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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
To STEEL WORKERS.
Argument in Favor of Restoration of
Protective Tariff.

Employees of the Otis Steel Company, of
Cleveland, heard the following speech:
My Fellow-citizens of the Otis Steel
Company. of the City of Cleveland, Friends
home. l am honored by this visit andaen-
couraged by it because l knoW.Eas your
spokesman has said: thatgyou Bring. to me
ciples of the Republican, party and of your
untsing zeal to make these principles vic
torious on the Sd day of November. This
audience fairly represents the conditions
with which the business of this country is
done. The men on the other side of me
mine coal. The men on this side coal
in their mills, and because you use it
the others mine it. If you created no de-
miner. / use this illustration to show you
how dependent we are upon each other,
how every thread of business is interviewer
with every other thread of business, and
when you snap one thread you injure all.
When the employer does not find it profit
able to manufacture he ceases to do so,
and when he does not manufacture you do
not have employment. When he finds it
profitable to manufacture you have steady
want to do In this country is to favor
whatever policy will promote American
employment to- workingmen should be the
true. genuine and universally accepted
American policy.
Now l am one of those who believe that
we should look after our own people before
we look after the people of other lands,
who owe no allegiance to the government
of the United States. | believe the right
policy is the one which protects the Amer
lean workshop by putting a tariff upon the
products of the foreign workshop. My fell
low-ctizens. l do not believe that we ought
to have a tariff policy that will let the
products of chea per lands and of unpaid
labor come in this country and destroy our
manufactures and imDoverish and degrade
our labor. The protective policy is the doc
trine / have always believed in, and | make
no apology to anybody anywhere for hold
ing that view. and if on the Sd day OF No
yember the American people in their SOW
ereign capacity shall decree, that Il pro-
tective policy shall be restored and sound
money continued / hope and fervently pray
that we will enter upon an area of pros
perity that will give happiness and COM
fort to every American home. thank you
for this call and bid you good afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
TO RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
Mex inlcy Talks Briefly to sound
Money Voters from Akron.


Money Voters from Akron.
To delegation composed of employees of
the Cleveland, Akron G. Columbus railway
and sound-money clubs of Akron. o.. Major
Mckinley said:
Mr.. Sampson and men of the c., A. & c.
Railroad Company and the Sound-money
ClubS-T give you cordial welcome to my
home. / am glad to have the assurance
through your spokesman that you believe
that the triumph of the principles for which
the Republican party now stands viii be
best for you. and. so believing, you intend
to vote the Republican ticket. thank you
all for this greeting. / feel that you are
not Stra ngers TO me. / have been riding
over your lines for more than twenty years
and / know many of your employers; and
| do not know of any business in the coun-
try where its employees can SO definitely
know the condition Of the business OF the
country as the men who are employed by
the railroads You know il in the shop, you
know it in travelling on the trains. every
svitchrnan every brakeman. every con-
ductor and every engineer knows the con-
clifton of the business of the country and
of the railroad by the amount of business
that the railroad does He knows when the
country is prosperous and when II is in
state of depression, and he does not have
to wait for the report of the directors of the
railroad TO know whether there nave been
any dividends declared or not. He knows
it from the amount or work and the
amount OF wages he receives.
Now. my feIsow-citizens. YOU are pros
porous when the country IL prosperous. and
the country IS prosperous when 1t takes
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
DUTY OF THE PEOPLE.
Speech to Delegation of Working
men from Cleveland.

To the Cleveland Forge Company delega-
ton the Republican nominee spoke briefly.
saying:
Gentlemen of the Cleveland Forge Com
pany-1 welcome you to Canton and nv
home. l am glad to see, from your ban
ners and learn from the words of your
spokesman, that you stand for the great
principles of the Republican party and the
American Union--a Union that gives to
every citizen of every race and nationality
equal chance and opportunity in the race Of
life; Union that knows neither caste nor
classes, nor creeds nationality but
gives equal protection to all. l am glad to
see from your banners that you are in fa-
yor of protection to American industries
So am l. | believe it is the duty of the
American people to vote for the policy
which will protect American industry. de-
fend American labor and preserve the old
scale Of American wages. / thank Won
heartily for this call. / am always glad
70 meet the wcrkingmen, and there is moth
ing IN this campaign that gives me more
encouragement than to have behind me the
men who toll. Great cheering and cries of
.Hurrah for Mckinlevto [ thankSyon and
bid YOU good afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
NO MONEY FROM MINTS.
ToiIers Must Look to Factories, Mills
and Mines for Support.


To a delegation representing the mining
regions of Pennsylvania, the Canton states
man said:
MY FeIlow-citizens Representing the
Mining Regions of PennSylvaniaAYou have
all discovered in your own lives that il
YOU get anything that is valuable you
have to work for it. You have discovered
in your experience that there Is no way
except by labor and TOLL erergy and in
drstry, and by frugal savings and know
this moment is how you can best use what
you have-your labor, your farms, your
products In a word all you want IS an OPP
portunity to work. and when that oppor-
turty is furnished you. you will perform
the labor, and there are not enough mints
in the United States or in the world to
give employment to the miners of Penn
Therefore, my fellow-citizens, you must
not be looking to the mintS for the money
which you need You must look to the
mines the mills and the factories. You do
use that coal, and the more users of coal
there are the more miners there will be
and the better VIII be their employment
philosophy of this business; when you have
ar opportunity TO work you want to be
paid in dollars that are as good as any in
the world; when you have given your good
hard blows IN the mines or in the factory
given the mine owner or the factory owner
: good honest DAYS WORK YOU want to he
paid in good honest dollars that Will not
depreciate over night. 50 what the conn
try wants IS "OIh dH1s tl4G continuance cE
the good money we have and the prev
alence of law and order. We want peace
and tranquility in this country; we want
to preserve the honor of the government.
and we will renounce reputation in every
form.
II am glad 20 meet my fellow-citizens
from the State of Pennsylvania We have
in this county miners by the hundreds. /
know something about them. / know that
the only aim they have is an honest one,
tc, stand by honest things. and know how
the farmers of Stark county are benefited
when the mines CT Stark county are rum
ming. / thank you over and over again for
this call. / must turn to the other
side of this stand and address another
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
l. G. N. A. REORGANIZATION.
Plan Proposed by BOndhOlders' Com
mittee for Foreclosure.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The bondholders
committee of the Louisville & New Albany
railroad announce a plan calling for fore
closure and inauguration of new company.
The divisional mortgages are undisturbed
and consol bonds receive $3.50 for arrears
of interest. Preferred stock gets an equal
amount of new common, and additional
preferred for an assessment of $50. The
old common will be taken at the ratio of
three for one. The fixed charges are re-
dueed TO s90S. 49, against average net earn
tngs of 81 093, sos for the past five years. A
syndicate contributes $2.1C0o10 cash to re-
deem various properties, TO be vested in re-
funding mortgage. Deposits arc called for
at the Central Trust Company until
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
Railway Earnings.

CHICAGO. Oct. 10.--The gross earnings of
the Illinois Central for the month CT Sep
tember We're 81. .917346. an increase of S1SS.2T3.
From July 1 TO Sept. 20 the gross earnings
of the road were 50. %. .sls, an increase of
ss45. .Oo6 over the same period of the preced-
ing fiscal year.
The earnings of the Chicago Great West
ern were, for the fourth week of Septem-
ber s1s5. .312, an increase of Sc, ,o6S From the
first of the year to Septe nber. the earn
ings Of the road were $3 4S0. as an in
crease of $640,07S over the same period of
1885.
zation committee OF the wisconsin Gem
trail road is the authority for the state
ment that a plan or organization Is in
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

produce commission merchants of Cleve-
land / am glad to be assured by your
spokesman OF your earnest sympathy in
the cause which Z for the moment rep
resent, and your purpose to make that in
terest effective on the Sd day of November.
/, ], am glad to be assured by him. also; that
81 per cent. of the produce and commission
merchants of the United States stand for
honest hone money, a protective tariff.
turn Of confidence to our business
world Your spokesman calls to my mind
the fact and reiterates well the statement
which / have always made, that free trade
or partial free trade benefits no interest in
the United States. That it is an expense to
you when the lowering of tariffs when
the removal of tariffs altogether from farm
products has injured the farmers of the
country. not only the farmers situated
terror, and also that this policy has re-
duced manufacturing and mining and the
activity of Industrial enterprises generally,
and this activity has very much interfered
with and disturbed the business of the prod
uce commission merchants of the United
States. We have been injured in every di-
rection; injured as producers. injured as
consumers. injured as commission mer-
chants. The true policy of this government
of the American people. l think protection
should be to the American people what
Burke said of iiberty--it should free ali or
it should free none.
II am glad to meet you as friends and
neighbors from Cleveland. Cleveland is
very dear to my heart-the great city of the
city that in all tue years of the past has
given me its sympathy, its support and its
confidence, and | congratulate you that
this year. after three years and a half of
experience under Democratic administra-
ton we are 10 return. trust. by your bal
let's and the ballots of al the people TO
that policy under which for more than
thirty years we enjoyed unprecedented
prosperity in every field and occupation of
human industry l have but Just a single
uord more to say, and that Isl Put in vonr
ballots what IS in your heart. Good night
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

fair way to be adopted in the near future.
The statement is general, no details being
given.
The executive committee of the National
Educational Association has selected Mil
Waukee as the place for the next meeting.
to be held July 6 to g. inclusive 1897 pro-
Viding the Western Passenger Association
grants the usual rates and takes the con-
ditions of one fare plus 81 for the round
trip. with extension of tickets for return
until Sept. i. This was decided to-day by
the executive committee of the associat ation,
which is composed of Charles r. Skinner
New York; DR.. Irwin Shepard, Wisconsin:
n G. Daughtery, Peoria, ILL.,, and A. c.
Lane Chicago
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
CAN YOU GUESS?

ern railroad. arriving about O'Clock They
We're met by delegations Of Union veterans
and the American Republican Club and
were escorted TO old City Hall where a
breakfast OF hard tack, coffee and beans
was served The historic hall where many
!tnouSands OF Union soldiers were fed dur
ing the war and hundreds of Confederates
were RECALLED on their sad Journeys TO
Northefn prisons was profusely decorated
with Hags. A reception followed the meal
ana at noon there was a street parade of
large number of Republican campaign
ciubs. The visitors left over the Baltimore
q ONO railroad for their homes at 2:30 this
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

care OF its own people. its own manufac-
lures its own mines and products and its
own labor. The country Is prosperous when
we have plenty of labor. IL we are paid IN
good money. We believe IN sound money
and we always going to have II. thank
yo, for this call. Many other delegations
are awaiting about me, and with many
thanks for your courtesy. / must bid you
good ~
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
Rat Poison i'm biscuits.

LIMA O., Oct. l0.--The family OF Gram
Vile Harbert were taken violently i'll last
evening after partaking heartily of hot bis
cult Harbert and his daughter. Mrs. AL
bert King, have since died, and several
others are in a precariors condition Flour,
with which rat poison had been mixed, was
made UP into biscuits.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11
SPEECH AT NIGHT.
McKinley's Address to Cleveland Com
mission Merchants

After darkness fell and the electric
lights about the Mckinley home were Inn
minated the Commission Merchants Sound
money Club. of Cleveland. marched up the
street shouting and cheering. They were
introduced by b. B. Mah,er and addressed
briefly by Major Mckinley. who said
Il glad tc receive at my home the
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

PITTSBURG. Oct. 10.-The ex-Confed-
crates from the Shenandoah valley who
visited Major mckinley yesterday spent the
day in Pittsburg and We're warmly enter
tanned BY the Union war veterans ae
Allegheny county. The yirginiafis c,. ~. ~
on three trains over the Pittsburg & West
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

Ine saloon license OF Doe f. Irwin OF
Winchester. expired last night and he was
unable TO secure another. This leaves the
Town without ggogshop
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-11

was constantly I'm use He believes that
the prosperity which the country then en-
3oyed, and In which all shared alike can
only be restored through the preservation
OF the national credit and through such
conservative and wise tariff legislation as
viii provide ample revenue for the carry
Ing on of the government, thereby stimu-
iatiDg our industries and furnishing en-
ployment TO the hundred of thousands of
men and women who are now eating the
bitter fruits of compulsory idIeness.
The commercial travellers believe in law
and order and their enforcement. They
Will resist to the uttermost any attempt
TO bridge the wide chasm between liberty
and license, through the inflammatory APP
peals of demagogues, who play upon the
passions and excite the prejudice of the
restless and discontented. Never have the
upholders Of good government in our be-
loved State been as united as confident Of
victory and as resoute TO achieve II as
l,hey are this year. The young men of
Indiana who were too young to go forth
IN the sulphur smoke of battle as their
Fathers did. are determined TO preserve by
their bullets.
Some idea OF the prevailing enthusiasm
may be gathered from the fact that the
old enough to think. If not old enough to
vote, are here to-day to testify of their
love of the Republican party and the high
regard in which they hold its nominee for
the presidency.
The commercial travellers believe that
aS q result of your election, the abnormal
conditions which now obtain win disap-
pear, and that conference.-the foundation
future. in the stability of markets, in the
certainty of values and in the assurance
that capital. legitimately invested, will Sc
cure an adequate return, will replace the
present uncertainty, doubt and distrust
We recognize in you man whose pri-
Vate life is without spot or blemish. and
whose public career has been equally stain
less. You have Won public esteem through
faithful service on battlefields. in legisla-
tive halls and as the chief executive Of a
great commonwealth. The people trust you
because they know of your tireless devo-
ton to their interests of your unceasing
efforts to improve their condition and in
crease their prosperity. They believe that
you will be elected. and that your admins
tration will add another page of imperish-
able glory to American history They hail
you in advance worthy successor of
Lincoln, and Garfield, and Harrison.
THE commercial travellers of Indiana
have done wholly admirable work this year
for their country'S honor. and they bid me
say. in conclusion, that Indiana is opposed
TO any policy favoring confscation, repudi-
alton or revolution: that she is in favor of
peace, prosperity and plenty; of protection.
reciprocity and sound money, and that she
is going for Ohio's favorite fifty thousand
strong. / take great pleasure in presenting
to you so many representative Republicans
CT our State"
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
VIRGINIA CITY'S NEW HALL.
Will Soon Boast of Magnificent City
Editire.

All the preliminaries have been
practically passed upon, preparatory to
the immediate construction of a new
city hall. 1t will be an imposing
structure and challenge to the arch
itective pretention OF the its court
house neighbor. Messrs. Closer x
German, of Butte. are the contractors
for the sum Of IS, 500, and work must
commence on or before August l..
The specifications call for building Of
brick on stone foundation, 45X90 feet.
The auditorium. 45x70, with offices,
stage, etc, will occupy the first floor
The upper story is to be cut up into
offices and lodge room. Lower story
is to be l6 feet in height in the clear
and that of the upper IA feet.
The council entertained three bids
for the bonds. viz: that of Anna p
Hall, Henry Elling and the Masonic
ASSOCIATION. Mrs. Hall secured the en-
tire ISSUE $4,000.
Some outside bids were disclosed
notably one from Spokane, in which
were stipulations providing gold coin
basis. With such u proviso they We're
not entertained for one brief moment
AS a matter Of local pride it is very
gratifying to record the fact that
whenever occasions demand an issu-
ance of bonds in Madison county. they
are Immediately secured by local capi-
taliStS.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25

moments, finally graduating from Lin
coin college at Greenwood, Mo. In
1879 he came to Salisbury, Madison
county, Montana, where for about a
year he was in the employ of his uncle,
Amos Purdum.
About 1880 came to Virginia City
and was deputy clerk of the court for
one year: he was married Sept. 1, 1881
at Grafton, Conn, to Miss Carrie NJ. .
Buddington, of that place. his ac
quaintance with her dating back to his
residence in Missouri Immediately
after his marriage he returned with
his bride to Montana, remaining in the
employ of his uncle for one year, then
taking up his residence in Virginia
City, and short time later was ap-
pointed deputy clerk and recorder,
holding the position for two years when
he was elected clerk and recorder, in
1884, as republican, which Office he
since continually held, being elected
each time by constantly increasing ma
jorities.
Before coming to Montana, he
was member of Knights of Py-
thias lodge in jackson county, Mis-
souri,, which order upon receipt of the
news of his death telegraphed feeling
sentiments of regret to his widow. He
also was a valued member of Alder
Lodge, A. O. U. w., of which he was
Master Workman for two years and
for long time trustee. He was also a
member of Virginia Lodge No. I, I. O.
O. F., of which organization he was
Past Grand, his term of Noble Grand
having ended last June.
His close application to his official
duties during all these years so under
mined his health that he was not in
condition to withstand the ravages of
disease when the crisis come. In these
II years of public service he took but
one vacation, in 1893 when he visited
the worlds fair.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
Church Services.

Sunday, Aug. 2. The annual "Child-
ren's Service will be held at the NJ.
z. Church at Sp. m. This should have
been in June, but owing to existing cir
cumstances was postponed. Good mu-
sic and recitatons and an interesting
time expected. Everyone invited.
Sunday evening. July 26, the pastor
OF the NJ. +. church will speak on SIN
cidents of the recent General conven-
ton" A collection for missionary
''debt-paying' will be taken. Every
body welcome.
Rev. Mountjoy will hold regular
services, morning and evening at the
usual hour, tomorrow. Sunday school
at 3 O'Clock, young peoples meeting At
p. m. at the Christian church. All
are invited.
Service will be held in the Episco-
pal church tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
METZEL IS FOR BRYAN
WILL SUPPORT THE CHI
CAGO NOMINEE.
And Endorses the Teller Manifesto-The
st. Louis Incidents.

Hon. Alex Metzel, delegate to that
remarkable gathering, known as the
st. Louis republican convention, re-
turned from an extended eastern trip
Saturday last. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Metzel gained the distinction
as the lone delegate. casting ballot
for Cameron, although Marshall was
enormously credited with voting the
same way when the fact is he voted a
blank.
Although Senator Metzel somewhat
reluctantly submitted to the MADISON
IAN reporters interview, yet he defn-
ed his position frankly and with much
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-07-25
HENRY e. STEFFENS PROMOTED
He is Unanimously Appointed County
Clerk and Recorder.

He is Unanimously Appointed County
Clerk and Recorder.
The board of county commissioners
is to be congratulated in its selection
and appointment of Henry Z. Steffens
as the successor of Barclay Jones, de-
ceased. Mr.. Steffens is typical of the
type of young men raised and educated
in Virginia City, and of whom it is the
persevering students of business Or pro-
fessiOn can be found. As q child, he
was confronted with the stern respon-
sibilities and duties in the maintenance
of fatherless family, and arriving at
mans estate was never discouraged in
facing hard work, whether physical Or
mental. After various hard tasks
including year in the Alameda mine
Mr.. Steffens took up the printers
trade in the MADIsONIAN Office, and
also in Bozeman, in which he soon ex-
celled as master workman in all the
branches of the ''art preservative. :"
About year and a quarter since, Mr..
Jones was more than pleased in secur-
ing his services to fill vacancy as
deputy county clerk. For nearly six
months Mr.. Steffens has assumed the
entire responsibility of the clerk S
Office, in which duty he has exhibited
a quick PERCEPTION in mastering the
situation and familiarizing himself
thoroughly with all the intricate prob
lens of public affairs and matters OF
record.
The commissioners highly compli-
ment the new official and are much
pleased with what might be termed his
intuitive or innate faculty of perfect
order and system. AS matter of trust
as we'll as capability no better selec-
tiOn could have been decided upon.