Cañon City record., 1900-10-18
TO FIRST voTERa
President McKinley's Speech ofI
Years Ago, Made TO First yotI
Cleveland, Ohio, October o. Isl

II congratulate all OF you upo1
ing reached your majority: con
late you upon having entcrnd int
possession OF sovereignty In th}
government OF the world. (Appi
Born III the seventies you ha
joyed the most marvellous adyai
Of the nineteenth century. You
Witnessed the greatest progress
ence, mechanics and material de
ment OF any period in our history
have enjoyed the advantages
free and higher schools of lea
You have lived in II period OF the
est opportunity for moral and
lectual growth, and enjoyed mo
vorabIe conditions for forming
opinions. You have escaped III
treme bitterness OF party dIyisioi|
the passions OF n fratricidai war.
carry none Of the scars OF the
party conflicts.
you witness only as you col
your sovereignty, reunited cd
under the Old Flag. blessed In nj
resources beyond any other cs
and suffering only because Of Il
wise policies already inaugurnted
the dangerous policies yet thnea
You approach the exercise or youI
creignty, therefore, under the md
vantagcous circumstances. free
any past predictions and prcpa
calm Judgment to consider W
bias the issues on which parfitI
divided. You have, In this cam
as Ia no former campaign. the nd
agee OF the most exhaustive asscr
Perhaps some OF YOU who ha
ready started out for yourselves,
had In the last three or four
some valuable PERSONAL cxpcty
which Is quite as good a school Il
itIcs as In anything else. You ed
your majority at u time when Iii
pie are engaged In n national g
that VIII settle some OF the mo,
portant questions which ever con
US, and settle them for long rcs
come. You are given the ballot
time when It's use for good or q
country was never greater. 10
sumo this responsibility nj
fraught with MS grave probicr
were ever presented except in III
war. IL Is OF little nom.nt.
gentlemen, that the Union was
by the dread ordeal of war II II a
be continued in peace with
tGreat applause and cries of "d(
"soodr1
mo nation can hold iig s;nndir1
fore mankind that viii depreriaI
own currency. any morc than a II
can stand before the world tina
mol defend its flag and honor.
piausc.) No nation can hold iisI
ton that Will violate pliEiItrd faI
rcpudinte any part OF its INDEBTED
under any gtiisc whatsoever u
tIon can command respect at hofl
J abroad, II II does not af all flmd
hold the supremacy OF law and
Liability OF It's own sacred obllgn1
IL cannot b. denied that free cs|
under the conditions proposed n
allied opponents will result In 4
Ing our currency. deprive us OF III
of gold and all paper money bas|
gold. thus contracting our curf
and leaving Us upon n silver
alone. Its result would be to gq
poorer money and less volume OF
lation than we now have.
Free silver would dcpreciate Il
ments; shAk. public confidence. ID
values: chent labor: Impair the VI
OF the poor. and produce comm
I rcyuision. the Ike OF which this
try has never known. Our fsrgt
surely win not want TO use their 7
to bring about such n result. d
cheering and cries OF NO. sirr
\ cr.'D
Surely every young voter. VIII
his spurs yet to win: his card
make. his fortune 90 build. will
tate before he will give his haliol
party which seeks to create hol
between classes. ana sections; bcI
the rich and the poor; between N
chanic and the manufacturer; hel
the farmer and the banker. fGre|
plnusc.) He will cast his ballot 4
tinue the equality OF citizensni
privilege, OF opportunity. OF po~si
which has been the boast OF oul
zenship. and is the very corner
upon which our free institutions
tApplnusc)
"No young man VIII want TO
weights upon his own shoulder
rnise barriers to his own pro
which hitherto have never I'm
the progress OF the industrious, h
clean, ambitious young man.
mendous applnuscl Away with
and classes. Such n doctrine Il
American and unworthy to be I
n free people. loud and conii
cheerIng) He who would ins
that spirit among our people IL II
friend, but the enemy or the poo
honest young mar. whose soul II
with n worthy ambition for hi
tGrcat applause)
GLOW would LINCOLN. Gn
GARFIELD and LOGAN have
II, In their time, they had accept
doctrine, which some now teach
because they are poor and OF h
surroundings, they must go i,
themselves and shut the door of 1
tunIty to the best impulses OF
souls, md the noblcst nspirntio
their mindsi Continuous app
The ballot Of the young man, nj
ns that OF the old men, the bal
the first voter, MS well Ms that
voters, should always express the
, OF truth and conscience. II shoul
,, resent the calm and unbiased jud
Of the voter. II should cmbol
,, highest welfare OF himself. his
.. his community and his countr
! should never be false to his convl
! or opposed to Justice and honor,
: In public or private concerns. 10 |