New-York tribune., 1896-11-02
FOR GOOD OR I'LL.
A TIME FOR PATRIOTISM. NOT PARTIES
MAJOR M'KINLEY's ELOQUENT SPEECH TO HIS
OLD CONSTITUENTS FROM THE MAIoN-
ING VALLEY.


Canton. Ohio, Nov. Ito the delegation from the
Mahoning Valley who called on him yesterday Major
Mckinley said:
am more than era teful for and appreciative OF
this splendid demonstration from my old friends
and constituents. This audience Is remarkable.
not only in its numbers. but in the character or
those who are here assembled. 1t Is not only an
audience representing my old constituents. but
II IS an audience representing the home OF my
birth ard early manhood and II is also made up
of representa- tive citizens Of my later years Poland
is here Cheers. Youngstown is here (cheers).
Warren Is here tie old town of Niles Is here. and
here to greet friends of my boyhood and man.
hood are the representative people of the city Of
Canton. Their voic are mingling with yours in
chorus of patriotism that stirs my heart and
glorously sustans the great cause in which We
are engaged 1t Is a reunion of old friends and
revives a multitude Of sweet and tender men,
cries: for you come from my birthplace. the home
OF my boyhood and early manhood, and the dear
old town where. as boy. enlisted In the ser
vice Of the country. and you represent the county
which for consecutive terms voted Tor
a member of Congress. This presence re-
calls precious memories. for here / see many OF
my early never o. be forgotten friends. 1t Is
as a benediction from those we love.
You are here for no Idle purpose; you are here
because YOU have the ballot under our glorious
free institutions Applause) You are here be-
cause next Tuesday those ballots are to be cast.
"a voice For McKinley.') for good or III to our
common country.
What we want in the United States is the
toraion Of the glorious pros Derity of four years
ago What we want Is the lost job and the lost
wages under which we have suffered for the last
three years and half. They talk about free
htyn hayp
ploved. CA voice. Tell us where we are going
to get this free silver from.'O You are going 10
get this free silver just you get your money
now-by working for it, and In no other way
(cheers). and II all the silver Of the world was
coined to-day It would be nearer than 1t Is
WANT THE LOST JOB.
What we all want now is to live up 10 the iu''
possibilities of American citizenship by "orN'hs
and voting against anything that disoreo's Oh
dishonors the glorious American name we nave
so far been true to the precedents ana ideais oi
the Republic founded by our fathers. and nave
prospered and advanced faster than any o'her
Government ever known to man. We will CON
tinue thrive and prosper If we are true 10 'heit
inspiring examples and teachings and keep close
to the great principles Of right. justice and honor
1t is not the issue Of free trade or free silver
destructive and subversve they are OF pros
! perity that should receive Jour emphatic CON
demna ion by your ballots next Tuesday. but the
monstrous proposition that the United states
| shall cease to be Government by lava land OF
! liberty regulated by law.
The first step Is nsidious and artful. Take
care il does not receive 6, ch encouragement as
to embolden it's promoters to yet more perious
and threatening steps. This Is not question "t
candidates, but OF conscience; 1t Is not time
for parties but for patriotism; and the American
peope II true to their best and highest interests,
will hurry all these reactionary tendencies and
nronositjons under so overwhelming majority
that no considerable body Of men will ever have
the hardihood to propose them again.
What Won want Is the lost Job. What you want
is to get back to the payroll (Cres Of And we
want Proteotion'D What you want Is Protec-
ton as my friend says (great applause). ana you
know how to get It. You know What party gave
It to you when you had IT, and you know yod
have had very little of 1t since that party went
out OF power Now am for the American work
shop. We have but one aim. one single aim ana
that is for the public good our doctrine ch-
braces every home and freside in the land IT Is
not sectional il is not local. but II is general ana
ALL OF ONE CLASS.
We don't believe in classes in the United
States There is Just one class under our nag
and all Of us belong to it cheers) ana the
poorest boy In the Mahoning Valley, thank Co..
under ou- free institutions. can aspire to the
confidence and honors Of his countrymen What
n splendid, glorious Republic we have No'h-
ing like it under the sun; one the equai OF every
other and everybody has just as much power
next Tuesday as any other anywhere III 'he
country. / remember the old county or Maho
ming when 1t had less than $1,000. What has
~
"Protecton.'D.
The argument seems 10 have been maze
n Laughter )Both Youngstown and Mahonlng Val
lev has always given me their hearty and un-
selfish support ever since my first election 10
Congress In 1876 and have shown by the eXer-
Else of their suffrage that they approved the
principles which. for the time had the hohor
IN represent They Will remember That IN TWO
respects these campaigns nave everything III
common First. they have always been TOT
sound money, and second. they have always peen
for protection. We cannot get on IN this country
,,n,ass we do our own work at home and send
none OF it abroad, so long as there is single
,,nomnoved American citizen who Is willing to
'..o.,, Tho nroeress which you have made has
heen under the protective system ana uhder-
.Lo IN CAV that no cause has contributed so
- 20 nroduce this result and to stimulate
our mines factories and workshops az such
legislation constantly mas
In the period 1 have described. YOUNGSTOWN
made her greatest strides in manufactures while
har mines kept pace with this wonderful prog
ress. She has to-day more machihe,snops' 1a LII lIh
.nos and mines than she ever had Dtiore WILL
n,isve in 1890 nearly $6OOoO00 OF capital IN
rested in industries. with product OF SltqV ,S
noo y a. Int the wand Of prosperity touch these
o"o' i-narties i-e, and the MahOning Valley VIII
srea' ancp as never before; result. to which by
plUnph p ha,iots next Tuesday. you can contribute
INJURIES CAUSED by A hONA"Ai.