The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-29
PETER GIVES HIS REASONS.
One of the Founders and National Lead
ers of the POpulIst Party Tells
Why He Will Take the Stump
for Mckinley.

81 am often asked why favor the re-
election of President Mckinley. Here
are my reasons:
"In the first place, after vehemently
urging on war with Spain, and after an
unbroken series of victories of our arms
on sea and land, after an energetic and
successful conduct of the war, terminal
ing in a treaty placing us at the right OF
the front rank of the nations of the earth,
with new and grave responsibilities at
taching-aiter all these splendid achieve
ments the Democratic party, aided by its
fusion allies, has raised a hue and cry
charging all manner of public crimes
against the administration, despotic use of
power, usurpation, fraud, corruption,
pertidy, calling on the nations to behold
our national shame and beseeching their
own cOuntrymen TO aid them in their
wicked onslaught on the good name, the
honor and dignity of their people.
81 look on this brazen assault on the
honor OF the republic as little less than
treason, and the success of the Republi-
can party alone can prevent the attain
ment of the end sought by the unholy al
lance. lfthere were no other reasons,
this alone would insure my vote for the
Republican candidate for the presidency.
"To my mind the Presidents course
from the beginning of the war to the
pre,ent time has been remarkably free
from mistakes. He has been vigilant
active, patriotic and in all things Ameri-
can.
"In the government of the Philippines
he has not only followed the law aud the
precedent, but he has done the work eflic
iently and humanely. He has treated the
situation Just as Washington did the
Northwest territory as Jefferson did in
the Louisiana purchase; as Monroe did in
Florida; as Jackson did in the Seminole
country; as Polk did in Mexico and
New Mexico and California, and as Lin.
coin did in the States of the Southern
Confederacy. All the precedents are on
the Presidents side.
Secondly, the Democratic party is not
fit to govern this country under modern
conditions of universal freedom. Look
back upon the second administration OF
President Cleveland. Upwards of $780,
100000 in United States bonds were sold
without special authority of Congress to
secure gold for the redemption reserve.
Most of the bonds were sold TO or through
the syndicates of spectators at enor-
nous profits.
"The Republicans were wiser. The
war with Spain made large expenditures
necessary; Congress authorized the bor-
rowing of money, and S2OO,OO0,OO of 8
per cent. bonds were sold to our own
people in sums of from S25 to $500. This
is the fourth year of the Mckinley ad-
ministration, and not one dollar of gold
has been bought or borrowed. The treas
ury now holds nearly, ii not quite, $780,
100000 in gold com and bullion, and
there is plenty of money in the country
for the transaction of the peoples busi-
ness. Our exports are larger in amount
anu Nalue IMAM ever before, ana the con-
dition of the country, as a whole, was
never better than now.
Economy, justice, good government
and humanity-every good impulse and
every just and righteous consideration
demand that we do not change the pol.
icy of the administration.
"W. A. PETER"