Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-10-23
OHIO'S PLACE
In the Grand Record Of Ma
tional Progress.
MK1NLEY's MAsTERLY ADDRESS

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1n Few Words Delivered to o Delegation
of Citixeus From Geauga County-Glo-
rlous Old Republican Party Now sus-
tanned by Democrats In Its Fight to
Preserve National Honor.
In addressing delegation OF citizens
from Geauga county, Major Mckinley
said:
My Fellow Citizens-I am glad to
have at my home the citizens of my
own state from the county of iGeauga,
may be pardoned If l express in this
presence a just pride in the glorious
state to which we belong and that
pride is increased when / remember
that not only the people of the western
reserve, of which you are part, but
the people of every section of the state
have met every crisis of country with
courage, patriotism, and fidelity.
The people of Ohio have improved
every opportunity that has been pre-
sented to them to add honor to the
American name, and to bring liberty
and opportunity.
pathway of our civilization; she has
never hesitated in any emergency; she
has never fallen in any crisis; she has
measured up to the highest opportunity
Of responsibility and duty; she has
never struck blow except for human
liberty; she has never had an aim that
has not been American nor a purpose
that has not been patriotic "In the
forefront of every battle has been
seen her FURNISHED mall" and in the
gloomy rear of every retreat has been
heard her voice Of constancy and OF
courage. Ohio this year will neither
pause nor falter, but stand for coun-
try and the country's honor.
We all take just pride in the Re-
publican party. Glorious old party. No
other has such matchless history; no
other has achieved such mighty tri.
umphs; no other has done so much for
all the races of man as the grand old
party to which we belong. Continued
applause.)
With the aid of hundreds of thou
sands of Democrats it saved the Union.
1t enthroned liberty; it put in the Con-
stitution of the United States where it
had never been before, civil and politi.
cal equality to every citizen every
where. Great cheering) 1t made the
Union stronger than it ever had been
before, and it preserved to us and to
our posterity one flag, and only one
the starry banner of the free. Cheer
ing.) 1t made the old war greenbacK
that travelled with the soldier on his
marches as good as gold and redeem
BILE in gold. Cloud applause.) It re-
sumed specie payments and has pre-
served the national honor unsullied to
this hour and given to- this nation a
credit the like of which it never had
before.
Will that party now take step
backward? Will the old party lower
its flag? (Cries of Never, never.')
Men of Geauga county, will you stand
this year for national honor and M
tional integrity and the preservation of
public faith? Tremendous applause
and cries, yes, we will.") Your
spokesman has well 0said that your
county is made up largely of farmers
and agricultural people. You have no
factories to speak of; you have nc
great manufacturing establishments,
and what you want is the want of
every agricultural community in the
land-somebody to consume what you
produce, and the nearer you can get
those consumers to you the better off
you will be; and then, when you have
those consumers near at home you
want them to pay you for your pro-
ducts in money that will be unques-
toned everywhere in the world. (Con-
tinuous cheering.) You want dollar
that is worth dollar; you do not want
a 52-cent dollar.
The silver men say to one audience
that our dollars are too dear and to an
other audience they say the new free
coinage silver dollar will be just as
good as the present silver dollar Now,
if that is 80, it will be just as dear as
the present dollar. (Cries of, Right
you are" and applause.) We want
good money in this country and we
want good morals in this country
(cries of Good, good,') and we want
public and private honesty in this
country (great applause), and we dc
not propose to be nation of repudia.
tors. tremendous applause.)