The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-24
THE TWO CANDIDATES SPEAK
Major Mckinley Addresses a Delegation
From Pennsylvania.
BRYAN TO RURAL NEW WORKERS
Six Thousand People Crowd the Lawns Of
the Mckinley Residence-Mr. Bryan Dis
cusses the Chicago Platform-Bryan
to Lunch with Senator Hill.

CANTON, o., Aug. PA delegation OF
1900 tin workers from Newcastle, Elwood
and Wampum, Pa, called on Major Nc
Kinley Saturday. The delegation was In
many respects the most interesting that
has yet visited Canton. They came with
bands, steam calliope cannons and tin
horns, and while here they owned the
town. The crowd was augmented TO about
5000 when the Mckinley residence was
reached Colonel D. L. jackson acted as
spokesman for the party, and after the In
PRODUCTION Major Mckinley spoke, in part
as follows;
"Mr. jackson and My Fellow CitiEens
1t gives me very great pleasure TO welcome
the citizens of q neighboring state to my
city and to my home. note with great
satisfaction the message which your elo-
quent spokesman brings me, that the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania have lost none of their
devotion 20 the great principles of the Ro-
publican party, and that this year they
will give to the Republican national ticket
an unrivaled Republican majority We
have had three years of bitter experience
under a policy which the Republican party
has always opposed, and there has been
nothing in that experience to win us to
that policy, but everything to increase our
devotion to the old policy OF protection
which stands opposed TO it.
THE earnest thought Of the people this
year is directed to the present condition Of
the country and how best to improve 1t.
This is the thought of every mind and the
prayer Of every soul. Nobody is satisfied
with our unfortunate business condition,
and the great body of the people want and
mean to have a change. What shall the
change beY Shall it be the continuance Of
the present Democratic party under an
other leadership-a leader advocating all
the policies of the Democatic party which
have been injurious to the American peo-
pie and patriotism and which have re-
ceived the disapproval of the people of the
countryY
THE wing of the Democratic party
which controlled the Chicago convention
is Just as much in favor Of free trade as
the wing of the Democratic party in con-
troll of the national administration. Most
of those prominent in that convention
were conspicuous leaders in the assault
upon our industries and labor made by
the Fifty-third congress. They are de-
voted to this un-American and destructive
policy. 1t stands opposed 20 reciprocity,
too, the splendid results of which were so
signally manifest during the administra-
ton of President Harrison.
If there was, therefore, but one ques-
ton, that Of protection against free trade,
we would have it just as sharply drawn
and as distinctively presented through the
Chicago convention wing of the Demo-
cratic party as we had it through the
united party in 1892 and a triumph this
year for the Chicago platform would be u
signal victory for free trade and for the
continuance of free trade legislation. This
wing Of the Democratic party believes not
only in free trade, but it believes in free
silver at a ratio of 16 to /. Having dimin-
ished our business they now seek to di-
minish the value of our money. Having
cut wages in two, they want to cut the
money, in which wages are paid, in two
and we Will not have either the one or tho
other.
"The other wing of the Democratic party
is patriotically striving for the public
honor, and is opposed to free silver, be-
cause IL believes that such a policy would
disturb existing values, contract the cur
rency of the country by depriving us Of
the use of gold and putting us upon a sill
yer basis, thus creating widespread panic
and bringing to every American interest
serious injury.
Gentlemen, confidence lies at the foun-
dations Of active and successful business
operations. We cannot restore confidence
by proposition TO debase the currency of
the government and scale down public
and private obligations Such u PROPOSE
tion strikes at the very life of credit and
business. 1t makes it harder to get money
for legitimate and worthy enterprises by
deliberately proposing to pay back what
has been already borrowed in q depreci-
ated currency. The people want neither
free trade nor free silver. The one will
degrade our labor; the other our money.
We are opposed-unalterably opposed-to
both of them. We have tried the one in
modified form with disastrous results to
every American home, and we are strongly
opposed to making an experiment with
the other.
My fellow citizens, the people have a
chance this year to take the Wilson law off
the statute books and put good Ameri-
can protective tariff law in its place which
will provide adequate revenue for the gov
ernment and gladden. the home of every
American workingman They have a
chance this year to prevent the free silver
law from going on the statute books, and
thus keep our money of every kind now in
circulation as good as gold, and preserve
our national name above reproach."