The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-07
IRON WORKERS
VISIT M'KINLEY
Enthusiastic Callers from East Brady
Are Received.
LESSON OF THE BLAST FURNACE
The Champion Of Protection Points
Out the Causes Of EXiN1og Condi.
tiOns..Sentiment in Favor Of Plenty
OF Work, Good Times, Good Wages
aud Good Money.

Canton. o., Oct. GA delegation of
enthusiastic Republicans from East
Brady, in the Democratic county of
Clarion. Pa, came in the rain to call
on Major Mckinley this morning. The
spokesman, N. f.. Graham, said that
there were thrty-one furnaces in the
county under the Mckinley law and
not one of them in blast. Some of the
men In the delegation bore banners in
scribed: 'Plutocrats from Clarion
county" The delegation was made up
OF miners, farmers and workingmen.
Major Mckinley addressed 1t as fol-
lows:
Your spokesman tells us that in your
county thirty-one blast furnaces have been
stopped. What does that mean? 1t means
that wages have been stopped 1t means
that labor has been unemployed. 1t means
that comforts have been taken away from
hundreds of American homes which they
had previously enjoyed. 1t means dis
iress, and what Is true of this county,
has been substantially trIe-pOssibly not
10 50 large ~ degree-of other counties OF
your state and throughout the entire
country. Now, what we want to do,
whether We are railroad men, or farmers,
or professional men, Or mechanics, OF la
boring men. Is to get back to u policy
that will give us u chance to increase our
manufacturing. improve or home market,
extend our foreign market. and give EN-
ploymeht every day In the year to every
workingman who wants work (ireat
cheering and cries of That's what we
Want."D
If We will but follow the lamp Of exper-
1ence and follow the direction which the
light of that lamp leads u.s. on the third
day of November will vote down the pol
icies which have brought us these condi-
tions and vote to continue "a monetary
system built upon solid basis, which
will give us the best money in the world
a Iistn nd
business failure cannot deprecate. (Tre-
mendous cheering and cries of "Pennsyl-
vania will vote that way.D We want good
times, plenty of work, good wages and
That's the stuff:D How will you vote?
Cries of For Mckinley, followed by great
cheering.'D
Rain fell steadily through the after
noon today and Major Mckinley had
to welcome the visiting delegations at
the Tabernacle. A delegation Of nine
ty-five lumbermen from Buffalo and
Tonawanda arrived on special train
at 3 o'clock.
firms, engaged in the lumber business and
our delega tion Is composed Of almost equal
number OF Democrats and Republicans,
said the spokesman. NJ. s. Barnes to Ma
handled a thousand million feet Of lumber
annually prior to the enactment Of the
present revenue laws, worth $50, ,0O0.
TO THE LUMBERMEN.
Major Mckinley was vigorously and
repeatedly cheered when he arose to
speak. He said in part:
This is year. as you spokesman has
well said. that party ties are not strong
enough to hold any patriot within 1t who
believes that his party has ceased to rep
resent the highest and best interests Of
our glorious republic. (Applause). i do
not think we appreciate the great indus
try which you represent and of which you
are a part-one Of the greatest In the
country. In 1880 the lake trade in lumber
Tonawanda over 717,OOO,OOO feet. Gap
plause). Though, under the lumber pro-
visions of the present tariff law the trade
of Buffalo has since decreased until. In
1895, it was 100000 feet less than in 1890,
while that of Tonawanda has shrunk In
the same time more than 296,OOO,O0O feet.
Canadian free lumber has been encouraged
at the expense of the lumber interests of
the great state of New York and all the
other lumber states of the American
Union. / may be pardoned, gentlemen, IL
| say i'm this presence that 1 believe In
the policy that gives preference to Buf-
falo and Tonawanda rather than to Mon
treal and Toronto. tremendous cheers).
Like all the other features of free trade
it has helped to make us poor for the ad-
vantage of other people living in another
jurisdiction ana VINO owe no allegiance 10
our flag. (Renewed cheering).
Did YOU ever reflect how 1t would help
the prices of real estate and of buildings
to have all values unsettled and the valid
ity of contracts thrown into jeopardy?
The history of the world proves that real
estate suffers most severely in every pc
riod of financial distress and of all prop
erty it RECEIVERS the slowest. The triumph
of sound money and protection at the
polls in November will, in my judgment,
restore confidence and thereby help every
species of business and when that is done
your business will share in the general
advancement and profit by the general
prosperity. (Great applause).
In the evening the Syracuse Repub-
lican escort, bearing colored fambeaux,
and followed by the delegation from
that city and by all of the uniformed
campaign clubs of Canton. marched up
to Major McKinley's residence and
were received by him. The visitors
were cordially applauded along the
line of march, and they made the most
effective night parade that has been
witnessed here.
Among Major McKinley's callers to-
day was A. NJ. Higgins, president of
the Republican League clubs, of Indi-
ana. Mr.. Higgins told Major McKin-
ley that Indiana would give him plur-
ality exceeding $1,000. Mark Hanna Is
expected here tomorrow afternoon.