Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-24
TWO DELEGATIONS
From Ohio and Indiana
Call on Major Mckinley.
He Talks to One Of the Priceless Value
to Us Of Suffrage.
To the Second He Confines His Remarks 10
the Money Question.

Canton, Sept. 23.-The delegation
which called on Major Mckinley, to-
day, were from Wood county, Ohio, and
thew arrived about go The delega-
ton was composed of the First Voters
Club of Bowling Green, parts of various
Republican clubs of the county, and
Womens' Mckinley. and Hobart Club.
The delegation numbered 600 In re-
Spouse to the spokesman's remarks.
Major Mckinley in part said
The presence of young men who are
to vote for the first time next Novem-
Der, is to me an inspiring sight |
wonder whether yGu fully appreciate
he privilege and honor you are so soon
20 have. | fear sometimes few of us
estimate suffrage at its true worth. 1t
lothes us with sovereignty 1t is a
guaranty to our liberties and institutions
and is our surest safety. Through it
,ur whole governmental machinery is
Conducted. 1t is priceless inheritance.
It should express the intelligence and
Judgement and conscience of the voter
1t should never be employed for any
base use 1t should be exercised with
ourage, wisdom, patriotism. 1t Shout !
never be thrown against country and
should never represent public dishonor
Great applause).
Il ventured. a few weeks ago, to sug-
gest that it would be better to open the
mills than to open the mints. Some of
our political adversaries criticise the
statement saying it is putting the cart
before the horse" They seem to think
hat the way to open up wooden mills,
for example, is to start a yard stick
factory. daughter and applause
They forget that you must make cloth
before you can measure it. Start the
factories in full blast and money will
low from bank and vault. Start the
actorieS and put American machinery
n operation and there will not be an
die man in the country who is willing
md able to work; there will not be an
American home where hunger and want
will not disappear at once; there viii
not be a farmer who will not be checrcd
ana be benefited by his improved home
markets and by better and steadicr
prices for his products. (Applausc).
The second and last delegation. to
day, came from Muncic, Ind. In re
Spouse to the spokesman, Major Nc
i<inley said: The chief cause of com
plant OF our opponents is, first that We
have not enough money. and second
hat our money is too good. TO tn
irst complaint | answer that in pei
capita of circulating medium in this
country has been greater since the Sc
called crime of 1878 than Il ever was
before and that it has been greater in
the last five years than it ever was IL
al our history. We have not only got
the best money in the world. but We
have got more of it per capita than
most of the nations Of the world.
To the second complaint, il would
seem to be enough to say that the
money of another country cannot bt
too good. l cannot imagine an inter
st that can be permanently subserved
by having poor money. When We We're
doing business with a deprecated pa
per money interest was very much
higher to the borrower and to the debt
or than now. That money is hard Ia
get is not because it is scarce but be
cause those who have it. keep it, fear
ing to loan it because of the unsettled
business condition of the country. The
threat of free silver is driving our
money into hiding. The way to brin
it out is to restore confidence TIL
way to restore confidence is to defeat
the party that destroyed confidence.
The way to restore prosperity is to de |
feat those who have destroyed pros
perty.