Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
AT CANTON.
Mckinley Addresses Large Crowds
From West Virginia and Ohio.

Canton, o., Oct. 3.-Delegations from
Wheeling. w. Va, n from Huron and
seneca counties, Ohio, called on Major
Mckinley yesterday. They were ad-
dressed by him IN the tabernacle. Ma
jor Mckinley said:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Ny Fellow
Citizens: 1t gives me special pleasure
to meet at my home in a joint meeting
the citizens of the state Of West Vir-
ginia and my own native state. A re-
publican has no embarrassment In
speaking to an American audience. He
does not have to make a different speech
for a different locality. What he would
say to the people of West Virginia or
any other state south he could say in
New England or in the far west or on
the Pacific coast, for the principles of
the republican party are as national as
u flag. (Applause.) Their urpose
embrace theg good of every American in
terest and section.
The great thought OF the people of this
country, wherever they may reside or
Whatever may be their occupations. is:
HOW are we TO get back as a nation to
the ola conditions OF business activity
and prosperity? Something has gone
wrong. We have the same country. We
nave the same men, the same mines, the
same manufactures, the same money.
the same masterful genius among our
people thai we had between 1880 and
1892, but we have not the same degree
or prosperity now that we had then
And what is The trouble? In a single
word, the trouble with the country 1,
a lack OF confidence. As to What has
brought about that lack of confidence
we may differ. but that there is a lack
OF nde every citizen everywhere
must concede, for every citizen has fell
IL IN MS w experience. Now, what
IS TINS Trims called business conf.
uence!' 1t Is a belief in the stability OF
values. faith IN our markets and on,
money, faith that the consumption OF mex
year VIII be as great or greater than tht
present one; faith that men will have worl
ana that the currency OF the country WI
be ilxed and stable and undeprec.ating II
value; The merchant has confidence
When? There may be some merchants IL
th.s audience today. The merchant ha.
more goods I'm expectation of larger sales |
Inc manufacturer has confidence when h,
increases his machinery. hires more men
adds a new factory, lays In his material
IN advance, certain that 1t will not decline
before his finished product is sold, conf.
dent that he can pay wages to labor and
prices for his raw material, and not fine
IN the end that his goods Will be driven ouij
or the American market by foreign good;
under a free trade policy. The laborer feels |
this confidence when, assured of steady
employment he buys a lot and starts the
building OF a house for himself and fam.
ly. The farmer feels this confidence when
he plants generously. confident that what
he reaps Will be in demand and bring him
fair return for his toll. The railroad com.
pany feels it when 1t extends It's lines and
its switches. gets new equipment and i'm.
proves It's old equipment and gives employ. |
ment to w~ork.ngmen. The banker feels Il
when he ,oans freely of his capital and de.
posts, and knows that when his oansa are
returned they will be n good sound money
And the depositor feels this confidence
when he takes his money from its hiding
~place-where much Of 1t Is today-and put;
II IN a bank, sure that he can draw 1t GU
according to his necessity or incl.na
ton IN as good money as he put in. TIL:
thing called business confidence" neve:
wages Or curtaIied endowment: never Ts
fused loans; never got up a run on a bank
never stopped a mine; never created IDLE
ness among laboring men. (App.ause.)