New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

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posed to any change in our financial policy
which would put us upon silver basis and de-
prive us Of the use Of both gold and silver as
currency. Cries OF That's rightr) Involved
in the contest is the fundamental question of
whether we are to have Government by law.
The Republican party stands now. as always.
for the maintenance Of law and order and
democratic tranquility Great applause and
cries of That's right. Major.)
There are two things which deeply and per-
sonally interest the workinGman They are
work and wages They want steady work and
good wages. They not satisfied with irregu-
lar work at inadequate wages. Cries OF
"No"D They want the American standard APP
piled to both They are not satisfied with
steady work at poor wages. They want regular
employment at remunerative wages win
steady work they want to be paid in SOUND
money. Cries Of Good. Good"D
They do not want To lose any part OF their
hard earnings through poor dollars tappiause)'
and they do not want to he paid in dollars whose
value can only be ascertained by the daily mar
ket reports. Great cheerng) Whatever Work
they have is paid in good money and therefore
no complaint is made on that score. they are
satisfied with the money but they are not salts
fed either with the scant work or the reduced
wages (Cries of That's right Major.D They
are satisfied with the present dollar bill. but
they are rot satisfied with the present tariff
Tremendous cheering and blowing Of tin hornsD
we have learned from experience that We
cannot increase work at home by giving II 10
people abroad 1cres of That's right'b. and II
is poor policy to keep our own men in idleness
while we furnish employment to those outside
of our own country. who owe no allegiance 10
this Government and who acknowledge no 10y
atty that flag (Dointing 20 the American
nag) Great applause) Washington said:
There is doubt of the wisdom of the policy
Of giving protection and encouragement in any
proper legislative form To domestic industry
There is not a workingman in the United states
who has not learned in the last three years the
wisdom of Washingtons utterance. He appre-
ciates it now more than ever before.
no MORE EXPERIMENTS WANTED.
Now another experiment is 80 be tried. Cries
Of We don't want any more experiments") }.
80, never, I say. never. Your spokesman gave
the whole philosophy Of i when he said that
no matter how much money was coined you
could not get it if you did not have work TO earn
It. Great cheering and cries OF That's right')
Some people seem 70 think that cheap dollar
is the best thing for the workingman The
wage-earncrs are creditors Their wages are
paid to-day in money whose purchasing power
is good for 100 cents tie dollar anywhere in
the world Their dollars a.e as good any
body's dollars and eqLol to anybodys dollars.
Just as they should BE-. (Applausc) Nobody any
where gets better ones. but you do not have
chance under the present system TO get work
TO earn enough Of th"m Ories of You're
right"D
IF a dollar worth less than 100 cents is a
legal tender, the Workinglnen will never get any
other kind. (Cries of That's rght.r They VIII
always get the poorest which will pass current,
and then when the prices of products they buy
advance. who will b. cheated? loud cries OF
The wOrkngmen"D
Who will raise the workingmans wages TO
meet the rise in the products he buys? Nries
OF "Nobody; give MS a Republican adnlinistra
ton with Mckinley for President" followed by
cheers and blowing Of horns) He cannot do II
unaded and by himself he does not wholly con-
troll the pay roll OF his employer. he must get
somebody eses consent before his wages can be
raised and he knows from experience that the
last thing To be advance and the hardest thing
to have advanced his wages. Cries OF
That's right MajOr.) We might just as well
understand that We cannot fix 10y law the wages
Of labor. That * a matter Of mutual contract
between employer and employe But We can fix
10y law the kind OF money in which wages are
maid and We will never decree that they shall be
paid IN anything short of the best dollars in pur-
chasing power recognized throughout the civil
iZrd world Tremendous cheering and blowing
Of hornsp
WILL RECEIVE HON STEAD WORKMEN.
shortly after Mr. McKirleys second speech
John +. Cox Reed Kennedy William McBloom.
\ c Sheldon and Paul Fisher. a committee
representing the employees Of the Carnegie
Works at Homestead called on Major Mckin-
ley and asked II a delegation of their fellow
workmen could visit him September 10
There are four other delegations booked for that
date but Major Mckinley told them that he
would b.. glad TO Welcome them and their friends
Arrangements have been completed FOR the
formal opening of tn" campaign in canton
The date has been definitely fixed for September
Is Senators rullom. Thurston and Burrows
have promised Major Mckinley that they Will
be here on tha' day. This will be the largest
meeting Of the campaign in this part of the
country. and an effort will he made 10 secure a
big attendance