Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — TO ALL REPUBLICANS! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO ALL REPUBLICANS!

We trust that all Republicans are alive to the responsibility which rests upoti them in this campaign. It is not to Democrats or Mugwumps that the country looks for rescue from its present troubles, but to Republicans. It will not do for any Republican to rely on the aid that Is promised by members of other parties. We must wage the if we had no allies. We must sigh? to ’the last minute as If we stood alone against all our foes combined. What assistance we get from others we should welcome, but the fight Is ours; we must make it, and on us depends the result. Republicans, sipglj - and In groups, must take off their coats and go to work -as? they have not worked since ’6O and ’64. There are-thousands on thousands of voters who have become confused by the mingling of Issues and tbe merging of lines in the excitement of the last few weeks. Many of them do not know what the party is striving for. These people must be enlightened, instructed, encouraged. Every employer mtost make himself au instructor of his employes. Every business man must, make himself a missionary among his brothers. Every workingman who has learned his lesson well must teacli those who labor at his side or enjoy their leisure in his company. It is not enough that most Republicans know what they wish to vote for. They must make their friends aud acquaintances understand the questions that are before the people. They must struggle with the stubborn; they must convince the doubtful. They must put the right arguments before ev6ry one who has a vote. The only sound arguments are the straight Republican arguments. The only sound doctrine is straight* Republican doctrine. Do not trust others. Do not look to Democratic speakers or to Democratic newspapers. Look to yourselves. Put straight Republican principles before your friends. Give them straight Republican papers to read. Preach straight Republicanism every day! There Qjm he no misunderstanding about Republicanism. Its cardinal principle is protection, l»y which every man is enabled to earn his living, and" sound money, by which every man is enabled to receive full, honest wages for his work. From this doctrine there ehouid-be no turning. It is the doctriih? on w-ilksh -.depends the honor and the life 'bt the natiop. Republicnus. get to work now! .* The country looks to you. The whole world looks to you. Republicans now. as in other times of peril, must fight the battle and win the victory.—New York Press. Tariff Facta. Total Treasury receipts first twentytwo months of the Wilson law, compared with first twenty-two mouths of the McKinley law:McKinley Wilson 181)0. law. 1894. [,, w . October . .$.19,222,174 Sept ..... .$‘22.1)21.228 N0v...... 28,1178,074 October ... 19,139,240 Dec 27,840.515’ Nov 19,411,403 I*9l. Dec 21,388.130 Jail ...... 38,810,283 1595. Fell 29.273,173 Jan 27,804,399 March .... 29,427.455 Keb 22 888 057 April 25.405.231 March .... 25.470.575 May 27,831,849 April 24,247,830 June 31,289.205’May ...... 25.272.078 July 34,158,244 June 25.615.474 August ... 28,773,981 July 29.089,897 Kept 27.505.454 August ... 28,952,898 October .. 28.448.502 Sept ...... 27.549,678 Nov ...... 26,804,887 October ... 27,901.748 Dec 27,848,515'N0v 25,986.503 1*92. Dec •. 28.288,937 Jan ...... 30.383,478 1800. Keb 30,608.944 Jan 29.207.670 March 29.830,898 Keb . 20,959228 April ... * 20,971,224 March .... 20.041.149 May 28,228.398 April 24.282.893 June 30,958,017 May ...... 24.843.717 July .‘31,314.331 Juue 27.794.219 Total. .J 880.420.350 Total.. .$558,144,559 Loss In twenty-two months under DettOcratlc “tariff for reveutio only” .$102,275,791 Hanna Declares the Issue. Chairman Hanna declares that the Issue Is honest iqouey and a protective tariff—- “ And when I say a protective tariff I do not mean a high protective tariff by any means—a sufficient readjustment pf duties to pay Its expetwflis and bring us hack to the prosperity d?TBtK!." That the present duties are not high enough to produce sufficient revenue to run the government Is denied by no ohe. Even the I'opoerats admit It. They say in their platform that they are opposed to further changes In the tariff, “exeept such as are necessary to make good the deficit in revenue.” Whatever Mr. Hanna says may be taken confidently as representing MaJ. McKinley’s .sentiments. That being k £be case why should any sound money Democrat hesitate to vote at this June-

ture for jlaj. McKinley and the maintenance of the existing gold standard? Why should the fear of a “high protective tariff” keep them away when Mr. Hanna informs them the enactment of no such tariff is anticipated?— Chicago Tribune. More Work Wanted. If the tariff is so adjusted as to induce the investment of idle money in industries that will employ labor at American wages so that men can eat their fill and pay for what they cat, the money question will settle itself. It is not a question of more money, but more work.

Metropolitan Life Building, (New York City.)

Political Blasphemy. The Cross of Jesus Christ was designed to be the symbol of the atonement, and was never intended to be the emblem of a political party, to he used to teach anarchistic doctrines. The crown of thorns was-for the Savior’s brow and not for thpse who wout.l

overthrow the best government on earth. I predict, too, that the man who dares to blaspheme the sacred cross will find written on the wall of his chamber some night the words, “Mene, mene, tekel, upharsln—thou are weighed in the balance and found wanting,” and no man who has been educated to respect his country and its financial credit with sister nations will betray his country for thirty pieces of silver.— From Bishop Newman’s sermon. Pops Refuse to star Swallowed. Thp Populists may be guileless, but they are sufficiently vigorous to put difficulties In the way of the’ wholesale process' of assimilation which Democratic leaders predicted after the St. Louis convention. If the cat has swallowed the canary la (pill alive and capable of making trouble, lor a not too squeamish stomach. Tom Watson gives warning that ‘lt is by ,po means certain that the Georgia Populist convention will indorse what the St. Louis convention did." Tho Indiana Populists have to “fuse" on the State ticket and laid a foundation for future trouble. The Alabama Populists naively insist that if they support Brygn they shall, ‘‘hare, a fair count” from the Democrats- In, Missouri all of Governor StoneVefferta to win over the Populist leaders liars

proved futile,' These are a few signs s af the prevailing discontent, and. they .increase in number every day. Fusion is efisy to talk about,' but it is not easy to achieve when both parties are looking for the qgyi£t}ta^fe,—Qhicago TimesHerald. ... McKinley's Good Advice. Vote the Republican ticket, stand by the protective policy, stand by American industries, stand by that policy which believes in -American . work for American workmen, that believes in American wages for American laborers, that believes in American .homes for American citizens. Vote to maintain that system by which you can earn enough not only to give you the comforts of life but the refinements of life; enough to educate and equip your children, who may not have been fortunate by birth, Who may not have been born-with a sliver spoon in their mouths; enough to enable them in turn to educate and prepare their children for the great possibilities of. American life. lam for America, because AtnerIca Is for the common people.—Hon. William McKinley. d - , •, Our Doss John Bull's Gain.

Financial Definitions. In response to many Inquiries as to the rrteaning of expressions commonly used in the discussion of issues Involved in this campaign, the New York Press has prepared the following brief table of terms and equivalents: Freei Coinage.—The melting and stamping into money, without charge for the service, of all silver bullion brought to the mintsr , ■ / Sixteen to Qne.—The rajio sought to be maintained by law, according to which sixteen ounces of silver shall equal in value one ounce of gold. Commercial Ratio.—The ratio of actual value, the rate at which gold and silver egn be exchanged. It is now thirty-one ounces of silver to one of gold. Sound Money.—A currency of which every dollar is ex'changeabie at par with the’ standard dollar of the country—in this country a gold dollar. The Gold Standard.—The measure of value adopted by the leading, nations of thf^world as a basis for their eurrencyirthe coin (gold) in which all obligations are finally redeemable. *r* * A Fifty : Cent Dollar.—One which, owing to the depreciation of silver, is intrinsically worth fully this amount, and maintains its fat* value only by reason of the Government’s pledge to keep it at a parity with gold. Carlisle vs. Groavenor. For tlie fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, Secretary Carlisle estimated a revenue of $430,121,363. He was $57,•

318,867 too high in his estimate. For the 185>5 year his first estimate was $454,427,748, which was $64,(XX),000 too high; whilo his second estimate, made a year later, was $34,000,000 too high, lie has not improved much since then, as his first estimate for year Just dosed was nearly $77,000,000 too high, while his latest estimate was almost $32,000,000 in excess of she actual revenue received. As a “flgurer” the Democratic Secretary of the Treasury is not in It compared with Gen. Gros* venor. A An Object^Leason.

Where the Eastern Headquarters of the Republican National Committee are situated.

From: "Tariff Facts"