Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-15
PRIVILEGE OF REAL LIBERTY
Major Mckinley Uphold, tho Nation
Eonor, Never Yet sullied.
SPEAKS OF A CENTUaYS MARCH FORWARD
Circus Day ut Canton, hut Candidate
IL Kept Busy Talking to DcicEn-
tions that Can with Prom
iscs of support.

CANTON, Oct 14-This was circus day
In Canton. The parade was extended beyond
the usual course so as to pass the Mckinley
home, where 1t was reviewed by Major and
Mrs Mckinley and number OF friends, In
honor OF the visit to Mc!<inley's home the
circus people are all wearing the national
colors and the tent is elaborGtey decorated
The press box is reserved for Mrs Mckinley
and a company Of friends. The employees of
the circus presented Major Mckinley large
aud handsome American fae through a com
mittce which called at the house. Major
Mckinley accepted the flag with an appro-
pirate address.
A special train of eleven coaches arrived
about noon over the Pennsylvania line bring
ing an enthusiastic party from Mcdonald,
Pa, with greetings and congratulations tor
Major Mckinley. The delegation was com
posed largely of railroad men, farmers and
other citizens. Their demonstration was very
enthusiastic and Major McKinlcy's address,
responding to the spokesman, Charles \.
Whiteshot. was constantly interrupted by ap-
plausc He spoke of the blessings of living
under a free government-the 'treest and the
best in the world" He said:
Free government is the ideal OF our civ
iizp ion. 1t rests upon the consent OF the
governed All people of all races and ma
tionalities who are citizens OF this country
equally participate in It's government ana
equally share in its benefit and its bless
inns We have been extremely fortunate
as Il government. We have had no serious
causes Of complaint in our eNontIul his
tory in the matter of good government;
and by that | accept the definition of
Jefferson that tho best government Is that
which seems TO govern itself" that gives
to the citizen the largest freedom OF in IN
dividual action, the largest individual lib
erty; that places upon him the least re-
straint aud imposes the smallest burdens
upon his time his service, or his income.
Contrast our condition with that OF the
people of other countries, and we hnd
cause for sincere congratulations. In thc
On ...ors Cf Oi'r urtiOual life. we have ~ adc
steady progress In the march of cviliza-
tion and in the improve mcnt and develop
mcnt OF the great resources which God
has given us. Nothing has long lmn"u,d
our march and nothing can, for the pDopl"
have way under our form Of government
OF getting rid of policies and OF pnrticS
which are unsuited to our citizenship and
unfavorab!e to our advancement.
NO BLOT ON THE PAST
We can look back over the whole stretch
of our national life with pride and CNulta-
tion. We have had our ups and downs,
our periods of panic and depression. re
sulting from one cause or another, hut
mono Of these. nor all of these combined
have thus far stopped the triumphant
march OF the American republic. we
have a right to rejoice over the good for
tune which has attended US IN the past.
! The condition Of our people Is better than
rnton @ 'o'T on the face H' OF he globe ri ' wages
| have been higher: labor has been more
| dignined, moro Independent, more exalted.
! Schools have been within easy reach and
! without price to every boy or girl of the
| republic, ana the poor boy, with the rich
| boy. enjoys equal opportunity to draw
| from these great mountains of knowledge.
! And under our system the poor boy can
| rise. for he Is given an opportunity to
rise and reach, as he often has. the highest
! place i'm the gift of a self-governcd re-
| public. tremendous applausc.)
We can truthfully say as Americans that
our national administrations in all the
| years Of the past whether federal or demo-
/ cratic, whether whig or republican, have
| for the most part conducted the govern
| ment with credit honor and efficiency.
! minstrations of any other government ON
! earth, ca voice: "It beats all of them y
and as my friend says. 1t beats all of them.
| daughter and applause) To our credit
| be ii said, that not one of these admin
| istrations, whatever may have been their
mistakes and failures, ever suggested
much less attempted reputation, directly
| or indirectly, of single dollar or cent
/ honestly due TO citizen of this or any
| other country of the globe, renewed cheer
! ing), nor counseled the establishment of IA
money for the uses of the people tainted
with the slightest dishonor Stall we now
| consent or seem to consent by our votes
! to lower that high standard or reverse
the proud policy which this government
! has pursued from its beginning? Uoud
cries of mo, no'O. Shall We tolerate now
| n policy that would cheat any of our cred
| itors, whoever or wherever they may be?
| Cries of MOI. Shall we tolerate n policy
that would deprive the brave men living,
| or their widows or orphans. of farthinR
| in the pensions that Il grateful government
has granted them? Ono, no, never.'D
There is another thing that can be said
of our government. We have always had
good money so far as the national authori-
ties were concerned No congress that ]
can recall has ever passed, and no presi-
dent has ever signed n bill authorizing
what was confessedly dishonest or a dis.
credited dollar to be cohe d or issued by
of war we have used tho redit of the gov.
| ernment by issuing itasl'f misses e pay
money; but the goye'h tb& has, been
| as gold Again, good ages too, We awe
enjoyed, especially sine 1860 and mea sIited
by the labor standards OF other eour.a 5es
they have been the best. Our contefgion
in this regard is purSly domc~:.. We
steadily aim at bette, citizenship. more
exalted and cnlighteaed citizenship. We
have encouraged a high standard of Amer.
lean manhood and American womanho0d
and we, do not pronose to lower that
sought for the safest opportunity to elevate
our citizens and TO give to them worl;
which would bring not only the necessities
! but the comforts of life. We want in This
country of a free ballot an honorable in
| dependent, self-respectlng, free and con
sclentous cltZenship We sweep away the
| suggestions of birth, class, caste or con
dition and boldly proclaim In the words OF
Jefferson, uttered more than l20 years ago,
that "all men are created equal" WHY
| unlike any other country wc have always
held that good wages are only form of
economy, and the highest economy and in
| sisted that by Improvement effectiveness
| OF methods and machinery we could nay
| more and better wages than were given
| TO the people of any other country. This
we could and did do, under a protective
! tariff; and not until 1893, more than thirty
two years after its adoption. had we failed
| to preserve our own high standard OF
| wages, by long odds the best and highest
of any other great Industrial nation.
SEVERAL OTHER DELEGATIONS.
The Early Settlers association of Cuya-
hoga county came to Canton today to greet
Major Mckinley, his wife and mother. The
party occupied a special train of six coaches
| which arrived soon after 1 o'clock. Mother
! Mckinley was at the majors home to re-
| ceive the greetings OF the party. Introduc-
tory addresses were made by Father II
NJ. Addison the veteran journalist OF Cleve-
land, and by Rev. Cooley chaplain OF the
| Early Settlers association.
Seven carloads OF employees OF the Cleve
land City Street Railway company were here
this afternoon to pay their respects TO Major
| Mckinley. They were all uniformed and
wcr" particularly we'll drilled