The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
THREE CROWDS IN CANTON.
CAME FROM AS MANY STATES TO
CALL ON THE NOMI-
NEE,
WAS GIVEN BUST of HIMSELF.
Indiana Party Had Present for
the Advocate of the Ten-story
Tariff.

CATIONS had appointments with Mai
Mckinley today. The first arrived over
the Valley railroad just at IL O'Clock,
and was scheduled as the Republicans
and friends of Maj Mckinley from
Holmes county, o., one Of the strong
est Democratic sections in the country.
Local committees took charge of the
party and marched 1t to the Mckinley
nome, where an address was made Ivy
DR.. Bingham, of Millersburg, and re-
sponded to by Maj. Mckinley. AT Q
o'clock a special train Of twelve
coaches on the c., C. & S road, brought
large delegation from jamestown. N.
T., representing Chautauqua and Cat
taraugus counties. The delegation
brought two bands and notices. At
the mckinley home, a congratlllctory
ADDRESS was made by Hon. A. G. Wade.
OF Jamestown, to which Maj. Mckinley
responded.
( A special train CT twelve Coaches ar
rived shortly after O'Clock this aft
ernoon, bringing Repu blican clrps and
cltizens from Elkhart and Northern IN
DIANA The Elkhart band led a ra-
rade to the Mckinley home where A..
torney James S. Dodge made a con
gratnlatory address, and presented
MAI mckinley with bust of himself.
IN aooresslng the New York delega-
ton, Mr. Mckinley said:
!, The attempt to inf1ame tbe nass,on. -.
the west and South against the EsSt e. h -
9 mIscnievous and unpatrotic effort IN
a sactad prejudice and hatred against men af
the same hue hns,n same causes and feeling
VINO disturb and harass the whole co,,ntTv
ma, aase NO sympathy with cause based upon
m oiei nate and passion. 1t is beneath the
AIMS ana purposes of patriotic freedmen. and
l am glad to note that it receives no an
York. oi'iAens Oh new
How strikingly the names or the ,,,,s+r,
ous Hamilton and the Empire State of Nov
YORK are 1nseparately connected We can
hot mink OF the great events of our history
s m,dno ~, at once associating them together
anu we cannot recall any examples of like
nature SO conspicuous, unless it be the
nseperable association of Washington and
JEFFERSON with Virginia and Lincoln with us
fortunately these statesmen are our own
countrymen, and we cannot too highly revere
them, and however much much thew NAV
nave differed in administrative policies they
were always and at all times together for
the honor Of the country.
No man Of his time left more lasting i'm
preston on public legislation than the eminent
leader in New York Alexander Hamilton
who. more than any one else. secured tha
ratlhcat1on OF the United States constitution
ana TO whom We are more largely indebted
man 10 any other citizen for our protective
tarin system, which he always steadily sup
ported. and for our excellent monetary sys-
TEN, for beginning with the first coinage
act on April 2, 1892, every law enacted down
10 ana including the act of May 1875 pro-
vtding for the resumption OF specie paw
ments. was based upon the principles laid
down by Alexander Hamilton and supported
Applause).
We have heard great deal In this cam
paign about the doctrines of the fathers.
Hamilton favored both gold and silver as
money, though he preferred gold alone him.
self, and the government Of the United States
entered upon the use Of both. Hamilton
announced an mo- the great fundamental principle
when he said: There can hardly be a bet
ter rule for any country for a legal than
the market ratio. In other words every coin
should contain enough metal SO that when
melted 1t will be worth just as much as
when it is stamped as money, the bullion
or market values always to be the same
as its legal or money value" This was the
doctrine Of both Hamilton and jefferson
This has been the undertaking policy of the
government under every administration, and
has been the settled policy of all the great
parties OF the country from the beginning Of
the government.
By the act of July. 1890. commonly known
as the Sherman act, we insisted upon putting
into that law the doctrine Of Hamilton, that
the parity of the two metals must always
be sacredly maintained. The Republicans
wrote into that law, for both branches Of
congress and the presidency were in the
hands Of the Republican party, a solemn
pledge, which is as binding an agreement
between the government and the people as
was ever made. Here is the language:
1T Is the established policy of the United
silver at parity with each other upon the
present legal ratio or at such ratio as may
be established by law"
This was the act of the 51st congress, passed
by the Republican party for the purpose Of
preventing the free coinage Of silver at a
ratio of is to 1, but nevertheless giving to
silver the greatest post BILE use as money and
for that purpose providing for the utilization
Of substantially the full product of the Amer
lean mines. This is not the only declaration,
tn Gen y M In support Of the ma
elected in 1892 and Democratic in both
branches with President Cleveland as the
chief executive elected by the Democratic
parity. President Cleveland was SO con-
WINGED that the coinage of silver becom-
ing such peril to the country that he called
congress together in extraordinary session
August z, 1893 and congress, at his earnest
solicitation, proceeded to repeal the purchas-
ing clause Of the so-called Sherman law, and
in doing this wrote into our public statutes
this express contract:
"And 1t is hereby declared to be the policy
of the United States to continue the use of
both gold and silver as the standard money
and to coin both gold and silver into money
OF equal intrinsic and Interchangeable value,
this equality to be secured through interna-
tional agreement or by such safeguards Of
the parity In value Of the coins Of the two
metals and the equal power Of every dollar
at all times in the market and in the pay
ment Of debts"
This was the act Of the SD congress under
President Cleveland an act by a Democratic
congress and Democratic president, ap-
proved by a Democratic administration and
Endorsed everywhere by the Democratic press
and, as believe. by the masses Of the Dem
ocratic party. 1t Is true mat we, as Repub-
licans, can take satisfaction in the fact that
would DaSSed
for the earnest support of Republicans, and
none more prominently than Senator Sherman
himself. but the Democratic party was solely
responsible for your legislation then and its
action bound the members OF that party as
strongly to the support Of honest money as
the 51st congress had committed the Republi-
same doctrine. With what bad faith there
fore, with what disregard for the right, for
justice and honor, can any citizen now de-
mand that the government shall enter upon
any settlement of debts or scheme Of
coinage the confessed result of which would
be to destroy the parity between dollars drive
gold from circulation and reduce the value
OF silver and paper dollars still circulating
nearly one-half.
Hamilton and Jefferson, Jackson and Lin
coin. or Grant and Cleveland never taught a
doctrine SO perilous as that. TIE people of
the United States will never adopt so dis
creditabe and dangerous course; nor will
they fail to brand with their condemnation
whenever an opportunity is given them,
through the ballot. The idle talk about the
dollars Of the fathers and the principles and
men of 156 will do no HARM for it will
never convince the honest citizen that Ham
ilton or Jefferson, or any other of our revered
fathers or patriots, ever viewed with tolera-
ton any scheme of dishonest finance or con-
templated for an instant the idea that the
United States would cheat us people in their
money, or repudiate any obligations 1t ever
made either by expressed terms or implica-
ton.
My fellow citizens, 1t must never be written
that this nation eithea encourages or prac-