Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-12
FRIEND OF THE TOILERs.
Notable Speech Of Governor Mckinley at
Cleveland Before Iron Workers.

Governor Mckinley addressed the
iron workers of Cleveland a few even
ings since, speaking in what is known
as the "Iron Ward" The account
says: 1t was 8 o'clock before they
reached Newburg, and the march OF
more than a mile vas made to h
great tent, the place OF meeting. 1t
was a march of triumph. The streets
were thronged by crowds OF people,
many OF them workingmen, who
cheered the governor to the echo.
When the tent-which holds at least
10000 people-was reached, 1t was
difficult to get in because OF the thou
sands on the outside who could not
enter. When the governor entered
the tent a scene of wild enthusiasm
followed. The great crowd cheered
itself huarse, and it was some mo-
ments before order could be restored.
The chairman was III. G. Cowan, who
presented the great protectionist.
The governor said:
am here to present at best and as
frankly as | can the differences be-
tween the two parties. This is not a
year for partisanship but or patriot
ism. We are DESTROYS OF finding what
is the true remedy for the present I'M
favorable conditions. We have a
panics and hard times, and they have
been the results OF a disordered cur-
rency or inflated prices aud values.
ufk,zn ~ mot nnnlInahlR
Prices are low and money isgood, ana
We never had more money per
capita. With values low II money
not scarce, with unsurpassed plenty,
we find ourselves In a condition oil
distrust and distress which we have
never had before. Our money Is so
good today, and every bit of it was
authorized by the Republicans, that
after the election distrust crept in, the
people lost confidence in everything
but money, and that they boarded.
You never heard OF anybody hoarl-
ing state bank money. The trouble is
not money. 1t is elsewhere. Ii | can
prove this to you | can safely leave 1t
to to find the remedy. T~hetrouble
Is the fear OF what is to come from a
Democratic administration. 1t is the
tear that Democratic free trade will
he embodied into law. That's what
the people fear. Why? The Demo
cratic platform said protective tariff
was a fraud, and the president says
that every effort of his administration
shall be to carry out the Democratic
policy. Every industry had, under
the act of 1890, been adjusted to a
protective tariff-wages, labor, selling
prices and values. lou can't change
that without changing value from one
end to the other, without cutting down
the men who work in h protected
and unprotected industries. The
farmer is interested also and more IN
terested in busy men in the factories
who do not produce what they eat,
but eat the farmers products. These
men who work in the factories are the
men who make the farmers market.
One trouble is limited production. ]
want a days work for every Ameri-
can workingman and | want him to
have wages that will enable him to
give his family the comforts OF an
American civilization and to enable
his children to improve their oppor-
tunities. Free trade won't do that.
As to McKinley's prices which were SO
greatly denounced two years ago, |
t''ehh ~ bC''s I
Kinley prices.
In closing his address to that mag
nificence audience the governor said:
This year you have an opportunity
to vote what you think. Don't vote
from prejudice OF passion. Notefrom
reason. Be guided by your W best
interest and where they lie, vote. l
do not seek a partisan or "A personal
victory. speak for a cause which is
the peoples cause-my ~country's
cause, which will assure you the best
employment, the widest possibilities
OF our country.
Seldom does a political speaker
have a greater audience to address or
a more responsive N than that
which listened to Mckinley that night.
They had voted for free trade and
had experienced IA foretaste of hat
policy and had enough. There is no
doubt that the meeting among those
workingmen did great good.