The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-23
Osition to Debase Currency and
Scale Down Obligations.
GREAT SPEECH BY M'KINLEY
TO A CROWD OF PENNsYLvANIANS
WHO APPLAUDED EACH WORD.
Financial and Tariff Questions Dis
cussed with Directness by the
Republican Nominee.

CANTON, o., Aug 22-Two thousand
farmers mechanics and other citizens of
Newcastle, Elwood and other parts of Law
renee county, Pennsylvania, arrived at
Canton about noon three special trains
over the Baltimore & Ohio road The first
train had a fatcar, which carried a cal
liope and cannon. Both were in action
while the train was running and the sight
a novel one. All the coaches were
well filled. Along their long journey the
pilgrims had many recruits. When they
had paraded to the Mckinley home six
thousand people crowded over the bare
lawn and surged into the streets round
about. Then it rained, but the bands
played, thousands of enthusiastic voices
cheered, cannons doomed and steam cal
Hopes lent their noise TO the medley of
sound. the grand chorus defying the ele-
ments. The visitors stood through it all
for an hour, waving their banners and beat
ing their tin helmets They carried in
scriptions reading: I'VE want back the
good old Mckinley times. I'VE want the
furnaces and factories started, not the rich
mems mines" Honest money and q
chance to earn it, Free trade makes
cheap men; free silver makes cheap money.
We want work, and work paid in gold
money!
The presentation of the visitors to Major
Mckinley was made by ex-Congressman
Oscar L. Jackson. who said:
Most of our people are as familiar with
your public career those OF your own
district and We are proud OF our right TO
call you neighbor well fellow-citizen
of this great country. Your nomination
was not obtained by self-seeking, neither
was IL the result of accident or the Impulse
of the moment. For years no other citizen
was so well known. and none so often
mentioned throughout the whole land a
suitable candidate for that great office. So
certainly had public sentiment designated
you as the tit man for the place that the
convention seemed TO meet only for the
purpose of ratifying the choice. This large
delegation represents all classes Of citizens
of our country-farmers, merchants stu
dents. professional men and the working
men from mines, mills and factories. But
We are or one sentiment and are here for
honor you the most distinguished friend
of the American system OF protection.
We know that this system benefits ali
classes equally, and have enjoyed
fair share of the prosperity that attends
it, Under it our country has developed,
wealth has accumulated and the wages
1T will not admit of doubt that a large
majority are now in favor OF protection.
That is the real question to be settled this
year. and we want to do our part TO keep
this before the people. We consider the
much-talked-of question a false issue
raised by designing men for selfish pur-
Change in this respect. For many years we
have had good money, and we only want
to keep IL good. We claim in all that it
is best to occupy leading place among
the great nations of earth. Undoubtedly.
then, should have money that is rec
ognized as the best the world over. We are
not the people that should go back to
cheap poor money, and when that question
does come up we want all we have to be
gOOd-eQual to the best