The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-22

the factories were closed, and that hun
dreds of thousands OF men were out OF en-
/ ployment? Have you forgotten that the
| demand for agricultural. products was:
therefore, reduced, and that the prices OF
/ the same had reached marx DeloW the
| cost OF production? Have you forgotten
/ the mortgages upon the farms, the talure
| OF the banks, the paralysis of all KINDS OF
industry and business? Do you reineHoeI
how, in the year 1890, the administration OF
/ William Mckinley was assailed ana the
conduct of the war and of our soialers oilers
| criticised? Do you remember that we were
/ again told that the policies Tor Wnich
/ Bryan stood were the only ones Wnlch
could keep this country of ours in the Nigh
| way of prosperity?
What can the Democratic speaker say
| to-day? A degree of prosperity unexampled
| In the worlds history has been enjoyed Dy
| this country since the day when Wlllam
| Mckinley took into his hands the reins OF
] government. In spite OF the fact tnat We
were told that the person OF Bryan IN the
Presidents chair and the establishment
| upon our statute books of laws in harmony
with his views were essential 10 progress
and prosperity, We find that when the con-
| vention of his party met in Indiana 10 IN
| auSurate this campaign they re1useo 10
mention his name or TO indorse the primer
piles for which he stands. We find, how
ever, that they denounced and con-
| demned and opposed every measure
which has been supported by the Repup-
ncan party in the securing or THESE. unPdi-
aleled conditions. One reading their plat
| form would presume that we were, indeed
upon the broad path which leads to de-
| struction.
What, my friends, is the purpose of gov
| ernment? Is il not to secure the greatest
good TO the greatest number OF Its cltlzens!
| What do see to-day? More men en-
ployed in field and shop than at any pre-
| vious time in our country'S history. better
| wages paid than have ever been known.
! Less mortgages upon farms and upon
the homes of our people. Interest rates
reduced. our foreign trade extended beyond
the widest promise of the past: feaSe
with all the world, new republic estap,
lished upon this western hemisphere ana
! civil government administered to millions
of those upon the islands of the sea who
never before had taste or liberty.
Have not the promises of the Repub-
lican party been redeemed, and more? Let
us not forget that he who stood at the
helm while most of these things were ac-
complished was other than the man de-
nounced as tyrant from 1896 until the
day of his death.
Let pause for a moment to speak of
man beside whose open grave the Nation
stood little more than year ago. William
Mckinley was President of the United
than any other, had welded the discordant
elements of our country into one homoge-
neous people. Under his influence descend end
ants of Puritan and Cavalier united their
energies more than ever before Tor the
glory of flag and of our Union. In
peace and in war he wrought so wisely and
so lovingly that, ii seemed, sectional ana
party differences would well nigh disappear,
and at his death pulpit and press, partiot
and politician, from the rising to the set
ting of the sun, chanted paeans to his men,
ory. Under his leadership liberty was car
ried to the four corners OF the earth, and
cheers and tears of rejoicing greeted old
Glory even in the forbidden city OF the
ancient capital of the Oldest empire upon
the globe. We MOURN then, fallen leader
but more than this we mourn loving
mana sweet-tempered, clean-hearted,. lib
erty-loving, God-fearing mana man who
loved the earth ard who manifested his love
for it and for all its joys; hopes and visions
| hon he 60 in a CT
who sought 10 close the curtain by his
bedside, The trees are SO beautiful; 1 love
to look at them I'M man 81 VINO e, i9Sed tSai his his
tender devotion and loving solicitude have
fallen upon the homes of America as a
sweet benediction. A man who loved his
God. and who loved and trusted Him so
much that, as he surrendered in his heroic
struggle for life. so dear to him as well as
of his fond wife, and say: Gods WILL not
ours, be done.
"'Talk of his doom without sigh.
For he is freedoms now, and fames-
One of the few the immortal names,
That were not born to die
, ''It seems incredible that this is the man
; whose private and public life was de-
, nouncd by the opposition everywhere only
two short years ago. 1t seems, sometimes,
as if the God of nations had the United
!, States within His special providence. When
this great calamity came there was ready
to step into his place fearless champion
of the people. III there is in America to-
day one man above all others whom the
people trust il is he who assumed those
great responsibilities. The professional pol
itician may fret, the cruel trust magnate
, may fear, but the people, from East and
West, look to and trust the man of supreme
; courage, physical and moral, who is now
President of the United States-Theodore
, Roosevelt.
1.-The only question for this campaign,
my friends. Is whether not you will con-
i tnue in power the Republican party, which
! has secured these conditions; whether or
, not you will sustain the hands of the chief
) executive, whom you love; whether or not
) you will send TO Congress for another term
the faithful man who is representing you
now. There can be but one answer-we will
be true to the trust reposed in us. We will
cherish our homes and firesides; we
4 will show to the world that the universal
ballot is no mistake, but that we have in
teligence to comprehend and courage to
E meet the wild efforts of the opposition 10
: secure office regardless of the interests OF
| the DeOple,"