The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-09-21
AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE
GREETS OHI0'S GOVERNOR.
His Speech is Listened to with In
tense Interest and the Old Court
House is Made to Shake With
the Plsudits of His Hearers.
THE GREATEST POLITICAL MEETING
N THE HISTORY OF SOMERSET
COUNTY.
Synopsis of The Little NepoIe-
on's" Address.

Of this county lighted Saturday night. Nc
kinley was 10 speak. The great and peer
less champion OF protection had consented
10 make one OF his mastery and maichless
addresses on the issues that divide ike the
river OF life The dead past of the Democracy
from the living issues for which the Repub-
licans DO battle. And now hath every
/ hamlet sent up her tale Of men" From
! Meyersdale, from lockwood, from the
Glades and the South, from Stoyestown and
the North the trains brought in their hun
/ dreis from Berlin, from the surrounding
| country and from nearly every voting pre-
| cinct IN the county came farmers in wagons,
on horseback, and with many an ardent Re-
| Publican on foot. They met and surged
around the court house anxious TO get in
and secure a place. Long before the hour OF
/ opening the rOOm was crowded to is utmost
/ capacity and the overflow filled the stairs
I and hallway. A large number of ladies
/ were present. Il was representative SOM
| erset county audience, nearly all of whom
/ believed that they were about to listen 10 a
I future President Of the United States, and
/ the Republican leader who occupies the
warmest place in the affections Of the Amer
lean people.
! The honor Of presiding at a meeting at
/ which Mckinley was 10 speak WIS too great
| to be cast aside and Chairman Bieseckpr, By
virtue Of his office, took the chair himself.
I On motion Of Geo. r. Scull, secretary Of the
| county committee, the following named gen.
tlemen were elected Vice Presidents Of the
meeting and took their seats upon the plat
/ form:
Oliver Knepper, Of Somerset; David L.
Meyers, Of Brothersvalley township; J. J.
Hoblitzsll, Of Meyersdale; w. II. Miller, of
! Quemahoning township; Hon. J. Il. McMil-
len. Of Middlecreek township; Albert Wright,
of Stonyereek township; Josiah Pile, Of Mil
ford township; Capt NJ. Y. Sorber, ofStoyes-
town; \. c. I.epley, Of Elklick ,ownship J.
| d. Miller, Of Rock wood; D.. W. H Gard
ner Of New Centreyille; J. r. BoOse, Of Mil
ford township; Peter Snyder, of Black
township.
on motion Of the Secretary the following
gentlemen were named as Secretaries:
\. G.. Kimmel, Of Brothersvalley
township; DR.. S. S. Good, of Meyers
dale; Peter Dumbauld, of Milford township;
H. F. Barron, Of Somerset; +. ?. saylor, OF
Somerset township.
Hon. 4. J. Colborn had the honor Of in
PRODUCING the distinguished orator of the
evening, and he did it in the following Ian
guage;
/ M Chairman ladies and Gentlemen:
Having assembled to ratify the action OF
the National Republican Convention, which
met at Minneapolis, in its nomination of
candidates and the adoption Of platform of
principles, We are most happy in having
/ with Us one Of Americas greatest soldiers,
patriots and statesmen d man who perhaps
| has done more for the interests ofthe Amer
| lean people than any man now living, the
champion Of protection to American indus
! tries. the friend Of the laboring man, the ad-
vocate of honest government, honest mon
/ ey. fair elections and an honest count. That
man, Mr.. Chairman, now have the pleas
ure Of introducing to you and to this audi
ence, the Hon. William Mckinley, Jr., Gov
ernor Of Ohio"
As Ohio's Napoleon came forward a cheer
went up that made the rafters ring. He
/ bowed his acknowledgment Of the warm
| reception accorded him and said that he had
! consented to address the people Of Somerset
/ county on the differences between the two
/ great parties in the campaign now before US.
Said he: It is important that We should
have discussions 50 that we may know what
the people would have embodied in their
laws. Fortunately the issues Of the cam
paign are strictly business.
lido not mean to indulge in reminiscen-
ces, although that would be an agreeable
task l avoid il, not that it would not be
pleasing and profitable, fori would be both,
it would disclose nothing for which any OF
/ rs might feel ashamed, but everything
which would excite our pride and satiiac,
ton. 1t is with the present and the future
that we are called upon to deal. The past
achievements OF the Republican party are
safe and secure; what they have already
won and secured the people enjoy. The is
sues this year, which are to be settled by the
| suffrages fthe people, are made by the Ma
Gonal platforms of the Republican and Dem
ocratic Parties. To these we must go; and
| happily, both speak in no uncertain Ian
guzge; both without qualification or equiv
ocation state the principles for which they
stand, and both must be judged by the coun-
try upon the issues thus joined.
Two striking questions are raised by the
platform of our political adTersaries. First
its unequal adherence to Free Trade. 1t is
by far the boldest declaration in favor o
Free Trade ever made by any political party
in the United States. Second, it declares for
the abolition Of tax on the State banks offs
I sue. This tax was imposed by Congress that
they might adopt a National money. 1t i:
proposed by the Democratic leaders not on.
/ ly to go back to Free Trade, or revenue tar.
III which prevailed in the country from Is4(
to 1850, and during which, for the greater
part Of that time, the country, in its none
tary and commercial and business affairs
was in a most deplOrable condition, but il ].
proposed also to return to the use of S;at'
bank circulation with which to measure th'
exchanges Of the people.
II there was nothing else in the contest
but the proposition fer the abolition of tn,
tax upon the State banks and their revival
that ought to be sufficient to defeat the Dem
ocratic party. our experience under tha
system Of money will be recalled by thous
ands and hundreds Of thousands Of the peo
pie throughout the country. and no man VIII,
{ has had any experience with 1t viii want Il
return 10 it. It means local money insteal
of National money. Ii means that eacl
State in the Union shall have money Of it
own, issued by State authority, and unde
such regulations and with such security a
the several Legislatures may determine.
means that our money shall be confined u
State lines, which viii interrupt and disar
range the interstate commerce Of the coun;
~. Il VIII mean that when l cross fron
Ohio into Pennsylvonia must change m.
money and stand the discount, and as Ipas