New-York tribune., 1900-10-27

munity from slight and siander alike the valiant
No. my fellow countrymen. / appeal TO you in
the name of your material well being to keep the
conditions under which we have grown so prosper
Gus; not to return into the slough of despond out
of which we so painfully worked our way. But
appeal to you in more than the name of your ma
terial weilbeing appeal to you in the name OF
that in the Nation we shall not have our our debts
halyed by halving your honor; in the State that We
esty and shall refuse to allow it to get into the
hands of those who. to their shame forever be IT
city. of this city of which we are proud of this
eIy wIn we are hete1mned IN IN the end sha @ pc
government of this great city a byword and re-
proach.
APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN.
and and, finally, I appeal to you. appeal to the
by their fathers in the Civil war To each genera
generation does or does not do it well shall its chill
dren feel exalted or cast down because their faith
put upon the honor roll of American history.
We. are in the Philippines the result of the
to ourselves or with honor to the people who have
trusted to US We shall stay there Liberty? Yes
eTty as could never come to them under the rule
syndicate Of Malay bandits and Chinese haifbreeds
They shall have liberty and they shall have It
And now, nv fellow countrymen I appeal to you
once @ Ior al 70 ascioTe Gee now on the threshold OF
in honor it shall never be hauled down dishonored
Charles S, Fairchild, who was Secretary of the
Treasury in the first Administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland, followed Governor Roosevelt
In Aplaining the reasons which compelled him
to ally himself with the Republican party Mr..
Fairchild did not mnce his words With great
emphasis he declared that he proposed to use
his vote and all the influence that he possessed
to defeat Mr. Bryan. 1t was noticeable that in
every reference he made to uthe party of which
Mr.. Bryan is the representative he careful
in qualifying it the ''miscalled Democratic
party" the pretended Democratic party and so
on. Mr.. Fairchld was unfortunate in possessing
a voice that could not be easily heard in the
furthermost ends Of the great amphitheatre. and
in consequence during his speech some Of the
audience, attracted by the explosion Of fireworks
and the playing Of bands outside in the Square.
left their seats. Part Of Mr.. Fairchds speech
follows:
In this election my vote and what influence l
have shall he given to the defeat of the candidate
a means most effective to that end shaH cast
my vote for the Republican electoral ticket be-
thing to DO, and that any other course would De
unsafe and not sane. | shall not refuse to vote
that in me would now be cowardly thing. l do
not pretend favor the Democratic candidates.
will be defeated and that, in this way, may tech
nically be regular and in line when the day of
the reorganization and regeneration of Democracy
comes. That is not only a cowardIy but dishOn-
est and dangerous thing to do; because, should
enough men follow my advice the consequences
would be fatal to myself and disastrous to my
countrymen and would for generation prevent
the Democracy, party from performing any
useful function in our country-eVen that OF an
opposition.
The currency question thoroughly discussed
four years ago and the people decided that the
soundest, most stable. most efficient standard Of
value that the world could give that which the
United States must keep ] say keep, because the
wisdom of the fathers gave IL TO and their chill
dren thus far have not Departed therefrom. That
wise decision OF 1896 made possible the wonderful
industrial and business advance of the last four
years. Had the decision been the other way, we
would be coming to this election and
weary people. far behind the other peoples OF the
world instead of in the very forefront of them. as
We throw all of this away, If We
want to. We are invited to by the Democratic
party and by its candidate and by few other
men. most Of them very good men. but men who
l think. have lost all sense of proportion. Do We
want TO do this? Is there anything in any ques
tion before that calls for all this awful
sacrifice? Is there any reason why millions of us
should In a day. be hurled from competence and
well being to cruel want and misery?
CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS.
suppose, however, that if anything is meant by
those who talk vaguely of some great evil that
overhangs us. of loss of Independence and bad
things that cannot understand, they have in
mind the concentration of business, trusts. it is
inaccuratey called. have tried for several years to
examine all that has been said upon this subject.