The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-04
Guthrie, o. T.
McKINLEY'S CAMPAIGN.

| political interests of '93 seems centered
there. The result of Mckinley's cam.
paign will have two-fold bearing, one
for the Republican party and one for
/ himself. Ii lie carries that great central
state of agriculture, manufactures and
mines, for protection, by a big majority,
| tmeans that the next administration
will be- Republican, with William Nc
| Klnley at It's head.
Victor Murdock wires the following
account of his Tuesdays meetings to the
! Inter Ocean, one held at his home in
| Canton and the other at Alliance:
The rust of ldleness corrodes the polish
of artisanship In Ohio; tools lose their
edge; the great wheels rust fast to Their
axies; the iron workers nibble the pinch
ed crust Of adversely, and warm them
selves by the heartburns of parverse
fate. They are listening 10 Mckinley.
They form major portion OF all his
audiences.
There is kindred tie between this
man of mind and these men Of sinews
and deXterity. 1t is theirs to battle
against the rough masses of ore with the
sharp, powerful mechanical implements,
fashioned from similar ore. With 4
strong. busy hand they turn element
against element, and conquer with the
conquered. Theirs is the witchery of
brawn-the magic of muscle. They con-
jure wonders from the fire of the forge
and tie clang of the hammer, With the
sorcery of sinew they call miracles from
the bosom Of the vast mountains. To
them there is certain inimitable charm
in Governor Mckinley. He has certain
mental Drawn, an element of over
whelming dominion over fact, and del
icats manipulation of logic which ap-
peais TO the mechanic. He handles his
subject mentally as an artisan handles
his machine physically.
Unlike the common run Of campaign
ers, he avoids harsh utterances. Vitriolic
spurtS of rancor, the sulphuric smoke of
hysterical bitterness, have no place in
his meetings. He speaks right on. He
grasps his words red from the glowing
furnace. He Yields them together sharp
ly, nightly, unerringly. The sledge Of
argument rings out clearly on the anvil
of eloquence. He manipulates his sub-
ject. He hammers the sparks from it.
He tlattens it here, rounds 1t there,
shapens it, broadens it, twists, turns,
tempers it. At last he holds it up be-
fore his audience for judgment as
prentice smithy might ask the approval
Of his srizzled tutor. Every
iron-worker, every potter, every ar
tisan, great and small, rises to
his feet and shouts Bravo"
1t happens daily here III Ohio. The
artisan has found a kindred fellow in
Mckinley. Many have priced that dis
covery before this campaign, but now,
when the pinch of poverty has come,
demagogic pruneile makes poor meat
and sugared bunccmbe poor nourish-
ment, and all the laborers of Ohio see
the honesty and the worth of William
Mckinley as they never saw them be-
fore. The printed speech Of Governor
Mckinley does not convey, cannot con-
vey, the fascination of his voice, the
lambent purity of his eyes, the magnet
ism of his earnestness, and his quiet
dignity, "a characteristic in him devoid
of the starch of affectation.
Today lie spoke at Alliance to the
largest meeting ever assembled i'll that
little city. majority of his hearers
were werkingmen. Tonight he spoke
in two halls in this city, his home. The
meeting at Alliance was interesting be-
cause it was there that Governor McKin-
ley made his first political speech. In
referring TO 1t, he said:
We cannot stifie memory if, we would
Slttlug as | have iii this hall. memories
have crowded in upon me and names that
have been unspoken for yssrs come unbid-
den to my lips. Twenty-Five years ago |
made my first political speech in this city.
Many times since then have | appeared be
fore you, but never before have you favor
ed me 80 generously as you do to-day.
In speaking of the present condition
Of the country he began with figure Of
the sea. He said:
The seaman when he sees storm takes
in his sail. The business man when he
sees storm takes i'll his sal. The warp
ing is sufficient. The full fury of the
storm l. not necessary. The President
said in his message to congress that every
effort of his would be directed in carrying
out the pledges of the Democratic plat
form. People are waiting. No one is buy
Ing anything in this country that he can
get along without. The business man,
the manufacturer, the purchaser is wait
ing. While the railroads are waiting 10
purchase British rails cheaper than Amer
ican rails she laborer Is standing outside
the factory walls Idle. suffering-in want.
All of our 63,o9o, coo people know that
something has gone wrong with the couo-
try. In every mans mind is this inquiry:
What is the matter with the country? II
we can ascertain the cause, the people can
supply the remedy. Il the money is the
cause. it will be removed, if the reports of
the newspapers can be relied upon, in
iorty-eient hours. Whether that law is
repealed or not is not an issue in this cam
paign. We have every hing this year we
had last year except prosperity. We bar
tered that away for change of policy
Men will not do business for future
which they do not know They have
locked their money mp in safety deposit
boxes. The laborer cannot put the capital
ia his good right arm away in "A deposit
box. II the capital OF his strength to-day
is no, used today, il IS lost forever. VIII
free trade help us Will lower tariff
help us: WHAT is lower tariff 1t IS
to make il easier for foreign produc
made bY foreign Labor. CT foreign material
in foreign factories, TO get into this coun-
try. Mr. Neal. my distinguished com
pe;itor. has told YOU that a tariff = tax
will tell YOU tax that is sev4rer tax
than WAS ever levied By a tariff tax, and
that Is ldieness.
Canton is q great manufacturing
point. 1t has fell the full brunt OF the
recent rev,r>es in indus rial lines. Il is
he same all over the state. \ census
this month reveals that there are l.9. ESQ
men ana women out Of employment In
the state. Based on opening s4Ies in
1892 and this year the reports in The Of
fee of the secretary of STATE show that
there has been "a loss III Ohio this wear
on wheat Of S9,6l5. e95 ard on wool OF
81. .939, ,4l6. In Stark cornty. in which
Canton Is s;taasd. 4,20S men aai
women are unemployed Here in Can
ton the Aul,nisa Manufacturing com
nay. wlth 400 wcrkmen. shut down IN