The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-02


date. 49,.
Canton, o., Oct. -Four trains
brought delegations from Portage coun-
ty, Ohio, with greeting to Major Nc
Kinley to-day. The first was a party
from the southern part of the county
coming over the Pennsylvania lines in
regular trains. The other three were
specials of nine coaches each, over the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis railway. No demonstration was
made till the last arrived, when pa
rade was organized. After a short
march meeting was held in the Tab
ernacle. The Introductory address was
delivered by S. P. Wolcott ex-state
senator from the Kent. O., district.
In his speech Major Mckinley said
I'm the gleat contests of the past,
both in war and in peace, the republi-
can party has done proud and conspic-
uous service in the cause of liberty,
honor, justice and truth. Let us pre-
serve her splendid example. Great
applause) Our contention this year
appeals to the best aspirations of
American citizenship and involves, just
as certainly as any contest in the past
ever involved, the honor and good faith
of the country.
I'VE cannot close our eyes to the fact
that if by our ballots we lower the
credit of the government, repudiate its
honest obligations in whole or in part,
or deliberately depreciate vast
amount of its currency, we have aimed
a blow at its hitherto unsullied name
and honor. This is the year to settle
for all time that our national honor
will not or cannot be tainted. 1t should
be the common aim and pride of all
who are Americans, at all hazards and
at all times, to preserve American
finance and credit and uphold public
law. (Great cheering)
You come from section of our state
much distinguished in it's history as
standing for the highest type of Amer
lean citizenship and the highest ideals
in government. The grand old west
ern reserve must roll up such a repub-
1ican majority in November as it has
never before. The strong, clear voice
of your people, which has been heard
so distinctly in perilous times of the
past, must again resound throughout
the nation in thunder tones for truth
and justice and honor and honesty
(Great cheering.)
Eighteen years ago, when your
county was a part of my district, we
were contending for an American pro-
tective tariff, for the resumption of
specie payments, for an honest, full
100-cent dollar. Enthusiastic cheer
ing) Then 1t was you gave me the
largest majority you ever gave any
candidate for representative in time of
peace. Now in 1896, let there be sim
liar, a stronger verdict in favor of pro-
lection, reciprocity, sound money and
national honor"
A few minutes after. the Portage
county delegation left the hall the
Springfield, O., delegation arrived, and
1t proved to be one of the most earnest
and enthusiastic crowds that has been
seen here. 1t was composed of the va
rious republican clubs of Clark coun-
ty. When Major Mckinley appeared
on the stage at the Tabernacle the
Springfield men tossed their hats in the
air and shouted Major D. B. Hover,
commanding the Mckinley and Hobart
brigade, called the meeting to order and
the members of the brigade saluted the
candidate. Judge John C. Miller made
a brief speech bristling with good
points.
After the speech making there were
some songs by the glee club, and t. ].
Thomas presented Major Mckinley
with gold horse shoe
In his address to the Springfield dele
cation Major Mckinley said "Cyrus
H. Mccormick of Chicago, who is at
the head of one of the great harvesting
machine companies, the strength and
integrity of which the country is famil-
lar with, recently wrote as follows:
eve have never before been so at
loss to lay out our plans and work for
the next season as We are at this time.
If we thought the country would go for
the unlimited coinage of silver we
would not wish to run our shops for
more than one half the capacity
1--WE have in that statement, my fell
low citizens, a description of our bust
ness trouble and it teaches a striking
lesson which must impress every think
ing man. The manufacturer does not
know how to plan for next years bus
mess because of the financial uncer-
tainty created by the attitude of one
of the great political parties in COM
bination with two other parties. Cap
plause.) If Gree silver is to be inaug-
urated in this country it will change
values, disarrange the relation of labor
to production, of raw material to the
finished product and unsettle all condi-
tions of existing business and proper
ty. This uncertainty makes every bus
mess man pause.
Capital hesitates to invest because it
sees danger ahead and is unable to
count with certainty either upon the
safety of it's principal or the return of
profit Your own has heretofore been
one of the busiest centers in the manu-
facture of agricultural implements,
employing 5000 laborers. To cut that
employment into two would be not
only a calamity to labor, but would be
a calamity to every interest in your city
and to every farmer in your county.
(Applause.)
Business of every character is in
terwoven, so dependent and interde-
pendent upon every other business that
hurt to the one is hurt to the other