The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-03

| nGhluloy EeaGueA buIs SLty tS-NoS ~
a. m. to-day on special train from St.
Louis. Mayor Barnes, OF Kansas City,
Kansas, came from 1t. Louis with him,
and reception committee composed OF
Mr.. Charles Schattner, OF the Republt-
can state committee, Mr.. Jarvis Kark-
lers, of the Missouri league Of Republi-
can clubs, Mr.. E. Q. Edwards, managing
editor of the Kansas City Journal. aud
ex. congressman Warner met him few
miles out OF tho city. The morning was
spent in receiving callers at the hotel
and Ia driving about the city.
When Governor Mckinley went TO
| the stage entrance of the Auditorium
theatre at 2:30 o'clock, he found it nee.
essary to make full use OF his physical
strength to get in, for the crowd in
| front Of the door was go tightly packed
together that such q thing as making
room was out OF the question. 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 foot-lights he
looked out upon throng that filled all
the seats and aislos, and even utilized
the ventilation openings around. the
domes as places OF observation, while
far out into the street stood struggling
mass OF people who strove in vain to
secure admission into the building.
A great roar OF welcome went up from
thousands OF throats. Women waved
their handkerchief and men howled.
and those outside took up tho cry and
and re.echoed it through the streets.
Mckinley was given a sample OF genuine
| western cordiality.
In his frat sentence Governor Nc
Kinley struck responsive chord.
HIS GREATEST PRIDE.
proud as l am," he began. "to be an
ohioan, l am prouder yet to- be an
American"
Then he proceeded with his speech.
II have como among you this after
noon to talk with you a little while con-
cerning the great political questions that
arc upon us this year aud to discuss with
you and before you the relation OF these
questions to the business interests Of the
country. Politics, this year, is busi-
ness and business is politics.
ave have not slngle commercial
competitor in the civilized world that
does not rejoice over the passage OF the
Wilson law"
The governor found subject for re.
| Election in the fact that Mr.. Wilson had
to go to foreign country to get con.
gratulations 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 the existence OF the Wilson law
was that OF free soup houses, Mckinley
responded with: "There's not an Amer
lean citizen but what would rather earn
his own coup than to beg it Of othcrs,
and under tho policy OF the Republican
party we never had to have free soup
| house, for every one was willing to
| work and work, and he had his own soup
at his own table.
| NEATLY TURNED.
"vest told you last night story
about a dog which came by express and
nobody could tell where 1t came from
or who it was for, because the dog had
eaten It's tag.
"He applied that story to tho Populist
party, but he might better have applied
It to this Wilson law. Everybody dis
owns 1t, and yet you, are asked TO ap-
prove it. Why, the Democracy OF New
| York disowned it formally and officially
| when It nominated for governor OF that
state Mr.. David B. Hi, the only Demo.
cratic member OF the senate who voted
against 1t.
"Mexican ores arc just arriving;
Australian wool 10 coming in by the
cargo; every foreign product upon
which the duty was reduced under the
| Wilson law Is coming into this country
in unusual quantities. and only foreign
product that comes into this country In
competition with our own displaces
lust 80 much OF American products.
And whom those arc displaced, the
American labor required to mako them
is displaced, and vet they ask the
workingmen OF the United States to ap-
prove by their votes tho Wilson law.
Who is employed that was not en-
ployed 10 1892"
"Only tho Congressman" promptly
answered somebody in tho audience.
"Yes," rotorted Governor Mckinley,
"and it is because the Cougrcssmen
have boon employed at tearing down
the defensos OF protection that there Is
no work for any ono elso. When
spoke in this city two years ago, gen.
tteman in ono Of tho galleries wanted 20
know what thought OF the eight hour
law, a question then among working
mon how to reduce tho hours of labor.
| daughter and applausol There is no
trouble of that kind now. srhe work
inpmen are not looking for shorter
hours now, they are looking for longer
hours"
some inquisitivo person asked:
"What's tho matter with tho A. P. A. :"
Tho interruption was not we'll 70.
ceiyed, and there wero cries from all
over the theatre "rut him out"
Governor Mckinley paused for mo.
ment before replying aud then said:
"The question we havo to settle now is
what IL tho matter with the country"
and burst OF applause followed.
At tho close OF his address in tho
theatre Governor Mckinley spoke for
a few minutes to largo crowd outside,
then crossed the river to Kansas City,
Kas, whore another largo crowd WIS
gathered. He leaves tomorrow morn.
Ing on q special train for Topeka and
Hutchinson. He will speak briefly at
several points on routo.