New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

o. covarnment and citizen and when once IL
fastcns itself upon either. II Is marc iol a'
TO recover limpng credit attrdcts ~ up
tai and inspires no confidence applause
Poor credit Is always extensive; u pun u.s.,
necessary burdens upon Its possessoIs r icy
the nss of money and higher prices Tor wnat
they buy. II they get credit at HI my 49,,
pay dearly for 1t. because or the ,ee' borrowed
Cries of "Right.D This credit ana cohl,uense
cannot be restored by proposition to deDase
the currency of the country ana repuu.a'e pun
lie and private debt. (Great applause
And my fellow citizens, withoui detaihins
YOU a single moment, after thanking you Tor
the courtesy and kindness of this can wan, ~ ~
Gov that the American people this year do not
mean to Mexicanze either their money or Ia
Dor tremendous cheering and cries OF fieh''
/ bid you good afternoon. tAppiauseJ
ANOTHER PITTSBURG DELEGATION.
The eighth speech was to a delegation OF the EN-
Moves of Joseph Horne Co.. Pittsburg. A. II.
Huchfeld was the spokesman Major Mckinney
SAID:
II affords me pleasure TO have you here at my
home and TO know that the cause which have
the honor to represent for the moment mas YOU 1
support and confidence CHEERS and cries OF Ii
has.) -, -
Books of the merchant quite as accurately as
anything else, register the prosperity OF the
country. Nobody feels business depression anu
prostration quicker than the merchants, and no
body feels prosperity and good times quicker.
You gentlemen, Old and young, who stand ABOUT
to-day.
condition you now have and have had for wv?
or three years and the condition which you na1
prior to 1893. (Cries Of Yes, we do.) cannot
tell you anything about that. and no cry III the
Union has felt more than the city OF PlttsDurs
the influence Of constantly employed WORKING
men in constantly running workshops When-
ever your workshops in the city OF PittsDurs
have been busy you have been busy In your
stores, and when they hcve been IDLE you nav
been idle, too applause and cries or Iha' >
right"o ,o
hot ya
our present condition. which is bad enough con
tirued but that we have 1t aggravated by tne
determination Of certain people TO put us uPon
silver basis and deprecate ana oesraue 'i ~,
currency of the country. You do not nave Ill
your stores what some Of the older men VIII re. re-
member was an indispensable thing before tne
war-a bank note detector When money IL Paiu
your counter now you know ,neIe 70 ,
depreciation in it, whether 1t is National pan 1f
notes or Treasury notes gold or siiVer cer.i,
cates gold or silver itself, or the OLD green
backs You know that every dollar you receive
is just as good as gold. and you do rot nave 70
consult either the bank note detector or tne
daily newspapers to discover wnetner t.a'
money Is good or not You know II is good TAP
plause and cries of That's right!) .,
1t is proposed now to enter upon the expert,
ment of the free coinage of silver, whicn woulu
give us at the present price of silver O2-cent
dollars. and hereafter, if that policy shoulo pe
naug,rated you would have TO cChsult tne
daily markets in the newspapers to know wha'
silver dollar was worth before YOU took IT,
Great cheering and cries OF That's right!l MY
fellow citizens we neither want unrestralneu nor
unrestricted competition from Europe, nor uo
we propose to have the money of Mexico or
China to answer our purpose In tfis cIviilzeu
country Great applause and cries OF Hurrah
for McKinley")
A STIRRING IMPROMPTU SPEECH.
The next speech was also an impromptu one nut
II was one of the most stirring of a day OF lively
sneechmakng thousand members of the SOUND
Money Railway Club of Massillon, made up OF en-
nloves of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Company.
came unannounced to pay their respects to Major
Mckinley J. f. Townsend was the spokesman
Mounting a chair to address the railway men,
Major Mckinley was greeted with prolonged
cheers He said:
On account of the number Of speeches have
made to-day and the great number OF people
have addressed. for have spoken many times
and to thousands Of people, most Of them OF az
ferent occupations, but all Of them alike inter-
ested In the honor well-teing and prosperity OF
the country, ask your consideration II 90 not
speak at great length. tAppIause.
I am glad to meet the men of the wheeling ana
Lake Erie Railway. You want your money 10
be sound zap Jlause); you want every dollar you
have to be good every other dollar You
want when YOU have worked for your railroad.
| to be paid In money that Is worth lOO cents on
the dollar. You do not want to be paid IN
debased or deprecated currency. Cries or
you are right: we dont"o
| You want another thing for your advancement
You want the country to be prosperous. Rail-
roads are prosperous only when the country Is
prosperous railroads are always in embarrass-
ment when the business Of the country Is de-
pressed. You will have nothing to haul unless
somebody wants the products that somebody
else makes along your line. and the more prod
ucts you can carry. the steadier Will be your
employment and the better your wages (Con-
tinued appause)
Yours Is a most delicate and dangerous en-
ployment I never step off railroad train
| after either a long a short journey that do
not feel like making personal acknowledgment
| to every railway employee for his care for the
| safety of the passengers. (Applause) | never
step off a railroad train that do not feel like
| going to the engineer and taking off my hat to
| him. Applause and cries Of "Good!'O / am
| glad to meet and greet you to-day. You have
| not come to do me honor personally; you have
| come to do honor to the cause for which, by the
| partalty Of a great political party. for the
! moment stand. You interested in the sue
cess of the principles of this party because you
| believe those principles. carried into practical
| demo nstration, will be better for your employ
ment. better for your families, better for your
| railroads. better for your communities, and bet
tec for the entire country. prolonged applause)
make no appeal to you that is not based upon
| what believe Is for the public good. believe
It is the mission of the Government Of this coun-
| try to take care of the industrial people of the
| country / believe 1t is the business of the coun
| try to make everything that we can make In the
| United States which our people consume. CAP
pause and cries Of 'Good!o believe it is the
| business of the country to protect every citizen
| in his employment from the cheap products
made by the cheaper labor OF other lands. (Cries
| of Good" and That's the stuff!'O .
| believe that the way to prosperity In the
| United States Is to encourage the American
workshop and uphold American labor. Tire
mendous appause) And when you uphold
| American labor and sustain the American work.
shop you have given trade and traffic to these
great railway companies, the arteries Of COM
| merce, which In turn give steady employment
| to the railroad employees Of the country. (Cries
| OF That's right!') l thank you heartily for
this call, and bid you all goodby. tThree rousng
cheers were then given for Mckinley
GREETED BY TINPLATE WORKERS.
A thousand men employed in the manufacture of
tin plate all handsomely uniformed. arrived at
3:9O They came from New Kensington. Penn.
Their spokesman was Edward Dnkenspiel. Major
| Mckinley addressed them follows
| For the generous message OF goodwill which