The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-20
LINCOLN AND hl'KINLEY."
Bishop Fowler Pays High Tribute to
tho Presldent-An Exponent Of
Sound Republican Doctrine.


+ tho Presldent-An Exponent Of
Sound Republican Doctrine.
CHICAGO. Oct. 19.-Thls evening the
Right Rev. Bishop Fowler, of Buffalo
N. Y, spoke to n great assemblage In
the Auditorium under the auspices OF
the Marquette Club, on Lincoln and
Mckinley" The bishop spoke for I've
hours, holding the close attention of ills
hearers. At times the applause was
tremendous.
Bishop Fowler said in part:
II am Invited here to talk under the
auspices OF the Marquette club upon
two proyidential men, Lincoln and Nc
kinley. In coupling these names in
this order we are following the logical
order. from knowledge to faith, from
that which we know to that which we
believe. All men honor Lincoln to-day.
All men will honor Mckinley to-mor-
row." rs
Summary Of Commercial Conditions.
He gave brief summary OF COM
mercial conditions existing In the Uni
ted Stntes in 1896. Forty per cent OF
the railroads were In the hands OF re-
ceivers. one quarter of twenty million
laboring men were Idle and oue-tenth
of twenty millions more working on re-
duced time or wages. Our annal eS-
ports had diminished TO 5000, 900; our
bank deposits had been reduced to
$l97, ,0o0, 900. Business failures had in
creased from 10000 under Harrison, to
5000 under Cleveland. Farm products
were not worth raising and farmers
could not pay interest on their mort
cages. Merchants were helpless. fac
tories were closed, furnaces were cold,
mines shut down. This had been
brought about by competition with for
eign cheap labor by free trade.
As to Bryan's Prophecy.
Continuing, Bishop Fowler said that
in 1886 Bryan prophesled that Republi-
can success would mean four years
more OF such conditions and he outlined
existing commercial conditions to show
that these predictions had failed.
Taking up the subject OF expansion he
said, in part: ~
"As n believer In American history,
am an -exrans!onIst. It Is Republican
doctrine ami Democratic practice. Ex-
panslon Is the law of Saxon life. When
he accepted Individual Accountability d.
rectly to God. without the intervention
OF any man, then God gave Himself re-
lance, and sent him about the job OF
subduing and saving the world. and He
Is out and at It. The effort to sweep
back the tide of the oceap Is more GER
tain to win than the men who stake
their success fighting eSpans!oa; for
they are fighting not merely Mckinley
and the Rough Rider and the American
people, but they are also fighting the re-
In, th,.fttss;, oil no .
OF nature, the force OF natural selection,
and they are also fighting Gods etcr-
nal purpose to elevate the races.
Expansion IN Our Blood.
Expansion Is In our blood. in our his
tory. In our religion. 1t Is our destiny.
ITO call expansion imperialism Is ei-
ther foolish or inslncere. or both. No
department OF the government could
usurp supreme power. Congress could
not do 1t. The SENATE could not un-
dertnke 1t. The President. least OF oil,
could resist the people. He Is under
the law nlways. He Is able only to exc
cute the will OF the people. The only
possible emperor is the absolute power
above Congress. above the supreme
court. above the P:esiItnt,-I1Coo.eO0
people.
"if Mckinley Is elected he will con-
finn, tho protective tariff. He will re-
tain thc gold standard: h: will Keep our
flar floating over all our territory, pre-
serving our national honor; he will hold
the United States up 10 the front as a
world power: secure the open door for
trade and thc Gospel. and help to per-
petunte civilization. thus hnstening the
end OF hcathenIsm and the Chr!s,!anlza-
tim OF the world"