The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-25
INDIANIANs AT CANTON.
Five Hundred Call en- Major Nc
Kinlev-OIfo Vimftors Too 49,

Five Hundred Call On Major Nc
Kinley-Ohio Visiters Too.
| CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1S96--A dele
cation from Marion, Ind arrived in Can
| ton shortly after seven O'clock this morn
| ing, and started for Major McKinley's
| house before he had finished his sleep. A
| delegation marching with bands through
| the streets at this early hour was some
thing Of novelty, even in Canton The
Marion people numbered 500. Many OF
them We're former residents of Canton,
| having gone to Indiana after the discov-
cry of natural gas. Some of the banners
| carried by the Marion visitors bore the
following inscription
'22laper cent off. We have seen better
times
I'VE are Mexican greasers, Nit and
An honest dollar and chance to earn
The spokesman, DIR. w. r. Frances of
| Marion, assured Major Mckinley that the
work ngmen of Indiana Were enthusiastic
n their support of him and hat the
state would give him 10000 Hlurality.
Mr. Mckinley said
'Fellow citizens of the city of Marion
and Grant County, congratulate you on
being first today. Naughter) No other
delegation has yet preceded you. Gre
newed laughterO | give you, each and
every one of you, warm and cordial well
come to my home. l welcome the Repub-
licans and the citizens of the Hooser
State, the State of that grand old war
Governor, Oliver p. Morton (applause},
and that splendid Pres dent and patriot,
| Benjamin Harrison. Great cheering.) You
are here this morning not to honor me
| personally, but to honor the cause wflj1ls
you love and which you mean to support,
and you mean to support that cause be-
cause you believe 1t will insure your own
best welfare and the best welfare of the
country at large. applause and cries of
| That's right.') You believe in that cause
because you have tried it, and having
tried It you know you have been more
prosperous in your occupations under the
| policy wrich it represents than you have
| been under any other policy. loud cries
| of That's right And if anything was
needed to confirm you in your devotion
to that policy il can be found IN your ex-
perience of the last four years. Under no
| other policy under no other principle
| have you enjoyed that degree of individ-
ual or national prosperity which for more
than thirty years you enjoyed under Re
publican policy and Republican adminis-
trauons (applause), and you are here this
yotion to Republican principles and your
deep and abiding interest that they may
be successful throughout the country next
November lcries Of that's right'). You
interested here in Ohio, both in agricul-
ture and in manufacturing You know
something In that great gas belt of that
manufacturing means to any community.
You know that when there is success
full manufacturing there is a prosperous
city, and you know where there is a
prosperous city there is always prosper
Gus agriculture (cries of you're right'')
The farms about little manufacturing
city advance In value and the market
for the farmer is enhanced every time
you put up a new factory in any com
munity or in any city. applause and
cries Of Good, Good. y You have In
dustry which manufactures glass that
used to be in the city of Canton. Am I
right about that? (Cries of "Yes.'') 1t
is good industry. Well now, that fair
ly illustrates my idea. That used to be,
as said, a Canton industry We would
very much have preferred to have had
However, it did not go out of
our own country. (Applause) It
went into neighboring State and
therefore benefits the American family.
We share in your good fortune and pros
perlty, but we would have felt differently
If it had gone on the other side and out
would.'o We want to do our manufac-
turing at home. Great cheering and cries
of That's right, Major'0, and if we can
It done in Indiana. (Renewed cheering.)
And if we cannot do it in Canton / do
not know of any city in Indiana in which
would have rather have it done than in
the city of Marion. Great applause.)
ing. We want in this country good
tlmes, steady employment good home
the good, sound, round, honest dollars
Great cheering and loud cries of That's
what we want'o, with which to do our
business and pay our labor.
My fellow citizens, 1 thank you for
this morning call, and bid you hearty
welcome. {Applause and cries of sHur-
rah for McKinley'')
Among the other visitors expected To-
day are delegations from Crawford
County, Pa, Wyandotte County Ohio,
and one from East Springfield, Pa. A
large excursion from Seneca County and
Tiffin. Ohio. is looked for. This latter
delegation will present Major Mckinley
with portrait. of the late General Glib
son, who was for years one of the most
effeetive and popular Republican orators
in the West
The following kilograms have been re-
ceived by Major Mckinley from Brook
lyp:--
The Union Veterans Patriotic League
Of Brooklyn, 1000 strong, in mass meet
ing. send greeting, and its members
pledge their hearty support We believe
to earn it.
GEORGE W. BRUSH, President.
At II o'clock 500 citizens of Meadville
and Crawford county, Pa, arrived Ma
peatedly cheered when he appeared on
the porch. DR.. T. D. Flood was the
spokesman He declared that Pennsyi-
four hundred thousand plurality for Mo
Kinley and Hobart. DR.. Flood called at
tention to the fact that the banner given
Crawford county for rolling up the largest
Republican majority cast by any county
in the State was borne at the head Of
the delegation today and promised that
the county should beat its former record
in November next
In the Crawford county delegation were
half the faculty and 100 of the students
of Allegheny College Major Mckinley
was student at this college and his
greeting from the students was beautiful
and ardent.
Major Mckinley responded appropriately
to DIR. Floods remarks.
NEW YORKs GOLD NOMINEE.
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