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hepes I, built the Pacific railroad. which
has bound the Union together from east 10
west by bands OF steel and made the States
bevcud the mountains among our most loyal
~ r1-oeperous common wealths II redeemed
our paper currency and made all our forms OF
money q exactly equal value, and our credit
- % D. s-s5,ee1,n 81 The face Of obstacles which
might have dsunted the hardest statesmen
Il has reduced our interest charges SO that IN
any mart on earth we Gan borrow money
cheaper than any other people. In the hnan-
cisl revulsfons 10 which ali communities are
subject able. thanks 10 our laws and
cur administrative system; 70 1..ess a.u pass
the most violent crisis without lasting oanage
iebo- ~ 1esrs - succeeded in reforming and
regulating our civil service that patronage has
slnoet ceased 70 cast its deadly blight upon
The work OF our public servants. Human ma
ture Is weak and ofenses happen; but they
are almost always found out ana are purisheo
without mercy when detected By persistent
adherence 70 the policy OF protEction. We have
given 10 our industries a development wnicn
the fathers CT the republic never dreamed OF
which beeides supplying our home market,
has carried our manufactures 70 the utterInos1
F5is-o-, aeforSs 10 parallel 10 the vast and
sncressirsr prosperity which this country has
--sC--e5 SS--fe~ Fer5lblicsn rule I hasten 10
ssy We % rot claim 70 have ir-vented seed
time and harvest, and Industry ana lnILt. INIT
We are great people ana success ooI Iis..s'
But we may justly claim that the kepuolcan
party has been in power during ihese yeaIs ys
b-tnF --o5f that we have not preverrzed it-and
this e no slight honor FOR party 10 claim
PREDOMINANT PACIFIC POWER
viii not al this moment speak OF the i'm
poT-ant acquisitions or territory We naNe Ll.aoS'
rant power IN the Pacific. Bat out OF the
states have entered the Union Inc census
~ 1850 gave Us y. 600 OF population = the
last one, l6o9oo 600 Ine nuraber OF our IA t i.ls
the total of our cultivated acreaSe-haH IN
creased fourfoid- Our corn crop Is hVe times
what IL was our wheat crop, SIX times Ihe
capital invested IN manufacturing has gi ggIoNh
from i've hundred millions 70 ten billions;
where II employed less than a million artisans,
80 ncw employs more 1han nle LnlllOns. Ai-o
while the number OF working men has IN
creased i've times, their wages nave increased
telfclc- The value OF manufactured properly
Is thirteen times what u was when the he-
publicsns OF Michigan met under The oaks
The real and personal wealth OF the country
has grown IN this amazing half century from
seven thousand millions 70 ninety four thou
= r7fjesFe ~ IL. go 10 one OF 10000. our
imports and exports have gone up by leaps
and bounds 10 the same monstrous proportions.
And fnally. let us hasten 70 say, as the Other
side vii say Il for Us, instead OF the $4,000
600 which supplied our modest needs in 1850 We
now collect and spend some 500. 600. 900 annu-
sIiv. ] can only add what Speaker Reed re
r'ied 10 ! Democratic statesman who COM
plained Of a billion-douar Congress; We'll,
this Is a billion-dollar country
Of course our opponents, who have got far
enough from the men and the events OF the
great war period 10 admit they were not with
6ut rlerit viii say-for they must say some
rhiuc-rhat we have fallen away from that
high level Nov. am grieved 10 confess that
an old enough 20 have seen something ot
Republlcan administraticns. and I venture 10
say thar no eight years Of government in our
history have been Durer from blame or have
conferred greater benefits upon the country
than the eight years Of Mckinley and Roose-
uot hesitate no refer 10 it, although I have
been associated with both administrations. so
little ~ their merit is mine that may speak
~ them without faise mOdesty.
ERA OF PROSPERITY.
Our rational finances have never IN our his
tory been So wisely and successfully adminis-
Ierel. our credit never stood on basis 50
broad and 50 strong Our per cents COM
maud q premium in ali markets-no other
sfroad the otber dsv So 900 0OO OF gold ia a
single transaction without producing a ripple
in exchange The vast expenditure made nee
sssarv bv our enormous increase in every ele-
Tneut az national growth is collected with the
utmost ease and expended with perfect hon
esry Our protective system, Loyalty and in
telngently carried out and improved in the
lasl seven years. not only ms our treasury
with the means OF national expenditure, but
has carried industries and our commerce
= a 1elsnl o. Prosletlly "hich IS the wonder
and envy OF Our neiEhbors. VINO trying 10
emulate our progress IN the relations be
tween labor anl capital, always a subject OF
deep concern in Democratic governments, We
have improved both In the letter and the
spirit How could it be otherwise when labor
knows that Mckinley and Roosevelt have
watched over IT'S interests brother might
and capital knows that its rights viii be
duties As 70 our place in the world, It has
simply followed and naturally compiemented
the steady Improvement in our domestic con-
diticn. A country growing so fast must have
elbow room-must have its share Of the sun
shine in the last seven years without ag-
Eresslor, without undue Eelf-assertion. we
have taken the place that belonged 10 Us. Ad-
herring with religious to the precepts OF
Washington ana the traditions OF a century
and avoiding all enrangling alliances. profess
-rg friendship 70 all nations and partially to
none Mckinley and Roosevelt had gone stead
t.1 forward protecting and extending American
Interests everywhere and gaining. by deserv-
ilE BE-. the good VIII q all the world Their
advice has ben constantly sought and spar
-rely given Fy constant iteration their pol
icE has been made rlsin. We DO not covet the
territory nor the control Of any other people
we hold ourselves absolutely apart from any
combinations or groups OF powers We favor
o. national interests but our own.
TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS.
lr -lrfrONcrsies among our neighbora We
take uo part, uot even rendering good of7ces
unless al the request Of both parties concerned.
~ ben our advice is given il is always the
eide ~ peace and Cancellation We have made.
1t is true great acquisitions. but OF set
purpose nor from greed OF land. In the case
r Hawaii the viii OF the people OF those isl
Led Fn