Oregon City enterprise., October 30, 1896, Supplement, Image 9

ONE DAY AT CANTON.
Forty Delegations with Forty SpeciaKTrains Meet at
ihe Home of Major McKin
PRONOUNCED "THE GftEATEST EVENT IN POLITICAL HISTORY"
association to Miij. McKinley, who ad
dressed his 'iilit'M hrii'Hy. saying:
"It gives me extreme pleasure to meet
tin' representatives of tin1 luutril of mis
sions mill n' publication (if tln Kvnngcli-
'III . NM1I-):I I i III III' till' I'llill'll Stlltl'S. It
in luili'i'il tu mi' ii very liiL'li compliment
tn'linvi' ii body like yours turn aside fniin
Pits business sessions tlmi cull it together
In innki' ii visit In my liiiini' In give mi'
assurances nl' yiuir support mill of tlu
ili'viiliiin v 1 1 i i .vim have fur tli prill-
Eleven States and Three National Organizations Send
Greetings to the Republican Candidate..
'""ph. fT.niil cries of "We well: we
will, followed liy (In ii rousing cheer
fur the xt President.")"
are licni'liliil when the mint of Stark
nullity nn rniiiiiiiK.
"I t It ii 11 U yini over unit over again for
this in 1 1 . I must now turn to tin oilier
side of thin mi ii iiI mill mill ri'MH auotlii'r
delegation, tln tiM-in Imtm of which have
tin- same purpose In tln'ir lii'iirtH tliHt
you have victory for the principles of
limti'i'iiiiii, honest money mill good gov-i-riiini'iii.
iiiri'Ht applause.) I t lunik
ymi ami liiii yon Koo.l afternoon."
STEEL COMPANY EMPLOYES.
A Delegation or Three Hundred Work.
liiKlnen.
('.including his 'preceding address to
" i''"'. .Mnj. McKinley liiul to lint
ciplos rof which I Htnml. I appreciate face nliont to limi pntii'iitly awaiting ,U
this cull. I would cx t from ii I....I.V "f j nuili,.,,,.,. f . ;;,K, ,,., Wlirk,.,.Hj ,.,.
religious ini'ii t in hey won i stand l ! nlovi-al liv tl... im, , ... ..
nubile honor mii.I public honesty as your j ' '?,.', ... ,? 1 E, " corn .any of
bishop has ,i,.srril I won . I 'X t I , .' V , J,' '" '""'J i,"i 'I'l rV-,"7"1
f. you Hint von w.ml.l sian.l l.y i.ul.li,' .'11 'Vl" 1 "MJ McKinley
Countless Thousands Throng the Streets of Canton and Listen
to His Words of Patriotism.
Cnnton, O.. Oct. 10. "The greatest
political dotnoiiHt ni l ion ever known" was
tllO Verdict Of till' VI'll'I'llll obsOIVCl'S of
the events which oecurri'.l hero lo.liiy.
for weeks tlu-rc Iiiik not liccn u day
except the Siililmth, in which Mnj. Jlr
Kinlev hiiN not liccti greeted by iiuuior
oun delegations, but totiuy was the great
est of th.'iii nil.
He fore tin vliulit the siiccinl trains boar
lug delegations of voters from lioth the
olil political parties began rolling into
the depot, mill iim early ns ii o'clocU
the impatient visitors began forming in
line to uiiircli to the moilest iiouie which
in now the Mecca for citizens of nil
ntntcs ninl sections, mi.l for men of nil
tmst nartv n Illiniums. All iliiy imiir
. delegations of cheering, shouting men
from all the wnlUs ot lile woikiugineu,
Dierchants, ministers, workers in iron
4and cltiy ami brass ami steel, rninnior
einl salesmen, miners, fnriiiers, planters,"
ruilronil men iin.l grain dealers,
marched to Maj. M;Kinloy's home, ami
with hnzziis. spoi-eh-miiking iiu.l hand
shaking tcKtitieil their ri'Kii fl for him.
ml the fealtyof their states timl sections
to the cause which he represents.
Forty special trains were required to
bring the forty separate organizations
from twelve different mutes who sought
In this silicic ilny to do honor to the
candidal.' of the IEcpulilicaii party, the
representative of sound money, sound
financial principles and sound govern
ment. TWENTY CAR LOADS.
Pennsylvania uml Michigan .loin In Kurly
Honors.
Twenty ear loads of people from IVim
ylvania and Michigan were the lirst to
get Maj. .McKiuley's attention. They
were at his door ut !) o'clock and ro the
' brief addresses of their spokesmen Mr.
McKinley responded by saying:
. ").'our early call is an example of
firomntnesK which I trust will he fol
owd on the lid of November in every,
part of our country.' The best thing in
this world next to liberty is labor, and
the best thing for labor is an opportunity
to work. I his l the opportunity for
which we are all HtrivinK this ye'ir and
which we hope throtiKh a eliani!.! of
policy in the administrAtion of the cv
(tntnent of Ihe I'nited States to enjoy to
a larger degree than we have done in
the past three and one-half years. What
we want inure than anything else in
order to give this opportunity to labor is
restoration of conlideiu'e. With con
fidence shaken, money seeks its hiding
place mid goes out of the channels of
business and legitimate investment mid
way from farming, mmiiil'actuiiug aud
milling enterprises. I do not know nf n
better illustration of the value of con
6deuce to the country than is found in
our own experience during the last
twenty years.
Some Financial History.
"You will remember that this .'onntry
resumed specie payments .lunimry 1,
18711. We bad outstanding then, is we
have now, .SUli.lHNMsXl of what is com-,
tnoiily known us greenback currency.
Kvery dollar of that from that date was
redeemable in gold upnu pre s.ntiliiiiii at
tile treasury of the I niteil Xtales. So
great was the couliilciue of the people
in the ability of the country thai from
187i to is!i:; but -ii;.(MHi.on(i (lf duiiu-s
were presented for redemption, .ind the
gold was tali. 'ii out; $41 i.001 M H 0 in four
teen years, and yet in the last three and
a half years, since confidence has been
disturbed, more than $200.001 1.000 of
greenbacks have been presented to the
treasury of Hie United States and the
gold taken out.
.Now, if ciiiili.leiiee had existed, if the
holders of these greenbacks had not
been fearful, and they were only made
so because the treasury of the I'nited
States was not collecting enough money
to pay its bills, that the revenues of the
treasury were inadequate for public ex
penditures, and alarmed, as they were,
they would not have sent their green
backs in fur redemption. Th.e gold re
serve was encroached upon, and from
time to time we have been compelled to
sustain it, to borrow gold to put into the
treasury of the United States. Now, the
Republican party believes it is the duty
of the government first to raise enough
money to run the government. We don't
want any deficiencies in the public treas
ury, and if we have no deficiency we
will have no debts, aud if we have no
debts we will have no bonds, and when
we have no deticiencies everybody will
have confidence in the solvency of the
treasury of the United States.
Nrroltr for High Tariff.
"Then, my fellow citizens, we not only
believe in raising enough money to mil
the government, but we believe in having
a tariff upon foreign competing products
high enough to protect American labor
and American manufactures. We be
lieve it iv the first duty of the govern
ment of the United States to protect and
defend its citizens. It is the poorest
policy on the part of the government to
give work to the laborer of other nn
fions while we have idle men in the
United Slates. Now. when we have
once accomplished that, we propose to
continue tin- good money we have in this
country. We do not want any short
dollars any more than we want light
"eights. We are ill favor of good, round
JOtl-ecnt d.illars with which to pay the
labor of this country and measure the
exchanges of Ihe American people and
we will have no other kind.
i... ,...i.i:.. :o i. ir.. 1 .."!. mien nriciiy-saving:
H"1 MMUM- llllllllll.. jlllll I'lllUM I-' ' III" ,,. .
ity. mid the honor of the country In 1 ,"r,',l by this visit and en-
which von belong. Ii is the proud boast i "!""'' by it because 1 know that yon
of our A ricaii Institutions that every hn"' tome assurances of loyalty to the
citizen beiii'iilh our Hag can worship Coil "'"'J" pi'lliciplcs of the liepublicau party
according to the dictates of his own con- "' your untiring zeal to make these
science in every corner of this great principles victorious on the ,'ld day of
country, and I am always glad to meet .November. This audience 'fairly repre
n body of men who have dedicated their l"'"'K the conditions witli which the biisi
lives to the, improvement ami betterment "ess of this country is done. The men
of humanity, for n you better its condi- "" 'be other side of me mine coal. The
tiou you elevate citizenship, and when men on this side use coal In their mills,
you elevate citizenship you luive exalted . and because you so use it the others
country. I Ihaiik you for this call anil mine it. If you created no demand for
nut you all goml afternoon, (drciit up- mere woulil he no demand for the
plause.)
IOOO COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Three Creat Slates Nnnl Their Traveling
Siilesnieii,
The second body of visitors was made
up of commercial travelers from New
York. Ohio and Indiana, and to their
t ultiioiis greeting .Maj. McKinley re
sponded by saying.
.Nobody knows sooner than tli
SOUND MONEY RAILROAD MEN.
Kiupliiyes of Cleveland, Akron anil Co
lumbus ('oiiiiiny.
The eniul.iyes of the Cleveland. Akron
and Columbus Itailwny company and
sound, money clubs of Akron, ().. were
introduced by Mr. Sampson, and were
addressed by the Itepublicaii nominee as
follows:
"1 ii in glad to have the assurance
through your 'spokesman that you be
lieve that the triumph of the principles
for which the licpiililicau party now
stands will be best for you. anil so be-
e com- lioving that you intend to vote the He-
nn.w.1,.1 . , "" lieving that you intend to vote t ip He-
or V . ..' tunes are go, , i(.K;., , ,!,. f(ir
,el:,., l .'' "' ",'!'" 1''-l?l"1's greeting. 1 feel that yun are not strung-
,"", ' 1 "s .'S ,"s ll'v""'" vl!" K,,""1 I bave been riding over voir
before tile here toilnv. Vmi un inni'i,si
ed in your occupations and in having
prosperity extend from one end of ihe
country to the other. You are interested
ill lllivillir all of olll' work-slums niiiim.ir.
all our milk's in operation, and all our
workingineii constantly ami profitably
employed. You tire,' therefore, this year
jmssibly more than ever before interested
in the triumph of the political principles
which envelop the well-heimi and liiirli-
est nrosperity of the American people.
"You know better than anybody else
that you cannot sell your goods to your
customers unless your customers can' sell
goods to the people. You know that the
people cannot buy unless they have some
thing to do at which they can earn mon
ey, that they may buy them. That's
what is the mutter with the conntrv in.
day. That's the diagnosis of our condi
tion nt this hour. liitsiucss has been
stopped: the wheels of industry are not
running: idle men are on the streets.
Many of the maniifactiiriiig establish
ments are closed and you are not doing
as well as you were in IS!)!'.
lines fcir more than twenty years, and I
know many of your employers: and I do
not Know ol any nusiness m the country
where its employes cmi so definitely
know the condition of the business of the
country as the inen who are employed
by the railroads. You know if in the
shop, you know it in the ticket oliice, you
know it traveling on the trains: every
switchman, every brnUemaii, every con
ductor, and every engineer knows the
condition of the business of the country
and of the railroad by the amount of
business that railroad does, lie knows
when the country is prosperous mid when
it is in a state of depression, ami ho does
not have to wait for the report of the di
rectors of the railroad to know whether
there have been any dividends declared
or not. lie knows it from the a mount
of work and the amount of wages lie
receives. '
"Now. my fellow citizens, you arc
prosperous when the country is prosper
ous, and the country is prosperous when
it takes care of its own people, its own
manufacturers, its own mines, aud prod-
niiiier.
"I use this Illustration to show you how
ile'ieiiileiit we are upon each other: how
every thread of business is interwoven
with every other thread of business, and
when you snap one thread you injure all.
When the employer does not find it prof
itable to luniiiifnclui-c be ceases to do so,
ami when he does not inaiiufiicture you
do not have employment. When lie finds
it profitable to manufacture you have
steady employ incut at fair wages. Now,
what we want to do in this country is
to favor whatever policy will eticourags
American industry and promote Ameri
can maiiiifactiires. That which will
build more factories mid give more em
ployment to workingiiicu should be the
true, genuine ami universally nccepted
American policy.
"I am one of those who believe that
we should look after our own people be
fore we look after the people of other
lands, who owe no allegiance to the gov
ernment of the United Stales. I believe
the right Policy is the one which urn-
tects the American workshop by putting
a tariff upon the products of the foreign
workshop. My fellow citizens, I do not
believe that we ought to have n tariff
policy that will let the products of cUenp
er lands and of unpaid labor come into
this country and destroy our manufiic
tories and impoverish and degrade our
labor. The protective policy is my pol
icy. It is the doctrine I have always
believed in, and I make no apology to
anybody anywhere for holding tbnt view,
mid if on the .'Id day of November the
American people in their sovereign ca
pacity shall decree that a protective pol
icy shall be restored and sound money
continue, 1 hope and fervently pray that
we will enter upon an era of prosperity
that will give happiness and comfort to
every American homo. (Tremendous
cheering and cries of "Hurrah for Mc
Kinley.") I thank you for this call and
VETERANS FROM MARYLAND.
Major McKinley Delivers to Them an
I'liuiiiially Karueat Adilrass.
The Maryland C. A. It. club, one of
the di'lcguijoiiK nf the day, was houore.l
with one of the most earnest nildre'ses
.Maj. McKinley has yet delivered. In
response to Ccn. Tl lore I.niig. who
snoke for the Maryland visitors, .Maj.
McKinley said:
"The sH'ctncle which we witness In
Canton today Is most encouraging sml
inspiring. There are delegation here
from New York. 1'eniisylvnnia. Ohio,
Indiana. Michigan. Illinois and Mary
laud. K j rent applause and cries nf
"lowa."i Yes. Iowa and Kentucky, and
on yesterday we had deifications frntn
the Old Ilominioti state of Virginia and
from Ihe state of Tennessee. All ure
welcome to my home and city, for all uf
them are moved by a common purtmse,
ami that purpose is to save the iiuu:ry
from repudiation and dishonor.
"This visit on the part of my fellow
citizens from Maryland indicates their
concern at the present condition .if the
country, and manifests n Isdief on their
part that the sisiner it comes to an mil
the more gratifying It will he. It is an
unmistakable expression of yonr belief
that the change most to Is- desired iau
only be secured through a Iteptililiiiin
triumph, mid that you are rcalous i ml
alert to do your full part In bringing
about the result. This campaign !.as
ninny peculiar phases. It involves the
most vital interests to country. It is
union.' in American polities. One of the
ohl ami most honored political parties of
tins country Is very much divided this
year. A part of it has united with the
other parties, mid in some of the slates
the alliance has been rejected, and the
fusion repudiated, ho that the condition
is 'not altogether and everywhere har
monious. The old lenders of the Demo
cratic parly, those who carried its bur
dens and fought its battles in the p.'st.
minion in tne city or linliitnnpolis . rew
weeks a no an indictment airaiost their
old party associates who met at Chicago,
which in severity has been nnequaled.
They pronounced the declarations ,f the
Chicago convention, which was Demo
cratic in name, as an attack rtpnu in
dividual freedom, right of private con
tract, the independence of the judiciary
and authority of the President o u
force the laws of the United States,
Chicago Convention Arraigned.
"They charged the Chicago ctwiTenthva
with a reckless attempt to increase I ho
price of silver by legislation to the de
basement of our monetary aystem, and
threatened unlimited issues of paper
money by the government. They pro
claim in view of these and other grave
departures from Democratic principles
that they ennnnt support the candidate
of that convention, nor be bound by its
acts. They declare that the Democratic
party has survived many defeats, but
could never survive a victory wort in Is.
half of the policy proclaimed tu its Mme
at Chicago. On the money question thfy
1 No. Need for McKinley "to Swing 'Round 'the Circle"
P The Circle Szvings Around to Him.
"The best thing I can wish for each
and everyone of you is a return to the
splendid prosperity of four years ago,
'1 he money of the country, happily, is nil
right: the Hetiiibliciin party made it all
right, and (irovcr Cleveland's administra
tion has kept it good. e propose to
continue that good, sound, timiucstioned,
undepreciatiiig money "with'"which to do
the liusincKs ot this great country. (Ureal
cheering.)
A Glance Into History.
"What a nation we are! Why, in
INI id, when Abraham Lincoln of blessed
memory, the immortal hero of emancipa
tion and the jvar. when he took control
of this government our entire wealth was
$l(i.000.(MHJ.0O0. When Henjaiuin Harri
son went out it was $ti.'5.U(MI,U(HI.(IOO, aud
more than two-thirds of the great war
debt had been wiped out. Since that time
we have been doing little else but make
debts for the government and debts for
the people. I am greatly honored by this
call, 'loo many delegations are visiting
me today to permit my longer deiaining
you'. 1 appreciate this visit. It is inspir
ing to the cause which I represent, and
will encourage the Republican spirit ev
erywhere. 1 know the value of the
commercial traveler. When he is against
you. look out." (Great laughter and applause.)
IRON WORKERS AT THE FRONT.
' They Testify Their Fealty to Protection
anil J'rosperitjr.
No delegation of the day wa more
cordially welcomed than the band of
iron workers from Cleveland, whose
sturdy figures and frank faces were seen
as soon as the commercial travelers had
given place, and to them Mr. McKinley
said:
"I welcome you to Canton and my
home. I am glad to learu from your
banners and your spokesman that you
stand for the great purpose of the Itepub
licaii party and the American union, that
gives to every citizen of every race and
nationality equal chance and opportunity
in the race of life a Union that knows
neither caste nor classes, nor creeds nor
nationality, but gives equal protection
to all. I nmglad to see from your ban
ners that you are in favor of protection
r American industries. So am I. I
believe it is the duty -of the American
people to vote for that policy which will
protect American industry, defend Ameri
can labor, and preserve the old scale
of American wages. I thank you heart
ily lor this call. I am always glad to
meet the workingmen. and there is noth
ing in this campaign that gives me more
encouragement than to have behind me
the men who toil." (Croat cheering and
cries of "Hurrah for McKinley.")
EVANGELICAL MISSION BOARD.
BUhop Thomas Kntrman Introduces Bis
AfM-iateg to the oiuineo.
Bishop Thomas Bowman introduced
the missionary board of the Evangelical
Slates Represented at Canton, Oct. 10th.
i
New York.
Pennsylvania.
Maine.
Ohio.
Marylani.
West Virginia.
Keatn;ky.
Missouri.
Michigaa.
Indiana.
Illinois.
Iowa.
nets, and its own labor. The country is
prosperous when we have plenty of labor,
if we are naiil in good money. We 'be
lieve in sound money, mid we are going
always to uuve it. (Continuous cheer
") POTTERY AND IRON WORKERS.
They Greet the Champion of Protection
to American liului.tr jr.
The nest visitors were from West Vir
ginia and included pottery workers, iron
workers and a club known as the Tariff
Champions .Of heeling. To these con
solidated delegations Maj. McKinley
said:
"Gentlemen: Republicans seem to be
on all sides this year. (Great laughter
and applause; a voice: "And Demo
crats.' I Aud many Democrats are with
us. (Applause.) I am honored by this
call of this large assemblage from the
state of West Virginia. 1 am glad to
meet the li-footers. (Cheering from the
Six-Footers' Protective and Sound
Money club of Wheeling.) They ought
to be, and I nm sure will be, giants iu
this contest for national honor. I am
glad to meet the potters of West Vir
ginia. I am glad to meet the iron and
steel worker! of the Riverside mills. I
am glad to nicer you all and glad to feel
that the mission you are here upon is to
make Republican principles triumphant
on the 3d day of November.
"There is inborn in every human breast
a sentiment that mores him to strive to
better his condition. The humblest,
those born with least fortune, those with
most unfavorable surroundings, all of
them aspire to better things aud all have
a right so to aspire. The genius of our
free institutions exalts ambition and
most men want to lift themselves up, to
elevate and improve the condition of
their families. The thought iu every
man's mind here today is: 'How can I
better my condition? How can I improve
the condition of my family'' The an
swer comes almost with one voice: 'The
way to do it is to protect American in
dustry and defend American labor.' (Tre
mendous cheering.) Let us do our own
manufacturing here in the United States.
Lei us make pur own iron and steel, our
own pottery, our own glass and when
we do that, then we will employ every
idle man in the United States and bring
hope and happiness to every American
home. I believe in that policy of pro
tection to home industries and to the en
ergies of American people. I do not
believe anything is cheap to the Amer
ican people that imposes idleness upon
a ainvle American citizen. What you
want is work and wages. Do you believe
free trade will aid you? Do you believe
protective tariffs will do it? ("Yes, yes,
every time.") Then vote that way.
(Loud yells and cries of "You bet we
will.")
"Protection never closed an American
factory: protection never shut an Amer
ican mine; protection never put Amer
ican labor out on the streets. I w ish I
could say ns much for partial free trade,
such as we have exierienced in the last
three and a half years.
"More than that, my fellow citizens,
we not only want an opportonity to
work, bnt when we get that opsirtiinity
we want to he paid in honest dollars
worth ") rents each. (Continnons cheer
ing.) We believe neither in free trade
nor in free silver. The one debases the
labor, and the other the currency of the
country, and morethnn that, yon gentle
men. I know, are in favor of the main
tenance of law and order. Now, I thank
yon for this call and I trut that the
little Mountain state will in ISfSi repeat
the Terdict of ISM by giving the Hepub
licaa party a grand aad glorious tri-
hid you good afternoon." (Great cheer-
tiifc.)
MINERS OF ANTHRACITE COAL.
Three Hundred Workingmen from the
Pennsylvania Coal District.
The little reviewing slanil was brought
into requisition at this point, when the
crowd had become so dense that the
porcti could no longer be used, and Maj.
McKinley faced some ."00 miners from
tne unturncite district of Pennsylvania,
who were introduced by Prof. W. P.
Gregory. Maj. McKiuley responded as
iouowh;
. "You have all found in your own
lives that if you get anything thnt is val
uable you huve to work tor it. Y'ou
have found in your own experience that
there is no way to earn a living or ac
cumulate property except by labor and
toil, energy and industry, anil by frugul
savings, und knowing that all that you
ure interested in nt this moment is how
you can best use what you have your
labor, your farms, your products; in a
word, all you want is an onnortiinliv
to work, and when that opportunity is
furnished you you will perform the la
bor, and there are not enough mints
in the United States or in the world to
give employment to the miners of Penn
sylvania. Therefore, my fellow citizens,
you must not be looking to the mints
for the money which you need. You
must look to the mines, to the mills uml
the factories. (Great applause.) You do
not mine coal unless somebody wunts to
use that coal, and the more users of
coal there are, the more miners there
win ue and the better will be their em
ployment and their wages. (Cries of
'P'ight, right.')
"Now. that is the whole Dhilosonhr of
this business. (Applause.) Wheu you
have an opportunity to work you want
to be paid in dollars thnt are at good
as any in the world: when von have
given your good, hnrd blows in the
mines or in the fnctories, given the mine
owner or the factory-owner a good, hon
est day's work, you want to be paid in
good, honest dollars thnt will not de
preciate over night. (Tremendous cheer
ing.) So what the country wants is
work and the continuance of the good
money we have, and the prevalence of
law and order. We want peace and
tranquillity in this country; we want to
preserve the honor of the government
of the United States, and we will re
nounce repudiation iu every form. I am
glad to meet my. follow citizens from
the state of Pennsylvania. We have
in this country miners by the hundreds.
I know something about them. I know
that the only aim they have is an honest
one, to stand by honest things, and I
know bow the farmers of Stark county
affirm that the experience of mankind
hits shown that by reason of their i-ntiii-til
qualities gold is the necessary money
of the large affairs of commerce uud busi
ness, tvniie silver is conveniently adapt
ed to minor triinsiietinnu' nnH Un
beneficial use of both can be Insured wily
by the adoption of the former us the
standard of monetary measure and ihe
iiiiuiiienaiice ot silver at a nnrity villi
gold by its limited coinage under suitable
safeguards of law. Thus the largest ikis
sible employment of both metals is
gamed with a value universally accepted
throughout the world, which coustitutes
me oiuy practical bimetallic ourrejiey,
nssuring the most stable slumlord r.l
especially the best nud safest money for
I iiu ciiru uieir nveunooa uy labor or
uik produce or nusuunury. Tney cannot
suffer when paid in the best money
known -to man, but ure the peculiar and
most defenseless victims of a debased
and fluctuating currency, which oilers
continual prolits tu the money oloiu -er
l iiit-ir coni. t
"What I have road, my fellow citizens,
is not the statement of the Republican
convention, but of a Democratic con-
vention, tne most representative which
probably ever assembled In the country.
Senators and ' representatives in public
life today, leaders of the Democratic
party in their respective states, thus dp
noiince the Democratic coiireofinn kui,i
ill the city of Chicago. They speak
words of truth and soberness. Yon can
not debase the currency of the United
Stntes without dca-radiiut the nilltlin hnn.
or J hey speak the voice of patriotism,
lhcy repudiate their own party conven
tion and characterize its resolutions as
unsound, injudicious, unpatriotic, and
revolutionary. They are to be com
mended by every lover of bis ennnti-v
everywhere for their courageous stand
and for their bold denuiiciatiuti of doc
trines which, although adopted by a con
vention representing a large body of
Democrats, are a menace to thp pence
and tranquillity, the credit and the cur
rency of the country.
The Crisis Is Bravely Met
"It falls to the Republican nartv this
year, as in many other years ot the past,
to carry the standard of national honor,
and it shall never be lowered in its
hands. It meets the crisis with th old
time eournge, and if it is civen nnwer
the whole world will know that it will
never permit the currency of the country
to be debased or its financial honor
stained. Our adversaries talk fluently
about the "money. of the futhors." I
want to say for the fathers that their
money was always good and honest.
They insist that gold and silver alike
constitute the money of the constitution
and the currency established by the early
statesmen of the country. Tby woult
have us belltve what Klitory does ast
support-that gold and lWr spjoyea
eqiiHl privileges in the nlata oi th
United States during all sur biatorj
down to 1N7.I. They assert that tot
stopping nf the free coinage of silver la
lNi.'l was "ihe crime of the century," and
is the cause of the present deplorable
business condition of the country. They
must know that prior to 1873 we had
less than tl.oon.ooo of silver dollar la
circulation. We have coined since that
time nearly ftOO.000.000 of silver dollars,
and they constitute a psrt of the cur
rency of the country. They do not tell
us that when the coinage of both goM
and silver was free In .the United Btatea
the per capita circulation iu this country
was less than It bus been since the sa
cnlled "crime of IS7.I." Why, undef
the free coinage nf both gold and silver
iu the days of the fathers we had la
l.HOO a sr capita nf $A.W: In 183ft It
was 1.X.U0; In i.c.i it was $1-1.(13; in 1879
before the resumption of specie pay
ments, and when we wers doing business
with unlimited paper currency, it was
1M.1!; in 1N1M, twenty-one years afttf
the suspension of free coinage of silver,
wo had a per capita of .flM.KS, and every
dollar wns iim good as gold in every part
of the world. Wo have a greater pat
capita In the United States than has
the United Kingdom of Croat Hritaia
and a greater ier capita than has Ger
many. The per capita of the whola
world Is about $3.15. The per capita el
the gold standard countries is $18, while
Ihe per capita of the silver standard
countries of which they want to make
us one is about Jl..'t(. Kven in tfta
gold standard countries we have mora
silver ht capita than they have In tfct
silver countries of the world. The gola
standard countries, having a popula '
tion of less than one-third of the world't
population, have nearly two-thirds of the
circulation of the world's currency. Tha
United States ha about 5'!. er cent, af
the total population of the principal
countries of the world, yet It hat
.'C'1-IOU per cent, of the banking re
sources and nearly 1(1 per cent, of taa
total money supply of the world. Franca
has a higher per capita than the Unltei
Mates, luit 'the hanking deposits in tne
United States are $77. 7H per inhabitant,
or J 4.'! greater for each inhabitant that
the blinking deposits of France.
Per Capita Kate Would Decrease.
"It must never be forgotten that tht
free coinage nf silver nt the ratio of 16 te
1 would not increase, but would decrease
our ier capita circulation. It would adl
nothing to it, but would rob nt of tha
good money we now hare and put us
where the silver countries of the world
are today npiui u Ivor basis alont.
There is nothing in on, present currency
status, therefore, to disturb us, except
to defeat the party which proposes to de
base it. It is the proposition to debaat
our currency standard that has created
consternation iu every business center
the country; has made times hard, has
driven money from active industry, and
tint it behind barred doors, where it win
be kept until confidence is restored.
"The people will not consent to a da
crease of their circulating medium, nor a
debasement of that medium of exchange.
If by your votes this menace to tht mot
oy and credit of the country be dispelled,
anil by the same votes you restore tha
American protect! vt policy, that will step
deficiencies in the treasury, and will pra
ted American industry, and conraaa
unit confidence will come back again.
Open the mills nnd the mines of ear
couutry by it judicious protective tarhf
aud yon wilt stop idleness nud distress
in the ranks of labor, anil you can't stoa
it In any other way. What will be tha
voice of Maryland on the .'Id day of No
i'ber? (Uries of McKinley, McKin
ley. hat will be the voice of tht
great city of Baltimore? (Cries of 'Mc
Kinley.') How Will thnt old nmsi.rveli.e
i city speak for national honor? (Cries of
i 'I-!.. r..- i..i.-;..i i .
.... .uuK ivr lucitiiucy nun nortec
tiou.') "1 thank my old comrades of the war
for their presence here at my home to
day. I thank my fellow citizens of every
vocation for having iiil me this visit,
and I beg to thank them in the name of
the Republican party for their assnr
niiees of loyal support to the principles of
public honor, a protective tariff, sound
money, reciprocity, which will bring ta
us, I trust aud firmly believe, good timet.
MAINE HEARD FROM.
Congressman lloutelle gpenks for lha
State of lllulne and Keed.
One of the distinguished visitors of tha
day was Congressman lloutelle of Maine,
who wns introduced to one of the visit
ing delegations by Mr. .McKinley, with
such happy words that he could not ef
cape participating in the seecli-mnkin
which Gov. McKinley was expected ta
alone perform. At the close of one of
the addresses Mr. .McKinley. turning ta
Mr. Hoiitelle, who stood near him. suidt
"We have present with us Gen. II, ,u
telle of .Maine, and while the delegatioa
is marching up the hill, lanother delega
tion was then approaching) 1 am sura
you will be glad to hear a voice flora
the state of lllalne that has just givta
us nearly fiO.OUO majority." (Applause
uml cheers.)
Mr. lloutelle said:
"The governor bus taken n slight ad
vantage over me in briniri 111? Hie liufnre
you, but I desire to say to you that there
is no Republican in the state of Main
who would not deem it an honor nnd
privilege to stand here, at the resld
of William McKinley of Ohio and thank
you for the splendid manifestations 0
loyalty which you have exhibited here.
We have got through with our little
piece of work In .Maine; we have set the
mark, TiO.OOO high, for the other stnt.a
of the American Union to go by. Wt
want in see unio more than double it.
We want to see Indiana come tin with
tiO.OOO, and we are going to see, my
friends, on the 3d day of November a df
feat of free trade, free silver, nnd repo
diatiou more disastrous than has ever
before overtaken demngogism In thla
country, and now, genth n, I nropose
three hearty cheers for the next Preel.
dent of the United States." (They were
given with vim.)
THREE STATES ABREAST.
Delegations from Illinois, Iowa ana
Pennsylvania Orouped.
Scarcelv had the nrocedine crowd n.
rated the lawn when the shouts and
cheers of anotliT coming tip the street
were heard. This was composed of the
Hardware Men's Sound Money club of
iieuuing, rii., ami railroad men and
CcmliHunt on Second Page.
ONE DAV'S VISITORS AT CANTON.
Iron Workers,
Pottery Workers,
JVIine Workers,
Factory Workers,
Railroad Workers,
I Itferehants,
Commercial Travelers,
Bank Employes,
Commission Men,
Manufacturers,
f
Clergymen,
Teachers,
liaujyers,
Editors,
Statesmen.