Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-31
VOTERS FROM KANSAS CALL
The SunAower State Delegates
are Enthusiastic.
After Their Long Journey They still
Give the Candidate n Hearty
Greeting--Several Dele
cations Addressed.

Canton. oct. 24.-One of the liveliest
and most enthusiastic crowds seen here
was the employees Of the santa Fe railJ
road from the Sunfiower state. Some
of this party were two days on the road.
They were headed by President III. Il.
Morris of the Emporia Railway Mems
Sound Money club. The singular crowd
OF the day was the party Of the poor SUI
pervisors Of Pennsylvania. who came TO
Canton from Pittsburg. where they were
in convention. Armstrong county.
Pennsylvania, was represented by ev-
eral thousand people.
Van Vert. o.. also sent a large dele
CATION. From 10 o'clock in the morning
until dark in the evening the streets
We're crowded.
Suilowcr Sound Money Men.
Major McKinley's address to the dele
cation from Topeka, Kan, was as fol-
lows.
Ny Fellow Citizens Of Kansas.This is in
decl d very great Pleasure 10 me. You
have jCurneyed farther than any other del
gator Of the United States that mas hon
oiod me with n N,s.t at my home, ana | APP
prec.ate your call more than | can find
words 10 express. Il shows better than
any words that could be uttered by any
man VIVA; is in your minds and hearts, and
mat your purposes are touching the cleo
ton 10 be he'd on the 81 day OF Novem-
Der. You are Interested IN the prospeLY
OF oar country. There was "A time WhSn
some men were IN the habit Of saying that
IL dtd not make any difference 10 the rail
road men Of the country, who you repre-
sent, what kind Of financial legislation we
had, or what KIND OF a tariff policy we
pursued IN the United States. / have
haafd Il sad a thousand times from the
puhlc rostrum mat while the tariff might
help the men engaged IN the factories IL
had 10 influence upon the wages of The
men VINO were engaged upon the great
transportation lines Z the country. IL
years ago, you DO no. believe I now. be-
cause YOU know thlt upon the general
prosperity Of the ,ountry depends the
prosperity Of cur great railroads, and upon
Their prosperity depend your employment
ANA wages. You VII have nothing 20 do
If there = nothing TO haul, ana the more
there i to haul the mere and steadier en-
Payment you VII. have, ana the better
wage You VIII 3 Z for yourselves and fam
.'cs. In the las. three years and a hair no
character Of property has suffered more
than the railroads. Now what we want to
do = to get back our prosperity. nat
ever WIN do that Is what all Of us ought to
be n favor Of. y number or reasons are
offered for th.s congested condition of
business: and a number Of propositions are
offered for Is cure. The most prom nent
one - that We Will all be made prosperous
and happy ii we open mp our m.nts O. the
coinage OF all the silver n the world. can
any workingman or emp.oye Of the Santa
Re system tell me how the free coinage Of
the silver Of the word VIII benefit him?
VIII al increase your traffic or transr'rta-
ton? WI { increase consumers I'm The
east Of the products Of the farms I'm tho
west? VIII il Increase tn demand for a
single days labor anywhere? WEI !; in
crease the wages Of any ~Work.ngman TO
have this government declare that he
pieces Of silver that You can buy anywhere
IN the world for % cents shall be c,'ned
as dollars by the government withou cx-
Tense and We foo ourselves by calling
them dollars? WEI that help anyf o1y?
VIII that help any American interest any
where? III Il VII do Will be 10 Increase
the production OF The silver Of the world.
and with The increased production Of ST.
Yer WI come i5s certain depreciation, and
with the deprec,a ton OF silver VIII b. the
still further depreciation Of The silver
CONS of the United States. Surely no
man wants that.