Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-21

reason why they need no longer stand by
the republican party. To all such who may
be inclined to listen to these specious ar
guments I would address an emphatic
word of warning.
Good Laws Need Good Executives.
Remember that. admirable though our
legislation has been during the past three
years. 1t has been rendered possible and eff
fective Only because there was good adj
ministraton to back it, Wise laws are in
valuable. but. after all. they not as
necessary wise and honest admristra
ton of the laws. The best law ever made,
if administered by those who are hostile to
1t, and who mean to break it down. cannot
be wholly effective, and may be wholly in
effective. We have al least put our finan-
cal legislation on IL sound basis. but no
possible financial lCgiS .atiOn can save us
from fearful and disast roEs panic if
trust our finances to t!c management of
any man who would be acceptable to the
leaders and guides OF the democracy in its
present spirit No Secretary Of the Treas
ury who would be acceptable to, or who
could without loss of sef-respect serve I'M
der the populStic democracy. could avoid
plunginS this country back into financial
chaos. Until our opponents have explicitly
and absolutely regulated the principles
which in N; they profeSsrd ana the leaders
who embody these principles. their success
means the undoins Of the country. Nor
have they any longer even the excuse of
being honest in their folly. They have
raved. they have teamed at the mouth in
denunciation of trusts. and, now. in my
state, their foremost party leaders. includ-
ing the man before whom the others bow
with barred head and trembling knee. have
been discovered in a trust which really is
of infamous, and. perhaps, OF criminal
character: trust in which these apostles
OF democracy, these prophets Of the new
dispensation have sought to wiring fortunes
from the dire need of their poorer broth
rem.
Why He supports Mckinley.
l rise to second the nomination of Will
liam Mckinley because with him as a leader
this country has trod the path of national
greatness and prosperity with the strides
of a giant, and because under him we can
and will. once more and finally overthrow
those whose success would mean for the
ration material disaster and moral disgrace.
Exactly as we have remedied the evils
which in the past we undertook to remedy.
so now. when We say that wrong shat! be
righted. ii most assuredly Will be lighted.
We have nearly succeeded in bringing
peace and order to the Philippines. We
have sent thither. and to the other islands
toward whose inhabitants we now stand as
trustees in the cause of good government.
men like Wood, Taft and Allen. whose seiy
names are SYNONYMOUS Of integrity and
guarantees of efficiency. Appointees like
these, with subordinates chosen on grounds
of merit and fitness alone, are evidence Of
the spirit and methods in and by which this
nation must approach its new and serious
duties Contrast this with what would be
the fate of the islands unde~ the sooilS syS-
tenn so brazenly advocated ny our oppo-
nents in their last national platform.
The war still goes on because the allies
In this country of the bloody inSurrection-
airy oigarchy have taught their foolish
dupes abroad to believe that. if the rebel
lion is kept alive until next November.
democratic success at the polls here will
ha f.11, tt,. H., Il
islands-that means their abandonment to
savaSeS who would scramble for what we
desert until some powerful civilized nation
stepped in to do what we would have
shown ourselves unfit to perform. Our sue
cess in November means peace in the
islands. The success of our political oppo-
nents means an indefinite prolongation of
misery and bloodshed.
MckinIey's Name Guaranty.
We of this convention now renomiaate
the man whose name IS guaranty against
such disaster. When We place William Nc
Kinley as our candidate before the people
we place the republican party record
as standing for the performance which
squares with promise. standing for the
redemption in administration and legisla-
ton of the pledges made in the platform
and on the stump. as standing for the up
building of the national honor and interest
abroad, and the continuance at home of
the prosperity which it has already brought
to the farm and the workshop.
We stand on the threshold of a new CEN
fury. II century big with the fate of the
great nations of the earth. 1t rests with
us now to decide whether in the opening
years of that century we shall march for
ward to fresh triumphS whether. at the
outset, we shall deliberately cripple our
selves for the contest. Is America weak
ling to shrink from the world work that
must be done by the world powers? No,
e ~
continent and clasps the crest of an ocean
in either hand. Our nation. gloriol0 in
youth and strength. looks into the future
Wtth fearless and eager eyes and rejoices
as Il strong man to run a race. We DO not
stand in craven mood, asking to be spared
the task. cringhg as we gaze the CON
test No! We challenge the proud prvi-
lege of doing the work that Providence
allots US and we face the coming years
high of heart and resolute of faith that
to our people is given the right to win such
honor and renown as has never yet been
granted to the peoples of mankind.