The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-10-26
one of you may ask shall be turned
down, not one.

me of you may ask shall be turned
lown, not one.
I have stood oy the ocean shore in
;he night and have seen the full moon
Use from the shores and as it rose
higher and higher cast across the sea a
glittering, magnificent
panorama of light; narrow where 1
stood but broadening out in glory and
beauty as it stretched toward the hori-
zon. Such a pathway has the republi-
can party pursued; growing and broad
dining in purpose and in achievement as(
the years roll by. 1t came into power
when the dark clouds were gathering,
whom the tempest of war was about to
conflict between liberty and slavery
had commenced. Through that war 1t
never faltered for . single moment but
it pressed straight forward till victory
was ours. The country was saved and
the flag was honored and slavery was
dead.
During the war we found we must is
sue paper money. We did it reluctant
ly, to save the country and for no other
purpose. We put limit upon the
amount and the temptation was terrific,
we never exceeded that limit and at the
earliest possible moment we resumed |
specie payment against bitter opposi-
tion and lifted the deprecated green
back to par with gold. When the
war was over we were confronted by a. |
debt of a great magnitude and there
were cries OF reputation all over the
country, but the republican party said
every single dollar of it shall be paid,
every obligation of the government
shall be met not only according to the
letter but according to the spirit of the
law, We created it and at once COM
menced the payment of that debt. We
paid 81, SOC, 1000, 900 of it before 1893 and
from 1893 to 1897 inclusive, with the
democratic party in power we increased
that debt 1922, ,500,000 For four years,
from 1893 TO 1896, you and 1 were wal
lowing in the slough of democratic
despond. You all know it: you all
appreciate it. Our mills were stopped,
our men were out o. work, our farms
we're deprecated, our farm products
we're deprecated, and there were four
years of misery. The fact is, the Will
son tariff bill never created but one
single industry, and that was the soup
house. Soup houses in every great city
of the country. What for? To feed
starving women and children when the
fathers and husbands were hunting
work.
In 1896 the republican party met in
convention and told yol that if you
would give it the chance it would lift
us out from that democratic slough of
despond; that it would renew the pro-
tective policy; that it would make mon
ey on gold basis, every dollar of it as
good as the best dollar in the whole
world, aud that PARTY was elected to
power and it carried out every single
promise that it made. VIM. Mckinley
called US into extra session at once.
We repealed the Wilson law, we enac-
ted the Dingley law, protective in
every letter and line. What happened?
Why, prosperity which had fled came
flying back and has rested here with
US from that day to this. You never
saw such prosperity. In 1898, the first
year, the balance of trade in our favor
was S615, 100000. All, my friends, that
means something. What do mean by
balance of trade? 1 mean that we sold
that year s6l5, 900, 900 more of the pro-
ducts of the farm and the loom abroad
than they sold us and that they were
compelled to pay it us in gold. In 1895
the balance Of trade in our favor was
1929 100000 The balance OF trade ir
three years of William Mckinley's ad
mlnistration has been FIVE times create,
than in the previous one hundred years
Your farms have nearly doubled ir
value in three years. Your houses
have doubled in value. Your sheer
have doubled in value. Your flax has
doubled in value, all of your farm pro
ducts have. and the increase in value
in these three years amounts 60 As pei
cent on the average, while the increas,
in what you farmers are compelled tt
purchase has only been l9 per cent
and every man who wants work ca:
find it.
Now four years ago William j. Bryan
suddenly saw vision. He thought hs
was prophet inspired, and here i
what he told you. ''If Mckinley ant
the republican party are successful ant
put into power for the next four years
wages will be decreased; hard time
will come upon US; mortgages on home
will be foreclosed by the money lend
ers; shops and factories will close: w
, will export no goods; we will impor