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prospered too much ; it was that no one had pros 

 pered enough. Let each one of us think of the af 

 fairs of his own household and his own business, let 

 each of us compare his standing now with his stand 

 ing eight years back, and then let him answer for 

 himself whether it is not true that the policies for 

 which William McKinley stood in 1896 have justi 

 fied themselves thrice over by the results they have 

 brought a&out. 



In 1900 the issues were in part the same, but new 

 ones had been added. Prosperity had returned ; the 

 gold standard was assured ; our tariff was remodeled 

 on the lines that have marked it at all periods when 

 our well-being was greatest. But as must often 

 happen, the President elected on certain issues was 

 obliged to face others entirely unforeseen. Rarely 

 indeed have our greatest men made issues they 

 have shown their greatness by meeting them as they 

 arose. President McKinley faced the problems of 

 the Spanish War and those that followed it exactly 

 as he had faced the problems of our economic and 

 financial needs. As a sequel to the war with Spain 

 we found ourselves in possession of the Philippines 

 under circumstances which rendered it necessary to 

 subdue a formidable insurrection which made it im 

 possible for us with honor or with regard to the 

 welfare of the island to withdraw therefrom. The 

 occasion was seized by the opponents of the Presi 

 dent for trying to raise a new issue, on which they 

 hoped they might be more successful than on the old. 

 The clamor raised against him was joined in not 



