The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-24
I MKINLEYS VISITORS.
The Republican Candidate Ad-
dresses Three Delegations.
HIs ADVICE TO YOUNG VOTERS.


Y Never bo Employed for Any Base Use'
but Should be Exercised with Courage,
Wisdom and Patriotism.
= CANTON, O., Sept. e4.-Major Mckinley
spoke to three delegations yesterday
There was large body Of Republicans
from Munoie, Ind, and other towns In the
Natural gas belt. There were also delega-
mons from Wood county, o., one Of which
Mbluded the First Voters club Of Bowling
feen. The delegations all arrived on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, between
MiG0 and 80 O'Clock. They occupied
'thirty coaches.
|. 8. An his address to the Wood county dele.
(C8tion Major Mckinley spoke In part as
fellows,
sAThe presence Of this body Of young
fmen, who are to vote for the first time next
November, is to me an inspiring sight, and
1hat you are so soon to enjoy the priceless
Iprlvilege Of citizenship must be to all OF
You an inspiring thought For twenty.
l0le years you have been enjoying our free
INSTITUTIONS the protection and opportu.
snlty Of our laws, without any political
power or responsibility. You arc soon to
fassune your share in government and
beHr your share Of duty and responsibility.
] wonder,as Hook Into your faces, whether
you fully appreciate the privilege and
honor which you are SO soon to have. l
fear sometimes that few of us estimate
suffrage at Its true worth. 1t clothes us
with sovereignty. 1t lisa guaranty to our
liberties and institutions, and is our surest
safety. 1t Is indeed priceless inheritance,
and should be valued as such by every
young man.
with the privilege comes grave re-
possibilities in its use. 1tshould express
the Intelligence and Judgment and con-
science Of the voter. 1t should never be
employed for any base use. 1t should bo
exercised with courage wisdom and pc
triotism. 1t should never be thrown
against the country, and should never rep
resent public dishonor
. II recall, young men, my first vote.
With what thrill Of pride I exercised for
the first time the full prcrogative of citi-
1snshlp. have not realized greater pride
slnce, felt that had some part in tho
government. The period and clrcum-
STANCES when cast my FIRST vote may have
made II deeper imNras7ion upon mo than
It otherwise wou lat I recall it now,
y
Joy and satisfaction. In the crisis of war,
on the very field of conflict my lrst vote
was cast for Abraham Lincoln. Priceless
memory to me that I could vote for the
martyr to liberty, the emancipator of u
TRoe and the savior of the only free gov.
eminent among men,
"You gentlemen did NOT have that priv
ilege but it having been denied you there
~ ! 4. b. DO ,Nfa
for tho party Of Lincoln, which rallied tho
young men of the country around the
banner of liberty, union and national
honor, between 1860 and 1855, and now
summons you under the same glorious
banner. l cannot omit here to make a
quotation from Mr.. Lincoln, written to
the young men of Illinois on Junes9 lsis.
Mr.. Lincoln said:
"'Now as to the young men, You must
not wait to be brought forward by tho
older men. You young men get together;
form rough and ready club, and have
regular meetings and speeches Let every
= one play the part he can play bost. Some
speak, some sing and all holler'
II commend these homely words Of Mr..
Lincoln to tho young men OF the country.
Such organizations as he advises will have
powerful influence in the political con-
tsst which Is now upon us. They will not
only inspire the young mon, but will
cheer the hearts of the old guards of the
Republican party. 1t is seldom given to
the first voters Of this country to start In
30 important national contest. 1t is q
year, too, when old party divisions count
for little; when men Of nil parties are
united In the common object to save the
country from dshonor and its currency
from degradation 1t is always sHfo,young
gentlemen, to arrange yourselves on tho
Kde of your country. 1t is always pa-
triotc to stand against those who are OPP
ppsed to law and order and who would
raise artificial barriers between classes or
sections in tho United States,
VI ventured'a few wooks ago to suggest
In d public speech that I made that 10
would be better to open the mills than to
open the mlnts. / SEQ that some of our
political adversaries criticize the state
finent, saying that It is putting the cart
before the horse They seem to think
thht the way to open the woolen mills,
{pr example, Is to start a yard stick fnc
Xry. They forget that you must make
doth before you can measure It, and that
Ehs weaver must be employed before the
Thrd stick is required. But they say tho
Yard stick is too long, Innswer If you
Make Il yard stick nineteen inches instead
'Qt thirty-six inches, its present length,
you will not increase the output of CLOTH
Of Its value, or give an additional days
labor to American weavers. Nor will a
Afty-thres cent dollar increase our indus.
trial enterprises, add TO tho actual earn.
inEs of anybody, or enhance the real value
u anything. Ii will wrong labor and
wreck values, and has done SO wherever 1t
has been used.
"Nor will short dollars from wide open
Mints, free to all the world increase our
factories More factories at work will
find work for the good dollars now in their
hiding places and find employment for
the good men Idle at their homes. Indus
Try must come first, Labor precedes all
else. it's the foundation Of wealth; it Is
the creator of all wealth. It's active en-
ployment puts money In circulation and
sends 1t coursng through every artery Of
trade. The mints don't distribute IL In
that way Start the factories In full blast
and the money will flow from bank and
vault. Tho lender will seek the borrower
not, as now, the borrower the lender.
"Start the factories and put American
machinery in operation and there will not
be an idle man in the country who is will
ing and able to work; there will not be an
American home where hunger and want
Will not disappear at once, and there will
not be farmer who will not be chcered
and benefited by his improved home
markets and by the better and steadier
pfiees for his products.
UCredita will take the place of debts.
The wasted earnings of the poor will be
restored. A surplus will take the place Of
deficiency In the public treasury. Plenty
and prosperity will return to us again,
and do not forget, men and women Of
Wood county, that you cannot coin pros.
perity and you oannob revive industries
through the mints."
Mr.. Baynrd Speaks.
LIVERPOOL, Sept, g3.-The American