The Holt County sentinel., 1900-05-25
Republican Fearlessness.


/ Il say the spirit of the hour is one of
absolute fearleSsness on the part Of the
| Republicans. We are conscious, as your
chairman has said, of having fulfilled
every promise made. We took this coun-
tFS nto our hands and under our care
after four years of the greatest yicis-
Situdes through which We have ever
passed IN history. At our convention in
81 Louis We announced the policy and
the doctrine of the Republican party.
upon which had been builded the mater.
iai interests for twenty odd years. We
promised such reforms and economic
measures As would produce material
DEMENT'S to the issue, and we went farth-
er ami said that We will go beyond even
'he ideals OF our fathers in the great re-
suits which must come from the perpe-
tuation of such policy The best evil
dence OF the success of that policy is in
what We hayeaccomplished and achieved
as affecting the material interests Of this
country.
Your chairman made some statements
with reference to the growth Of our ex-
port trade. Why, he did not state half
of it. The balance of net trade in favor
OF the United States during the last CEN
tury preceding this administration
amounted to S:5l1 100000. In one hun.
dred years that was the net balance to
the credit of the United States in our
trade with the world. In three years of
the administration of President William
Mckinley the net balance, as shown by
the books of the United States treasury,
Is sl,lOOOCO,Un. Great applause and
cries of "Good.") 1t is sl,lOO.OOO,OOO
more accomplished in those three years
than had been accomplished in 100 years
preceding. And then. looking into the
face of such results, repeat your chair
mans words, DO we want changer
do We want any different business
combinations for usy DO we want any
different policy for the American people
than that which is building up and max
ing us the greatest, the richest, and the
strongest nation ON earth. The laws of
commerce, regulated by the best econo-
mic measures, are as infallible as the
laws of nature. We have proved to this
country and to the world that our policy
of economics is irresistible and must sue
ceed, and in the few years of trial that
We have had under this administration
We have proved that in the ratio Of pro-
gress, every year Looking ahead to our
enormous wealth and gain, We shall be
made stronger and be given far better
and wider opportunities to do good in
the march of Christianization and civili-
zatiUn of the world.
The results of the war with Spain
are not accidental. The destiny which
has been written for this country must
he fulfilled in the natural order Of things.
1t was but one step forward in the direc-
ton of the duty set for us to do, and no
matter what influences may be thrown
around us to impede our progress, it can
not and will not stop. Renewed cheer
ing.l
Il do not care whether you call it i'm
perialism or expansion. The destiny Of
this country is written, and any party or
combination of men that attempts by
any subterfuge or make shift in politics
to stop the power and progress of this
nation will go down under it, just as the
Democratic party has gone down. RE
newed cheering) We are proud Of our
record; We are proud of our business ex-
perience, and We are glad to have had
the opportunity to demonstrate to the
world that the policy and business prin-
ciples of the American people meant the
civilization and Christianization of the
whole world. Tremendous cheering.)
1t is that success in material things
which gives us that opportunity and
makes it possible to accomplish these
great results.-Mark Hanna to the Ohio
Republican conventian.