New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
MAJOR WKINLEYS SPEECHES.

Too polnted attention cannot be called to the
series of admirable and impressive public ad-
dresses which, rs the varying occasion has de-
manded. have fallen from the lips of the Ke-
nublican candidate for the Presidency. Major
Mckinley in his Congressional speeches ana III
his tircess party service on the stump had al
WAYS shown a resoute purpose TO sacrifice 10
plainness and sodty of argument the more
doetinc and personal graccs of oratory In
what tbe French would call the oratory OF oc
casion he professed no special mastery and had
apparently little practical experience Yet the
sDeeches which lie has been called on almost
daily since his nomination to make to visl'lhs
delegations which find their way to Canton nave
been unfaillng in felicity and ease of manner
while their pith force. dignity and effectiveness
have challenged the admiration and won the
respect of every thoughtful American To com
pare for n moment the mature sober ana Ell
liphtenng addresses Of Major Mckinley with
the nfammatory and transforming eloqlence
of his Bov Orator rival for the Presidency
would be an open affront to popular Intelligence.
The contrast carries It's own lesson and VIII
doubtless bear its legitimate political fruit.
If is noteworthy how many pointed and mar
ketable apothcgms the Republican candidate
thc single week inst ended. From his mastery
lettcr of acceptance such nuggets as these can
be extracted:
Free silver would not make labor easier. the
hours of labor shorter, or me pay better. Ii
would NOT make farming less laborious or more
nroftable Ii would not start a factory. or max,
a demand for an additional day LABOR IL Nou,u
create no occupations. 1t would add nothing to
the comfort of the masses, the capital OF the
people or the wealth OF the Nation
No one suffers so much from cheap money as
the farmer and laborer. They are the first to
feel its bad effects and the last to recover from
them This has been the uniform experience or
ali countries and here az elsewhere the poor.
and not the rich are always the greatest suffer
ers from every attempt 10 debase our money,
II l. not an increase In the volume Of money
which is the need of the time. but an Increase In
the volume Of business Not an increase Of coin.
but an Increase Of confidence. Not more coinage.
but a more active use Of the money coined Not
open mnts for the unlimited coinage Of the sill
yer of the world but open mills for the full and
unrestricted labor Of American worklngmen
Let Us hold fast to that which We know is good.
1t is not more money want: what we want Is
to put the money we already have at work.
Again IN n speech Saturday 10 an organiza
tion of commercial travellers Major Mckinley
let drop these shrewd and timely epigrams:
What we want abov4 all else my fellow-cti-
zens is confidence. and cant get confidence
by threatening to reVolutionize all values and
repudiate obligations. puoc and private.
Good money never made times hard. and poor
money never made times good.
In point of oraiorcal felicity and forensic
breadth and skill Major Mckinley has easily
carried his CANVASS for the Presidency 10 the
admirable level sci by the Republican candi-
dates who preceded him. Garfield. Blaine and
Benjamin Harrison