The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-29
WAS HIS BUSY SATURDAY
Gov. Mckinley Made Eleven Speeches
to Sixty Thousand Persons.
HIS TALK IN PHILADELPHIA
II Bristles with Telling Points-.The Cham.
pion of Protection Booked for Fifteen
Speeches Today Other Live
Political Developments.
BY the United Press.

ny Tic l llllCu EIGSS,
Philadelphia, Oct. 81
At the rate of more than q mile a
minute Governor Mckinley was hustled
across the state Of New Jersey to his
big political meeting here last night.
Including the meetings in this city last
night, Governor Mckinley made eleven
speeches during the day, and was
greeted by an aggregate OF probably
90. 900 persons. At IL o'clock he left for
Illinois, where he is booked for fifteen
meetings on Monday.
The governor was greeted with pro-
longed cheers when, at $50 o'clock, he
was introduced at the big meeting by
John Stewert president of the Phila-
delphia Workingmen's Protective Tar
if league, and before he had spoken
dozen words the applause broke out
afresh. Governor Mckinley talked on
national issues. He humorously re-
ferred to the recent tariff trouble be-
TWEEN the house and the senate and the
president" and dwelt at some length
upon the 'arduous' passage of the bill
bearing the name of Mr.. Wilson. Penn
sylvania, with all her great industries
the governor continued, had no voice
In the formation of this measure"
President Cleveland was characterized
as "a man of peace in war, and a man
of war in peace" Then the governor
directly asked his hearers if they
thought the Wilson tariff law was as
good for this country as the law OF
1890, A chorus Of noes came back with
vehemence.
DO we want it?" was the next ques-
ton.
mot on your life" was the reply Of
several of the auditors.
We'll, vote that way on Nov. G." was
the governors admonition.
Democracys Work.
The speaker drew word picture of
the present state of industrial affairs"
and asked now many men in Phladel-
phia are now receiving the wages that
they got in 1892.
Not l." Not l." were the answers
from different parts of the auditorium.
'How many men are unemployed
now who We're employed in 1892" the
governor then asked.
thousands are out of work - was
the answer especially from the gal
leries. One man volunteered the in
formation that he was working on
half time" and to this remark the gov
ernor said:
Half time only, but then that is
better than no time"
The speaker referred to the fact that
Sorkmen are not agitatins the ''eight-
hour question" nowadays because what
the workmen now want is longer
hours of employment.
Governor Mckinley admitted that
there were some mistakes in the 1890
tariff bill. NO measure having $500
items on it's list can be framed without
having any mistakes" the speaker said,
but what mistakes there were We're
in favor Of the American people. He
said the Wilson bill has thus far been
found to have $50 mistakes, and "all
of them are against the American peo-
pie"
The governor referred to the
Buchanan administration as one of
loans and deficits" and compared II
TO the present administration, adding
that history only repeats itself" In
conclusion he urged the Republicans to
try to secure control of the next house
of representatives. The governor de-
clared that six Republicans would, in
the next congress, represent ONO
where as many Democrats now mis-.
represented it." The governor finished
at S.55 o'clock, and was then driven &c
the Grand Opera house, two miles
away. From there he went direct tt
his car which was attached to the 1929
express for the west on the Pennsyl
vania road. General Hastings ad
dressed the Grand Opera house meet
ing before Governor McKinley's ar
rival, and was then driven to the Acad
emy of Music and addressed the large
audience there.
Governor Mckinley got from Syra
cuse to Philadelphia without entering
New York city. Governor Mckinley, Il
is said, would like to speak In New
York and Brooklyn, but the Republican
state campaign managers have de
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