The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-04
WELCOME ADDRESSES
DELEGATIONS VISIT MAJOR
M'klNLEY.
MI WARMLY welcome Republican League
Visitors TaJrd to on United
Hreth,rcn. I.eligi' and roiitics-pro
lection aud Confidence.

CANTON, o, Aug 81. - OF the five del.
egA;!ous scheduled to visit Mr.. McKin.
ley to-day the first arrived at 7;ij
o'clock. IL was u" Commercial Mems
hc"Iniey Gnu No. ! of Chicago, 3OC
strong. lhcir cars were gaily deco.
rated.
When Mr.. Mckinley stepped upon
the chair to respond he was chcered
for several minutes When he could
&c heard he said: "Mr. Corey, Gen.
tIcmen of the Commercial Travellers
Association and My Fellow Citizens;
! bid YOU welcome, sincere welcome.
to my home. Thrice welcome are Won
here. | am honorcd very greatly,
honored by the call % this assem-.
blage of commercial men rcprcsentinp
great commercial Interests and coming
from every section of our common
country. Although you are accus-
toned To calling on peOplc-for that,
i believe u chiefly your busincs,-let
me assure you that you never made "A
cali anywhere more agreeable to your
most than this call IS To me II would
I've pleasant to ne personally To meet
o on any occasion, but II is peculiar.
1y gratifying to meet you now coming
is "a body to testify your united and
confident devotion to the Republican
principles enunciateG by the national
Republican convention of 1896.
Il recognize your influence as one
OF the most potent factors in political
contests and | aIn glad to know that
this year in a greater degree than ever
before, the commercial men OF the
country are united in the cause of the
Republican party. You have not al.
ways been in such close agreement
with each other politically as now,
but then you have had experience and
for four years or nearly SO, Won have
been attending the school in which all
Ia rest of us nave been pupils. 1t
has been u free school. The tuition
has been free, but the ultimate cost
has been very great. No body Of
American citizens of equal number
could properly have a deeper interest
in the success IF Republican princi.
pies than You; and none ! am sure can
dc SO much to secure their certain tri.
umph as you.
You are not only carriers of CON.
merce, but creators of confidence; not
only advocates of process, but promote
crs of prosperity. Everywhere you
inspire either confidence or diStruSt,
for you tell :he truth about the condi.
ton of the country. You not only
sell goods-or used to-but YOU dis.
scminate information amung our Gus
toners. There is no more certain
barometer of tho business of the
Tn ted States than the sentiment OF
the men of which this lody assembled
here this morning is representative.
You encourage the Respondent and
quicken the tagging into fresh activ-
ity. You give new hope and stimu-
late new effort in hat great body of
business men upon whom SO largely
depends the revival of business IN all
parts 81 our country.
"Nhat we want above all else, my
fellow citizens, is confidence. And we
cannot get confidence by threatening
to rcvolutionize all values and rcpu-
diate Obligations, both public and
private. You know the facts of bus
mess and can diSpcil the theories Of
the dreamer and the misstatements of
the dcmaGue, and II thing ] like
about the commercial travellers is that
4 very one of them is for the United
States of America. Great applause
and cries OF And for Mckinley, too.)
And always stand up for America"
Yesterday afternoon a delegation of
leaders of the National League of Re-
publican clubs visited Mr.. Mckinley.
He spoke to them ut length, first
thanking them for their visit aud COM
plimcnting the league and then say
ing:
I'VE cannot overcstimate the value
of the young men in politics, and l
would not have believed it il Mr..
Goodnoe had not told me that they
,.y.,n nal. teal ,Al.t. NJ,
experience with them has been
that they have been poll.
Mans Of the most practical sort known
in American politics. Gentlemen,
you never had a worthier cause
strive for than you have this year.
The financial honor of the country
and the prosperity Of all it's people
are enough to inspire every American
heart To the best possible effort. /
have seen somewhere an inquiry,
Cannot the United States establish
a financial system of its own;
is it too weak and dependent to
do that?' | answer: The United
States now has a financial pol icy
which, IN the main, it has been pur-
suing since the beginning of the gov
ernment, and which it does not mean
40 change until il can find n better
one. Those who make the inquiry are
usually against the American policy of
finance and they are insisting that we
shall adopt the financial policy OF
China and Mexico. | hope IL will not
be thought an evidence Of lack of Ia
tionul spirit or national independence
that we decline to adopt their propo-
sItions
delegation of 500 people from the
East Ohio United Brethren conference
followed closely upon the league com
mittee. Bishop j. S. Mills made the
presentation Of the party and Mr.. Me-
Kinley replied briefly.
Martin Declines "a Nomination.
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