New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24

test where so much is involved and where so
many interests are at stake. 1t is year. 'oo'
when old party divisions count for httie' "heh
men Of alI-parsies are united in thefconuon oo-
i.c, 70 save the country from dshonor and its
currency from degradation. 1t Is always sale'
Young gentlemen. to array yourselves on the
side of your country. CAppauseo 1t is always
wise 10 stand against lawlessness ana repuoia-
ton Renewed applause) II Is always pa'ri-
otto to stand against those who are opposed u
law and order and who would raise aruhc'a'
barriers between classes or sections III the
United States Great applause) congratu-
late you ppon the glorious opportunities you
have and approaching those opportunities
am sure YOU will use them for the welfare Oh the
people and the glory of the country. 'CheersJ
,,ROR TAKES THE PRECEDENCE.
"Nv fenow-citizens. ventured rev weeks
eeo 70 suggest In public speech that "aue
that II would be better TO open the mills IMAM "
omen the mints. Great cheering ana ''ies u
.rha,.s rightly I see that some of our political
adversares criticise the statement Saying 'i"
4, &C. uniting the cart before the horse They
seem TO think that the way to open up INC
woollen mills. for example. is to start yard
stick factory Great laughter ana applause
They forget that you must make cloth peiore
CON can measure 1t renewed laughter). and that
the weaver must be employed before the yard
stick is required. (Applause) But they say 'he
yardstick is too long. ! answer II you make
vardstick nineteen inches instead OF thir'!-
inches. It's present length you VIII not increase
the output Of cloth or its value or give an aou'-
tional days labor to the American weaver
Great applause) Nor will ffty-two-cent ooi-
lar increase our industrial enterprises aou ~
the actual earnings of anybody. or enhance 'he
real value OF anything Great applause anu
cries of That's right') II Will wrong lapoi anu
wreck values. and has done so wherever II mas
been used Great applause) More cioth "'eh'
REQUIRE more yardsticks daughter, out more
vardsticks or shorter ones will not create oe-
,nand for more cloth CRenewed laughter anu
cries Of Good good") Nor will snort collars
from wide open minis. free to all the worlu' III
.re.ss our factories applause and cries of
You are rightO More factories at work VIII
ana work for the good dollars now in their hid
jng-places and find employment for the goou
mon now :dle at their homes. Tremendous
cheerng)
Industry must come first. Labor precedes all
else II is the foundation of wealth. 1t Is the
creator of all wealth (Appause) Its active
e-nnlovrnept puts money in circulation and SENDS
II cou-sing through every artery OF trade tGreat
ann,auseN The minis don't distribute II in that
way Cries Of You bet they dont) Start the
fsctnries in full blast and the money Will flow
from bank and vault The lender will seek the
bor-ower not as now the borrower the lender.
o;reat cheering, and cries of That's right
starr the factories and put American machinery
IN operation and there will not be an ioie man
in the country who is willing ana ape 10 "oih'
there will not be American nome where nun
ger and want will not disappear al once 'srea'
applause and cries OF That's right j. ana there
VIA moi be a farmer who will not be cheered
ana benefited by his improved home markets
and nv the better and steadier prices for MS
products" Applause)
After the speaking the women were miro
ducass to Mrs Mckinley. and all the men shooK
hands with her husband
SPEECH TO INDIANA VISITORS.
few moments after the Wood County people
d-parted a delegation from Muncie, Ind, ana
The thriving towns in the natural gas Deit ar
rived with four bands. In it were the FIRST
VOTERS Club. the Prosperity Club and many OF
the old soldiers and sailors of Muncle Major
Mckinley received the committee. consisting or
r Wildman r. T. Patterson. J. w Ream.
G II Kimbaugh and X. l.. Williamson. IN his
library The spokesman was A. f.. Needham.
who made q ringing address. IN response MAUI
MY fellow citizens: 1t is needless for me to
SAY that ] am greatly honored to receive TINS
CAN from my fellow-ctiZens of Muncle. in the
Sta1e of Indiana. / glad TO meet the hrst
voie.s the old veterans and the citizens gener-
ally. who have called to give me assurance OF
SUPPORT and to tender expressions OF good VIII
and congratulations. l must congratulate this
assemblage of Indianians upon the selection or
their spokesman who has delivered beiore me
SO able and eloquent and telling a speech ZAP
plause) He has said that 1t is understood
am American That is altogether true ZAP
plause and cries OF 1--WE all knew that.D l be
and naturalized. Cries of Good good") be-
lieve in the American payroll daughter and APP
plauSe) and / do not believe in diminishing
thai payroll by giving work to anybody else
under another flag while we have got an IDLE
man under our flag. Tremendous applause)
-Four years ago the laborer agitating the
question of shorter hours. We then had 50
much 10 do. j have heard no discussion Of that
kind for four years daughter and APPLAUSE. but
have never heard of the laboring man discuss
ing the desrability of having short dollars.
(Appiause) The complaint-the chief cause of
compiant-of our opponents is frst that we nave
not enough money. and second that our money
In too good daughter and applause) To the
first complaint answer that the per capita OF
circulating medium in this country has been
greater since the sO-called crime of 1873 than
IL ever was before (appause) and that it has
been greater In the last five years than II ever
was In all our history. (Cries of That's right,')
LACK OF MONEY NOT THE TROUBLE
I'VE have not only got the best money In the
world. but have got more Of IT per capita
than most or Inc nations OF tne WORTH. zap
plause1 So that some reason rather than the lack
Of volume Of money must be found TO account
for - present condition Of the country. To the
secoa. .omplaint. that our money is too good. 1t
would rern to be enough to say that the money
OF any country cannot be too good. The older
men Of this audience will remember that before
the war we did business with an uncertain and
fuctuating currency. known as state BANK
,noney Many Of these banks and their notes
were absolutely sound: but for the most part
they were subject TO a discount. The total num-
her Of banks in 1860. exclusive of state bank
branches was 80 or this number The COun-
terfeit Detector then in constant use. reported
SD as broken closed. failed, fraudulent and
he q these hanks in