The sun., 1896-09-26
CANTON RUSH CONTINUES.
M'KINLEr SPEAKS 10 FOUR VISIT
ING DELEGATIONS.
One OF Them Came Before Brenkfast, and
the Major Made Address without
Keeping Them waiting-Tho Visitors OF
the Day Came from Three states.

CANTON, sept, xO.-mhJOr MChlHey Hihue
speech before breakfast this morning. He
made a second in aid OF digestion of that meal.
delayed his lunch for third, and delivered a
fourth before his hrst afternoon cigar. Indiana
and Pennsylvania each furnished one OF the
crowds addressed. and Ohio furnished the other
two. Tho early birds were glnssworkers from
Marion, Ind. They left home at 10 o'clock last
night and travelled all night. The delegation
numbered about 500 people, and included pro-
prietors. office force, and factory hands of tho
glass companies, together with Mayor Won
Behren and several prominent Indiana Repub-
licans. Two bands came with the crowd. which
remained in the city TIL 10 o'clock o-night.
Among the striking banners carried in tho
parade were: Mexican Greasers We Arc
Nit" "open the Mills" twenty-five and a
Half Per Cent. Olive Have Seen Better
Days" Grant County Glass Workers"
DR.. w. II. Francis was spokesman OF tho
party. He said.
I'VE come with the greeting of that State
which gave to tho nation the matchIess Harr!-
son. and which will give to the gallant McKin-
ley majority of 100000"
At this point there were numerous cries of
" You are too low; make it 60, 900. 1t will be
sc. 900 at least"
Major Mckinley said In response:
IL welcome the Republicans and the citizens
war Governor, Oliver =. Morton tapplausel and
that splendid President and patriot, Benjamin
Harrison. lGreat cheeringl You are hore this
morning not to honor me personally. but to
honor the cause which you love and which You
mean to support. and you mean 10 support that
cause because you believe it will insure your
own best welfare and the best welfare OF the
country at large. Applause and cries of That's
right"
You are interested in Indiana just rs we are
interested here in ohio, both In agriculture and
in manufacturing. You know something in
that great gas belt of what manufacturing
means to any community. You know that
where there is successful manufacturing there
is prosperous city. and you know where there
is prosperous city there Is always prosperous
farms about little man ufActuring city advance
in value and tho market for the farmer Is en-
HANGED every time you put upa new factory in
cries of Good! Good!"1 You have in your
city OF Marion. as | recall, an industry which
OF Canton. Am right about that! lCries OF
ly illustrates my idea That u'ed to be. as
said. a Canton Industry. We would very much
have preferred to have had 1t remain there, but
of our own country. tApplause.l II went into
q neighboring state ana therefore benefits the
the he work. I We share In Your good fortune ana
prosperity but We would have felt differently IL
unsed ned sGae spates sa Cres Yes Yes we % woud We
want to do our manufacturing at home.
[Great cheering and cries of That's right
Slvania's delegation was second on the
for its big Republican majorities and holder OF
q State Committees banner for biEaes, returns
in 1887. The delegation. NUN bering about 700
people from the various towns of the county, in
cluded a number of Mckinley and Hobart clubs.
many old soldiers. and one hundred students In
ss stSat MeKey sS aside f his books to lake
up arms in the defence OF his country; TACT
which was duly emphasized during = ,ne Demon n
short intervals. DR.. T. L. Flood OF Meadville.
prominent in Chautauqua circles made the in
The delegation was largely made up of farm
ers, who put the protection issue above all else.
but they were emphatically for sound money.
subject. Major Mckinley said to them:
ans nSd o. ny G Of
1t gives me genuine pleasure to greet and well
come you here at my home. remember year
ago to have visited your city and county and !
shall never forget the warm welcome when l
received from the faculty and students Of ALLIE.
northwestern Pennsylvania. and am delighted
to have a portion of you return my call. lap
II recall those sensations Of pleasure ard
satisfaction. the brief time spent In old Allie
Rheny College. Il is among the dearest memo
ago conferred upon me a very distinguished
honor. trust lmay never disappoint its conii-
viii recall, too. that from the walls Of old
Allegheny went out the young men TO do battle
for their country ana dd h oetter ssrg,ce sn
who went from that institution and from the
other great institutions OF the country: ana from
publican @ H' County. m W TCries Of You bet 1t ISL
br. Flood has already stated that YOU have ne, re,
viii not be. decreased in 1896. [Applause and
'''S "So matter What may be our occupations in
are are all interested in good laws, and we are all
Of That's right."i Unfortunately we have not
enjoyed, general prosperity, In the last four four
depressed. workingmen have been idle. farmers
were unable to receive just reward Tor their
and the 5hoqshs to Pt 20 e
good times of 1909 [Great applausel times from
which we ran away, which we have been regret
ting ever since. lAppiause ana Cries OIL Ah1's
sNow, my fellow citizens what We want this
those principles which will secure to us the
greatest prosperity lAppia%pse % and and cries ,d9i Or
rhq' men IN ,bs whHs Tasa sss. % S
in the United States. and to the end that we
may have neither idle mills nor idle men: we
cheeringl. and not outside OF the United @ States.
LRehewed cheering and cries OF That's the
you may disagree with me, but believe In
q protective tariff. [Tremendous applause and
cries of So do wel"l l always have SO be-
iieyed and have never felt called upon to
make any apology to anybody anywhere lcries
Of Good You don't have TOT; for having
been devoted to the great pr incipie which pro-
notes and encourages American development
and gives employment and good wages 10
American workingmen. Tremendous cheer
7Then, my fellow citizens. having secured a
tariff that will defend American interests. We
want to continue the use of the good dollars we
have had since 1879. Great applause, We
[Renewed applause. We want no debased dol
lars any more than We want debased labor
[Applausel And when men have given full
days work to an American employer. we want
that American employer to pay In dollars as
good as any dollars anywhere In the world; and
worth 100 cents every day and everywhere
tremendous cheering.l
"Then, my fellow citizens, we want another
thing. We want peace and tranquility In tho
United States Loud applause.l We want 1t
esta blished once for all. that this is a Govern
ment of law. and by law, and now as ALWAYS.
we are law-abiding people. Renewed appl lause ]
There is one thing we are proud of, and that Is
the Republican party can submit its pri rinciples
to the workingmen, to the farmer, to The stu
dent. to the scholar. to those OF every calling or
profession. with confidence, because those prin-
cipleB are right and eternal [Great cheering |
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