The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-08-30
GERMAN CHEERS RING
Continued from First Page.)

and sent I'D a mighty cheer as the ma
jor appeared, completely filled the lawn
and extended over to the abutting
street
COMMERCIAL MEMS ADDRESS
The spokesman of the party, Mr.. G. ].
Corey, then came forward and delivered
the following address:
Major Mckinley me, IN be
half Of the commercial travellers of the
United States, to extend you greetings.
feel safe in saying that there Is no
class OF citizens in our country who
more thoroughly understand and COM
prehend the true issues of this cam
paign than the commercial travelling
men They are selected in all the vari-
ed lines Of business. They represent
the intelligence, keen judgment OF men
and conditions that exist and affect the
business and prosperity of the section OF
the country allotted to them, They are
satisfied with the money of our country.
knowing that it is as good as any In
the world In this great army of conn
mercial ambassadors, everyone Is think
ing for himself They know, without
private or public instruction, that the
free coinage of solver Is not the true
issue of this campaign but that 1t Is
protection Of 11cme industries, recipro-
city and sound treasury. These three
things will bring back to us prosperous
times, while the coinage of 50-cent dol
lars will bring only diStrust panic and
further suffering.
They know that Popu1istic, anar-
cf1istic free coinage combination, mas
under the guise Of Democracy,
did not dare come before the country
on the true issue Of this campaign, be
cause recent elections have convinced
them that they would be buried by the
intelligent voters deeper than were the
mythical cyclones on Mount Etna hurl-
ed over them. And 30 they tmprovised
this false issue, free coinage of silver,
and the panacea for the evils they have
brought upon us. Knowing that the
average citizen had given the subject
but little, II any, thought and they could
therefore fool him again with their So
phistries and get his vote in this cam
paign, as they did in 1892 on the plausi-
bic theories of The Anefits of free trade
to the workingmen creating an enlarged
foreign market for our manufactured
products in competition with the low
priced labor of Burope, India, China and
Japan
The commercial travelling men Of the
United States have enlisted, nearly to a
man, to save this country from the fear
full perils of a bankrupt treasury, that
and deprecated money, repudiation and
the other long chain of evils that fol-
low.
The battle-ground has been transfer
red IN this campaign to our western
states, and j assure you that no more
thorough honest work could be done
a., %1,s -
cling men are now doing. They are
at work with an enthusiasm that hardly
knows bounds. Travelling early and
late with Republican literature in every !
pocket never forgetting that the next
duty to the selling Of their wares and
merchandise is to pruselyte for the
cause- am almost persuaded to say,
ehe perpetuation Of our free institu-
iions-they recognize that upon your
election hangs the welfare and pros |
perity Of our whole country for years
20 come"
'Graver issues have not been pre- |
sented since 1861, but we come from the |
center of the battlefield to bring you |
words of encouragement and good cheer, |
and met you In a spirit Of cheerfulness,
firmly believing in the glorious triumph |
Of our cause ON the third day of Novem-
Der next A victory so evrwhelming |
that their scattered forces will not, for a |
generation to come, be recognized on |
the present wild, impracticable and |
dangerous theories Of government"
MKINLEY RESPONDS.
Major Mckinley stepped upon a chair !
TO respond, and he vas given a most |
hearty ovation It was some moments |
before he could proceed. When he |
could be heard he said:
For Major McI<inley's speech to the |
commercial travellers. see page %