The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-23
{" / am one of those Americans who

belleVe tnat the American workshop
should be projected against the foreign
workshop. tremendous cheering).
believe that the American workingman
should be protected against the foreign
workshop. tremendous cheering)
believe that the American workingman
should be defended by wise and Judi.
cious protective policy against the
workiugman of the Old World. IRE.
newed cheering.) In word, believe
that this country is ours (applause),
and we, first of all, are entitled to en-
Joy its privileges and its blessings.
The first thing we want in this country
is plenty to do, and when we have that
then we want to be paid in good money
for what we do. tremendous APP
plause.)
"We neither want short work nor
short dollars in the United States. We
want neither free trade nor free silver
in the United States. applause and
footing of horns.) We want an oppor-
tunity to work, and we want, when we
have improved that opportunity, to be
paid in dollars that are worth as much
the week after they are received as on
the day of their receipt. Free trade
has cheated you in our wages (cries of
you are right, it has y, and we do
not purpose to admit free silver to cheat
us in our pay. (Applause.) l am glad
to meet my comrades of the war whose
cause has been SO eloquently presented
here this morning. (Applause.) We
fight our battles now with the ballot.
(Cries of Hear, hear and hurrahs for
Mckinley The only force needed in
this country now is that of reason and
intelligence and patriotism. Gap
plause.) And with this we are bound
to achieve victory next November"
Among those accompanying the
Chicago delegates were Hon. Charles
G.. Dawes of the republican national
committee, who came as the guest of
Major Mckinley, and Slate Chairman
DR.. Jameson. Major Mckinley re-
sponded to the Chicago railroaders from
an improvised platform in front of his
house, after scenes of the widest en-
thusiasm yet witnessed. The Mercer
and Butler county delegates we're pre-
sented at the same time. 1t was two
O'Clock before he replied to the several
presentations.
One of the notable delegations with
the Chicago contingent was the Com.
mercial Telegraph Mckinley Club
No hall could be found sufficient fol
the crowd of railroad men, and they
braved the rain TO hold their reception
on the lawn. On behalf of the railroad
men, an address was made by j. W.
Dodge of the Illinois Central, and on
behalf of the telegraphers by M. j
Burke. 1t began to rain just as Major
Mckinley began to speak. But he de-
clined to have an umbr, LA held over
him, and stood in the shower, as his
audience also stood. He spoke at some
length on the importance of the rail.
road interest, and how it is Influenced
by the questions of the present cam.
paign. When this reception finished
about 3 900 residents of Mercer county
Pennsylvania, were awaiting an audi
ence, and behind them was a large del.
egation from Butler county, Pennsyl
vania.
Mr.. Mckinley spoke to the Carnegie
mills delegation as follows: Mr.
Brown and my fellow citizens: Moth.
ing moves me more deeply than to have
the assurances of support which l am
daily receiving from the men who tot
in the United States. To have as al.
lies in this great contest for the honor
and prosperity of the country working
men of the United States is indeed 6
crown to any cause. You have but one
aim in the use of your ballots, and thai
is to secure the highest and greatest
good to the people of the United States
| (Applause.) That is what the ballo
is for, and it is for the accomplishment
of that that you will use that ballo
this year. We have had in this coun
try an experience under two contend
ing national policies. Most of the mer
who sit before me to-day never had any
experience under but the one policy
until within the last four years
You have now tried them both. Yol
have tried the protective policy of thu
republican party and you have tried thu
free-trade revenue tariff policy of tn,
democratic party. Which doyou like bet
ter? (Cries of protection and footing O.
horns). If it is protection you prefer
there is just one way to get it and tina
is to vote for it. (Cries of Vote fol
Mckinley; that's what we will do.O
"Under the republican protective
tariff we enjoyed for more than thirty
years the most marvellous prosperity
that had ever been given to any natioI
in the world. We not only had indi
vidual prosperity, but we had nationa
prosperity, and during all these thirty
years, while we were building up grea
industries to furnish employment to
American labor at American wages
all the time we were doing that VIZ
were collecting under that tariff policy
ample revenue for current expensel
and surplus revenue to pay off tn,
public debt (applause), and from 1877!
down to 1893 this government had beer
a debt-paying and not debt-makipe
government.
"But need not discuss to Pennsyl
vania audience this great American
principle. You are familiar with it; il
is written in your hearts; it has beer
exemplified in your happy homes; il
has brought cheer and contentment Il
your families, and you know it (cries OF
that's rightly, and knowing it, you will
vote this year with full knowledge
Then, my countrymen, we have pre-