The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-02
MElNLEY DELEGATIONS.
All Roads Lead to Canton for Re-
publican Enthusiasts.
HE DELIVERS TWO ADDRESSES.
Two Delegations from His Own State, One
from Portage County and the Other from
Springfield Listen to the Patriotic Words
of Their Standard bearer.

Springfield. Listen to the Patriotic Words
of Their Standard Bearer.
CANTON. O., Oct. 2.-Four trains brought
The delegation from Portage county o.,
yesterday with greetings to Major Nc
Kinley. The first was party from the
southern part of the county, coming over
the Pennsylvania lines in regular trains.
The other three were specials of nine
coaches each. No demonstration was made
till the last arrived, when II parade was
organized. After short march, q meet
ing was held In the Tabernacle. The In
troductory address was delivered by ex-
State Senator S. p. Wolcott.
A delegation from Springfield, o., ar
rived on special train of seven coaches.
1t brought the Heavy weight" Mckinley
and Hobart club, other clubs and citizens
generally. After short parade In the
business portion of the city tho crowd as
sembed in the Tabernacle where addresses
were made by Judge John g. Miller and
Major Mckinley. Mr.. Mckinley said in
part:
II mover stand before Springfield and
Clark county audience without having
come unbidden to my lips some of the
torprising city. 1t is not given to many
cities to have furnished, as yours has as
distinguished soldier and as valued
statesman rs the ex-speaEer Of the M
tlonal house of representatives, j. Warren
Kiefer. Nor Is it given to many cities to
have furnished, rs yours has, that splen-
did ideal business man and distinguished
executive, the present governor of Ohio
Asa Bushnell.
"Mr. Cyrus H. Mccormick, Of Chicago
who is at the head of one of the great har-
yesting machine companies, recently wrote
as follows:
"sWe have never before been so at n loss
to lay out our plans and work for the next
season rs we are ut this time. If we
thought that the country would go for tho
unlimited coinage of silver we would not
wish to run our shops for more than ono
half their capacity ~
eve have in that statement n deScrip-
sion of four business trouble, and 1t teaches
q striking lesson which must impress
every thinking man. The manufacturer
docs not know how to stand for next year S
business because of the financial uncer-
tainty created by the attitude of one of
the great political parties Of the country,
in combination with two other parties If
free silver Is TO be inaugurated in this
country 1t will change all values, disar-
range the relation of labor to production
of raw material to the finished product,
and unsettle all conditions of existing
business aud prosperity. This uncertainty
makes every business man pause makes
every business enterprise halt, and while
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workingman is filled with despair.
"Iassume that what would be true in tho
case of the harvesting machine company
of Chicago would be true of every harvest
Ing machine concern in Springfield and
throughout the country. Take your own
city, which has been one of the busiest cen.
tors in tho manufacture of agricultural i'm
plements, employing 5000 laborcrs, or
once did. TO cut that employment in two
would be not only calamity to labor,
but would be calamity to every interest
IN your city and to every farmer in your
county. Business of every character is
so interwoven SO dependent and interde-
pendent upon every other business, that
hurt to one Is hurt to the other.
"We must have stability in values and
confidence in national and individual in
tegrity before we can have real and per-
manent prosperity. We must have conil-
dence that our legislation will supply ade-
quate money for tho public treasury and
protect American labor and American in
terests in every part Of the country. We
must get over the idea, If we ever had 1t,
that there is any iegerdemain in finances;
that congress by its mere breath can make
something out of nothing; that 1t can de-
cree that tifty-two cents worth Of silver
shall be worth one hundred cents"
TO the Portage county delegation Major
Mckinley said:
sour contention this yenr appeals to tho
best aspirations of American citizenship,
and involves just us certainly as any con-
test in the past ever involved, the honor
and good faith of the country. We can
not close our eyes to the fact that If by
our ballots we lower the credit OF the gov
ernment, ropudiate its honest obligations
in whole or IN part, or deliberately depre-
cate a vast amount of its currency, we
have aimed u blow at its hitherto unsul-
lied name and honor.
"This Is the year to settle for all time
that our national honor will not and can
not be tainted. No state of the Union
ought to declare for financial policy that
encourages the violation of contracts, the
Reputation of debts or the debasement
Of our circulating medium. 1t should be
the common aim and pride of all that we
are Americans, and intend at all hazards
and all times to preserve American integ-
rity and uphold public law.
"Ihe grand old western reserve is full
Of patriotic recollections That grand old
western reserve must roll up such Re-
publican majority In November as it has
never. before recorded, and once more
demonstrate It's patriotism and love of
country. Never has the Republican cause
more clearly appealed to conscience and
Intelligence than in this campaign. Your
glorious past appeals to you to abate no
effort because the tide Of public opinion
seems so strongly in your favor"
l Silver Forces limited.