Honors History Writing #2

Vote McKinley for President of 1896

by Mariyah Gillis


Our dear America is still trying to bounce back from the civil war, the violent groups, and the old financial situation. But while we sit here and hope for the best, the democratic President brings us down to a devastating financial state, unemployment rates have soared to 20%-25% as people get laid off from their jobs, and businesses have gone bankrupt all across our once thriving nation.
Many people have been wondering who will get us out of this state of turmoil; this ground breaking fall in the country’s banking and sky rocketing heights of inflation. How can America become the prosperous nation it once was? Who will bring that change?
As frustrating as times are, the decision for a new president is an easy choice to make. Governor William McKinley has proved that he is qualified to be the next president for year 1896.
For years, McKinley has governed many areas in America. He knows how to make big decisions, wise decisions, which to benefit those who he has governed. He has shown he can make good judgment and wise decisions. In the economic state we are currently in, we need a leader that’ll make strong and wise decisions that will improve our country.
Bryan was elected to congress two times in 1890 and 1892. Democrats have been in the White House for the last 4 years. Our country’s terrible state of being is a reflection of the democratic leadership skills. Do we really want another democrat in office to push our country further downhill? McKinley, a republican, will pull our country uphill.
With his genial personality, Mr. McKinley makes sure to include every organization (even traveling salesman and bicycle clubs). He includes the rich and those that are poor. He takes care of all, and uses wisdom to handle every situation.
“We sent him a telegraph, last year, stating ‘Immediate Relief Needed’. We had no food or supplies to live off of,” said one of the once impoverished minors if Hocking Valley.
When Governor McKinley got their telegraph, in a matter of a few hours, he sent a railroad car full of supplies and food (paid for out of his own pocket). Bryan has never emptied his pockets for the people he governed while he was a congressman.
Mr. William Bryan is a great orator. Great speeches do not pay the bills. Speeches don’t lead a commonwealth. Speeches don’t change large-scale economic problems; international nor national. Bryan is a man of impressive, intelligent words. And his actions have yet to show the dedication and care for the well-being of the people.
The same couple of topics are brought about when Mr. Bryan campaigns. “He speaks on the same concepts. Free silver and monitary policy is his conversation started everywhere he goes,” says one of his old fellow Congressmen. McKinley is against silver, because “it is a debased currency and overseas markets use gold, so it would harm foreign trade.”
Bryan thinks it is wise to include silver into the currency, because some people (specifically the farmers and people of poverty) can’t get much gold from the little savings they have. Using the bimetallic system was inflationary. The minors were already mining silver, so there was an abundance of silver, therefore making the U.S. currency rate goes down, and therefore causing inflation. Second of all, the rest of the world used the gold system, so using silver would complicate the international trade.
Maybe Bryan truly is trying his best to resolve the present dilemmas in our country. But the way he’s going about to solve them is unintelligent, and would cause America more problems, not only nationally, but internationally. McKinley promised to promote industry and banking. He understands the problems of our nation, and he looks at the problem from every situation, to make sure the resolution to solving the problem doesn’t worsen the situation. He also guarantees prosperity for every group in a pluralistic nation, even if it means taking the money and supplies out of his own pocket, as he has clearly displayed with the impoverished minors last year.
If Bryan promised that, would you believe he was capable? Vote McKinley. He knows what’s best for the American people as a nation, and makes sensible decisions to get our country back on track, and running the way we know our country should be.


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