The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-09-04
SPOKE TO EDITORS.
West Virginans Visited Major
Mckinley at Canton
VAST rEsoURcEs AND INDUSTRIES
of the Mountain state Pointed ont aud
Their Development Deci'red I" DC
pend on the Success OF fepuD''e"i'
p,inoipIes-Points of the speech

HrinGiplss-IOlH OF -l'S'
CANTON. O.. Sept. 9 THE mountain
eer editors of West Virginia have g"on
healthy lungs When the party OF 90
called on Major Mckinley several hun
dred people joined III the gathering
The delegation applauded nearly every
sentence Major Mckinley spoke The
presentation of the Republican Press
association of West Virginia. by Mr.
p w Morris was witty and entertain
ing Mr. Mckinley in his reply SAID
II affords me sincere pleasure to give
Won welcome to my state, my city and my
Io,re From no quarter could visitors he
more welcome, nor from any body OF men
than the representatives of the iiepubh
can nr,.<. of West Virginia, from n stat"
i'm which am intensely Interested as
citizen and Republican, and because
believe that upon the success oil hepunl
ran principles her advancement and wei
fare largely depends. Applause
The cause in which YOU are chSaS'u ~ '~iiis
venr is one commanding both conSclcnc-
and interest. The Republican cause wa;
never more Just and righteous Than thls
wear and the triumph of its principles was
never more essential To the generhI wei
fare of the American people than now
We have had great political contests IN
the mast. but | doubt if any was ever
waged which involved higher interests 10
the people, and 10 the country at large
than those presented in this campaign.
IAnpIause and cries of that's right
Mailing is more vital To the standing and
progress of a country than the prserNa
lion of its credit and financial honor. Ap,
nIause and cries of that's right too ]
Nothing is more Indispensable to business
and prosperity than that the currency oil
the country shall he so honest that II can
cheat nobody. Great cheering Nnth
inc Is of greater moment Ia the welfare oil
the country than the adoption of policy
which will give labor and capital constant
employment with fair returns Applause
and cries of good
But. gentlemen, lying hrneath all these
and more important than all these Is tho
preservation of law and ordcr-the reign
OF domestic quiet. tChcers. All those
are embraced in the contention which Is
upon Us this year In connection with
these questions. as editors and publishers
Won have the graveSt responsibilities. You
help to make public sentiment, and a
right public sentiment Is what Il most
needed al this juncture of our natlona!
affairs. Never was the press of the c"un
try more aroused To these issues than now
Never did the Republican cause have such
mighty support from the newspapers oil
the United States, as IL has today. This
help is not confined to the republican
press alone. but includes many OF the
greatest newspapers which have hitherto
advocated the Democratic cause ltIrcat
applause All this is an evidence that the
people appreciate that IA great crisis Is
mon them and that the way to avoid
that crisis Is for patriotic men of every
section of the country to unite and act
together in the-COmmOn cause Oi country
Great Applause.
1t i the selfish concern therefore, thai
prompts me TO express the hope that WeSt
Virginia may become permanently a he
publican state, (Chcers and cries of Il
will go Republican this fall all right.
and that what she gained 50 glOriOuSly IL
1884 will not he losr in 1895 Great ap
plause The Republican party aimi
higher than that-it Is not merely the sue
cess OF individuals or party, bur the goof
of the country il seeks; and II il in tha
spirit. animated only by patriotic senti
Inent, that I wish always to CONSTANT!
speak and act. Applause There Is II
my Judgment, no state whose proSperit,
is linked more closely to Republican poll
cies than West Virginia. You have ex
tensive river commerce, both on the Obi
and the Kanawha; and this il never >
prosperous and active as when your grea
steel and iron interests, your mines, you
mills your factories are busily employed
| iCriCS of that's right.
| Your railroads. reaching now more thar
1000 miles, with their employees, are al
| better off when every field of industry j
| employed Every railroad emplnye, from
| trackman to manager, appreciates this a
he never appreciated IL before.
| Then have you considered that perhap
| no other equal territory, no other %, o.
| square miles of the United States, NIGH
| or should contain so many interests who's
development, growth and progress are 5
| dependent upon the maintenance of on
| great Republican doctrine of protection
| iGrcat applause
Major Mckinley then enumerate
| the great resources and industries {
| West Virginia. Then he said:
| How much ba -a,-arnl inI4,-t ria bav
| suffered in the last three years. you kno
| better than / can tell you How niue
| the wnolgrowerS have lost, those who haV
| sheep and raise wool, know accurate eli
| They know what the experience of I'll
| last three years has cost this state
| All your interests are directly affected
| all are benefited or injured by our indus
| trial legislation. Gou know and the pc,
pie know that every one of them were az
| vancCd 10y Republican policies (applauSc
| and that all of them have been more.
| less injured by Democratic Legislation
| Great applause and cries of You al
right
Under the hcncficent operations
/ Republican industrial policies, your stat
has in brief period practically double
ITS population and quadruplcd its wealt
and II you continue to advance In the mel
% years, as you advanced from 1870
1880, you can only hope to do il under
| system which encourages home industi
| and gives steady employment to willir
| ~ itiiluiitIdllNt NtiB6S- I IIPineD
| Gus cheering and cries of: "Hurrah f,
McKinlcy."l
Restore thc principle in our legislatio
which gave us prosperity Cries of that
right Keep the credit of the gover
ment untarnished above all else A
plausC. Keep the currency mp to Il
highest standard of civilized nations r
newed applause No nations of the wor
must have better money than we hav
and no nation of the world has bctt
money than we have Great cheering
And ii Is no reflection, either upon oI
honor or independence. that we refuse
adopt the financial policy of China al
Mexico Renewed cheering Let |
have neither free trade nor free silve
Cries of we won't"
Work and wages have been cut in tv
and we Spurn the same experiment on q
money in which they are paid. Loud a
plause and cries OF 'HurrJ,h for Mcki
| ley We want the same money in Il
future that we have had since Jan l. IS7
and that we intend to have Cries
that = right We want honest dollar
Our great need now il IA chance to ear
these honest dollars by honest work
hon and let US do eur work in q
I'M &c States, and then there will not
an |. { man beneath our flag iContinu
applause and cries Of "Hurrah for N
kinley.''
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