The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-14
M'KINLEY'S OPENING.
Some Thousands Of People
Swarm In Akron to Help
Boom the Ohio Governor.
Some 5000 People Gather at
the Park to Hear the Open
Ing Campaign Speech.

a Straight Account of the Proceedings
and the oist of the Governors Address
The Opening is Success in Point OF
Numbess.
AKRON, Sept. 12.-[Special. THE fool
killer would have reaped harvest today
had be chosen to exercise his authority
In Akron. As early as Saturday evening
when the NEWS DEMOCRAT representative
came through Akron, drum corps were
parading the streets and fool fellows
with white bats trimmed In black or black
hats trimmed In white were making tho
streets resound with hideous noises, az q
sort of rehearsal Of what would take place
when Mckinley finally should arrive and
give bis we'll known bow TO the public.
IL was Akron's day bat 10 was none the
less Canton's day. The city was hand
somely decorated and huge portraits which
in some instances looked like Mckinley,
stringency In some kind of q market,
adorned the store windows and
fences in front OF private dwellings. The
decorations were really magnificent.
Providence did more tbau anything else
for the success of the day, however. A
half hour shower fell az o'clock and al'
layed the dust and profanity SO that the
latter is not the exclusive English heard
on the street. But with all things con
spring to make big day of IL everybody
had to stop until the arrival of Canton
contingent escorting the Governor OF
Ohio. The vicinity of the N. Y. p. q D.
depot was throngsd with people az early
~ 10 o'clock waiting to get glimpse of
the man whose laxity in State effsirs
permitted lnsciviousness aud evil to pre-
dominate In nearly every department.,
and who has protected workingmen until
they are about all out OF job. The Can
ton delegation arrived safely at 11:30
- ...N. a.,
the Empire House whore he 10 making
his headquarters. There are delegl-
tiona from all towns In the eastern part
OF the State, and the opening may be
counted upon as success In numbers.
A salute was fired at sunrise by Battery
B., First Regiment Artillery, o. N. G. and
the Governors salute was fred immedi-
stely upon his arrival ia the city. The
big procession formed at 1880 o'clock
and Il was n large affair. The Canton
delegation was In the third division, ,lwith
delegates from Mansillon, Alliance and
other Stark county towns. The Cleve-
land delegation was big one.
The press WAS entertained by the
citizens club, non parti1an organization.
Every facility, including telegraph SER
vice, was furnished.
After the parade all the people assem-
bled at Grace park where the exercises of
the day were held.
n
and his whiRkers blew violently as he
dashed past the admiriug horde on his
black charger. d. W. Thomas was chief
of the staff. George W. Crouse was
president of the day, and Aaron Wagner
acted az chairman OF the executive COM
mittee. The Democrats of the city az
sieted In every way to make the people
comfortable, and In fact, did "a much az
Republicans to extend the hospitalitieg
of the city to visitors.
There were about 5000 people at Geace
park, and the governors speech received
considerable applause.
GOV. M'K1NnEY's SPEECH.
The Governor opened his orstion with
q compliment to Akron as great manu-
featuring city. He then said:
I'VE meet IN political discussion for the
first time since the overwhelming defeat
of 1892. We meet with deep concern and
in changed conditions from those happily
existing when we last assembled. The
business condition of the country has
created just alarm among our people, and
is 30 grave that the President OF the
Uuited SIztes has convened Congress in
extraordinary session with view to Sc Z
the Government of 100000 ounces Of
silver every month under the Sherman
law, 80 called, and the issuance In pay
ment therefor of Treasury notes in the
sum of the value of the silver thus bought,
is believed in the great financial centres
to be the cause which II not wholly re-
sponsible for the present situation, has
contributed thereto. Senator Sherman,
who was a member of the Conference
Committee In the Bifty-hrat Congress,
which agreed to the act of July IA, 1890
(the Silver Purchase lAw) has announced
his bsiief that the purchasing clause of
that law should be repealed, and last year,
hQfnFn nf n N
Cleveland, introduced into the Senate q
bill to repeal IL. IL 10 fair to assume,
therefore, that whatever the o-salled
Sherman law has TO do with the present
condition of our hpauces, It muat now 20,
unless Mr. Cleveland's party IN the Senate
prevent IL. The majority OF Republicans
In Congress are openly committed TO It's
repeal, as shown by their votes in the
House on the Wilson bill and In the SEN
nte by the debate which has already taken
place; and IL Il fall, II will be because the
Democratic Representatives and Demo-
cratic Senators, who constitute the ma
jority In both branches OF Congresz, stand
IN the way of its repeal. II IL is repealed
II will be the joint work of Republicans
and Democrats. III ii iB.not repealed the
responsibility will rest upon the Demo
cratic party which is charge able with
public legislation, having been entrusted
with control OF every branch OF the Gov
The above is literal extract from the
Governor's speech, az delivered. 1t Ia
very significant. 1t coucedes that the
panic was caused by Republican msaE-
ure. fathered by Jonn Sherman. and sup
ported In = speech by VIM. Mckinley, on
the floor of Congress-, and endorsed by
VIA, McKtnler In all she great speeches
be made in 1890, 1891 and 1892. And now,
lefter admitting that a Republican law,
lpasAed by a Republican vote, dnd endorn-
ed by every Republican Convention 10 a
Hicious law that has precipitated a p Anic,
Snd the Democratic party will be held to
terrible responsibility II they fail to re.
eel 1t. Ifthls 10 not humiliating posi-.
su for man claiming to be q statesman
od great leader TO occupy In an open.
" campaign speech, what do you call
What confidence can any intelligent
hsens place la the uttsranee OF mao,
20 makes such humiitating exhibition OF
political impotency? And then TO add
plicity to his bumiliaipR and abjcci
mission of wrong doing In the paat, he
the gall to still ciGtm THAI he IL In
pr of silver as money.
est your correspondent be accused Of
representiDg Gov. Mckinley I quote
his speech, ~ delivered from manu-
bt.
Fe ia avol nopest money, composed oi
Igol.A silver and paper, main,ained ai
equal value and under National and not
State regulation. The best money oh,
tainabie 10 the safest money ior all of the
people, Whatever uncertainty may exist
as TO other things, there should be no un-
certainty As to tho value OF the money
with which we measure the exchanges OF
the people, their products and their labor
They should be as fixed and unvarying in
value as human ingenuity can make IL
We do not want 20 strike down either
gold or silver. We want TO use bott
metals, but we insist now, az we have
always insisted, that the one shall be at q
parity with the other to the end that we