The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-03
GIVES THE KEYNOTE
POLITICS Is BUSINESS AND BUSI-
NESS Is POLITICS.
Mckinley at Kansas City Sinks All
Questions in the Main Question OF
What's the Matter With the Coun
try-Patriotism Versus the Wilson
Act-Monster Mass Meetings.


Act-Monster Mass Meetings.
KANSAS CITY. Oct 2-Governor Nc
Kiuley was met at the depot by large
delegation of citizens including leaders of
all parties. He was escorted to the Mid
land hotel where a public reception was
held. The city was filed with visitors and
no visiting politician has been given
greater reception since the visit OF Presi-
dent Cleveland.
When Governor Mckinley went to the
stage entrance of the Auditorium theater
at $50 O'Clock today he found it necessary
TO make full use of his physical strength
to get in, for the crowd in front of the door
was SO tightly packed together that such
thing as making room was out of the ques-
tseu.
The stage, too, was jammed and he had
to fairly force his way through, assisted by
several strong ARMED men, and when he
finally reached the footlights ne looked out
upon a throng that filed all the seats aud
aisles and even utilized the ventilating
openings around the dome as places of OBJ
servation, while far out into the street
stood a struggling mass of people who
strove IN vain 10 secure admission into the
building.
A great roar CT welcome went up from
thousands of Threats. Women waved
their handkerchiefs and men bowled. and
those outside took up the cry and echoed
it through the streets. Mckinley was
given sample of genuine western cor
dislity.
Mayor Davis introduced the governor in
rather fierid speech. in which he eulo-
piZed Ohio and its famous citizens and
said that unless the signs of the times were
wrong its present governor would two
years hence be the leader Of the Repub-
lican hosts The sentiment was vigor-
ously applauded. In his first sentence
Governor Mckinley struck a responsive
chord. Proud as i am" he began, ito
be an Obioan, L am prouder yet 10 be an
American"
Then he proceed with his speech. He
said:
81 have come among you this afternoon
TO talk with you little while concerning
the great political questions that are upon
us This year and to discuss with you and
before you the relation OF these question TO
the business interests of the country.
Politics this year is business and business
is politics"
References made to ex-President Har-
rison. Hon. Thomas 3. Reed and tine late
James G. Blaine as the history Of
Republican tariff legislation was
recited, were warmly aoplauded, as was
the observation that 1--WE have not a single
commercial competitor in the civilized
world that does not rejoice over the pas
sage of the Wilson law"
The governor found a subject for reflec-
tion in the fact that Mr.. Wilson had to go
to a foreign country TO get congratulations
for the passage of the tariff law which
bears his name. and when some one in the
audience sang out that the only industry
which had been called into existence by
the Wilson law was that of free soup
houses. Mckinley responded with:
There is not an american citizen but
would rather earn his own soup than to
beg il from others; and under the policy of
the Republican party We never bad
to have free soups house, for
every one who WAS willing to
work had WORK, and he bad his
own soup at his table. Senator Vest told
you last night a story about a dog which
came by express and nobody could tell
where it came from or who it was for be-
cause it had eaten its tag. He applied
that story to the Populist party but be
might bstuer have applied it to this Viii
SOD law. Everybody disowns it. and yet
you are asked to approve of ii. Why, the
Democracy of New York disowued il,
formally and officially, when it nominated
for governor OF that state Mr.. David Is.
Hill, the only Democratic member of the
senate who voted against it.
MtAJCdu OIcs just dTrlSluS, Aus
tralian wool is coming in by the cargo:
every foreign product upon which the duty
was reduced under the Wilson law is com-
ing into this country in unusual guanti-
ties, and every foreign product that comes
into this country in competition with our
own. dispIaceS Just so much of American
products. And when these are displaced
the American labor required TO make them
is displaced; and yet they ask the work
ingmen of the United States TO approve
10y their votes. the Wilson law. Who is
employed now that was not employed in
1922"
only the congressman" promptly an
swered somebody in the audience
"Yes," retorted Governor Mckinley
land 1t Is because the congressman have
been employed at tearing down the de
lenses or protection that there is no work
for any one else. When l spoke IN this
city TWO years ago, a gentleman in The
gallery wanted 10 know what | thought
of the eight-hour law. A question taen
among workingmen was how to reduce
the hours of labor. daughter and APP
plausel There is no trouble of that Kidd
now. The workingmen are not looking
for shorter hours now, they are looking
for longer hours"
Some inquistive individual asked:
whats the matter with the A. 2. A ~
The interruption was not we'll received
and there were cries from all parts of the
theater of put him QUIT"
Governor Mckinley paused for moment
before replying, then said:
''The question we have TO settle now is
what is the matter with the country" A
burst OF applause followed.
AT the close OF his address in the theater
Governor Mckinley spoke for a few min
utes TO large crowd outside then crossed
the river t. Kansas City, Kan, where an
other large crowd was gathered. He leaves
tomorrow morning on special train for
Topeka and Hutchinson. He Will speak
briefly al several points en- route