Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-10-19
TO FIRST vo1p
President McKiniey's sD....
Years Ago. Made to lin Psa 3
Cleveland. Ohio. octol,s, a

taIs you upon having euts,ei
possession Of Sovereign
government of the world ~
"Born In the Seventies ~,
Jeyed the most marvellous
OF the nineteenth century
witnessed the greatest M,
ence. mechanics aud ms,s,s,1
ment OF any period ia our M,
have enjoyed the adyantsrS.
free and higher schools -
You have lived in a period 80,
est opportunity for mor,I
lectual growth. and enjeTs,
vorable conditions Tor -
opinions. You have escsrSs
trcns bitterness OF party mr.,
tho passions OF a fratEicLlsI N.Y.
carry none OF the scar, q,
party conflicts.
you witness only As Va,
your sovereignty, a rruui,sJ
under the Old Flag, ble,ss,II.
resources beyond any or
and suffering only becan,s !,
wise policies already Inaur.,,,
the dangerous policies ye, n.
You approach the cIcrci,. Oh
ereigpty. therefore. under H.
vantageous Circumstance, ~.
any past predictions ard p.,,
calm judgment TO consl,,.c
bias the issues on whlch ,,-
divided. You have. In al, ~,
~ In no former campaign n.
age OF the most exhaustive ~
Perhaps some OF you, nm
ready started out for youns,r.
had In tho last three OF "a
some valuable pc spnal ,t,,l
which Is quito rs good a ,sk,I
tics as In anything else. Y..
your majority Mt n time VIA !.
pie are engaged In a nai!osal
TINT Will settle some Of ,hs ~
portunt questions which rrr- IA
Us, and settle them for laa.
come. You are given The la
time when Its use for zoo! q
country was never create n
sumo this responsibility a,t
fraught with rs grave tsyl.|
were ever presented rNcyf; l.a
war. II Is OF little moass.
gentlemen. that the uulun su
by tho dread ordeal u war Rtl
be continued In Tpacc ui,k
Great applause and cries O. 4
"Good.J
"No nation can hold it, gi.l
fore mankind that VIII iFfwsI
own currency. any mon ihis
can stand before the w0fl I'D
not defend Its ilaE and hex
plnuscJ No nation can kSlb
ton that will violate plIsh'l d
rcpudintc any part Of o. l5it,,
under any guiHc whatsorrFr.
ton can command rcsTgvi AZ I'd
abroad, II II does not At al IA
hold the supremacy Of Law 40!
liability OF It's own sacred c,la
II cannot be denied that ffts d
under the conditions PROPOSE!
allied opponents will result /,
Ing our currency. deprive Us Q. y
Of gold and all paper money lad
gold. thus contracting our 81
and leaving us upon Il slrg
alone. Its result would b. 70 .
poorer money and less vollues
lntion than we now have.
Free silver would durrrciiis
mcnts: shake public conddeBost
values: cheat labor: impair ,hes
OF the poor. and produce a c1u1
revulsion. the like Of which ~
try has never known. our hs'
surely will not want to usc thdfA
to bring about such a rcs1li.
cheering and cries Of "No, I'D:
er!c
"Surcly every young vo,cr. u
his spurs yet TO win; bis an
his fortune TO build, VI
tntc before he VIII give his tals
party which seeks 10 cn'atc
between classes and sections: :
the rich and the poor: hriwe'l U
chanic and the manufacture. u
the farmer and the banker. vhiti
plausc) He will cast his ballN
tinuc the equality II ctii1sa'
privilege. OF opportunity. OF e''
which has been the lnnst Of q
and Is the very eoTnd
upon which our free Institutes
mo young man will wahi y
upon his own shoufe
raise barriers TO his own ~
hitherto have never Z
the progress OF the industrious :
clean. ambitious young nay
applauseD Away WI
and classes. Such n docifius
and unworthy 70 ~
n free people. cloud and ~. y
cheering.) He who wouIu ~ I.
that spirit among our Peopie ~ ~,
but the enemy oil 'ne Ia
honest young man. whose SOU n h
with n worthy ambition io' s.
Great applauseD ,,x m,
"How would L1NCoLN. u
GARFIELD and LOGAN nav ma,
II, in their time, they had a. go
doctrine, which some now VA, h
because they are poor and o. =,
surroundings, they must Nyw
and shut the dcC, M
unity to the best .impuIsfIss
souls. and the nOblest aspi .nslr1
heir minds? Continuous ~ q
rhe ballot OF the young tla n s,TS
rs that Of the old men, .D M, /.
he first voter, as well as ,Dt 4, i 4
voters, should always express T. ..SsSSl
II truth and conscience. II ai ,rir1
the calm and unbiased Sr XII
If the voter. 1t should H, \
highest welfare of himself ,,,n nj
his community and his ii. SS cSa,fa
should never be false to M So S 4
,r opposed to Justice anu ar ns' 4 y
n public or private concerns hsps
,,,o,, ~, ito face his Uts! =, ia