Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-10-26
M'KINLEY MEETING.
A Monster Turnout at Bellaire Thurs
day Night Addressed by ohio's
Distinguished Governor.

The Mckinley meeting In Bellaire on
Thursday night was the largest political
.thering ever held in Belmont county
with possibly the exception Of the Brough
meeting at this place in 1863. 1t is hard
to estimate the crowd in Bellaire that
night, but 10000 is certainly conserva-
tive 6gure The town was full of people
They came from every direction and
on all railroads, and around the speakers
stand as many thousands were massed
as could get within reach of the Govern
trs voice. 1t was great meeting, and
is an indication of what the Republicans
will do on November Z.
Governor Mckinley arrived in Bellaire
from WoodsfeId about o'clock. About
7:3O he was escorted to the square where
q stand had been erected, and SO CON-
pletely packed and wedged was the
crowd that it was with extreme difficult
ty that way was made for the Governor
to reach the stand. Jesse Hollingsworth,
ESQ.,, was announced as chairman of the
meeting, and in short speech introduced
Governor Mckinley. The Governor treat
ed OH the money, tariff, and pension
questions. Said he, in beginning:
"You are here tonight because you are
interested in your country and its well
fare, and intend to keep it and preserve
it in its purity and all its opportunities
for yourselves and your children forever.
Mr. Cleveland thinks the present de-
preston in business is caused by the
monthly purchase of 100000 ounces Of
silver under the Sherman law. do not
think so, and 1 will tell you why. Our
money has been so good that when, after
the last election, the people appeared to
lose faith in everything else, they never
lost faith in it. They went to the banks
where their money was deposited and
took it out, not to invest, not to build
new industries-for we are not building
new indutries these days-but to hoard
it away. We do not want State bank
money in exchange for this, but the
Democratic party is pledged to give us
State bank money. Our present money
is all right and we want no more d .mo-
cratic change. What is the trouble? A
lack of confidence in the men who aIe
running the country to day. No mai
manufactures for the future when he
does not know what the future will bring
No man puts his money in this end of
the factory when he does not know what
will come out at the other end of the
factory. No man makes tariff iron or
steel to sell at free trade prices If the
manufacturer does not run his mill, the
workingmen do not draw wages, the
merchant cannot sell his goods nor the
farmer his produce. The country is wait
ing to see what the Democracy will do
with the tariff, and waiting is death to
business"
The great crowd hung attentively on
the Governors words throughout, fire.
quently interrupting him with applause
and cries of approval. The crowd staid
with him until the close evidently recog-
nizing that he was pleading their cause,
and that the cause of right.
At Woodsfield, in the afternoon, the
Governor received royal reception in
spite of the slightly Democratic inclina-
tions of that county. An audience of at
least three thousand people greeted him
there, evidencing that if Democratic the
people of Monroe comfy are hospitable.
The Governors speech, which was direct
ed to farmers, is pronounced one of the
finest ever delivered by him.