Morris tribune., 1900-07-21

Il said to the cow puncher: Remember,
it is the Thistle brand" He grinned and
asaid he knew his business But / saw he
was putting on my brand Hold on
there, said, you are putting on my
brand 81 always put on my boss
brand, - he replied. saiCtto him: 'You
lnan go to the ranch and getyour time. If
HYnn steal for me, you willsteal from me"
Honesty Applicable to Politics.
And that applies in politics as well as
in the cow business You have got to
have honesty first, and you have got to
have courage with it, have mighty lit
ble use Tor the honest, timid man, the
man who takes out his honesty in his own
,psrlor, but who can't trust himself with
it out in the world to do his work among
his fellows He may be very nice and
pleasant, but he is no use. @ "a a ~
But no matter how honest and brave
man may be, if he is q natural born fool
you can't do anything with him. He
rlust have the saving grace of common
Rcnse.
Honesty, courage and common sense
are needed in public life just as they are
needed in private life And it is because
I believe that associations like this club,
associations like this league, make for
the elementary decencies of political life
that take such pleasure in addressing
you tonight.
/ do not address you as Republican
undressing Republicans, but asan Ameri-
ran addressing his fellow Americans,
%.-ging them to stand for honesty and the
honor of the flag.
A Campaign Of Vital Enterest.
We have come here to begin the work OF
a campaign more vital to American inter
ests than any that has taken place since
the close of the Civil war. We appeal
not only to Republicans but to all goou
citizens who are Americans in tact 'as
we'll as in name to help US in re-electlng
President Mckinley. 1t was indeed 'ol
Infinite Importance to elect him four
gears ago; yet the need is even greater
now. Every reason then obtained IN MS
favor obtains now, and many more nave
been added. -Four years ago the success
If the populistic Democracy would nave
meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at
nome; it would have meant the shame
that is worse even than misery and olsas-
ter. Today it would mean all this and IN
addition the immeasurable disgrace OF
Ii ABANDONING the proud position we nave
taken, of finching from the great work
we have begun President Mckinley hes
more than made good all that he prom
ised, or that was promised on his behalf,
and as the smoke clears away we see how
utterly trivial are the matters because OF
which his administration has been cr1tl-
cized, when compared with the immense
substantial gains for American honor and
interest which under that administration |
have been brought about. We appealed
for President Mckinley before, asserting
what he would do if president from our
knowledge of what he had done In lesser
positions. Now we appeal for him asking
that the promise of second term be
Judged by the performance OF his first.
and pledging that the wonderful work so
begun in his first term
shall in his second be carried to an even
more triumphant conclusion.
Mckinley Stands ON His Record.
We ask support for President McKln-
ley because of what he has actually done,
Of what he now stands for and typiies
and because of the marvellous work that
has been accomplished under his admin
IstratiOn. We ask the support of all up
right citizens because against him are
arrayed the forces Of chaotic evil, because
Of the breeding menace to our moral and
Industrial welfare, which is implied in |
the present attitude and purpose of the
populistic Democracy.
We know definitely what we believe
md we say it outright. Our opponents,
who represent all the forces of discon (,
,ent, malice and envy, formed and form
ess, vague and concrete, can hardly be |
'aid to know what they really do believe,
because the principles they profess, if put 8
orth nakedly, are so revolving even to ,
heir own followers that they hke-at {
east to try-to wrap the mantle of hypoc i
'isy around them. They rant about /
rusts, but they have nothing practicable I
20 advance in the way of remedy; nor is I
his to be wondered at, when one of the ,
makers of their platform, the representa- :
i've from New York, and the leader of q
heir organization in New York are both :
lmong the most important stockholders :
n the worst trust to be found today in +
he United States, the ice trust, which f
lad justly exposed itself to the criticisms .
which our opponents often unjustly ap- +
'ly to every form Of industrial effort. :
Invent an Imaginary Danger.
They have invented the imaginary dam
,er of imperialism, and about thai the /
.lso rave. Yet so conscious are they of
he hollowness of their attack, 80 we'll i
ware that to follow out their professions U
would mean to trail the American flag in II
he dust that they are obliged to pretend v
hat really after all they are for expan- a
ion After infinite labor they finally did t
lecide that they still believed in free sill t
yer This decision was reached in their {
committee by a vote of 26 to "a, so that it '
,ppears that they only have 81 per cent of b
aith in their Ascent dollar after all t
even this amount of faith they were able P
o reach purely by the aid of Hawaii, and d
ct four years ago they objected as much p
o our expansion over Hawaii as they u
low object to our expansion over the t
philippines. There is an element of grim o
omedy in these builders having now per- t
orce to take the once rejected stone to f
make out Of it the foundation of their
lew platform. t
Their only unequivocal position is that Q
q favor of free silver at ratio of is to l, i /
OF they have sought at least to make the d
retense of qualifying, or at least Of b
what thev mean vvhaD fhov osi- G.