duties IL has had the coop
Grafton OF all parties In the past and con-
fidently invokes their cooperation In the
future.
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