The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-19


well-drilled military company. compos-
ed Of colored men, came on a. special
train from Cleveland with large num-
Der of their friends to call on Major
Mckinley early this afternoon.
They marched behind their own band
from the station to the Mckinley resi-
dence, and were freely cheered by the
spectators on the sidewalks and COM
plimented upon their handsome appear
ance.
H. c. Smith, a, colored member of the
Ohio legislature, addressed Mr.. Nc
kinley in behalf of the visitors, and
presented him with a certificate of hon
orary membership in the Rifles, the
first one ever issued.
Mr.. Smith is a speaker Of force and
eloquence and his pertinent, vigorous
remarks called from Major Mckinley a
spirited response, which was nlomen-
tarily punctuated with cheers and long
continued applause. Major Mckinley
was in excellent form. Replying to MIR.
Smith and acknowledging the
COMPLIMENT OF HONORARY MEM
BERSHIP
in the L'Oyerture Rifles, he said:
Mr.. Smith and my fellow citizens:
1t gives me extreme pleasure TO meet
and greet this company of Rifles and
my colored fellow citizens of the city
of Cleveland and northern Ohio; and
rejoice to learn from your eloquent
spokesman that your race this year, as
in all the years of the past, stands
faithful to the Republican party, which
l believe is the cause of our country.
(Applause.) [ do not forget-no man can
forget-that wheeler in war or in peace,
the race which you represent never
turned its back on the glorious old
Stars and Stripes. Great applause and
cries of 'Hurrah for Mckinley When
that great civil war commenced, no man
could say what its outcome would be in
regard to its effect upon your race.
There were those who believed that it
must result in the abolition of human
slavery; there were those who believed
otherwise.
The result was the immortal procla-
nation of emancipation by the best
friend you ever had, Abraham Lincoln,
tremendous cheering) whose name you
will cherish and revere
FOREVER AND FOREVER MORE.
James G. Blaine once said that the first
instincts of an American were equality
equality Of right, equality of privilege,
equality of political power. That SEN
timent long ago found expression in
the constitution of the United States,
and the principle was placed in that
great instrument, where, under God, it
shall ever remain-civil and political
equality to every citizen everywhere
beneath the flag. (Applause) l con-
graduate you, gentlemen, upoal the
splendid progress that your race has
made since emancipation. You have
done better. you have advanced more
rapidly than it was believed possible at
the time; you have improved the edu-
cational advantages which you have
had. Your people everywhere, north
and south, are accommodating property,
and today you stand as among the most
conservative of the citizens of this re-
public (Applause) l congratulate you
from the bottom of my heart on the
advancement you have already made,
and l sincerely wish for you and your
race, fellow citizens of a common coun-
try, the highest
REALIZATION OF YOUR HOPES
and of your prayers. Great applause.)
1--WE are now engaged i'm a. political
contest, and your presence in such vast
numbers here today evidences the in
terest which you have in the public
questions that are now engaging tAle
attention of the American people. We
have a great country and we must
keep it great. The post which the
United States must occupy, both in
wages and industries, and in the integ-
rity of it's finances and currency, must
be at the head Of the nations of the
earth. Great applause.) To that place
of honor the people OF the country
must restore it. They have the OPP
poriunity that they have wished for
since 1892; will they meet it in this
year 1896? (Cries of ''They will.") We
want in the UNITED States neither
cheap money nor cheap labor. Great
cheering) We will have neither the
ONE nor the other (Applause.) We
must not forget that nothing is cheap
to the American people which comes
from abroad, when it entails idlenesS
upon our own laborers. TREMENDOUS
applause) We are opposed to any
policy which increases the number of
unemployed in the United States, even
if it does give us cheaper foreign
goods, and we are opposed to any pol
icy which degrades American manhood
that we may have cheaper products
+ made either at home or abroad. Great
/ applause) Having reduced the pay of
! labor, it is now proposed to reduce the
1 value of the money in which labor is
paid Gaughter) This money ques-
| ttpn presents Itself to me in this home
" fashion: If free coinage of silver
means a 53-cent dollar. then it is not
an honest dollar. (Applause.)
If free coinage means on non
est dollar, equal to a gold dol
lar, as some of it's advocates assert, we
will not then have cheap dollars, but
dollars just like those we now have,
and which will be as hard 60 get Gap
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