The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-24
THE KANSAS DELEGATION.

Kansas: Kansas"
RIP, rah. re-"
'Shes for Mckinley"
This was the shout which greeted
Major Mckinley when he stepped out
on his porch at noon to address two
hundred Santa Fe railroad men from
Emporia and Topeka, Kansas.
The delegation came a thousand
miles to see Major Mckinley, and had
been on the cars for thirty-four hours,
but their enthusiasm was unbounded.
They cheered, and shouted, and ap-
plauded for several minutes. This dele
cation came greater distance to visit
Major. Mckinley than any of his other
callers. He addressed it as follows
other delegation of the United States that
has honored me with visit at my home,
and ! appreciate 1t more than l can find
words to speak. 1t shows better than any
your minds and hearts and what your
purposes are in the election to be held on
Nov. 3. You are interested in the pros
perity of your country. There was a time
when some men were in the habit of say
ing 1t did not make any difference to the
railway men of the country what kind Of
financial policy We had or what kind Of
n tariff policy we pursued. / have heard
1t thoUSand times firm the rostrlm that
while the tariff might help the men en-
gagged in the factories, it had no influence
upon the wages Of the men who were en-
gagged upon the great transportation lines
of the country. If any of you believed
that statement four years ago, you do not
believe it now. Cries of That's rightly
Because you know that upon the general
prosperity of the country depends your
! employment and wages. In the last three
years and half no property has suffered
! more than the railroads; many of them
have been compelled to SO into bank
ruptcy; many of them have been unable
| to pay either their bonds or their interest
on them: and that Is only because the
| change of 1882 settled paralysis upon the
| businecs of the United States.
What we want is. first, a market for :he
! products the great west so that you can
! haul those products from the west to the
/ eastern shore and not nave products sent
! them from the other side of the Atlantic
| You want that as interested railroad men;
| but you do not want a cheap dollar any,
| how. This is not cheap country. "a
| voice, And this Is not a cheap crowd,'o
We have today the best money in the
world, but the trouble is it does not circ;-
| late. As / have said before, money does
not make Observation-Disclosures makes
money. Money does not bring work, it Is
work that brings money. So all the years
of my public life. have been advocating
an industrial policy that will protect the
American producer producer against i1s,a the cheaper
lands. (Cries of "Hurrah for McKinley.')
A delegation unique in character
! Ilthl. IL was COil.OSeu vi IneIn-
| bers of the state association of Penn
| sylvania. directors and overseers of the
poor. The association has been holding
its annual session in Pittsburg and the
members decided to call on Major Nc
Kinley today before departing for their
homes. Major Mckinley addressed
them briefly. saying: "Your spokesman
has very well said that the way to de-
crease the poor list Is to increase the
opportunity for work. (Applause). And
If there is one thing more than an
other that n Republican party desires
it is that every man beneath our flag
who wants to work shall have an op-
portunity to do 50.
The fourth delegation was large one
from several counties in Northwestern
Ohio. There were 1,400 voters in the
party.
The last delegation. the largest one of
the day, came from Armstrong county
Pa. There were $500 men in line when
the delegation marched up with its
band playing lively airs. Robert Nay
smith spoke for the plate glass workers
In the delegation and presented Major
Mckinley with large mirror made at
Ford City.