The Portland daily press., 1900-06-22

neal for turning us out. We have put the
tariff on q foundation % secure; we nave
passed such wise laws ON finance; that
they actually appeal 70 the patriotic, hon.
election to help them now; because, for
sooth, we have done 50 well that nobcdy
need fear their capacity 10 undo our
work. 1 am not exaRgernting. This is
literally the argument that is now au-
DRESSED to the Gold Democrats rs a rea-
son why they need no longer stand BY the
Republican party. To all such who may
be Inclined TO listen to these arguments,
l would address an emphatic word oil
warning.
Remember that, admirable though our
legislation has been during the past three
years, it has been rendered possible and
effective only because there was good nd-
ministrAtion to back It. Wise laws are In
valuable, but, after all, they are not as
necessary rs wise and honest administra-
tion OF the laws. The best law ever
made, II administered by thote who are
hostile to 1t, and who mean TO break II
down, cannot be wholly effective, and
may be wholly ineffective. We have at
last put our financial legislation on
sound basis, but no possible financial
legislation can save us from fearful ana
disastrous panic II we trust our finances
TO the management of any man who
would be acceptable to the leaders and
guides OF the Democracy In It's present
spirit. No secretary OF the treasury who
would he acceptable to, or who could
without loss OF self-rsspect serve under
the popuiistic Democracy, could avoid
plunging this country back into financial
chaos. Until our opponents have explic-
| lilly and absolutely repudiated the princi-
Piles which In 96 they professed, and the
leaders who embody these principles,
their SUCCESS means the undoing 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 own state. their fore
most party leaders, including the man
before whom the others bow with barred
head and trembling knee, have been dis.
covered in u trust which really Is OF infa-
nous, and, perhaps, Of criminal charac-
ter; trust in which these apostles of
Democracy, these prophets OF the new
dispensntion, have sought to wiring for
tunes from the dire need Of their poorer
| brethren.
rise to second the nomination of Will
liam Mckinley because, with him as
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 nation 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 n wrong shall be
righted, 1t most assuredly will be
righted.
We have nearly succeeded In bringing
peace and order TO the Pniipplnes. we
have sent thither, and to the other Islands
towards whose inhabitants we now stand
as trustees in the cause OF good govern
ment, men like Wood, Taft and Allen,
whose very names are synonymous OF In
tegrity ana guarantees Oh eihciehcy.
Appointees ike theH, cnoson On
grounds OF merit anu fitness aions, are
evidence OF the spirit ana metnous IN,
anu by which, this nation must approaon
It's new and serious duties: Contrast THIS
with what would be the late OF the is
lands under the spoiis system SO brazenly
advocated Dy our opponents IN tneir iast
national PLATFORM.
Inc war s.liI goes on pecause the aIIIes
In this country OF the pioouy insurrec-
tiohary olgarcny haye taush. .neir io1i-
ism dupes ABROAD 70 Denese .na., .ne
reneiiion Is kept ailve un.il next Nosein- .
per, DenocfaeiS suocsss az .no Poiio noie
VIII DC ioiioweu py the apanoon,hsnc VI
the lsiands-ehat means .nelr apSnuon-
ment 20 sAsages VINO w9u.n ssi"inu,e .s.,I tuI
wnat we uesert, un..i sohS Pywsi M
civilized nation steppeu IN 70 uo VIVA. VIVA. we
shoulu haSe sho ourssi'es uns W
perform. Our suoeess IN my
means peace IN tne lsianas. lne
success OF our pol.icai opponeih.s
means an ihs huenhs piviohsaeron sn',
OF misery anu o,oe ..s,at ,he ,,a y, riis ,Sosa
vention now re-noInillaso .ne i.iaa wnose .os
name Is guaranty ss,aa aSaanss saor uisas@l.
When we piace mi.iiain .h Mchaniey US
our Ii canuiunee Deio.e t 'iie p~eop.S' ~ VIC p.sSSo
tne nepupiieeaii Pary on ieepiu ,pas "s ssailu-
ing iol eii1 POI wh IN giu".os
dsmntion in administration and legisla-
tion OF the pledges made in the platform
and on the stump, as standing Tor tne up
~, ah,,ssd and the cont,nnancs at home
of the prosperity which it has already
brought to the farm and the work shop.
we stanu ON nne tnresnp" Oh q new
the ~r,nt nations of the earth. It rests
with us now to decide whether, in the
opening years OF that century, we shall
naseh ,nsath.- io,~ at the ontsst WE shaii ds,,S'
erntely cripple ourselves for the contest.
Is America weakling, to shrink from
tne woriu work sna' HlIs' nus @ w uohe py 'ns
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