The record-union., 1896-09-06
Took Six Special Trains to Garry
Them to Canton.
The First Delegation, Numbering
Twenty-Five Hundred People, Rep
resented Sixty-Five Manufacturing
Establishments of Beaver County
Mckinley Delivered Patriotic Ad-
dresses.

dresses.
CANTON co., Sept. 5.-Decorated
with clusters of golden rod, emblematic
of the money they favor, 5000 Pennsyl-
vanians visited Major Mckinley to-day
to cheer him and to listen to his
speeches.
The first delegation, which came on
three special trains, arrived at the
house about noon. There were about
1900 in the delegation, and they were
escorted from the station by mounted
escort, club of former citizens of
PennSylvanianS now living in Canton,
and by a committee OF prominent Cit
iZens of this town. This delegation was
from Beaver County, and was largely
composed of people from the towns of
New Brighton, Beaver and Beaver
Falls. The visitors represented sixty
five manufacturing establishments.
With the delegation We're Representa-
tive Townsend. General John S. Littell
and Hon. E. H. Thomas, President Of
the Lincoln Club.
Edward A. F'rethey, a molder, was
spokesman. When ne appeared on the
porch with Major Mckinley cheer after
cheer burst from the great crowd in
the yard and on the streets.
Replying to Mr.. Frethey's remarks,
Major Mckinley said:
Il greet you at my home as friends
and as allies in the great cause in which
the honor of the country and prosperity
CT the people are involved. You are our
nearest neighbors in the East, and
closely connected socially and in busi-
ness relations with the eastern part of
the old Congressional District which for
so many years I had the honor to rep
resent The people of this country
never were SO eager to vote as now.
(Cheering) The last four years have
been long years-the longest four years
since our great civil war. fCries of
That's right.'O Everything mas suf-
fered but the Republican party.
: tLsughter.) Everything has been
blighted but Republican principles Zap
rlause and laughter), and they are
dearer, more cherished and more glo-
rious than they have ever been before.
(Cries of That's right.'O The people Of
the country are only waiting for an op-
Iortunity to embody those great prin-
ciples in public law. (Applause) 1 do
not recall time in the history of the
country when the question Of protection
was at issue that your State did not
declare by emphatic majoritieS in its
favor.
My fellow citizens, I do not forget
that this delegation comes from the
home of that distinguished leader and
unrivaled Republican organizer (great
cheers and cries of Quay, Quay'),
whose unfaltering devotion to Republi-
canism has never wavered, and whose
splendid services to the cause have
more than once assisted to achieve the
most signal triumphs in both your
State and the Nation. (Great applause)
] wish he might have been a part Of
this great delegation to-day, but his
absence is fully compensated by the
fact that on another part of this great
field of contest he is serving the same
cause in which you are engaged, and
for the success of which so many of
the people are striving. (Applause)
1T is this year, my countrymen, a
great cause for which we contend
commanding the support of every patri-
Of for 1t represents the national honor
and stands for national prosperity.
applause and cries Of That's right. }
1t involves every cherished interest of
the country, and embraces the welfare
OF every citizen of the republic. "a
voice You told the truth then.') IT in
wolves the labor and wages of the people
and the earnings accumulated and to be
accumulated. The honor of the country,
its financial integrity, it's good name
all are at stake in this great contest;
and every lover of country must be
aroused to duty and equal to the re-
sponsibility in this crisis. (Cheers)
our glorious country has suffered no
dishonor in the past; 1t must suffer no
dishonor in the future. The past is Sc
cure and glorious. The present and fu-
ture are our fields of duty and oppor-
tunity. Those who have preceded US
have done well their part. Shall we be
less honest and patriotic and brave in
the performance of our part? (Cries of
mo. no.')
"In America we spurn all class dis
tinctions applause and cries of Cor
rect. correct.'D We are all equal citi-
zens-equal in privilege and opportu-
nity. In America, thank God, no man
is born to power. 1t has long been de-
termined that the philosophy OF Jef1er-
son is true. and that this. the land OF the
free and selfgoverned, Is the strongest
rs well as the best Government In the
world (Applause) Let US keep II SO.
(Cries of I'VE will do our part.
Men of Pennsylvania, friends and
neighbors. let me bid you be faithful
to the acts, traditions and teachings or
the fathers. Make their stand of patri-
otism your own
The audience was one of the most
demonstrative that mas gathered In
Canton since Major McKinley's nomi-
nation. 1t applauded with vigor all the
emphatic points of the speech, ana
greeted with prolonged cheers the trl-
butte to Senator Quay.
After Major Mckinley finished his
speech the desire to get near enough 10
him to grasp his hand was so general
and so intense that men pulled, hauled
and jostled each other in very viSor-
Gus and, at times, alarming manner
THE SECOND DELEGATION.
The second delegation of Pennsyiva-
mans, under the auspices of the Pitts
burg Leader" arrived on three special
trains about 800, and marched with
their banners to the Mckinley resi-