The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-09-26


S@0nH men to battle for their country
<lloG than the young men who went from
Mat Institution and from the other
great institutions of the country ana
from the schools Of the land. Gap
plause.)
Your county il . Republican county.
(Cries Of 'sYou bet It is.'D DIR. Flood has
already stated that you received the
tanner for having given the largest Re-
publican majority. trust that the ma
1nrity may not be diminished in 1896.
fAppIause and cries of mot any.D No
matter what may be our occupations,
ne are all interested in having general
prosperity. Unfortunately we have not
enjoyed general prosperity the last four
years. (Cries of MOI Times have
been hard, business has been depressed,
workingmen have been idle, farmers I'M
able to receive their just reward for hus-
bandry, and now the thought of the peo-
ple and the desire of the people is to re-
turn to the good times of 1892 applause
the times from which we ran away and
which we have been regretting ever
aimee. applause and cries of That's
rightly Now what we want this year
Is to cast our ballots for that party and
those principles which secure to us the
greatest prosperity (Great applause.i
Wa want no idle men In the United
states. we want no idle mills in the
United States, and to this end we will
have neither idle mills nor idle men, we
must do our work in the United States,
not outside the United States. (Great
cheering and cries of That's the stuff ,
/ believe in protective tariff. Gre
mendous applause and cries of $50 do
we.") always believed in it and never
felt called upon to make an apology to
ANYBODY anywhere (cries OF GOOD,
YOU don't have toy for having been de-
voted to the great principle which pro-
notes and encourages American devel-
opment and gives employment and good
wages to American workingmen. CT're-
mendous cheering.)
Then, my fellow citizens. having Sc
cured tariff that defends American in
dustries,we will have to continue the use
OF the good dollars we have had since
1879. We want no clipped coins in the
United States. We want no debasec
dollars any more than we want debased
labor. (Applause.) And when men have
Given a full days labor to an American
employer, we want that employer to
pay them in dollars as good as any dol
Iars in the world and worth 100 cents
every day anywhere. (Great cheering.)
Then, my fellow citizens, We want an
other thing We want peace and tran
quillity. cloud applause.) We want
It established once for all that this is
government of law by law, and that now
as always we are law-abiding people.
(Renewed applause.) There is one thing
we are proud Of and that is that the Re
publican party can submit its principles
to the workingmar, to the farmer, to
the scholar, to those Of every calling and
profession, with confidence, because
those principles are right and eternal.
(Great cheering.)
/ thank you heartily. You have trav-
eled a long distance, not to see me nor
honor me, but to honor the great cause
which for the moment represent. Gap
plause and cries Of "And to honor you.")
And to testify by your presence your de-
VVtlVu W lhC 81 cot Pi2hSiPASS Va NAAS AsS-
publican party in which you believe is
enveloped the highest prosperity Of our
citizens, the greatest glory Of our re-
public. (Great applause.)
Just at noon the third delegation
reached the Mckinley home. 1t was
made. up of farmers, who came from
Wyandotte county, Ohio, on special
train Of nine coaches. 1t was conspicu-
GUS for the number Of banners and mot
toes carried. Congratulatory addresses
were made by Mayor Carey, Gen. J. M.
Kirby and Editor Cuneo of the Upper
sandusky Tribune.
In reply Major Mckinley said: am
glad to be advised that in this audience
there are many who have heretofore
been associated with different party
from that to which we are devoted.I am
specially glad to welcome them here.
This is year when party lines have al
most disappeared and men interested
In the welfare of our common country
in the maintenance Of it's honor and its
credit. its currency, unite with the party
which stands for them. I recall that at
no point have I ever received a more
respectful and attentive hearing than
from your own citizens. wish the con-
dition OF the country was not as we find
1t today Iwish it was not so deplorable
as described by Gen. Kirby. I wish we
were back to the better times between
1880 and 1892; but the only way to get
back@ to those good times is to return
over %he' route that led US away from
them and fight it out on that line as my
friend suggested. Great laughter and
applause.) We must have in the United
States q American policy, a policy that
Will take Of our own, defend our own.
(Applause) If we do not do that no.
body will do it for us. (Cries Of That's
rightly And, fortunately, in this coun-
try we have the power among ourselves,
in the mighty ballot, to make just such
an administration policy as we believe
will subserve the highest and best in
terests Of all. {Great applause)
Now, yours isf farming population.
What you wanttn wyandotte county is
to have somebody want, and want bad
ly. what you produce on your farms.
(Cries Of That's rightly And it has
been discovered that farmers always get
better prices when they let the buyers
hunt them up rather than when the
farmers are hunting up buyers. Gap
plause and cries Of That's rightly And
! discovered, too, that the workingman