Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-02
EDITORS CALL on MCKINLEY.
An Enthusiastic Party Goes to Canton
From West Virginia.

The mountaireer editors of West VIZ
GINA have good healthy lungs. When the
uarty of eighty-six called On Maj. Mckin-
ley at Canton Ohio, yesterday afternoon
several hundred persons joined in the
gathering. Everybody was enthusiastic,
and the delegation applauded nearly every
| sentence Maj. Mckinley spoke. The pre-
| sentatior of the Republican Press Associa-
ton by Mr.. p. w. Morris was unusually
witty and entertaining.
Maj. Mckinley greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm. He said MIR. Morris
and gentlemen of the Republican Press
Association of West Virginia: 1t affords
me sincere pleasure to give you welcome
to my state, my city and my nome From
no quarter could visitors be more welcome
nor from any body of men than the rep
resentatiVes of the republican press of
West Virginia, from state in which l am
intensely interested citizen and a re-
publican, and because l believe that upon
the success of republican principles her
advancement and welfare largely depend.
(Applause)
this year is one commanding both conscience
and interest. The republican cause never
was more just and righteous than it is this
year, and the triumph of its principles was
never more essential to the general well
fare Of the American people than now We
have had great political contests in the
past but l doubt If any was ever waged
which involved higher interests to the peo-
pie and the country at large than those
presented in this campaign. Applause and
cries of That's rightD
Nothing is more vital to the standing
ard progress of country than the preser-
walton of its credit and financial honor.
Applause and cries of That's right too ,
Nothing is more indispensable to business
and prosperity than that the CURRENCY of
the country shall be so honest that it can
cheat nobody. Great cheering)
Nothing is of greater moment To tho
welfare Of the country than the adoption of
policy which will give to labor and CAPT
tai constant employment with fair re-
turns. applause and cries of 'Goodo But.
gentleman. lying beneath all these. and
more important than all these, Is the pres
ervation of law and order-.he reign of do
mestic quiet. (CheersD
'All these are embraced in the contention
which is upon us this year. In connection
with these questions, as editors and pub
fishers, you have the gravest responsible
ties You help to make public sentiment,
ard a right public sentiment is what Is
most needed at this juncture of our ma
ticnal affairs. Never was the press Of the
country more aroused to these issues than
now Never did the republican cause have
sCch mighty support from the newspapers
OF the United States as it has today This
help is not confined to the republican press
alone. but includes many of the greatest
newspapers which have hitherto advocated
the democratic cause. Great applause !
All this is an evidence that the people
appreciate that great crisis is upon them.
ara that the way to avoid that crisis is for
patriotic men of every section of the coun-
try to unite and act together in the com
mon cause OF country. Great applause)
1t is the selfish concern therefore that
prompts me to express the hope that West
Virginia may become permanently a repuh-
ican state. CHEERS and cries of 1T will 90
republican this fall all rightD
And ttat what she gained so gloriously
in 1924 will not be lost in 1896. Great an
plauseO The republican party aims higher
than that-ft is not merely the success of
Individuals or party. but the good Of the
country 1t seeks; and it is in that spirit
animated only by patriotic sentiment that
wish always to constantly speak and
act (Applause) There is, in my tudg-
ment, no state whose prosperity is linked
more closely to republican policies than
West Virginia. You have extensive river
commerce. both on the Ohio and the Ka-
nawha: and this is never so prosperous and
active as when your great steel and iron
interests. your mines, your mills, your fac
tories are busily employed (Cries OF
That's right.D
Effect ON West VirEinia's industries
Your railroads. reaching now more than
| two thousand miles, with their employees
are all better off when every field of in
dustry is employed. Every railroad en-
picye. from the trackman to manager, ap-
prec;ates this as he never appreciated it
before. Then have you considered that