The herald., 1896-09-27

must Be preserved on that exalted plane
of purity and incorruptibility which
signally characterizes the American ~
dietary. These courts must be upheld
for the safety and defense of citizens.
(Applause). When the laws and those
whose constitutional duty it Is to execute
them are assailed, the government itself
ls assailed. If there are those who break
down law and disturb the peace and or
der of society, then those who value these
safeguards as essential to our liberty
must sacredly guard and defend them
by their ballots. This they will do with
the same earnest patriotism they have
always displayed in every great emer-
gency in the life of the nation. To strike
at the country's credit is to deal a blow
to its prosperity. (Applause). 1t de-
stroys confidence and when that is
gone business stops and the currents
of trade are dried up. Confidence, in a
great measure, is the capital of the
world. Destroy confidence and you in
vite ruin to every enterprise. Absolute
integrity in payment in all transac-
tions. public and private. lies at the
foundation Of confidence and when con-
fidence is once firmly established there
is scarcely any limit to capital. This is
the universal experience, both of the
government and of the individual.
Tainted credit is constant embarrass-
ment to government and citizens and
when it fastens itself upon either it is
hard for them to recover. A limping
credit attracts no capital, inspires no
confidence. (Applause). Poor credit is
always expensive; 1t puts burdens upon
It's possessors. They are required to
pay higher rates of interest for the use
of money. higher prices for what they
buy. If they get credit at all they must
pay dearly for it. And confidence cannot
be resored by proposition to debase the
currency of the country and repudiate
public and private debas. (Great ap-
plause). And, fellow citizens, without
delaying you single moment, after
thanking you for the kindness of this
call. want to say that the American
people this year do. not mean to Mexi
canize either their money or their labor.
tremendous cheering.
To the Joseph Horne & Co. delegatio,
from Pittsburg, Major Mckinley said:
fellow Citizens from the Great House
OF Horne G. Co., Pittsburg: It affords me
pleasure to have you here and to know
that the cause have the honor to repre-
sent for the moment has your support
ana confidence. Applause.) The books
OF the merchant, quite as accurately as
anything else. register the prosperity of
the country. Nobody feels business de-
preston and prostration quicker than
the merchants. Nobody feels prosperity
ana good times quicker than you gem
tlemen. You know the difference be-
tween the condition you now have and
have had for two or three wears and tho
condition you had prior to 1892. cannot
tell you anything about that. No citv
In the union felt more than Pittsburg
the influence of constantly employed
workingmen in constantly running
workshops. Whenever your workshops
nave been busy you have been busy in
your store; when they have been idle.
| you nave been idle. (Applause.) It is
| proposed now that we not only have our
| present condition, which is bad enoupb
out that we shall have it aggravated by
the determination of certain people to
put us upon silver basis and depreci-
ate and degrade the country's currency
You do not have in your. stores what
some older men will remember was a n
| indispensable thing before the war. the
oank note detector. When money is
paid to you now you know there is no
depreciation in 1t, whether It is a ma
tional bank note, treasury, gold or
silver certificate, gold or silver itself
or greenbacks.g You know every dollar
you receive is just as good as gold, and
you don't have to consult either a hank
note detector or the newspapers to dis
cover whether it is good. (Applause. J
1t is proposed now to enter upon the ex-
pertinent of the free coinage of silver
which would give us at the present price
OF silver, 52-cent dollar hereafter. If
that policy should be inaugurated Won
would have to consult a daily1narket re-
port In the newspapers to know what sill
yer money was worth before you took it.
Fellow citizens, we neither want un
restrained nor restrained competition
from Europe, nor do we hope to have the
money of Mexico or China answer our
purpose in this civilized country (Great
applause and cries of ''Hurrah for Nc
Kinley." I bid you good afternoon.
Great applause.) thiAs
To the citizens of Piqua Major McKin-
ley also delivered a short speech.
McKinley's response to the Jonas
Laughlin & Co.'s employees Pittsbure
delegation was also brief.
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