The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-19
THEY GRATIFIED M'KINLtY
COMMERCIAL DEMOCRATS CALL ON
THE MAJOR.
Thirty-Three Cars of steel Work
ers From Pennsylvania See
the Nominee.

the nominee.
Canton, Ohio, Sept 1.-TWO train
loads of the Commercial Democrats
Mckinley club of Chicago arrived at
Canton this morning. They were met
at the station by the Canton Com
merciai Travellers escort and the Can
ton troops. The party numbers De-
tween 900 and 1000. They were es-
corted to the hotels for breakfast and
prepared to call on Mckinley at II
o'clock AS they paraded past Moth
er Nancy Allison McKinley's home
they cheered, the venerable woman
bowling her acknowledgements
A thousand people joined the Chica-
| go democratic visitors at the Mckinley
home at IL o'clock. The meeting waxed
enthusiastic as Mckinley appeared On
the doorstep. Chief Marshal Frank
Higbee introduced President Hoffs-
tadt, who said in part
Major Mckinley: In behalf OF the
Commercial Democratic Mckinley club
| of Chicago, comprising only men who
! have always voted the democratic ticket
and representing every branch of the
mercantile interests of our city, l extend
! you our most cordial greeting and pledge
you our earnest and hearty support.
/ Those principles which we advocated.
though still dear to many of us, sink into
insignificance when our country Is
threatened by the alleged democratic par
| ty. Its platform and candidates nomi-
mated at Chicago, advocating Reputation
and dishonor would, if successful. we
| believe, create widespread disaster and
rstft l.A A..af TIT
try"
McI<iuIey's Reply.
Your call is gratifying to me and most
| encouraging to the cause in which we
are jointly engaged. To have this large
body of commercial men, representing
| every branch of mercantile interest in the
great city Of Chicago, belonging to an
other political party than the one with
which l am associated, pay a visit to
me is peculiarly significant and demon
strates in a most striking manner that
the great conservative forces of all par
ties can be relied upon to unite in every
crisis of the country
THAT you should have Travelled nearly
400 miles to bring me assurance of sup
port shows your deep solicitude for the
honor of your country, and signalizes
the interest which is everywhere felt that
the good faith of the nation shall not
be broken, and that its credit and cur
rency shall not be degraded l think.
fellow citizens. that possibly the danger
GUS menace of free silver and an ire
deemable unlimited currency, which now
confronts us, was needed to convince the
old world that sectional lines are obliter-
} ated and the domination of party is not
tenacious enough to the countrys wei
fare" tremendous applause)
The enthusiasm of the visitors held
throughout the remainder of McKin-
ley's address. He argued that the cit
liens owed it as a duty 10 the coun-
try to uphold the present financial sys-
TEN, and in a long discussion endeav-
ored to demonstrate that the free coin
age of silver could bring nothing but
disaster and distress to the country.
Carnegie Steel Men.
Following closely upon the call OF
the Chicago commercial men came the
first Pennsylvania delegation of stee
workers from the Carnegie mills al
Homestead. They came in a specia
train of 33 coaches. They marched foul
abreast, and as the last were falling
into line at the depot the first were al
most at the Mckinley residence, ovel
half a mile away Their cheering, min
, gled with music of a dozen bands anc
' the noise all over the business section
of Canton. was simply deafening
Y The jam around the Mckinley resi-
; dence is beyond description. j. Nc
Lanthy, a workman in the Carnegie
mills. was spokesman. While he spok'
the trains at the depot poured out
steady stream and it was several hours
> before the last arrived. The railroad
! company's estimate that 10000 Pennsyl
: vanians were here is likely to be to-
j small.
. After the great delegations from Chi
= cago and Homestead had gone $50
= people from McKeesport, Pa. and EN-
! pioyes of the Pennsylvania lines ives
of Pittsburg gathered with thousand
), of other people about the house. Ma
5 jOr Mckinley mounted a chair to speal
p to the Pennsylvania delegation, whel
the storm broke in terrific fury TIL
p meeting adjourned while he spoke.
thousand people clustered in and abou
the house and under the trees and t
\ them he spoke on his return.
$ After dinner tonight Governor Nc
): Kinley looked in his best health an
n spirits, although he had made half
|, dozen formal addresses today and sha
q ken hands with 5000 people.
:, TO DEFEAT GOLD IN NEW YORI