Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-09-27

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SRI accept the nomination as Vic,
:Prrsid"nt OF the United States, rendered
me By Tie Republican National Couven
slon, with a very deep sense OF the honol
conferred upon me and with an ifinirely
de@pcr sense of the vital Importance t.
election OF President Mckinley. The ma
zion welfare is stake. We must con.
1lnue the work which mas been SO vel
We must show i'll fashion incapable OF
being misunderstood that the American
Scope at the beginning OF the twentieth
se:lous spirit: that they have no inten.
tlon of permitting folly or lawessness
70 mar the extraordinary material we'll
Dcilit, which They have attained at home
no. YET OF permitting their nag to be dis
honured abroad.
feel that TINS contest is by no means
0ie EIerely between Republicans and
DeHoG!utS. We have a right to appeal
TO all sood citizens who are far-sig nted
3Eterest Of the nation demand. 10 put
anlo practice the principles embodied in
the .1.', Kansas City platform would mean
platform stands tor reaction and disorder;
1or an ui'selting of our financial system
T Fi Would mean not only great suf-
tlun's good faith; and for policy abroad
which would IMPLY tho disnonor OF the
mas and an unworthy surrender OF our
unspeahable humiliation to men proud
OF tner country, jealous of their coun-
1rE's good name, and DESTROYS OF securing
Ehe weitare or their fellow citlzens
Ilserciote we have right to appeal to
ali good men, north ana south, east and
west. whatever their politics may have
'beGn i'll the past, to stand with us, be-
cause we stand tor the prosperity ut the
country and Tor the reuown Of the Amer
ac:n nag.
the most important OF all problems is,
OF cCarse than OF securing good govern.
nlelt and moral and material well-bcing
within oar own borders. Great Through
me need is that the nation should do ITS
work we'll abroad, even Thus comes second
20 ,he thorough performance VI The duty
al home. Under the administration OF
.f:eslGent Mckinley this &C un1y has been
biesseu wan q degree OF PROSPERITY alb
soluleiy .nparalie!uu, even III us previous
prosperous history. w ale II is, OF course
lfae t!lat no cS.oiatlon and no ;tuu:ln.s-
eiallCH can BINS; SUCCESS those VINO
are NOT stout Oh neart, cool of head, ana
4cauy u Aailu, Yet II is 40 less true That
Inc 4lIuiV!uultl capacity OF each IMAM to
SCI good results IUr himself cam uc ap-
aoiutely destroyed by bad lrglsl,tl,n or
DAD aunllnistfat1on, White Lnuer the re
Verse euAultlono the power OF the M
dlplUual 10 DO Soou work Is assured and
Sll!fl..Atou. Il.s Is what mas been done
uHae! i!4e administrator CT trcsiuenl
AciAlii!e5 THANKS To MS actions and to
eiie " se legislation OF Congress GA the
1ailft and lli.;llue, The collul,lulis OF our
1i:utailit,1 NE nave been rendered more
1avorap.u tuttu ever before. ana lncy have
Oeeii lt.Aen advantage vi to The Iull Nv
Eiuef us pccll onsetHeI, Inc courts up-
he'd, ana the funcst liberty secured 10
al cltlzens The inri chant and lnanulac-
tufef. bLt above All inc farmer and the
"aGt-"ulkei, have prollteu Ivy tins stale
OF innings.
FulGsliucntally and primarily III, nres-
ellI contest is d contest Ior The cuutln-
lance OF The CONDITIONS which have tod
4n laNer oI our maternal welfare and OF
our GiV.l ana political integrity III this
Maiion Is TO RETAIN either its well-beln.
or Its scit-respect, it can not afford 10
pl'4ise litv lltanclal ana ecunon.lc chaos;
At can not altyru to endorse soyurn,urnGni
theories winch wuuIu unsetlle me stan
uafu vi il;ttional honesty and destroy the
!ilteslily vi our system ot justice. The
po'lcS oi the Tree Coinage OF SILVER at a
1at!t VI sixteen ~ one Is d policy 1rausht
with obstruction to every nome in Inc
lama. 1t MEANS untola misery TO The head
OF every household. ana, ABOVE all 10
me Wonen ana children OF every home
w hen our opponents chalnpio, Iree Sill
Ncr at sixteen To one they are either in
Slncerc OF Sincere III their .l,uIuuu If
1nslllcere in Their championship they OF
course, forfeit all right to beIlef or sun
port On any ground. Ii sincere. then
they are u menace to the welfare OF the
country. Whether they shout their sim
3st"f ptrnose or mercy Whisper II makes
thei; ON Own hG ,n,ss,n save as il reflects
tllnouht TO The Issue they mus make, Tor
me pi:falnountcy o1 such AN issue is 10
pe o.ls ~. not ny the dictum OF any
man OF body OF men. but by the fact tiut
At vitality affects the well-Deing Of every
home IN the land. The financial question
is always of such tar-re;,rnnp ANA ira,
1mcndous Importance to the n;1lionaI wei
fare that it can never be raised in GOOD
1aith unless this tremendous impurtiuce
As not merely conceded but insisted on
Men who are not willing to make such
an issue paramount have no nnssihln
1ust!Acation for raising IT at all. for under
Sucn circumstances their act can nor nm
der any conceivable circumstances do
AuSht but grave harm.
he success OF the party representing
lit. n las ~. ii
Guy platform would bring about the de-
Saf.eiion OF all the conditions necessary
W W .ns aH Sn nsai OF our prosperity 1t
mental system and would ther.fur. dis
arrange all the vast and delicato ma
AhoNr a o. tb our eff copie e, Industrial life
our finances II we are to prosper, the
currency OF this country must be based
Upon the gold dollar worth one h,tderd
cents. The stability OF our currency has
been greatly increased by the excellent
financial nm. act passed by the last congress.
against the effect of unwise and disastrous
management in the hands of unfrieuly
administrators. No party can safely be
national affairs unless it accepts as AK
lo!natlc the truths recognized in all prD-
gressiye countries as essential to a sound
and proper system OF finance In their
essence these must be the same for all
'great civilized people. In different stages
OF OF aGiHe1opment; different countries face
stage and under all circumstances ~.
most important element in securing their
economic wcll-being is sound finance hon
est money. So intimate is the connection
between industrial prosperity and a sound
currency that the former is jeopar,lized
not merely by unsound finance, but bV
the very threat OF unsound finance The,
business man and the farmer are viii
ally interested in this question: bur
no mans interest Is SO great as that of
the wagc-worker. \ deprecated cur
rency means loss and disaster to the
business man; bat it means grim suffer-
ing 10 the Wage-worker. The capitalist
will lose much of his capital and Will
suffer wearing anxiety and the loss of
many comforts; but the wage-worker
who loses his wages must suffer, and see
his wife and children suffer, TO-. the
actual necessities OF life. The one alb
xoiulely vital need of our whole indus
trlitl system is sound money.
One OF the serious problems with which
We are confronted under the conditions
OF GU: modern industrial civilization is
that presented by the great business com
Dlnatiens. which are generally known
OLIeH the name of trusts.
ihe problem is exceedingly difficult
one and the difficulty is immensely ag-
gravated both by honest bat wrong
headed attacks on our whole industrial
system in the effort to remove some Of
the evils connected with 1t, and by the
m!Sohlevous advice OF men who either
think creokedly or whc advance remedies