The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-21

have meant not only immense aggrave-
ton CT TIE actual physical distress, but
also stain on the nations honor SO deep
that more than one generation would
have to pass before ii would be
efeetually wiped cut We promised that
If President Mckinley were elected not
only should the national honor be kept IN
stained Ell home and abroad. but that the
mill and the workshop should open, the
farmer have a market for his
goods. the merchant for his
wares. AID that the wage worker should
prosper as never before.
''We did not promise the impo= o=sible; We
did not say that by good legislation and
good administration there would come pros
pertty 20 all men; but We did say that each
man should have better chance to via
prosperity than he had ever yet had. In
the long run. the thrift. industry. energy.
ana capacity OF the Individual must alwa
remain the chief factors in his success BY
ulwise or dishonest legislation or admins
trstiOn on the part Of the national a1;hor-
titles. all these qualities Il the individual
can be nuliifed; but wise legislation and
upright administration will give them free
scope And II vas this free score that We
promised should be given
All Promises Kept
Wei, We kept our word. The opportu-
nifty has been given. and it has b-en seized
by American energy, thrift, and bushes
enterprise As a result we have prospered
as never before. Rnd we are now prospering
to a degree that would have seemed in
credible four years ago. when the c,oud OF
menace TO our Industrial well-being hung
black above the land.
so IT has been in foreign affairs. -Four
years ago the nation was uneasy because
right at our cOors an American island lay
writhing in awful agony under the curse OF
worse than medieval tyranny and miSrule.
We had cur Armenia at orr very doors, for
the situation in Cuta lad grown iatcler-
able, and such that this nation could no
lcnger refrain from Interference. and retain
its own self-respect- President Mckinley
turned 10 this duty as he had turned 20
others He sought by every effort possible
% provide for SPANS withd- ayal fTo1 TIE
Island which she WIS impoteat longer 10 do
aught but cppress- Then when pseisc
means had tailed, aad there remIired the
only alternative. We waged the mo-
! righteous AID brilliantly s2ccess.ul foreign
| Ver that any country has vaged during N
| lifetime OF the present generation II wss
rot a great Wcr. simply because IL was y on
| too quickly; but It was mOme-tots indeed
/ IN its effects. Il left US, as all great feats
I
/ Inheritance hc-h Of honor and Ct resoorsi-
| bility; and z der the lead Of President Nc
I Kialey The nation has taken Up the tas K
OF securing orderly liberty and the reign Of
| justice ana law IN the isIancs nom Whi,
/ We drove the tyranny Of spain. with IL
/ sane serious realization Of duty and sin
| ccre purpose TO perform it. that has marked
/ the national attitude in dealing with re
| economic and financial d.ficulJies that face
I Ue at home.
This is what the nation has done dur
J ing the three years that have elapsed since
, We made Mckinley President, and al this
! is what he typifes and stands for. We
I here nominate him again, and in Novem-
I Der next We skall elect him again; because
| il has been given TO him 10 personify the
| cause OF honor abroad and prosperity a.
I home, Of wise legislation and straightfor-
I ward administration. We all know the
I old Gdsge about swapping horses while
/ crossing 4 stream and the stiu older
t adage about letting well enough alcue. To
! change from President Mckinley now
/ would Lot be merely to swap horses II
I would be 10 jump of tie horse that had
carried Us across. and wade back into the
/ torrent; and TO put him FOR four years
more into tie White House means not
{ merely 10 let well enough alone but 10
/ insist that when We are thriving as never