The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-07-26

I duties both before and on election day
must be pushed with the same vigor
and close attention to detail that has
characterized the management OF the
Republican organization Of the Key
stone state for years.
ORGANIZATION IS NECESSARY.
Pennsylvania's great Republican ma.
1orities are only obtained through sys-
tematic. careful and untiring labor in
drilling the army Of committeeman
upon whose shoulders the responsible
ity of the party organization in their
respective localities rests and In edu-
eating the voters. and especially the
young men who propose to cast their
first ballot. as to the issues involved in
the election.
President Mckinley, in a very COM
prehensive and thorough address In
reply to the committee on notification,
presented the salient points OF the Re-
publican canvass In characteristic
style.
M'KINLEY AND HIS RECORD.
The president has happy faculty Of
stating case with moderation. but
with convincing force. His review Of
the last three and half years was a
model in this direction. 1t showed how
the pledges Of 1896 have been redeem
ed, how the gold standard was safe
guarded, how the promised tariff re-
vision was made. as the people ex-
pected when they returned the Repub-
licans to power, how prosperity has
been restored and the credit OF the
country established at the highest
point in Its history, where 1t is able
to fund the debt at lower interest
rate than any other country. In in
ternal affairs the administration has
discharged its duties. 1t has main
tainod the honor OF the country abroad.
and in the difficult crisis which grew
unforeseen out OF the Spanish war has
faithfully guarded American interests
AS is always the case where events
force new policies, differences of opinion
arise, and opponents of any now step
at once forcsrc the downfall of the re-
public. But If prosperity. redeemed
pledges, bright prospects at home and
abroad, have any weight with voters,
ther" can be no question Of Republican
success and the recollection of President
Mckinley to carry out the policy he so
ably cXpounds.
While the president was responding
to tie committee from the national
contention at Canton. o., Governor
Roosevelt was receiving formal infor-
nation of his selection for the second
place on the ticket at Oyster Bay, n.
Y. His reply was brief, and in becom-
ing taste he left his chief to make the
significant utterance OF the day. What
he did say, however. was timely and
true. This Is more than a party con-
test. 1t Is a contest against cheap
money and reputation, free riot and
anarchy. the packing OF the supreme
court in the interest Of wild Populst
schemes OF government, Just as it was
in 1896. 1t Is also contest against
entrusting the foreign affairs of this
nation to irresponsible fanatics who
complain because we have performed
our obligations of neutrality in South
Africa. who would play at diplomacy
as recklCssly as with the currency. who
would shirk our obligations toward
otLer countries in our own possessions
and disgrace us before the world. Gov
ernor Roosevelt has a right to appeal
to all citizens TO stand shoulder to
shoulder, striving to perpctuate the
conditions under which we have reach
ed at home "A degree of prosperity
never before attained in the nations
history, and under which abroad II
has put our flag on level on which
ii has never before In the history OF
the country been placed"
BRYAN STILL AT TT.
Meanwhile Bryan continues to talk
away to the Democrats, free silvcrites
and Populists who gather at Lincoln.
Neb. His speeches have fallen very
fiat.
Bryan says the country is not pros
porous except in spots. Here are some
facts which he can explain, perhaps.
The total gross earnings of railroads
were $23S 600 OO0 larger in the past
year than in 1895. Railroads make
their money ont of the industries Of the
mass of the people. Consequently the
people had sos, 100000 more to spend
in the third Mckinley year than in the
third year Of Cleveland.
In the third year Of the Cleveland
administration bank deposits stood at
$S52 Goa, ,SjS. At the end of Mcliinlcy's
third year they amounted to 81 .27O, 49,
OG5. The people had $4lS, .207 more
to their credit after three years of Nc
Kinley than they had at the end of the
Cleveland administration. The increase
of bank deposits during President
Cleveland's term was only 7O,OOO,OOO.
The Wilson tariff was in force 50
months, and the total deficit was sl08,-
900 900. In 80 months the Dingley tar
iff produced a surplus of $4,000, 600.
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