KITPPIiKMEXT TO
The Heppner Gazette
Edited b the
Mckinley and horakt club,
HEPrNKK, Orkgon.
FIUDAY..
, .OCTOBER
lS!)(t.
Tha Only Eli Tells the Hollow
Tale of Free
Silver.
dE SIZES UP THE SITUATION,
Good Reasons Advanced for
on the Side of
Gold.
Being
"Are you in favor of both silver and
ol(Kf" asked a Populist of Eli Perkins.
"Certainly," said Eli, "every civilized
nation uses the two metals cold and
silver but the United States is the only
nation that bus coined as much silver
as gold. We have been rank bimetal
lists. We have stood bv silver too long.
We have coined $(!2."i.:H).000 worth of
ailver and if.2),tj00,0U0 worth of gold."
"What have the other great nations
oined'f" asked the Populist.
"Why. they have coined less than half
as much as we have. England (the
United Kingdom) has coined and has on
liand $1 12,000,0(10 worth of silver and
$rr.0.000,000 in gold; France has 493,
200.000 in silver and Jf825.000.000 in
old; Germany has only $215,000,000 in
silver and $(S25.000,000 in gold; Russia
lias only $48,000,000 in silver and $455,
000,000 in gold."
"Then we have coined about as much
eilver as all of them together?"
"Not quite. These four great nations,
with a population of 240,000,000 people,
have on hand $87i,0O0.000 in silver
while we, with 00,000,000 people, have
$025,000,000 in silver."
"Where is our silver now?" asked the
Populist.
"Why. $50S,000.000 lies piled up In
the treasury. It is rusting In the vaults,
fiaying no interest, and dropping in
value. Carlisle is begging the people to
take it. freight free, but he can only get
$50,000,000 in circulation. The people
won't have it. They sling it back to
the banks, and then the free silver men
jump up and cry, 'We want more silver!'
xhey say, 'The poor people are dying
for silver. Coin more!'
"And how much of our gold Is in cir
culation?" "Why. every solitnrv dollar $020,000.
000 worth of it. The banks ouly hold
$12S.000.000."
"You dout say the nation has no gold
it an ;
"No gold of our own. We borrowed
$200,000,000 from a few Americans at
3 per cent, and spent that running the
government and we've got to pav it
back. Then Cleveland borrowed $00,
000.000 more from the Hothschilds and
the English at 4 per cent., while our own
people were crying for it at Jl per cent.,
and that we've got to return in gold.
To tell you the honest truth, this nation
has got just S.M..O0O.00O worth of bor
rowed gold in the treasury. It Isn't
ours. It is burrowed to prevent a run
on the treasury, with $ 1 00,01 h mm nl in
?:old due the people besides. Oh. if we
md lioitglit gold when we coined that
$.".()H.(HMi.(MNI worth of silver now lying
Idle in the treasury, as England, France,
Germany nn.l Russia we would be
on top today. We wouldn't lie the
laiinliiiig stok of KiimiH' then."
"Iid England and the other nations
stop coining silver?" asked the Popn
list. "Of course they did. They rang the
-bell and put out the red light against
ilver year ago. Since 1WKI England
tm mined $1 Hi.iHsl.iUM) in nlll v
IM.iNHi.iNMi in silver; 1'ranc has eoin.-d
$l:i.lHK..(Km in gold and not a cent of sil
ver, ami Germany has coined $I!).innj,
000 In gold and only I..iihi.(iik) in silver.
They have liecn Imaging the shore, while
-"ir miners and Paqmlists have piloted us
into tht p water."
'How in in h silver Is there for each
gtersun in the big nations?"
"We have '. in silver for each peron
In this couiiiry. but the iNnple i.nlv take
70 cents. They kiik fH buck Into the
treasury. England bus 2.HS -r person,
Oi-nnnny ha i..".."i snd .-'ranee 12. but
f! of It lies Idle niiil sll silver oiling.' is
storied, and their red lantern bungs
UUI .
"Seine nations have free coinnire.
sug
fetd the Pnpniiat.
"IVrlaluly-mid look at their condl
lion! They r hunkm-it. Our silver
dollar is still worth list rents In gold
anywhere on e-irth. Hut In the free coin
age nations, like Mexico. Japan, China
ami India, where free coinage hns bank
rupted thiHM nation their dollars are
worth .'si .-.tits. They have uo (old.
iold (M willi fr.-e tuning. It will do
avi gin u."
"'hliia has no gold at all yoti
"None at all. t'hina has $7.VUi0.is1
-nnh of ."in-ccnt ailver. but no gold;
In.l.a has IMi.usi.isai In silver, and no
aTu.-l; Fpaiii. uriik'il ly tin (r. coin.
ge i f silver, ha f I Wl.l M M 1,1 M III silver
and tti w,sMa s,. ,,) M,,t(,
f.'si.isai.tas) M ,.r ,, .-..m ,,,, ,
fold "
"I low tnnh money to the person clr
enisles in tho f re nnus( iouLtn-?"
Baked t, '., , oh. I
t'hina liaa .l .M. whde th Inif4
Pis'.. has '.. M.x!.- hna .".; India
f l.'Vt and Japan ft. Tina it poverty lor
"Wlm suffer from fre romsg
tlier"
"IHrrvntie. rry man ha lost half
hi wealth. A man In Japan. Mn,
t hins or India who was worth fpaai
Jlorty years Is worth f.Vai today.
Th pny of the Uhorr ha not heen
rhangrd. but a tnsa w ho fta li t. a:
Hiv i China, Japan or lia ralir
.V
"When I went to rulna." rvnM.ind
Mr. I'Tkins. "my lttr ( rrM .-ailed
( r $."sni in AiiM-rienn Holjara. Wb I
got th.r I found fill.:' ta tnf rfed.t
in 11. i. an or Japahea dollars. .Now
talm Ma rrf ... anything bt lb Aiir
I'So itolUrT .Not a Man. It ia aa g,-..
aa rold. Our g -1 firrnnirht baa ..t
C"M nndrr ii. ot fr rvit,g w.u.4
rr the cafjiel'a ba- k. It would btu g
aa in tb rH tt Meiiea and India "
"Ulat Wo.,. U b bfti tr.Vli ef
"AH guid wonld bid away. T,n
arm now t port i tig aannally t' '"'
wth mt rommwf. lal aMver sad filing
en.rttgli i mike a dollar fur fs) rents
That la to 1. 1. (rmm a.l.eniea
wsnt thir siler rninrd III, otir ro,ne.
H t I. and kaadxl bark to ib-m.
With ba taernsnt)t paying a doul.'
in f aiif trnatt wi,
and IK f"rn rt-til weol-t y the lug.
rs s)ii(ias) far ahii ih.y ar
anw aHiiaa lor tid,'')W. Tna
II "! I aid ln-r. V
a. -Hd )i2,ooo.nraT wart a f allr
Z. la r.i wi4
l.siKasinrgJ, Hk 1b wV 4"
M Wa ; kat ! tab It atj
AND HiABOR "WILT, AGREE
" I believe it ia a good deal better to
tip the mints of the United States to the
guarantee it legal tender with gold un
der it. It would take $400,000,000 to
do this 10 to 1. Can we do it?"
"How about Mexican and India sil
ver V" asked the 1'opulist.
"Ah, that would come to us like a
deluge! We have no turiff against sil
ver. It would pour in upon us; 1,200,
000,000 people would unload on 70,000.
000. There has been mined during the
last 400 years $10.000,000,0(K) worth of
silver. The world mined $2011.105.000
worth of 50-cent silver last year. This
would come rushing in upon us. We
would be the dumping ground of the
world. We could not coin it, and when
we stopped our guarantee all our coined
silver would fall back from l(i to 1 to
32 to 1. We would have the 50-cent
dollars of China and Japan, with no gold
in our treasury, and be the laughing
stock of the world."
"Well, who would be benefited by free
coinage.'" asked the I'optilist.
"Well, no one but the niine owners.
There are 8000 of them. Their work
men are paid in silver, paper or gold
dollars worth 100 cents in gold. The
mine owner is working lor surer
worth 511 cents. The farmer is getting
money as good as gold for his wheat
nud cotton now. With free silver be
could get no iiior? for his produce nor
no better money than he is getting.
And, by and by, if we went on coining
silver ad libitum, silver would go down
like the old greenbacks in lHlKI. That
went down to !!' cents nil a dollar,
while gold stood still. You could buy
wheat then for $2.50 In greenbacks or
85 cents in gold. You could buy a farm
in ISti.'l for $00 stl acre in greenbacks or
$20 in gold. lo you want that to occur
again?"
The Populist wns silent.
"Poor Man's Money."
Among the transparencies carried by
the slioiiters for Hivan at Ics Moines
Friday evening Were some bearing the
words, "Silver is the poor man's money,"
"Vote for the poor man's money" ami "A
2lNI-ccnt dollar is a dishonest " dollar."
Such sentences show the drift of the
public mind and levcnl only loo plainly
that llll III)) li v H'oile the silver illcs
! tiou is one of prejudice rather than one
of reason. What is the meaning of the
1 phrase, "Silver is the poor man's mon
ey We doubt very ninth if the man
who carrinl that traiixpareiicy could
have given tin intelligent uuswer. I lull r
i present coiiilil ions a silver dollar of the
t'nltcd States will buy ju-t as milt h nt
In. mi' or abroad as a goM dolliir. It
iiinkes no ilitVcriiice to the woikiiigiunii
whether be receives Ills weekly wages
in gold nr silver to'ii. Tin- nuioiiut of
a Is he inn pin i lmi' is the same. I n
to to- lieilnl.ol, o llli silvenies drove
. the uold ol 111" country into billing plaee
l W 1,11,1 II Wele il I'll paid ill gold at 1 1 I
When llll silver Cllle l silelrllei IlleJ"
Hill Hgaili r cciw gold as u part of their
llgex,
hi re is one way. however, in whlili
: silver rail le said to Is- t!ie ssir Inm.'s
j money. Ill those countries where the
, niimige of silver is unroot rn ted the wage
cut neis are einiiliiitn nllv ioor. A list
'of flume ismniries is ptiiiie in another
column this looming and the wages paid
1 to pkilli-d slid iiuokilled laborers gi.en. As
was show li by the uell-siiilieiiln n!e. b-t-ler
from MeTii-n pnl.li-lie I in I'ic lie
i publican on I'ridny and Saliinlny Hie
, prn-e of the lie. eiine of III." ill llee
coniilri.s i double the pro-e pil l in Hie
I'nued Siati-s. Is this the M,r man's
i money" ihnt the w sgiwarners ot the
l ulled Slates are to rote (or? Are they
willing to sink to the le-l of lie- Men
can h-oii r the coolie of India? If o
, the way to do It Is to Vole (or the (re
and unlimited loiiisie of silver. If a
fr.- loinntfe Ihw sic Ii as a coiiteiiiintei
bv the siiv.-rit.-s Is psM-l, mil t,f two
lliiliis Ino-t liiiiitsii. Hither tin s.lver
o( the entire World mil-! l- lifted to a
partly with gold ..r the iler dolUr tf
Hie I nited States ln'l-1 aitik to the I' lei
f Mi'iim and oiler silver toiuiiries.
la that nw th wane ( the working
man will m cut In l ( and Ii will in
deed lint unw to l.iik "ir loan s
Boner.
Why should tiot the .irer oitiiinue
tO psid III 'S. Ueiin y "t "dar Kae
Ids Itepulilo an.
VVhu ( onir.il (silver Minra?
"ft-a a'all I'rwt rn nr . mir-,1 atir f
alt Ik atirer l.- of im mnnini If
what la lw si.).-i m I- i i,. am.qt
It r- IJ. J , tirswlm. (
Yo lfrn tu think Wa'l tr-rt la a
woman. V doiilii if liit- tin, . r, if ,f
ti, p1(,ti!i.t mt.n ta.k so .,l,!jr al. "il
"Wall ir.-t' know wht ii i, 1
I'lll d lli.-a suilfi a ir r it. New Y"k
la en Wa.l sir.. 1; ar a e nnlir (
bst La I (" ki-rs' o!!i -ra In pr ,.
ft If u.l "Wad '' ' i ti-'f a
rial until (.,r ll . Vf hi .New
in '' k, bou ts t-i I ot;,. r . or.i s
Tb a.lrer iioiirs nr oj ne-l hr .
roriioiis, and iU' -r at. k is dealt In l.r
Sew ' tb ('fiker". ii sail, a .ii'.r
lln II. "Wall s-rerl ' ia hot kp:,g
till at-oit It. 'Ill f.i.owa l.i (
bpia !.!! ar l!, great atr bar : .
wb ar push tig fr ro,i,-. au I ;
leg a.oirf ik w'r to n,u it e
1 bf doa I want II, r.l.ra to bic
that f re i-oinaf at 14 Ii I W'm-I, I r
pat ling (ha r..BBlff i t.'.trt bas .
roak ta al'i lb d -iiar A-;-
oa tha snarkt pf.. ef a.itsr bi ... .
alrbj thf. bf rnil t-tn
p nr dnwa. anl ra.lf t lh ',
f ik cosatff at tif fcrf'i.
open up the mills of the United States
silver of the world." Wm. McKinley.
His Sole Aim is to Reduce
Value of the Monetary
Standard.
the
BASES KIS ARGUMENTS ON IT
Claptrap by Which the Orator Seeks
ta Capture Foolish
Voters.
Mr. Bryan's "inforinal" speech accept
ing the nomination for the presidency
was carefully written beforehand, and it
took about two hours' time to deliver it.
It can hardly be necessary, therefore, to
wait for his "formal letter" in order to
learn his view on the issues of the cam
paign. The most of his long and prosy speech
is devoted to what he calls "the para
mount question of the campaign the
money question." And as this irt in fact
the real issue other parts of his spcci 11
may be disregarded, or at least t'liiumeui
on tlieui may be )h ki i i.
In discussing the money question Mr.
Hrynii assumes at every step that the
standard dollar we now have is too valu
able. That assiimpiii'ii lies at the bot
tom of the whole argument. lie coin
plains that the dollar is too dear, and
that It is growing dearer' and to this he
attributes all our ei ouoinic tvocs, real or
imaginary.
As a remedy he proioses something
which he calls hiiiict:i!!iiii. but which,
so far from that, is s.lvcr monometal
lism. lie has inin li to say about bimetallism,
dei hiring that no pally opiswcs it, but
what he really prosn.es is, in his own
Words, "the iiiiiueilinte restoration of
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
and gold at the pteieul be nl ratio of Hi
to 1 without wailing for the aid or con
sent of any oilier naiiou."
Thus is to say, he pioioses tu s'rnilt
anyone who has sixteen ounces of sil
ver to take it to the mint and have it
iniiile into as many dollars ns are made
from one ounce of gM, or If.'1 Mi".
He promises tbia when lie knows, or
limy Mm by referriuii to the pubiiahed
quotations, ilint ii,iii .unices of sil
ver are worth only ?ll in gold, lie
niilat know tii.it hii ounce of gold ia
worth in the market uearly twice six
teen ounces of siller.
What he really propoaes, therefore. Is
to suli'titute the silver dollar (or the
gold dollar as our standard, ami to make
the Sllbitltlllioll lie. ill -c the silver dob
lur Is chi'S IM-r.
Indeed, he tirttiiiHv admits this .it nl
nio.t every step in Ins l.iU.r-d hum ni, .
All his itrfiiiio iits icMri to dinu'-ia,
to men nlnt work lor .i''. to holders '
of iiisiirniii-e Hilii oa ui i a,, on nrt'iilly '
lll.it thnl be protoaes to suli.lil.ite a I
i heiipcr dollsr as the ssnd.ird.
lie tries to n. II. .-ill the a'llllioi bv
talking aisiiit n "ring
llllkillg alsillf "ilifblelli . '
ainn-l.trd. and
who It si ii-tiv
oM ruling to deal Toy adler III the I llitid
Slulea." Mot While the attempt is alroit
it w ill tint aiK , ee..
W e have in. r.aioif ai.in.l ird " W-
hat the asm stiin.l.ird that we bsr
hail in all 1'nll pstinenla f,,r in'i l.i
Veiira, All OIIMi-e of tfol-l tour ri 'i.1lie
for lllore of . 0IIIII.01I.' es In getler.ll III HI
11 would twenif or tliir'r jesra Biro, li
iioir. and probably il . g l.ir'L r It.
psiing Hi iie.ea.nry .oat ,f bring. tol
If w nl not g.. further In .st n j 1,r ! r
Its Vslue no iKiin-'l by Hie l ii,r a-i,.)
ard Is leaa Hi m it was tears hi,''. A
In 11 n ran rn ne.re of ,t i.y ,,r ,g ll
si in e nutiils-r of hours. If. Hun. h 1 jh
bur mom with Hi uiiroe of g... . is
Ix'tlcr off In two waia II- (eia l'i..re
gold for Ins ll.r and b gela io. ,t- of
the lie. eaasri.-B Bil l loulforts of l,fe f.,r
III gold.
'liter at ho "itifliien.a-a opra!i ig to
dealrof SlM.r In 111 I Intel Slfl .a"
how bars al b-s.l Ira t utea aa to 1. h
Biirrf u rtil t aa lootier. 111. lo i.ng
'n. t I'll lilsl.l It 'ea SI. I
!,rrnn te-tis aa rnr l.j I A l,.n
111 In 'Llf .f a Iwf wsa free.
1 lo ft- ate li'i ii.S ,, .,, , a i, I'M I ,t,f lij
li 'r "le d "I r el t;, to aa of itrf.
S l.'i .! t In l.il ','rl lal Oil ,,f
. .ii I f ni'i. t- il.ai. ( .
I I " i I lo In' Itt 1 I (il,".l
I a, 1 it , ., ( t., fe ia tin
tt it l'i 1 to il rf 1 "s- or b l tl, fiiat
V--it ait'l 1 lei ri I,. I, .t, b in ar
rg' I in a 'li.i't.v siii tipi t lower
I'... . f li e .1 . r If that la not
at I' a I rt sf'if ll.if t a g!Sill
ut ariiia in M I'.'Htl a B;. .Il,
It ia In tUt h nil. "Wm tar !".
"1.1 a aot.f .1 i r woi ls worth aa
Ion- tl a a ( , ( .! ; ar " Il ia Ir . II. al
d mi., ' am f'tio.f rinr.in"t ll-at (f
n tif vr rt ml. I fr ai. l UL.ili 1. I
' al I . pn -ar.it fat.o w .an
tea' a .mtd f..f ai.rrr lliat ! kr.
th .fn f a, itrf fc ii 1. n at 1 1 mJ f
,,.ir,, p.. a .ar t .f g l '
It-it if Mr Itffaa ia Brm'f .aritie
rf thai, wkat ta h ako a'l Ik a-U
at.ni Ti d .i.r I a
r it ta , mj it ta tha 4tt
WITH HIM.
to the labor of America than to open
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
dollar, he says, that has brought down
all this alleged calamity upon. us.
Nobody but the mine owner would be
benefited if silver should go up from
t8 to 129 cents per ounce, and we can
hardly-suppose that Mr. Bryan is run
ning this silver crusade for the sole and
exclusive benefit of a handful of million
aire mine owners.
Ilis whole argument Is for cheaper
dollars if it has any sense or point at all.
He entices farmers to join in the cru
sade by suggesting that they can pay
their debts easier with cheap dollars,
lie is like the unjust steward who said
to the debtor who owed his lord a hun
dred measures of oil, "take thy bill and
sit down quickly and write fifty."
He tells the wage-earners that it would
be a good thing for them to get their
pay in cheaper dollars and that in some
roundabout way cheaper dollars would
give them steadier employment.
He tells the holders of insurance poli
cies that it would be a blessed thing for
them to have their losses, pnid in chcaptr
dollars, because the companies would
lose more than they (the policyholders)
would, the aggregate of premiums ex
ceeding the aggregate of losses, and the
premiums being paid in cheaper dollars.
He tells the ib'Hisitors in savings
banks that it would he a nice thing for
t hem to draw out cheaper dollars than
they put in because if they don't they
tuny not lie able to draw out anything,
or they may find it necessary to draw
out all their money to unt't living ex
is'lises. l'y such puerilities he seeks to induce
people to swallow the free silver pill.
I!ut we observe one strange oversight.
.vir. i-rjiin uni not explain now cucupcr
dollars would lsucit pensioners, lie
might have told them that they could
more than make up their loss by dead
beatiug their landlords and butchers and
grocers. Hut he lost his opisiriunily.
Perhaps he will uttctid to that ill his
"formal letter.
When it co s to that he may think
it Is'st to make it a little clearer, if he
can, how workiiiifincn, policy holders, tie
iMisitors in savings banks and Investors
ill building mid loan aans intiotts would
lie Is'iit-lited by getting their pay In dol
lar worth anywhere from In to ."Nl s-r
cent, less than the dollars they are now
getting, nr the dollars they deposited. In
veiiil or paitl In tiretuiiims.
There is ground remaining to lie cov
ens! in that "formal letter." thosiKh the
"informal" s'ts'h was two hours long.
Chii ago Chronicle litem.).
lilt Ii ami 1 (in Pour.
Her now comes up this 1 lioroiK'hlr
un-American quti f the ri Ii nitniust
the poor. Some ctilieiaiii is already lev
eled t this movement M-c,ittc iboae en
gaged in It are P-nri-i iitutivo of proper-
tv in tln-ir re-is-.iive inlnie.. It
chsrnclerireil as the ri- h loan's limn
incut. PioH-rty Is banding together to
carry its .-nils, and tln.e en. I. are iiiimi
jsl to the w ago-curlier mel the farmer.
This simply U criminal lioii. ne. There
is Hot the h,(tiea narrnnl III resaon (or
i any am It slitteim ni. ' he mi nnioiiiit la
1 ail" of the ram 1 mi en ! a lm-oio- aiie.
It relllles t.t the verv III I.I hhI of il..
,,... whether thnl I I h., ahull la- pori
lied and kt pi pur, or dli.ile.l and lin
sitt rialte,, Snrelv that proMit,oii
re 11 -In a aiel liile.-.4 t-tert b.i,r. And
Bimllii-r iitit. What niiiltoilir is th.-r.-(or
the aa-tiinpliou thai in looMul in .l
OWII lll'i feala the l.llalt.eas mail la InoV
I i-g aunni-i id
llll'-liala of i,t,,r t,.n
lf-1. Ill lli-llt all lltlereala
ruder Ir.-
Bit- allied. 'Ibe 1,1'aineaa umtt in nie 'I
j plo r if the W'Bk'e earn, r Mli-I III f ( r III
I er .1.1 11 .1 t . .,.,aail..i. If ,e iropa
dill mil the Itiloea and (in lortea ar I 'I.-,
a-. Hi it the fiiroi. r nn. I Hie W sife entoer
; ban- no iiimii i. leiw r iri lite titer. Itnul.
I or tl.e l..,l.r, or Ihe lostinfai lim-r
; tlune? !,. re la loiatlieaa f,Uf
from'' tin 11,.. ,,ir lot 11 t. if iiia are
' g-a mi l r.Hll.. Ii.e pretatla. all (i-. lite
I U 111 1.-, alike all 111 .im .. rr.-e
..f I'.ma- 'Ihsl ..mil i,.. - 1,,,
tiiv.-r ,a l.ii, Tl.ut M-r.r w,ll U.. i
lo lie . tin, I t l.,f , f,M1,
When the w nihil, Va are Inrge, I l,e fartlief
1 I the M ng. earner gel flie,r ,re al-Hig
lli tin- i.itt.a Inaii aaliii,gt,,
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Survivors of the Twenty-third
Ohio Eegiment Journey in a
Body to Canton.
M'KINLEY AND HIS COMRADES.
The Major Makes a Speech Which
Rouses the Old Soldiers to
Enthusiasm.
Two hundred of Maj. McKinley's old
comrades in war called at his home on
August 12. They came from Cleveland
principally, but many of them from dis
tant points. They were survivors of the
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer infantry.
The regiment was famed for its war
record, the number of its hard-fought
battles, including South Mountain, An
detain and Oeu. Sheridan's ninny bat
tles in the Shenandoah valley in '04; for
the number ot its killed and wounded.
and also for its great meu noted in
war and civil life.
Of the field otlicers only two survive
Oeu. William S. Hosecrans of San Fran
cisco and (Sen. Russell Hastings of the
liermutla islands.
The scene today was a touching one.
Mrs. McKinley sat in the hallway near
the norch. from which the minor re
sponded to the eloquent greeting given
him by dipt. John S. Ellen, mayor of
Willdughby. The old Soldiers cheered
and the old flag waved with every burst
of applause. Capt. Ellen told of Wil
liam McKinley as a private soldier, say
ing in part:
Uomrade: we nave asseniDied nere
today from all parts of the union and
from many vocations in life to congratu
late you, our comrade in arms, on your
nomination as a candidate for the Presi
dent of the United States. 1 remember
that po. E had one member, very youth
ful in appearance, so much so that uapt.
Koljinsnu ot the Mltli infantry matte
some Inquiry as to age aud consent of
parents.
Jhagr lor the Fray.
the answers of the recruit were so
prompt and so decisive and bis desire
so very modest, anil asking to be en
rolled as a private, that the officer with
out further hesitation administered the
oath and William McKinley, Jr., nt the
age of li, was made a lull-fledged pri
vate soldier in the Union army, (lirent
npplause nud three cheers for McKiu
ley.)
Then away to the hills and niountnlns
or West Virginia, where we fought and
skirmished the summer away, meeting
and deflating Confederate (ion. l-'lnyd
at Cariniax Ferry, September 10, IStll.
In recognition of your bravery, ef
ticiency and fidelity to duty, you were,
in April, 1HII2, appointed to the commis
sioned staff commissary sergeant. Those
of us present whom you then served are
ready to lar testimony to the very
marked improvement and regularity of
service- In this one branch of military
life. If from any cause the coming of
th supply trains were delayed and ra
tions were short, "Mack" did the next
best thing and made a requisition on tin
country round about. At n later day
your gallantry and fidelity secured your
promotion ami assignment to duty on
the general staff. Hut whatever the dis
tinction or disparity in rank you always
retained close touch with the hoys who
were your first associates In army life.
In conclusion let lue say that the spirit
of lNiii is not dormant: that, as we went
shoulder to shoulder ill the defense of
our country, so now with willing hands
and united voices we stand for our conn
try's honor and for our country's (lag
Thirty-live years ago ymi stisid with your
comrades a a private soldier In the great
army which w as contending for national
life and national union. Today you an
the chosen leader, not of a mere parly
'tut of the stiile, contending for law
1 ml order, national honor and the In
v ii il 11 lit h t y of the public fa Mh. Yuiir
ithl comrades are with you now as then.
vve si iml shoulder to shoulder how as
then. We rally a Unit yon mid the glori
mis bn liner ..11 iiovv carry with our old
love and loyally, aud ibslnr with yoti
that the money of our toiiniry tuuai lie
aa sound as the I nion and aa iiular
nlshetl aa its flag." Willi an abiding
liiiili in the virtue, Intelligence, honor
ami discriminating jit.lat iiti-nt of tin
American ssipe, we again congratulate
ymi and bid yon (.odapi-t-il, niicut up
lililll-e ami t lieerllig 1
Happy llrpljr of Mr, MrKlnley,
When a storm of applaus had suli-
; tided Mai. Mi Kinb-r re-iKiinei :
('apt. lilb-ii and Mr I 'oinritiles t.f tin
i rweulv third lllllo: This call of th nir
firing uicuilx-r of the old regiment wtlh
I whii li I sa-rr.-d for nior ihsu lour year
at lor home is a liittsl grat ton let on
j 'heir pari, and brings In me ni ulnir and
i Sa-eilll r H 1 1 III M I lull . As I l'ik Hhii
( lilt little lanlr III IIH'tl aaa.-mlileil about
I On', and renumber that this I but the
I remnant of the old Twenty-third thill.
; thirty (its years ago, had lul'l sturdy
! fonui men on a roll r.-adr lor duly
; and that II was twee r. -r.iit.-d In the
i total niimls-r of nearly 2Jai. that In
1 gatherl taiaail.lv baa than l'"l. and
hnl a tine fourth of th snriiriiig e-eiu
tiers of ur glorious old r.-gniiem, am
' riridlf rriiiiti.i. le. rsiilly the eara
tr pnaaiiig, ami with Ho 01 an- placing
nr old Baa. tales .if lite War. I lie Blir
; rivora ar aiaii.red Ihronsh I w fitly
' (our stales of tin- 11 11 1011 fa-nil f our
. nieinlM-ra are m th terrtioriea. On of
lll.-lll feaidea on th other aid .( tl
wai.-r. Hoi wherever tli.f are, nil in
wbatrref .nii.,n th.-f tint l- .-tifijeil.
thi-f all lore III old regillielilal orgalnl4
Ima whiiB) i" lh proo liai tiling .i I hem
00 rartll. I A 1'planan I
W had a great ! aiiin-nt : great in its
fn-ld .ifldt-fa, great 111 lh thar-i-tir of
th rank aiil lil flmt . onai ,t ,,i. , it
lliir h'-arta ut Willi triideiiteaa and
lor, I am ante. p. il, hral eol.o,. I of our
regiment. I.n. Will, am H. Ilia., r ma.
to h,a il -tant kolii lu I "sulorn.. Il.n al
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l-lili aim o ' n-0 or ii 1 , a, a n I w rem 10
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,-s,r .t. we a.tt.iie in re a w tai.
riaf without mall i t Hi third rnloi.. I
bf lh 1wi,i third 1 11,10, aU waa -.i.
, r.l Wild a. Hun., rfi.r.l I ll.,a l,i.l
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ll. Ilafr. II. faflifot ttx. 1. I 11,
('. bar Willi n ,..t
remember in 18G4, after his dreadful
wound, we did not suppose we would
have him with us again we have with
us today that brave soldier comrade, Col.
Hussell K. Hastings. Applause. I
was glad to note in tlis eloquent speech.
of my comrade, Cant. Ellen, that the
old Twenty-third Ohio stands in
ns it stood in 1S01, for the country and
the country's flag. Great applause and
cries "For McKinley, too.") Nobody
could have doubted that, kuowiug tha-
metal from which this old regiment was
made.
My comrades, you are just ns loyal to
country now as you were loyal to country
then, and as you stood from IStil to 18ti5 '
for the preservation of the government
of the United States, you stand today
just as unitedly for the honor of the
government and the preservation of it
credit and currency, j Cheers. 1
Protection and Hound Money,
I do not know what you think about
it, but I believe that it is a good deal
better to open up the mills of fie Unit
ed States to the labor of America than
to open up the mints of the United
States to the silver of the world. Great
cheering and cries of "You are right."
Washington told us over and over acain
that there was nothing so important
to preserve ns the nation's honor. Ha
said that the most important source 01
strength was the public credit, and that
the best method of preserving it was ta
use it as sparingly as possible. No gov
ernment can get on without it and pr
serve its honor. No government is great
enough to get on without it. In tha
darkest days of the revolution, Hubert
Morris, its financier, went to one of hit
friends in Philadelphia after he had in
volved himself as a debtor for a largaj
sum of money on account of the gov
ernment and said to him: "I must hava
$1,500,000 for the continental army."
His friend said: "What security car
you give, uobertr He answered: "My
name and my honor. Quick came th
reply: "Robert, thou shalt have it."
Applause. And from that hour until
now the country's honor has been oar
sheet anchor in every storm.
Lincoln pledged it, when, in time of
war, we issued paper money, lie saidt
Every dollar of that money shall b
mnde as good as gold." And it was left t
Hutherford Iv. Hayes, your old coloneL
as President of the United States, to ex
ecute the promise in the resumption of
specie payments in 18711. Cheering anil
applause. When Hubert Morris said
that they had nothing to give but their
honor there waa behind his word 3,000,-
000 of struggling patriots. Today bchini.
tne nation a Honor are vu.tsHi.tHBj ot rre
men, who mean to keep this government
and ils honor and integrity and credit
unquestioned. Great applause.
1 thank you, my comrades, for th la
call. Nothing has given me greater
pleasure. ' Nothing gives me greater
pride than to have been a private soldier
with you in that great Civil war. An-
platise.l 1 bid you welcome to my home.
You already hnve my heart; you hava
had It for more than thirty years. Great
cheering. I It will give Mrs. McKinley
and myself much pleasure, I assure you.
to nave you come into our home. Apr
plause and three cheers for McKinley.
THE WISE KANSAISS.
How They Sought to Inoreaaaj Th
Wealth by Leglalatlv
Enactment.
P. A. Ktillwcll haa prepared a leaflet
purporting to give a history of cerlaitv
events occuring near the close of the
Nineteenth century. It was declared te
bo a period of depression, during which
It occurred to the wise men of Kanaa
that they could legislate themselves into
alllueiice. The governor assembled the
wise men and naid:
A Kansas Holier for Kansas la tha,
need of the hour. Wheat is hard te
raise, ami the yield Is light and iimt-r-tnin;
hut we are great on corn. Mike
ye, therefore, A law in accordance witW
which sovereign and august statute core
shall be put lit ill a nnr with wheal.
They shall lie inter, hunu'i-iilile. and the
price c' corn shall be the same aa the
prlee of w heat.
I he Wise men iascd the law aa tha,
governor had adviM-d and all the H-opl
of the state rejoiced, for their cribs Were
full of com. I'bcy could hardly contai
themselves till the itoverhor old a.et.e.1
the bill wbb-li raiatsl I he pi ire of Kausae
corn from l,i cents to 47 cents a bii-liel.
All th Is-olile now fell ri, h 'I I..-
Isuight tunny luxuries and the niosl of
them went in debt. Then the (ariiiere
(rum oilier states Is-umi linulm ilu.i
corn l.i Kansas. It seem.-, H f the coun
try waa all corn and it was all In-nde-l
(or Kansas. T. (asiple f Kansas t.sik
their liiiHlicini that ia. iher t..k in.
coitl and gave up their wheat.
Hi fHiiii.-rs from th other si a tee
tlmiiuM I vit 11 ana iHi.ph- were iii-.-r. Imt
Ihey kepi brillKIIlK tin 111 their corn I 'ura
mine iii and wheal went mil.
lien the other slates saw this u.i
nit'iiiuiiliiiiiiii, the pin t- of i,,ru Ih-btii it le
dei I till it could I' linn I111....I
whern e.i ept Kall-sa f,,r l .elila a
bU"lie. In Kiili-.is the prne was still
1.1 i-i-iila. w hi. It waa the nine of u I....I
bill Iheie were in. bin 11.. When ,a
11 ill inn 11 laliif the Kaitaaa a-o.e i,, n
I'M any win at for s.s-d 'I h, il,..a
III In I lie lie lahhorilitf altlia m,,! Iiu.
l-lored I it r titi-i a to ei ,,,nk... rthnit al a
siiiy with ...ru. 1 1 it I the fu nit-ra ai.t
"We Will e. I,ai,e one l.n-ln f wheat
for four ami nm- Imll bo-h. l. l -
ill law." repiie.l lh.. Kalians ..pl.
puia torn aitd wheat at a psntr. I lo f
are iqnsl, for nnr si- lo.-n a.n.l ll,.
ahoiild I-." And th (aruiera r. .,n-.l:
"011r I- m.-n ar iw; let item a
your loin." Hi the Kaiiaana went hai k
lenoe and all their ipl.. w.i lu tie
apsir. I h. n th gorertior again aaa.-mlil.-4
th mat no 11 and sai l In tin 10 "ot
. .iliaiiiiituale, loeliir. aiio and clillerlna
g-dl tlarii.-.l f.,a. 1 l.r" ia Iml nn
b,ger f"d than rmu. In a. ( ( j
w h- a-blrt-aa. a yott.
' lice. fill w nml-l bluff th r
laal,l,g law i,( aupplr a I'd il. m ml wilt
o-ir .-at. He. W th-.'-.-hl w 1 on, I .a.
lalat rain into a llonf an I luak nnr
prop! mil . a law W Ih.niht
w wet palr,-il. W" wer I-Ih.Ii.'.
I na h'.iial!y ai know I. d. nnr a
ailt.liiif, f. ; l i,nr fiail law, gi t hai
llil'l ! It Wlltl th Other !! Bill lllia.-.
In ti-i mot" that w ar w iarf than it
lm.Wi- (. lit th,. , an I mar wl
long eTii.n.ti In know that l,e olio f
alalia hart. r. a-l la-ijfhu.g al our (ol f
ai., I il.at ..or own a'ale haa iku rtirs
lug ua (.-r II."
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l.'il il waa riiat.f I'll. 1.1,1. tl, pr.
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