156 The Campaign of 1896 



candidate of the other for the second position on the 

 ticket. 



The Republican party stands on a normal and 

 healthy party footing. It has enunciated a definite 

 set of principles entirely in accord with its past ac- 

 tions. It has nominated on this platform a Presi- 

 dent and Vice-President, both of whom are thor- 

 ough-going believers in all the party principles set 

 forth in the platform upon which they stand. Mr. 

 McKinley believes in sound finance, that is, in a 

 currency based upon gold and as good as gold. So 

 does Mr. Hobart. Mr. McKinley believes in a pro- 

 tective tariff. So does Mr. Hobart. Mr. McKinley 

 believes in the only method of preserving orderly 

 liberty, that is, in seeing that the laws are enforced 

 at whatever cost. So does Mr. Hobart. In short, 

 Mr. Hobart stands for precisely the same principles 

 that are represented by Mr. McKinley. He is a 

 man of weight in the community, who has had wide 

 experience both in business and in politics. He is 

 taking an active part in the campaign, and he will 

 be a power if elected to the Vice-Presidency. All 

 the elements which have rallied behind Mr. McKin- 

 ley are just as heartily behind Mr. Hobart. The 

 two represent the same forces, and they stand for a 

 party with a coherent organization and a definite 

 purpose, to the carrying out of which they are 

 equally pledged. 



It will be a matter of much importance to the na- 

 tion that the next Vice-President should stand for 

 some settled policy. It is an unhealthy thing to 



