Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-25

and that the bank is solvent
This is the condition we have been In for
TO get away from that condition; we. wnnt
return OF business confidence ana that
month In this country from a protective
tariff and internal revenue TO pay, every
obigaio1 Of The government sncy a16 ma, S9R W
encourage American industry, enterprise.
energy skill and genius. II Is the busi-
themsclves. Nobody viii do that for them.
We have discovered during the last three
and Il half years that II we do not keep our
| thank you for this call | congratulate
you upon the ,magnifcent pIoSress tae, tne
achievements known to the history OF the
world have been those OF the great city
year your people in Chicago and the state
OF Illinois, irrespective of party democrats
AMI ri llnouuy alike. are ,.einS Wi,o c1Ch
other in patriotic endenvor TO mainaln
public honor and sustain the nations nag
unsullied and nnquesiioned forever tmore'
Three cheers were then given Tor the
governor and there were more for Mrs.
Mckinley.
Major Mckinley made his third address
OF the day to a delegation from New York,
representing tho towns OF Elmira. Corning.
Bath Hornelsville, Cuba and jamestown,
| who came In special train OF a dozen
coaches early this morning. and TO several
hundred men from McKane county, Penn
spoke for the New Workers and w. w.
! Proudht for the Pennsylvanians.
The fourth audience OF the day was made
up largely of railroad men In the employ
OF the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road.
coming from Horton. Kan, Elden, Ia, Tren-
ton. Mo-. and Fort Wayne, Ind. the latter
party including representatives OF all
branches of railroads. The special train
| which reached Canton at about noon lett
| Kansas at o'clock yesterday morning.
The Introductory address was made by
| Major T. ]. Anderson, assistant general
passenger and ticket agent at Topeka, Kan.
and Major Ringe on behalf of the Missouri
and Iowa contingent. In reply Mr.. Mckin-
| ley delivered The principal address OF the
day. In II he spoke the noteworthy bon
| mot in answer to the assertion OF Bryan
| and Jones-"Not coercion, but cohesion.
His speech follows:
My Fellow Citizens: am more than
glad to welcome TO my home the employees
OF the Chicago Rock Island q Pacific rail-
| road, coming as you do from those three
great imperial state. Kansas, Iowa and Mis-
souri,. 1t is remarkable tribute TO po-
litical cause that so large a body of citi-
zcns should travel a thousand miles 10 tcs-
tify their devotion TO the country and
to the principles which the republican party
represents this year. You have come from
no idle curiosity, but because you nave Il
deep concern for your own individual wei
fare and for the prosperity Of our common
| country. You are here because YOU are
citizens OF the frccst government in the
world, equal government, and because one
week from next Tuesday you will exercise
| that majestic power of sovereignty rcsid-
ing in every individual citizen OF the re-
public and in the citizenship of no other
nation of the world. by mat sovereignty
you will express your purpose so far rs
politics and administrations are concerned
In this government in the next four years
2 You are here, my fellow citizens, because
you feel, and deeply feel, that things have
, been going wrong with US for nearly foul
years You are here because in your
hearts you want to right that wrong II
possible. We may differ about how to right
It; we may differ about minor policies OF
government and about internal affairs OF
government but we do not differ about
the great vital question that this country
is suffering and and that ,,S some remedy Is re- re-
, | the prosperity from which we fooishly
ran away four years ago. Some people
| seem to think the way To bring back the
| prosperity Is to dcbaSe the currency of the
, country.
THEIR DIRECTION WRONG.
- Some people seem to think we can bring
back work and wages traffic and trans
, | portation by calling 80 cents worth of 81 !,
. yer dollar. Does anybody in this audi
! cnce believe that? Tremendous shouts o.
mo. no; ncvCr') They say. too, that co
F. ercion is going on. The only coercion tina
is operating In the United States today /,
e that of reason conscience and experience
| This Is the mighty force that leads, bu
never drives; and all this talk about coor
cion comes from source that four year;
ago deceived you; you Is that not So my fei
|
: If they want to strike n balance with us
/ ! this popocratic party, we are willing to dt
; | it, We are willing to taxi raC thirty-thre'
i years of republican control of this govern
, ment when We ran 1t under a protectiv,
: tariff policy and on sound money bast
and ascertain what those two policies ha,
! done for the American people for you, th
, men on the railroads. the men in the fac
/ tories and In the mines and contrast /
with what the free trade policy has don,
for the American people in the last three
years and half for the balance is boun'
; to be in our favor, II they want us to be
lieve this remedy of "A 50-cent dollar vii
be n cure for all our Ills. Iinslst they shall
make up the loss they put upon us during
the last three years and half. Wha
you railroad men want IL to put all you
= cars at work, to turn all the wheels o
, your great railroads, and you know tina
your wheels will not turn unless the wheels
, of industry turn in the shops and fac
, tories also. No man knows better thar
the railroad man who stands before m,
today that when trains are taken off mer
are taken off the pay roll. and trains are
neveS taken of when they have any bust
ness to do. None of you want to be side
. tracked and every one of you wants tC
be on the pay roll (a voice: I'VE want to b,
ON the main line'O. and on the main line
too. You are on the main line this year
CoercionI Why, you would have to co
cree men from thinking, reading and feel.
ing to keep them away from the cause OF
country and public honor this year. YOU
would have to make them inscnsibe tC
what they have experienced in their owr
| lives under this policy.
| Now, what we are I'm favor of is getting
back confidence, which lies at the founda-
tlon of all business and without which II
is stagnated We have had little or nc
confidence during the last three years and
| n half and as though partial free trade ana
business paralysis were not enough, they
now raise as their shibboeth that what we
want is to adopt the Mexican or Chinese
system Of finance. No, ! answer; forever
no. We want that confidence that will
| lead the business man to trust in the
future and make plans for the years WORK
| We want that confidence that will induce
the men of capital to put their money
out. having faith that II will be paid back
| to them In as good coin as they loan,
| principal and interest, and until you get
that you will have no permanent prosperity
or business activity.
| MONEY THE BEST IN THE WORLD
We have in this country today the best
money In the world, but the trouble is we
do not get enough of 1t individually, and
| the reason of that Is because we have no
work. The thing the people of the country
are looking for this year Is the lost Job
and you can't get the lost Job by destroy
ing business. You destroy business when
YOU destroy confidence. when you denantIy
| propose to pay off your debts. public and
private, in deprecated currency.
. | Now, what will Missouri do this year?
| tNociferouS shouts of ELECT Mckinley ~
What will Kansas do this year? CElect
| Mckinley-givc you $1,000 majority.'D What
| Will Iowa do this year? tremendous YELL
| ing and Give you 100000 maiority.'D You
are all fighting in the same cause. You are
all moved by the same considerations You
are all inspired by the same splendid prln-
1 ni iTl