The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23

steel works at Braddock. PENNSYLVANIA.
The voice of these men is reDreseuti-
tive in the voice of the nation. They
are men who have passed through Il
season of adversely: they have suffered
from reduced wages and from leSSenc.
hours Of work: the savings of the pru-
dent have melted in the slow fire Of
enforced idlenesS. These men have di
agnOSed their own case correctly they
know what is the matter" They
have been prosperous under protection
and unprOSperOuS under reduced tar
ifs. They went to an experienced and
sympathetic physician in quest of Il
remedial prescription.
They talked to Mckinley and he an
severed them in tit words:
Il bid you welcome to my city and
to my home can we'll appreciate WHY
the wOrkingmen of this country should
have deep and profound interest in
the outcome of the present national
contest. | cannot fail to remember
that one thing which stands between
your labor and the labor of Europe e.
the one thing which stands between
your workshops and the workshops OF
the old world 1t is Il wise patriotic
Aiiieflcdl protective pOl1cE.
There are two qualities that strive
for pre-eminence in the nature OF Ma
jCr Mckinley-Sound common SenSc
ana unaffected brotherly feeling tow
ard those whom Mr.. Bryan delights IL
ra!l the plain common people, as if
they were of Il class to which he stooDs
from the height of Il real or suppt.>i-
tiOuSly intellectual supremacy. but ia
whom and of whom Mckinley always
speaks as my fellow citizens" These
two characteristics never have been
more finely displayed than in his adj
dress to the iron and steel workers. An
oStentatiOuS man would have seized
the opportunity for Il display of his
scholarship i'll economics. and i'll so do
ing would have multiplied world;
without wisdom" The Republican
nominee went right to the root of the
matter in less than twenty words
we know that the present monetary
standard has not stood in the way of
our prosperity in the past" Cries OF
NO. no: free trade has,
The extreme gold men and the eX-
IRENE silver men alike are in error.
The present monetary standard has
y
in the past Nor will it in the future.
1t is an excellent system: it makes the
silver dollars as good as gold for the
purchase of all things and for the pay
ment of all debts; it prevents the pa
per currency from becoming depreCilt-
ed or irredeemable. The Republican
party is pledged to its maintenance
The Democratic party is pledged to It's
destruction.
After this display of the soundest
quality of sound sense the distinguish
ed host of the visiting wOrkmen gave
utterance to sentiments of the trticst
patriotism and of the most implicit
confidence in the good intent of his
cOuntrymen:
My fellow citizens. it is gratifying
to me to be assured by yOur~spO!lesmrn
and my old cOmrade-it will be inSDiI-
ing to the whole country that the
voice of labor here to-day declares tina
no party which degradeS the honor of |
the nation. no party which stands Op- |
posed to law and order, or which seeks
to array the masses against the classes. |
shall receive its vote and support. |
Golden words are these, which will
strike chord in every American nyme
where virtue dwells and truth abiGcs
I'VE have this year resting upon us
as citizens grave responsibility The
country has. never failed or faltered in |
the past to meet every crisis. 1t will |
not falter or fail now to uphold the
dignity and independence of labor and |
the honor and stability of the govern.
ment. that it may still further cxait
the American name"
Here is no demagogic flattery OF the
Intelligence of the plain common peo-
ple%' no shoddy rhetoric upon 1.-The cru
cifXion of labor" but just manly al
peal to the patriotism and good sense
of his fellow citizens and an express
sion of confidence in the exercise of
them at the coming election Major
Mckinley has done we'll in all his eff
forts, but in his address to the iron and
steel workers he eNcelled himself.
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