The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19


Republican party. He said:
You have not forgotten, and all of you
well remember. the CRITICAL hard and un-
The country was stili suffering from the
industrial and financial stagnation and
depression which began and continued
country was full of mechanics and labor
Ing men Of all classes, idle and without
work. Money, through want of conf,
to earn, to acquire or to borrow.
The industrial, the financial and the
business world was stagnants stood par
alyZed and in dread Of the future. And
the great masses OF the people were suf-
fering, restless and pln1ng for a way out
of the difficulties by which they were sur
in many cases. WI" undeeded 1 as to the proper
road to take.
1t was at such time and under such
hoping, that out Of the stagnant chaos
and despair then prevailing, they might
secure political success, and being willing
came before the American people with
their startling and dangerous program,
declaring in favor of the free and unlin
Dor against capital, and depreciating the
protection, by the courts and the execu-
tive: of property against lawlessness and
And their program and policy was, as
you will remember, emphasized and inten-
sitied by the declarations, promises and
ever ambiguity there may have been in
cleared up and made plain by the candi-
date.
-. 1t was at this .juncture. and under
these conditions that the Republican
party, ever mindful of the welfare and
accepted the gauge Of battle and took up
the defense Of sound money, declared it's
readiness to foster and protect, in har-
mony, both capital and labor, and to pre-
aWleSSnesS and disorder
When the issue was first joined In thai
Smpag f the Deno Sa party fes l.
seemed as though their new gospel had
captured the masses Of the people. And
there were many good men In the coun-
try who were alarmed at the prospect
and fearful of the result. The very bold
ness and revolutionary character of the
Democratic platform; and ,H, candidate were
But the Republican party, under. the
leadership, Of qne Of it's best and n9beSt
pealed with faith and energy to the con-
science and good sense OF the American
people Loyalty to the true interests int Of
and sober judgment Of the masses were
the fountain and cornerstone of the Re-
The effervescence which existed imme-
diately after the Chicago convention
gradually disappeared as men began to
think, to reason, and to see the dangers
contraction, and the danger of arraying
labor against capital. and thus paralyzing
ara ieonardizing both.
gosepel of the Republican party bore fruit
and in November the American people,
under the banner of the Republican party,
gained a great and glorious victory, and
perils that had confronted the country
SINCE THE DAYS OF THE GREAT
REBELLION.
The result of the election was no soon
er known than <the country seemed to
awake to a new being and to a new life.
The nightmare of Democracy was past,
and the rejoicing was not alone confined
to the victim.
When the war of the great Rebellion
was over, and the fervor of battle had
ceased, quite number of the vanquished
in their innermOst hearts, were glad that
the Union was saved.
So, when the great political struggle of
1896 was over, there were many men
who. from the force of habit, or who
like drowning men grasping for straw,
had voted the Democratic ticket, who
were nevertheless, when the heat of the
strife had subsidized, happy in the result
and silently rel DICED in the success Of the
Time and more than five years of Re-
publican rule have but served to en-
phasize the great advantages and the
country as result of that victory.
But the Republican party has not only
stayed the hand of the destroyer, it has
degree, by judicious legislation and ad-
and ie econemie eo lfe and dee
welopment of the country.
The Democratic tariff law. Of 1884,
which for lack of discriminating protec-
ton, bred industrial stagnation, and was
also insufficient as revenue provider,
gave way to the Republican tariff act of
1897, passed at a special session called
by President Mckinley for that purpose
Immediately after his Inauguration.
on some Of the et'1 provisio g &c Of this act
and no tariff act can escape or is above
all criticisnl-it is certain that but for the
gave pro%dsd ths conn T2 with smpe
revenue for its current expenses; and it
IS also certain, and amply demonstrated
by our experience, that under it's flag our
most pronounced commercial and indus
trial revival and continued prosperity in
all our history.
and imports-from 1893 to 1897, inclusive
"a period of five years-amounted to S.
278, ,C2O with balance of trade in
12l $50; while our total foreign commerce
from 1897 to April 1902, a period of four
years and nine months, was S1O,OS6, 49,
upon the same, of the enormous sum of
S2,156, I30, SUI, or an annual average of
$3.50, 1864 1871. ', ~. .-..
1t is this rapid and immense growth of
our foreign trade-especially the great
balance in our faVor-that has alarmed
and frightened so many countries of Eu-
rope. They fear and see in it-and well
they maya loss of their industrial and
commercial supremacy, and its departure
TO and vesture in the great republic of
the West.
American products of the farm and fac
tory, under the momentum of enlarged
production, resulting from a good home
market, are invading with Irresistible
force all countries of the civilized world.
And this is merely the overflow of our
production over the home demand.
The domestic trade of our country since
1897, resulting from our great industrial
has more than kept pace with our foreign
commerce, and his increased with even
greater force and volume. Capital has
been and still is abundant; and labor
finds no lack of employment at fair
wages. And in many industries the de-
mand for the output is in excess of and
outruns the productive capacity. Many
mills and factories have received orders
for months in advance of the time in
which they can be filled. And there have
been many instances and localities where
This high degree of prosperity among
our own people is all the more remark
able because it occurs at a time when
many Of the countries Nof the Old World
are suffering from Industrial stagnation,
which is attested by the fact that immi-
grafton is pouring to our shores from
those countries in greater volume than
ever.
All this shows the solid basis and foun-
Nation On which orr ind11Stria1. life rosie