Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-19

guished our country for more than a CEN
.Th national credit, which has thua
far fortunately resisted every assault
Upon it, must and will be upheld and
strengthened. If sufficient revenues are
provided for the support of the govern
ment there will be no necessity for bor-
debt"
Three and one-half years of legislation
and administration have been concluded
since these words were spoken: Have
those to whom was confided the direction
of the government e their pledges? The
unfamiliar with What has been accom-
plished- The gold standard has been reaf-
chain has been broken, and the drain upon
our gold reserve no longer frets us. The
credit of the country has been advanced
/ We are ~refunding our bonded debt bear
ing three and four and five per cent. in
tereSt at two per cent, a lower rate than
that of any other country, and already
more than three hundred millions have
been so funded with a gain to the gov
eminent of many millions Of dollars. In
stead of 16 to l, for which our opponents
commended four years g legislation has
been enacted. which. while utilizing all
forms of our money, secures one fixed
value for every dollar, and that the best
known to the civilized world.
A tariff which protects American labor
and industry, and provides ample rev.
enues. has been written in public law. We
more money and fewer mortgages. The
worlds markets have been opened to
Sdh pTOuuCIS, WHICH 20 now WHERE
they have never gone before. We hav
passed from a bond-issuing to a bond
paying nation; from a nation of borrow
ersto a nation of lenders; from a def
cheney in revenue to a surplus; from fear
to confidence; from enforced idleness to
profitable employment. The public faith
has been upheld: public order has been
maintained. We have prosperity at home
and prestige abroad.
| Unfortunately the threat of 1896 has just
been renewed by the allied parties with
out abatement or modification. The gold
bill has been denounced and its repeal de-
manded. The menace of Is to l therefore,
still hangs over us with all its dire conse-
quences to credit and confidence, to bust
ness and industry. The enemies of sound
| currency are rallying their scattered
forces. The people must once more unite
and overcome the advocates of repudia-
ton. and must not relax their energy I'M
til the battle for public honor and honest
money shall again triumph.
/ a congress which will sustain and, IL
need be, strengthen the present law, can
prevent a financial catastrophe which
to avert
Not satisfied with assaulting the cur
political adversaries condemn the tariff
law enacted at the extra session of con-
g gs esd IN IL 1881 obia kn0wn as as the ne D 9lT1s ~ act tSs,
people expressed at the election in the
preceding November, a law which at once
stimulated our industries, opened the idle
factories and mines, and gave to the la
borers and to the farmers fair returns
for their toll and investemnt. Shall we
SO DN~ ~ " LII nm AAiAS lie
industrial enterprises?
affairs, how has the government dis
charged its international duties?
waiian islands should be controlled by the
should Be permitted to interfere with
eomplished by annexation, and delegates
from those beautiful islands participated
in the convention for which you speak
Il TODAY. In the great conference of nations
at The Hague We reaffirmed before the
world the Monroe doctrine and our adher-
ence to 1t, and our determination not to
participate in the complications of Eu-
rope. We have happily ended the Euro
selves one of the most valuable harbors
in the Pacific, while the open door in Chi
ma gives to US fair and equal competition
IN the vast trade of the orient. Some
things have happened which were not
promised, nor even foreseen, and our pur-
poses in relation to them must not be lett
In doubt. A just war has been waged for
humanity, and with it have come new
| been elected from the western hemi-
sphere, and our flag floats over her former
territory. Cuba has been liberated, and
credly executed. A beneficent government
has been provided for Porto Rico. The
thority must be supreme throughout the
archipelago There will be amnesty, broad
and liberal, but no abatement of our
rights, no abandonment of our duty. There
must be no scuttle policy. We will fulfil
in the Philippines the obligations imposed
by the triumphs of our arms and by the
the nations sense of honor; and, more
dition - of the PhiIipnine peopie sit them hem
selves. No outside interference blocks the
way to peace and a stable government.
The obStructioniStS are here, not else
where. They may postpone, but they can
not defeat the realization of the high pur-
IRaTnSdgs az and in to e n1eiTh 20 a l lGst and 20 Generous fmT lIs
government, in which the inhabitants
shall have the largest participation for
which they are capable. The organized
forces which have been misled into rebel
lion have been dispersed by our faithful
soldiers and sailors, and the people of the
islands, delivered from anarchy, pillage
and oppression, recognize American SOW
ereignty as the symbol, and pledge of
peace, justice, law, religious freedom, ed
u~cation, the security of life and property,
and the welfare and prosperity of their
several communities.
We reassert the early principle of the
republican party, sustained by unbroken
judicial presidents. that the representa-
tives of the people, in congress assembled.
lave full legislative power over territory
belonging to the United States, subject
to the fundamental safeguards of liberty.
justice and personal rights, and are vested
will ample authority to act for the high
est interests of our nation and the charge
i%ntrusted to it's care"
This doctrine, first proclaimed in the
cause of freedom, will never be used as a
assured by you that what we nave done
in the far east has the approval of the
Il country. Inc sudden ana terrible CrlSlS IN
China calls for the gravest consideration.
and you will not expect from me now any
further expression than to say that my
best efforts shall be given to the i'm
| mediate purpose of protecting the lives of
our citizens who are in peril, with the
ultimate object of the peace and welfare
of China. the safeguarding of all our
treaty rights and the maintenance of
to which the civilized world is pledged.
l can not conclude without congratulate
ing my cOuntrymen upon the strong ma
tional sentiment which finds expression in
the Increased respect with which the
| American name is greeted throughout the
world. We have been moving in untried
paths, but our steps have been guided by
aside, no wavering, no retreat. No blow
has been struck except for liberty and
humanity, and none will be. We will per-
form without fear, every national and in
party was dedicated to freedom forty-four
| years ago. 1t has been the party of liber-
ty and emancipation from that hour; not
of profession, but of performance. 1t
| slaves and made them free, and to the
party of Lincoln has come another SUI
| preme opportunity which 1T has bravely
met in the liberation of 10, 0OO,0 600 of the
| human family from the yoke of imperial
| ism. In its solution of great problems,
in its performance of high duties, it has
1 had the support of members of all parties
in the past, and confidently expects their
l cooperation in the future.
| Permit me to express, Mr.. Chairman,
| my most sincere appreciation of the COM
| plimentary terms in which you convey
| the official notice of my nomination, and
| mittee and to the great constituency
/ which they represent for this additional
| evidence of their favor and support.
Gold nda and Public Faith.