Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — EXTRACTS FROM M’KINLEY’S SPEECHES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EXTRACTS FROM M’KINLEY’S SPEECHES.

The ; American people hold the' financial honor of our Government as sacred as our flag, and can' be relied upon to guard It with the same sleepless vigilance. Our creed embraces an,honest dollar, an ontarnished national credit,- adequate revenues for the uses of the Government, protection to labor au4.iridustry. preservation of the home market aad reciprocity which will extend our forelgumarfects. Our trouble Is not with the character of the money that we have, but with the threat to debase It-. We have the same currency that we had In 1892. good the world over, and unquestioned by any people. Then, too. we had unexampled credit &uq prosperity. ’Not content with the Inauguration of the rninous policy which has brought down the wages of the laborer and the price of farm products. Its advocates now offer a new policy which will diminish the value of money In which wages and prices are paid. What we want Is a sound policy, financial anj industrial, which will give courage and confidence to all, for when that Is done the money now unemployed, because of fear for the future and lack of confidence in Investment, will quickly appear In the channels of trade. ' The money of the United States, and every kind and form of It, whether of paper, silvrir or gold, must be as good as the best in the

world. It must not only be current at Its full face value at home, but It must be counted at par In any and every commercial center of the globe. The employment' of the Idle money we already have In gainful pursuits will put every Idle man In the country at work, and., when there is work there Is wages, and when there are work and wages there are consumers who constitute the best market for the product of our soil. The platfrom adopted by the Republican National Convention has received my careful consideration, and has my unqualified' approval. It Is a matter of gratification to me. as I am sure It must be to you and Republicans everywhere and to all our people, that the expressions of-Its declaration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic. They are too plain and positive to leave any chance for doubt or question as to their purport aud meaning. Recent events have Imposed upon the patriotic people of this country a responsibility and a duty greater than any since the civil war. Then It was a struggle to preserve the Government of the United States; now It Is a struggle to preserve the financial honor of the Government of the United States. Then It was a contest to save the Union; now It Is a contest to save spotless Its credit. Then section was arraypd against section; now men of all sections can unite, and will unite, to rebuke the repudiation of our obligations and the debasement of our curency.