Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20
than they have ever known We have not
failed elsewhere. We shall not fail here.

failed elsewhere. We shall not fail here.
Prospect of Change mt Home.
Those are the questions we present to
the American people in regard to the Phil.
ippines. Do they want such a humilating
change there as democratic victory would
bring? Do they want an even more radical
change at home? Suppose the candidate
of the democrats, the populists. the foes
of expansion, the dissatisfied and the en-
vious. should come into power what kind
of an administration would he give us?
What would his cabinet be? Think what
an electric spark of confidence would run
through every business interest in the
country when such cabinet was an
nounced as We can readily imagine he
would make.
More important still. we ask the Ameri-
can people whether they will put in the
White House the hero Of uncounted plat
forms. the prodigal spendthrift of words,
the champion of free silver, the opponent
of expansion, the assailant of the courts.
or whether they will retain in the preSi:
dency the Union soldier, the leader of the
House OF Representatives, the trained
statesman who has borne VIGOROUSLY the
heavy burdens Of the last four years, the
champion of protection and sound money.
the fearless supporter Of law and order
wherever the flag floats? /
But there Is one question which we will
put to the American people in this CAM
paign which includes and outweighS all oth<
ers. We will say to them: You were in the
depths Of adversely under the last demo-
cratic administrations; you are on the
heights of prosperity today. VIII that pros
perity continue If you make a change in
w ons ad
your good times last If you turn out the
republicans and give political power to
those who cry nothing but Woe! Woe!'
the lovers Of calamity and foes of prospect.
ty, who hold success in business to be
crime and regard thrift as a misdemeanor?
II the Democrats Should Win. ,
If the democrats should win do you think
business would improve? Do you think
that prices would remain steady, that
wages would rise and employment increase
when that result of the election was known2
Business confidence rests largely upon sen.
timent. Do you think that sentiment would
be hopeful one the day after Bryan's cleo
ton? Business confidence is a delicate
plant. Do you think it would flourish with
the democratic party? Do you not know
that if Bryan were elected the day after
the news was flashed over the country
wages would go down. prices would decline.
and that the great argosy Of American BUSH
ness now forging ahead over calm waters
with fair breezes and with swelling cam
vas, would begin to take in sail and seek
the shelter and anchorage of the nearest
harbor? Do You not know from recent and
bitter experience what that arrest of move
ment, that fear of the future, means? It
means the contraction Of business, the re-
duction of employment the increase of the
unemployed. lower wages, hard times, dis
tress, unhappiness. We do not say that We
have panaceas for every human Ill. We
do not claim that any policy we or any
one else can offer will drive from the world
sorrow End suffering and poverty, but we
say that, SO far as government and legis-
lation can secure the prosperity and well
being of the American people, our adminis-
tration and our. policies will do 1t. We
point to the adversely Of the Cleveland
living dark behind II has been
placed by the prosperity Of the Mckinley
years. Let them make whatever exp.ana.
ton they Will the facts are with US.
Will Stand on the Record.
It Is on these facts that we shall ask for
the support of the American people. What
we have done is known. and about what we
intend to do there is neither secrecy nor
deception. What We promise We will per-
form. Our old policies are here alive sue
cessful and full Of vigor. Our new policies
have been begun and for them we ask sup
port. When the clouds of impending civil
war hung dark over the country in 1867 we
took up the great task then laid upon US
and never flinched until we had carried it
through to victory. Now, at the dawn Of
a new century, with new policies and new
opportunities opening before us In the
bright sunshine of prosperity we again ask
the American people to entrust us with
their future.
We have profound faith in the people.
We do not distrust their capacity of meet
ing the responsibilities even as they met
the old, and we shall await with confidence,
under the leadership of William Mckinley,
the verdict Of November.