The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-11-03
N'KlNLEY AT CHICAGO.
Democracy Denounced and Pro-
lection Ably Defended
A RousIng Reception Accorded the Advo-
cate of High Tsriff-Haiied as tho
Next President of the United
states.

Nothing like the reception given
Gov. Mckinley, OF Ohio, at the First
Regiment armory on the evening OF
Monday. October 30. has been seen In
n(hicago in the political gatherings OIL
lany years. Over 10000 people
swarmed in and about the great hall
20 hear the champion Of protection
speak on the issues OF the great cam
paign. lie was cheered TO the echo |
and hailed as the coming president
and although he had spoken fifteen |
times during the day Gov, Mckinley |
made the speech of his life. lie said;
aMr President Ladies aud Gentlemen. aud |
My Fellow Citizens; IL Is great cause "hish
would bring together on this Indictment night
thls vast assemblage OF the people, and u testi-
Aes more than words can TESTIFY 70 the
living power OF republican principles. ZAP
plause. Two years ago are publican national
administration which had been IN power LOT
nearly four years. which had conducted
the government with singular ability ana
honesty and efficiency, was. one OF our great
eat ne the head OF which American presl-
dents President Harrison tremendous APP
plausel, was by the voice OF the people Notcu
out OF power and the democratic party was
voted an Misses and voice: bad luck 70
them II For nineteen months, therefore, the
Axrnocrutic party has been In supreme controi
very branch OF the general goyernrent
during that nneteen months. when nave
been the longest since the war llaughterl
congress has been engaged I'm revising the TAR
IN and while congress has been engaged IN
revising the tariff the people have been
busy revising their votes llaughterl, ana u
has not taken the people so long 20 revise theH
opinion as IL has taken congressto revise the
tariff A voice WHAT'S the matter Win the
Mckinley lawf" Tho audience: That's oil
right And from one end OF this country 70
the other the people az this hourare burning IN
impatiense for an opportunity 70 pass upon the
work OF the democratic presidopt ana demo-
cratic congress. lApplanse.l The people never
wanted 10 vote so badly In all their lives as
they do now lapplausel, and they never were
80 ready TO vote In all their lives as they arc
now lapplausel and II their tickets are not ia
,heir hands al this hour the tickets OF the
great principles which they represent are IN
their hearts lApplQuse ana cries OF you
bet Il This period has given the people an op-
portunity for sober reflection steamed py the
discipline OF adversely The people nave ocon
rejecting. for they have bad little else 70 oc-
cupy them lApplausel
Hard Times Teach Experience.
awe have ali OF US been attending school
IL has been school OF experience ~ nus
been n sort OF compulsory education Up
piause1 Nobody has been excluded from lta
benefits and while the tuition has been frce'
the ultimate cost 20 the American people has
been very great. Applause.l Aher an. my
countrVmcn that form OF education when Is
most effective and most enduring - experiences
Ind we have had that ana been blessed Win
little else Even the eyes OF the bhndeSt part
isans have been opened. and those VINO nave
heretofore never seen any good IN the repuo-
iicnn party. and who have hah tuaily Voted rs
policies. against the party' even tncy arc nov 10Y,
ready for u reconsideration ana chAhRe Wo
know more than we did two years ago ana We
4Ill ~ mon
~k.Stly ana righteOusly the great PRIV
es Of American citizenship anu th'
Dbple are bringing about chahee JUS
as fast as they have cohsthutlohN
opportunity There probably has been "a
such revulsion Of public sentiment IN quarIe
Of n century as has taken place within the las
twenty-four months Every northern stat
which has spoken has spoken In eondemnauo
of democratic policies ana democratic meas
ures. commencing with the state OF New orr
,non an 10 Mnssachusetts-.th latter state elect
Inc a democratic governor In 1872 ne was ais
nlaced by a republican governor IN lsV5 py
plurality OF nearly 1000. Then la Iowa Ia IN
vest. which had been presided over by
democratic governor, he, too. was displaced o
n republican governor by a plurality OF nenrl
40 600 In Ohio as my friend suggests
we have undergone the same chahk'
IAppiause. In 1872 Ohio gave llttic NOR
than a thousand plurality for the rcpupuca
,lcket and lost for the first time IN MT
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same people and upon the fullest vote that wa
ever polied. and with the same issues, ~ reeof,
ed a republican plurality ~ more thah rV'V'
fApplause Ana Pcnnsylyan'a' the ululalesl
republicansm. In - special election hela
February 1874 nominated Tor congressman
large that veteran republican, Galnsha
Grow and that great state gave 70 MN the ~
paralleled plurality Of lSOoO lApplauev
And the same cheering news comes from "
pac,ec from the state Of oregon, which mo
,.IN of ntfor
ana then in Vermont in August giving 70 q
republican cause an almost unprecedented ~
raiity. and then the state OF Maine IN Septei
her gave TO the republican ticket "a larger ~
rality than that ticket had ever Iueo,,oN' . ~
an the stress OF the great war TOT the pte
eryation OF the union. lApplausel
solid south Dissoivtng'
.And not only my fellow-oiiizens' Is IN
revolution OF public sentiment going on ia :
north but IL IN certainly going on ia tho SOU ,
TAppiausc. In the state OF loulhlhn" Vhi'
few months ago the representative men
>.hn, state men who had hitherto been den
rats who are democrats by tradition ana
~dueation. who never have been able 20
any good in the republican party anu Nho =
always believed that the material interests
the country we're safe In the hahas on
Sa,,ocratie narty we're at last complied
ahondon that position and by prOclamat
had declared their adherence hereafter 20
principles u the national republican pa
lnpplausc and chcorsl ana thel ke'o 80, 80 -
surance that from that state they VIII >,
.nree reuublican representatives 70
national house OF representative.
what my fcrow-citizens, has Deon tno
oasion for this remarkable revolution IN pu.
sentimonti can answer " IN ssnsi ~, =
,ence. A democratic president ana uou
cratie oonarcss have been running the COVE
mani for nineteen mohths. aud during +.
,1mc little else has 0een 'running laugh
and applnusel Every Industry mas been >
ousiy interrupted, all the cntol es',.,
neople have been very seriously cncch
iabor has been iess employed than LOT ". VA.
years. and. when employed, at greatly se. ~
wages. There has been no cessation ~ ~
nineteen months Ina the waste on w."'s W
wages and property and investment, nm
- 49, neen estimated the cost 20 the
ple has been greater than inc 60
cxpenso Of the great civil war 20
store the union and preserve INC ny
of tho flag The appeals 10 charly hAss ;. !.