The record-union., 1896-10-01
A Delegation Of Four Hundred From
Center County Visits the Nominee.
March Through Binding Rain to the
Meeting Hall
To Cheer and Applaud the Republican
Candidate for Presidential hOnOrS
Though They Called EARLY,
TlajOr rlcKinley Was Prepared to
Greet and Address the Assemblage.

Greet and Address the Assemblage.
CANTON (O), Sept. 30.-After an all
night ride on the cars, a delegation of
400 enthusiastic voters from Center
County, Pa, arrived here at 8 o'clock
this morning and marched through a
binding rain to the Tabernacle. Major
Mckinney took an early and hurried
breakfast and was driven down to meet
his visitors a few moments after their
arrival. His appearance on the stage
was the signal for an outburst of
cheering. The men from Pennsylvania
forgot all about their long ride and the
dismal weather and threw their hats
in the air and cheered and applauded
Tor nearly three minutes. Major Nc
Kinley spoke as follows:
My fellOW-citizenS: 1t gives me very
great pleasure to meet and greet at my
home my felloW-citizenS of Center
County Center County has been one
Of the counties Of Pennsylvania from
which Stark County, which is this
county, has recruited a considerable
portion of its population. 1t was un-
necessary, therefore, for Mr.. Cassidy
to assure me that l was to speak to an
extraordinary body of men, knowing
as do the excellent character of Cen
ter County people who live in Stark
County. (Applause) l am glad to ad-
dress the citizens of the county in
Pennsylvania that has furnished so
many distinguished men to the public
service.
1T was my honor to be personally
l2pU1I1intpd with fha old
Andrew G.. Curtin (applause), with
whom I served for a time in the Ma
tiOnal House of Representatives 1t has
| been my privilege for years TO know
| Governor Beaver (applause), as well
| as Governor Hastings. H.enewed ap-
plause) Both of them have spoken
from the same platform many, many
times, and no speakers ever came to
this city who have been more welcome
or who have been honored with larger
audiences than these two distinguished
citizens Of your county.
Il am glad to meet the representa-
tives Of the greatest Republican State
Of the Union. (Applause) Your glo-
rious old Commonwealth has always
been true to the doctrines of the Re-
publican party, and in every national
oCIittSl HAS petIl true TO Ine
cause. A visit from Pennsylvania is
always enjoyed by me. Applause)
like that old State. My ancestors came
from it, and | have for you a feeling of
kinship. l know your great resources
l know your wonderful manufacturing
| achievements. l know the wealth of
your State and your splendid citizen
ship, and / am always glad to be as
sured by Pennsylvania that in this
great natiopal contest for public honor,
public and private honesty, for the
supremacy of law and order, for good
Government and good policies and good
morals, your State will lead in the tri-
umphant march for Republican princi-
pies. Great applause and cries of
That's right.'O
Il have often wondered if Pennsyl-
vania's powerful influence for stability
and conservatism in the Union, and it's
great strength and self-supporting ca
pacity as Commonwealth in that
Union were properly appreciated. Her
agriculture, com1Aerce and manufac-
turing, while independent in one sense,
| have always been mutually interde-
pendent, beneficial and helpful. The
whole community has profited by each
and all Of them. This has been the
case ever since it's settlement in pioneer
days, and under it's wise system OF po-
litical economy, not created or fostered
ty the creed Of Missionaries, but that Of
plain, honest people, is more apparent
| to-day than ever.
I'm the census of 1890 I have noted
that you have farm values in Pennsyl-
vania in your 10000, 900 acres of 1915
oooOoO or an average valuation of
more than S4S per acre to the whole
state. In your products more than
| Sl23,OoO,oOO, or an average yield in
prosperous times, when prices were
good, or ST per acre, while your manu-
facturers, who benefit and enrich the
| farmers have an annual payroll or
| reward of labor of S134 900, 900, which
would mean that your farmers would
have then if they furnished all the
| breadstuffs and other farm products
that laborers consume, nearly Sc 80 per
acre each, and everyone Of which are
prosperous when business is good, and
all are embarrassed when business is
bad. No other similar reward to hus-
bandry is presented anywhere, and I
make no apology, my fellow citizens,
| w a SiiS d ike pOHcy everywhere. or
for having always endeavored to the
extent of my best efforts to con-
tinue this wise system under which you
have had such splendid results in the
State of Pennsylvania (Cheering)
call it the Pennsylvania system if
you will, it only does honor to Penn
sylvania and her statesmanship-fo it
benefits all of our laborers and farmers
in all parts of the American Union.
applause and cries of That's right" >
Why should we not do all our work and
spend all our wages at home, giving to
both farmers and workingmen the rich
est rewards for their labor Of any coun-
try under the sun? Great applause
and cries of That's the stuff.') An
swer that, my fellow-citizens. CAP
plause and cries of Give us protec-
tion.D
My greatest concern, my chief OBJ
ject in this, as in every campaign, is to
drive from our shores distress and want
and misery, and lift up those who are
bowed down, and bring to those who
are in want work and prosperity Cap
plause.) And ] viii never view with
tolerance any system which has q diff