The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27

IT is to execute Shem are assailed the Govern
ment itself is assailed. If there are those who
would break down law and disturb the peace
and good order OF society, those who value the
safeguards essential to our liberty must
sacredIy guard and defend them by their bal
lots: lGreat applausel This they will do
have always displayed in every great emer-
gency In the life of the Nation.
The eighth speech was to q delegation
OF the employees of Joseph Horne & Co.,
Pittsburg. Major Mckinley said in part:
Nobody feels business depression and pros
tTauon quicker than the merchants, and no
Dody feels prosperity and good times quicker.
You, gentlemen, old and young, who stand
about me here to-day, know the difference be-
tween the condition you have now and have
had for two or three years and the condition
you had prior to 1898, [Cries of'tYes, we do."1
is 1t proposed now that we shall not only have
our present condition, which is bad enough,
continued, but that we shall have it ag-
gravated by the determination OF certain
people to put US on a silver basis and depre-
ciate and degrade the currency of the country?
lCries of mo, noP'l My fellow-citizens, we
neither want unrestrained nor unrestricted
competition from Europe, nor do we propose
answer our purposes in this civilized country.
lGreat applause and cries of 'Hurrah for Nc
KiniyP1
1t was after 5 o'clock when Major Nc
kinley made his last speech of the day.
The delega ton which he addressed came
The excursion to Canton was projected by
Mrs. w. J. Sheppard and other ladies of
Cleveland, and it was composed of many
classes of voters. Mayor McKisson was
the first speaker. The following speakers
were also heard: Otto Snyder. who spoke
for the first voters; w. II Schwartz for
the Hungarians, Joseph Caribelli for the
Italians, Charles Richter for the Bohe-
mians. ]. P. Green for the colored voters,
E. II. Boehm for the German-Americans,
and Harry Mason for the voters of Ameri-
can descent. A lively rain fell during
part of the speech making, but the people
remained and cbeered with additional
power. Major Mckinley said:
1t is remarkable spectacle when the repre-
sen tatives OF all races and nationalities accom-
panied by the Mayor of their city come TO
testify their devotion to the country and their
loyalty to its honor. [Great cheering.l Every
citizen OF the United States has an equal in ter
est in the conduct of the Government and of
its administrative policy. l have no sympathy
with those who seek to create inequalities and
promote antagonisms which are in conflict
with the spirit of our institutions. There is no
inequality under our constitution and laws,
and those who seek to make distinctions are
not the true friends of either the people or of
the country. [Applause.l In voting every
press the best opinion of the voter. He should
consult both his intelligence and conscience
before he deposits his ballot.
1t is a trust, therefore, of supreme i'm
portance which is conferred upon the Ameri-
can citizen, and carries with it grave duties
which affect not only the country, but every
home and fireside in the land. Our Govern
ment, more distinctly than any other, rests
upon the consent of the governed and is con-
trolled in its policies by the will of the ma
jority. The country is just now in condition
of prostration. The Intelligent and well-di-
rected use of suffrage can alone lift it up.
I thank you for this call and assurances of
support; l thank yOu ladies of the city of
Cleveland, for having organized in the name
of patriotism and for the love of American in
stitutions this splendid assemblage. Zap
plause.1 We will never go wrong so long as
we are in charge of the women. [Laughter.l