The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-08

1T ~ ~ A,AE a .
sue, bdt That the, Tending Issue
IS whetherat sixteen-to-one
Idea Shall Prevail-Democratic
Platform and Bryan's Acceptance
Speech Discussed.
Chicago, Aug. Ex-senator Cushman X.
Davis made the principal speech tonight
at the Hamilton club banquet. It was a
concise review of the issues of the cam
paign n the sentiments expressed were.
heartily cheered by the %;large audience.
The speech, which is entitled "Our Des-
tiny" follows:
1t is tritely said, and as often denied,
that the stability of the republic is in
volved in each pending national election.
There is more than a grain of truth in
this ~hackneyed assertion. In a free gov
m every moment is fraught with
progressive or ~retrograde tendencies and
the strain of these centending forces often
tests severely the endurance Of political
institutions. The subject of Destiny upon
which I have been asked to speak is,
therefore, a proper one.
And this campaign is p%ortentous. 9th
ers have been conducted on a few issues.
economic or moral. In this one the DEM
ocratic party and its candidate demand
the reversal of every policy, domestic
and foreign, monetary, financial, protec-
tive and expansive, which has made the
administration of President Mckinley one
of the most glorious in our history, by
the splendor of its naval and military
achievements. by its revival Of dying in
l,,ek-l1o ~, a., R~1~oi11 1o~feyo%S0r hHr tic
making the United States the first none
power in the world, by its extension Of
our sovereignty, and by our advance
ment to the very forefront Of internation-
al influence.
The measures and policies which have
wrought these imposing political results
are severally n respectively condemned,
either in themselves or in their just conse-
quences. and their %abrogation is demand
ed by the declaration of Democratic prin-
ciples made at Kansas City.
This declaration does not de-
nOunce the administration of Presf-
dent Mckinley for it's failures. 1t
condemns 1T for its achievements.
1t declares their to be destructive OF
true prosperity and ~subversive OF
the gold standard shall be abolished
and that protection to American in.
NA8kEy bA0Ak SS"b(s
For the first time the sovereignty Of the
United States over territory held by an
unquestionable title is to be abandoned
and the flag lowered, and that, too, in
capitulation to a fragrant insurrection
against Its authority-all this, and more
than this, is demanded by the Demo-
cratic party as a reason for its investi-
ture with power, and is promised to the
A royHnan nonO1Q in "a 90 mower Ia given TO
do it. Such demands, such promises,
such threats, such consequences, will re-
ceive the most considerable condemnation
of the people.
No Democratic platform. no Democratic
speaker, expresses any satisfaction with
our triumphs in war. or with the abound
ing prosperity of our people. or with our
international ~ascendency. How can they
rejoice in a prosperity which falsiaes ev-
cry prediction they made four years ago.
and the approval of which now would
refute every claim that they can possibly
make for their political restoration? .
REPUBLICAN, ACHIEVEMENTS.
The present administration has kept the
faith in which the American people in
vested it with power, has performed every
act to which 1t was. pledged, and has full
filed every expectation which has arisen
from sudden events which were not fore
seen four years ago.
It has enacted a statute which protects
American industries. capital and labor.
and under It's operation this country has
become prosperous to a degree that no
one dared to predict or ven hope in
1896.
1t has, by statute, placed this
country upon the foundation Of the
gold standard. the standard of sta.
bility and civilization.
It has so wisely conducted our foreign
relations that there is not now between
US and any European power any menace
to our peace or safety.
It has forever quieted, by treaty, the
vexatious situation in Samoa. which had
for a long time been a cause of irritation
between this country n Germany.
1t has negotiated treaties of reciprocity
with France and other nations which will
open wide the European markets to our
manufactured and agricultural products.
1t has released its diplomatic agents and
other American citizens in China
It has conducted a great war to a tri-
umphant conclusion within four months
from Its commencement, without a single
military or naval reverse. and, as a re-
suit, has expanded our possessions and In
creased UNNECESSARILY our prestige as a
nation.
OUR WONDERFUL PROSPERITY.
The limitations of this occasion do not
permit me to exhibit the details Of our
wonderful prosperity during the eventful
years Of President McIkinley's admins
tration. I must restrict myself to a brief
statement of the increase of our foreign
trade and Of its nature.
The total foreign commerce OF the
last fiscal year surpasses BY $SlO'
728, $50 that of any preceding year
and exceeds In the aggregate &2,OOO,
: OOO, 600. The imports Of the yenl
were 4s49,714,87O, and h exports
were q1,884, 1s8,371. :.
An analysis Of this astonishing aggre-
gate discloscs an enormous growth In our
exports Of manufactured articles. Tit
total export Of these articles for the year
amounted to $432, 2s4. 1903. an increase OF
more thar ninety-two millions Of dollars
over those Of the preceding year. This
was 31h per cent Of the total expectation
and an Increase OF $50 per cent over the
exports in 1891.
American manufacturers now find 8
market In every part of the world. They
compete successfully in many market:
with rivals who have been long estab
!. lished. and this Is but the beginning OF
commercial expansion which can b.
checked or limited only by a disastrou:
reversal Of the economic policies Of thu
country which alone have rendered sucl
expansion possible. For what has BEEF
predicted by the advocates of protection
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