Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-31
VOTERS FROM KANSAS CALL
The SunAower State Delegates
are Enthusiastic.
After Their Long Journey They Still
Give the Candidate n Hearty
Greeting---Several Dele
cations Addressed.

Canton, oct. 2I.-One of the liVelies.
and most enthusiastic crowds seen here
was the employees OF the Santa Fe rail-
road from the Sunfower state. Some
OF this party were two days on the road.
They were headed by President III. Il.
Morris OF the Emporia Railway Mems
Money club. The singular crowd
or the day was the party Of the poor SUI
perYisors Of Pennsylvania. who came 10
Canton from Pittsburg, where they were
in convention. Armstrong county.
pennsylvania, was represented by sew
eral thousand people.
Van Vert, o., also sent a large dele.
CATION. From 10 o'clock in the morning
until dark in the evening the streets
were crowded.
Sound Money Men.
Major McKinley's address to the dele
cation from Topeka, Kan, was as fol-
lows.
MY Fellow Citizens Of Kansas-This Is in
deel a very great Pleasure to me. You
nave Jcurneyed farther than any other del
egaton Of the United States that has hon
oIed me with n v,s.t at my home, and I az
pIec,ate your call more than l can nnd
words 10 express. Il shows better than
any words that could be uttered by any
man VIVA Is in your minds and hearts, and
tIat your purpose are touching the cleo
tt''' - Nv ii'i' Oll the dl Gay OF " DNeIl-
ber. You are Interested m the prosperSL
or our country. There was "A t.me Whyn
some men were IN tho habit or saying that
IL ga not make any difference 10 the rail-
road men Of the country, who you repre-
sent, what kind of financial legislation we
had, or what KIND Of a tariff policy we
pursued IN the United States. / have
heard Il sad a thousand times from the
publ.c rOstrum that while the tariff might
he!p the men engaged IN the factorcs, 10
mad no influence upon the wages Of the
men who were engaged upon the great
transportation lines Z the country. II
any Of you believed nat statement four
years ago, you do no, believe II now, be-
cause you know that upon the general
prosperity Cf the DOuntry depend The
prosperity OF our great railroads, ana upon
Their prosperity depend your employment
ana wages. You WI have nothing 10 10
ii there - nothing 10 haul, ana the more
there IL to hau! the NOR" and steaditr en-
Payment You VII have, and the better
wages you VIII 60 for yourselves ana lam
.,cs, In the las three years and a haIi no
character OF property has suffered more
than the railroads. Now what We want TO
ever WIN do that rs what all Of us oupbt to
BE- n favor Of. y number OF reason are
offered for ;u.s congcsted condition OF
business; and "A numbtr Of proposition are
offered for 'ts cure. The most prom nent
one - that We Will all be made prosperous
and happy II we open mp our m'nts O. the
coinage Of an the silver N the world. can
any woTkinEman or emp.oyc Of the Santa
fr system tell me how the free coinage OF
INC SILVER OF tnc Wulth VII I'lltHi .I.ih'
VIII Il Increase your traffic or trauST rita
tom VIII { increase consumers .u he
cast Of the products Of the farms I'm tho
west? VIII IL Increase tn. damaEd f5r a
gnrlo days labor anywhere? Wii .. in
crease tho wages Jf any wOrk.ngman to
have TINS government dcc.ar" ,hat he
pieces Of silver ullt You can hay :thy"l re
IN the world for - cents shall be O. ned
az dollars by the government witho "N-
Iansc and W. foo ourselves by ealing
Them dollars? WEI that help anylHly2
VIII that help any American interest any
where? All II VII do VIII be to Increase
the production OF the silver Of the world,
and with The Increased production Of Sill
Yer WI come iEs certain depreciation, and
with the depreciation of silver VIII b the
stlIi further depreciation OF the yIrer
cons of the United States. Surely no
man wants that.