The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-01
TO OLD FRIENDS.
Feeling Speech to Delegation from
the MahOning Valley.

Major Mckinley'S response to Hon. j. u.
Butler, jr., and Roger Evans, of YounSs-
town o., follows:
My Fellow-citzens and Friends of the
Mahcning Nalley-l am grateful Tor anu
appreciative of this splendid demonstration
from my old friends and constituents.
This audience is remarkable not only in It's
numt ers, but in the character of those who
are here assembled. 1t is not only an au-
dience representing the home of my birth
and early manhood, and it's also made up
of my later years. Poland is here; Youngs-
town is here: Warren Is here; the town or
Niles is here and here to greet you my
friends of my boyhood and manhood are
the representative people of the city of
Canton Their voices are ming1ng with
yours in a chorus OF PATRIOTISM mat stlrs
my heart and gloriously sustains the great
cause in which we are engaged. Ii is ike
a. reunion of old friends. 1t IS reunion
of old friends, and reViyeS multitude or
sweetest and tenderest memories. You
come from my birthplace. the nome or
my boyhood and early manhood, and the
dear old town where. as a boy, L enlisted
in the service of the country, and you rep
resent the county which foi seven consecu-
tive terms, voted for me as a member or
over this meeting, Mr.. Butler was a neigh
Dor of my boyhood. whose friendship have
gentleman who has spoken in your behalf,
a workman in one of your mills, Mr.. EV-
ans. l recall as one of my earliest ac-
quaintanceS and friends, dating from my
first candidacy for Congress. l recall that
he and other associates i'm the mills and
mines journeyed year after year TO WASH
II protest against Il reduction of the tariff
in the interests OF the men who toll. 1t,
therefore was most appropriate that these
gentlemen should have been designated TO
present me your assurances OF good VIII
and congratulations.
This presence recalls precious memories
of the past, for here / see many of my
early and never-to- be-forgotten friends. 1t
is as welcome as u benediction from those
q n
happy days Of boyhood in Poland the TRIM
neat little village on Yellow creek. with
old academy and the village stores, from
which we got our political inspiration, and
to the old churches which as boys we at
devoted guidance of our friends
and guardians. Looking, into the faces
of this great audience L see some some of OF
taught in the district schools, some who
enlisted with or without the consent of
anxious parents mt the e, Union a army at tine
much larger the number of those whom
we all recall that have answered the roll
call on the other shore. To those who are
living. here and elsewhere. 1 offer my best
wishes: and for those who are gone, they
have left us pleasant memories, and we
can only say, Peace be to their ashes.
WHAT THE COUNTRY WANTS.
"You are here for no idle purpose; you
are here because you have the ballot under
our glorious free institutions. You are
here because next Tuesday those ballots
are to be cast Voices. for Mckinley for
good or i'll to our common country. What
we want in the United States is a restora-
ton of the glorious prosperity OF four
years ago. What we want (CrieS OF lis
Mckinley is the lost work ana the lost
wages, under which have suffered for
the past three years and half. They talk
about free silver helping you. You have
no silver mines. but you have labor to be
going to get this free silver from.O You
are going TO get this free silver just as
YOU get your money now-by working for
Ii. and in no other way, and II all the sill
yer in the world was coined to-day Ii
would be no nearer to you than IL Is now.
(Here the applause was tremendous, last
ing several moments)
what we all want is to live up to the
full possibilities of American citizenship by
working and voting against anything that
discretits or dishonors the glorious Ameri-
can name We have so far been true 10
the presidents and ideals of the Republic
founded by our fathers. and have prosp ered
and advanced faster than any other gov
eminent ever known TO man. We will con-
tinue TO thrive and prosper II we are true
TO their inspiring examples and teachings
and keep close TO the great principles OF
right. justice and honor. But my friends
we will not be strong and permanently
splendor of our free institutions If we start
on the wild and perilous pilgrimage marked
out for us by the Chicago platform. We
cannot disregard the rights of others: We
cannot treat with contempt our .cofsti-
tuted authorities; we cannot cverturn our
courts that uphold our civil liberties or
preach the doctrine OF hate and passion or
of antagonisn1 between labor and capital
without sooner or later impairing the fair
fabrics of this free and independent GOV
eminent. Chaos and disorder must be dis
couraged wherever they present them Give
Let me say TO my young friends here VINO
will. sooner than they realize. take into
their own hands the reins or civil govern
ment that you will not have confronting
YOU again for many years TO come ques-
tons OF such vast Importance and 30
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