The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

steel works at Braddock, Pennsylvania.
The voice of these men is representa-
tive in the voice of the nation. hey
are men who have passed through Il
season of adversely; they have suffered
from reduced wages and from leSSens"i
hours of work: the savings of the prl-
dent have melted in the slow fire OF
enforced idleness. These men have di-
agnosed their own case correctly the!
know what is the matter. They
have been prosperous under protection
and unprosperous. under reduced tar
ifs. They went to an experienced and
sympathetic physician in quest of Il
remedial prescription.
They talked to Mckinley and he an
swered them in fit words:
Il bid you welcome to my city and
to my home. l can we'll appreciate WHY
the wOrkingmen of this country should
have Il deep and profound interest in
the outcome of the present national
contest. cannot fail to remember
that one thing which stands between
your labor and the labor of Europe -
the one thing which stands between
your workshops and the workshops OF
the old world. 1t is Il wise. patriotic.
American protective policy
There are two qualities that strive
for pre-eminence i'll the nature of Ma
j0r McKinley-sound common SenSr
and unaffected brotherly feeling tow
ard those whom Mr.. Bryan delights L"
call the plain common people" as If
they were of Il class to which he StoOpS
from the height of a real or suppo>i-
tiously intellectual supremacy. but to
whom and of whom Mckinley always
speaks as my fellow citizens" These
two characteristics never have been
more finely displayed than in his ad-
dress to the iron and steel workers. An
oStentatiouS man would have seized
the opportunity for Il display of his
scholarship in economics. and in so do
ing would have multiplied words
without wisdom" The Republican
nominee went right to the root of the
matter in less than twenty words:
We know that the present monetary
standard has not stood in the way of
our prosperity in the past" Cries OF
No. no: free trade haS.)
The extreme gold men and the eN-
treme silver men alike are in error.
The present monetary standard has
not stood in the way of our prosperity
in the past Nor will it in the future.
1t is an excellent system: it makes the
silver dollars as good as gold for the
purchase of all things and for the pay
ment of all debts; it prevents the pa
per currency from becoming depreci:it-
ed or irredeemable. The Republican
party is pledged to it's maintenance.
The Democratic party is pledged to It's
destruction.
After this display of the soundest
quality of sound sense the distinguish
ed host of the visiting workmen gave
utterance to sentiments of the tr1eSt
patriotism and of the most implicit
confidence in the good intent of his
countrymen:
My fellow citizens. it is gratifying
to me to be assured by your spokesman
and my old contradict will be inspir-
ing to the whole country that the
voice of labor here to-day declares that
no party which degrades the honor of
the nation. no party which stands OPP
posed to law and order. or which seeks
to array the masses against the classes.
shall receive its vote and support.
Golden words are these. which win
strike chord in every American n"me
where virtue dwellS and truth ahiGrS
I'VE have this year resting upon us
as citizens Il grave responsibility. The
country has never failed or faltered in
the past to meet every crisis. 1t viii
not f;lter or fail now to uphold the
dignity and independence of labor and
the honor and stability of the govern
mcnt. that it may still further rXait
the American name
Here is no 1emagOgic flattery OF the
intelligence of the plain common pro-
pie no shoddy rhetoric upon the cru
cifiXion of labor" but just a manly ap-
peal to the patriotism and good sense
of his fellow citizens and an express
sion of confidence in the exercise of
them at the coming election. Ma iol
Mckinley has done well in all his eff
forts. but in his address to the iron and
steel workers he eNcelled himself