Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-31


tive tariff and internal revenue to pay
every obligation of the government and
stop going into debt
1--WE want policy that will encourage
American industry, enterprise, energy.
skill and genius,
to look out for themselves; nobody will do
II for them. We have discovered during
the last three and half years that If we
No not keep our business our business will
not keep us"
One of the most effective speeches of
the day was delivered to delegations of
the British Isles-American Mckinley
club, the employees of the Standard Sow
ing Machine company and the Standard
tool works, coming from Cleveland.
Maj. Mckinley said in part:
II give hearty welcome to my fellow
countrymen, descendants of the people of
the British Isles, but now free and inde-
pendent American citizens Whether we
are Englishmen, Irlshmen, ManNmen,
Welshmen or Scotchmen, we are all for the
great American union and the glorious old
stars and stripes that float above us.
Tremendous applause.l Yielding none of
the love we have for the mother country,
we love this free government with its glo-
rious institutions, which has become not
only the country of our adoption, but the
country of our love.
You who are the descendants of men
whose blood has been shed upon every bat
tlcfield of this glorious republic; men
whose blood was shed in the first great
contest for independence, hundred and
twenty and more years ago, and in every
crisis of American history, for the men
from the British Isles or their descendants
have stood for the indissolubiity of the
union, the perpetuity of American liberty
fN.gE t,,aNs sNttNt tENNg ,1N.
What are you interested in? Interested,
first, in the prosperity of this country: in
tereSted in its honor and its future glory.
The past is secure. Our fathers did their
whole duty, and they have transferred
to us the best fabric of government known
among men. Shall we preserve it unim-
paired to the latest generation? Tire
mendous shouts of: Yes, yes.] Iknow you
can be counted upon to do 1t.
This is no personal contest, this is no
party contest; it arises above party and
personality and places it upon the plane of
patriotism. for patriotism knows neither
party nor nationality. 1t Is the noblest
sentiment of the human SOUL for it is the
love of home, wife, mother and children.
with those blessed flags in your hands
and all they represent in your hearts, no
danger can ever come to this great republic
God bless and keep you and guide you into
the paths that will give to you and your
'dllllllGS anu 10 the nlSneSI ueS-
tiny attainable under our free institutions
tRenewed cheering.]
They talk about coercion-the coercion
of employe by employer. They mistake
the spirit of the campaign. 1t is not CO.
ercion, but 1t is cohesion-cohesion between
employer and employe, made stronger by
a common interest and a common eX-
periencc."
From Allen and Henry counties, prin-
nitNollN- frp,,, ho - i
Spencerville, came a big delegation,
made up of farmers, business men and
citizens of all vocations. After the in.
troductory address by George r. Davis
Maj. Mckinley said in part:
THE difference between the contest now
and former contests is that we can count on
our side hundreds, thousands, and even
hundreds of thousands of good, old-fash-
ioned democrats, who are with us in the
fight to maintain public order and the
financial integrity of the United States
[Applause.l We are glad to have them in
association with U.S.
patriotism is never partisan. 1t is above
that plane.
"One thing has never been said, and never
viii be said, of the government of the
United States, and that is that it is a gov.
ernment of reputation. We have always
paid every dollar of our public obligations
whether contracted in peace or war, in the
highest and best form of money known tC
the civilized world. We never stopped tc
inquire what the letter of the contract
might be. We only knew that any agree.
ment by the United States government
meant that 1t must be paid in 1OO-cent dol
lars at the time it came due.
I'VE do not propose to commence now
after l2O years of glorious history, of glo
rious life and glorious achievements, tC
repudiate our obligations, public or pr
vate. [Cheers.l. We do not propose to at
tempt to ever do business with dollar one
cent short of 100 cents. We do not propose
to accept our financial standard from
either Mexico or China. We propose to rur
our finances exactly ds we have alway!
run them, with fairness and absolute in
tegrity on the part of the government anC
people.
I'VE propose another thing, and if tn,
| people are with us we shall realize 1t
| We propose to protect ourselves against tn,
| products of the old world, to uphold oul
| own factories rather than build up fac
| tories for any other nation on the face O
| the globe.
THE American workshop, the Ameri
| can farm, the American factory, and tn
| American people of whatever occupation
or calling are our chief concern, and w
must see to it that there is no idle man II
| America and that none of our work Is don
in Europe SO long as there is man in thi
country who wants to work.
1T Is a policy of honesty, of patriotism
and intense Americansm that our gram
old party steadfastly maintains"
Seven coaches brought a delegation
from Lebanon, Reading, Berks county
Schuylkill county and contiguous tel
ritory in Pennsylvania. There were in
troductory addresses by eX-Mayor j
k. Kenney for Reading and j. V. Vel
lowsmith from Lebanon. In respons
Maj. Mckinley said in part
''The heart of the American people
always right You can safely submit an
great public question with confidence to tn
American people. Mr.. Lincoln once sal
that there was no safer tribunal on cart
than the American people, and If the Al
mighty Ruler of the universe Is on our sid
or on your side that side will surely pre-
vail. The aspiration of the American pee
pie is for advancement in the march c
progress toward the realization of the high
est destiny for this. the freest governmer
of the earth.
What our people want Is an opportunit
nTly