The Indianapolis journal., 1894-09-25

vas it borne to the side of his carriage by
a stalwart voter. In the next carriage
were seated ex-Congressman Cheadle. of
Frankfort; James S. Dodge of Elkhart;
President Potter Of Republican CONNER
cial Travellers Club, and w. S. Ken
worthy, of Iowa. Following came the vet
eran regiment, two hundred strong. COM
manded by ]. III. Beeber; the Railroad
Club. with 140 members, and the CONNER
cfal Travellers Republican Club. The sec
ond division of the parade was led by the
Progress and When bands. The Columbia
Club, with two hundred men in line. came
with its magnificent flag unfurled to the
breeze The North-side Republican Club,
but recently organized, followed with
seventy-tive men.
Toward the rear of the column the CO.
lumbia Lincoln League marched to the
smart music of the bands. the three hun
dred voters cheering and waving their
flags. Ward clubs and the Marion Club. a
fine body of young men. over two hundred
in number, brought up the rear, their
pretty satin badges futtering in the breeze.
The line of march was short and ended
at the Denison Hotel at IL o'clock. The
procession moved north on Meridian street
to the monument and around the Circle
to Market street, passing east on Market
to Pennsylvania street and north to the
hotel. The entire line of march was
thronged with people. and the carriage con-
tanning the Governor was not allowed to
proceed a yard without some demonstra-
ton. Governor Mckinley. ever ready to
acknowledge the ovation received along the
line of march, was kept busy lifting his
hat during the entire distance. AS the
limo. he
preached the Columbia Club. the crowd
which filled the yard INDUCED in three
hearty cheers. AS the carriage passed the
club. brilliantly illuminated with lanterns,
the face Of Governor Mckinley lighted up
with pleasure. He half rose in his seat,
barred his head and smiled a gracious
acknowledgment of the compliment. At
the Denison Hotel the parade concluded
and the Governor left the carriage. 1t
seemed that the enthusiasm of several
thousand people had broken bounds, so
great was the demonstration as the Gov
ernor alighted from his carriage and passed
into the hotel. With Hon. Thomas H. Nell
son he stepped on to the elevator and was
taken up to the second floor and moment
later walked out on the balcony. For a
moment he stood looking down upon the
great black sea of humanity and was then
introduced by Mr.. Nelson. Tumuituous
cheers greeted the introduction. Governor
Mckinley stepped to the front of the bal
cony and spoke as follows:
'I understood from your State committee
that the meeting was to be tomorrow.
If this is the eve before the opening, what
will be the opening tomorrow? Then If
there be such an opening, who can tell
what the close will be? l am glad, my
fellow-citizens. to meet and greet you here
tonight, and more than pleased at
the warm welcome rendered me- / know
the interest that brings you here. 1t is
because you have at heart the interest of a
great cause.-the cause is American industry
and American prosperity. (Cheers) What
we want in this country, after the expert
erce OF the last two years, is a policy that
for our own people (Cries from the crowd
of That's it. You're rig'ht.'o There are
just two ways of keeping this market for
protective duty upon foreign products and
the other by lower wages at home. The
Republican party does not believe in the
protective duty to protect our own indus.
tries and our own labor from competition
with all parts of the world. loud cheering
an t arid dutv V on ipoas gn you eo9 n,
difference between wages paid here al
| home-or that have been paid, should say
| tries this difference must be borne by ths
home laborer. The Republican party woulC
rather make it hard for foreign product.
| to get in than to make the wages OF thi:
| country equal to those of the foreign coun
tries.
You might as well understand now, my
| fellow-citizens of Indiana, that the lowel
| the duty the lower the wages. If you buy
| goods abroad you must give employment
] to foreign labor, and if you buy them a
/ home you give employment to home labor
| You are learning this experience. (Cries o
I've are.') Protection to American work
| ingmen is the policy Of the Republican
| party, and was the policy of the Republican
| party in 1892 when the people voted for
| change. Now they are tired of the change
| 1 never much anxiety for a chanc,
| TO vote as there is now. L am looking al
| the time for some one to move the pre-
| vious question, to stop the debate and com
| to vote. Now, fellow-citiZens, I mus
| close with (CT1es of go on: go on
| i have been speaking ever since 1 enteret
| upon Indiana soil. / never saw such gran
| Republican spirit. Ii reminds me OF tn
| spirit 1 saw i'm Maine two weeks ago; il
| Vermont three weeks ago, and in Ohi
| twelve months ago. It is the spirit tha
will win for Indiana unprecedented vic
| tory
AS Governor Mckinley closed and steppe
back from the balcony railing one lon
prolonged cheer went up that continue
| for several minutes