The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
MAJOR M'KINLEY
ON CONFIDENCE
Interesting Remarks to Visiting Delega.
tiOns Yesterday.
CONFIDENCE THE MAGIC WAND
Its Absence From the Business World
Is One Of the Causes OfGeneraI De.
pressiOn...R Advanced to
show that Confidence Will Be Re.
stored - hen the Tariff Has Again
Been Adjusted.


Been Adjusted.
Canton, O.. Oct. 2.-After nearly a
week of continuous rain and wind,
which conditions have greatly inter-
fered with the reception of delegations
by Major Mckinley, the sun came
through this morning and the clouds
cleared away. Among Major Mckin-
ley's early callers We're Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; Theo-
dore Roosevelt, of New York: and Con-
gresham John Dalzell, of Pittsburg.
About noon delegation of $50 far
mers from the West Virginia Fan
Handle arrived. They were met at the
the depot by the Canton mounted troop
and escorted to the Tabernacle. The
members of this delegation claim that
many of the farmers who had Contem-
| plated joining the party at wheeling
were detained because of waShouts on
| the railroads caused by the recent
storms and floods. A delegation of rail
road men from Chicago Junction and
| Huron county, Ohio. about 600 strong,
arrived at about the same time. They
were also conducted to the Tabernacle.
| When Major Mckinley entered the hall
/ he was greeted with storm OF ap-
| plauSe. The meeting was called to or
der by G. II. Hennings, who introduced
| Mr.. II. McCarvin. an attorney OF Wheel
| ing. as the spokesman for the West
| Virginia farmers. Mr.. w. A. Francis, of
| Chicago Junction, acted in like ca
pacity for the railway men. In response
| to these addresses Major Mckinley
spoke as follows:
MKINLEY'S SPEECH.
! 1t gives me special pleasure to meet at
| my home in a Joint meeting the citizens
of the state of West Virginia and Of my
| embarrassment in speaking to an Ameri-
can audience. He does not have to make
II different speech for different locality.
| daughter and applause). What he would
say to the people of West Virginia, or any
other state south he could say in New
! England or in the far west. or on the
( Pacific coast. for the principles of the Re
publican party are as national as our flag.
| tApplause). Their purposes embrace the
| good of every American interest and sec
| tion. tR"newed applauSe). The great
| thought of the people of this country
! wherever they may reside or whatever
| may be their occupations. il how we are TO
get back as u nation to the old conditions
| of business activity and prosperity. Some
thing mas gone wrong. We have the same
| country we have tn. same men: the same
mines; the same manufactOrieS. the same
money. th- same maSterful genius amoii :
| our people that We had between 1850 and
1892, but W.. have not the same degree Of
| prosperity now that We had then. (Ap-
| plausr and cries of That's right what
| Is the trouble "a voice: Free trade"
| followed by great applause).
| In a single word. tlle trouble with the
country is II lack of confidence. As To
what has brought about that lack of con-
| hdence every citizen everyw here must con-
! cede. for every citizen has felt ii in his
| own trade aud experience. Now. what is
iha thing called business confidence
In Ih.. Of l.tI Of xtt.li
! faith in our markets and our money,
| Faith that the consumption Of next year
! VIII D- as great or greater than The pres
| ent one; faith that the nlen will have
work ana that the currency of the cJln-
| Try Will be fixed and stable ana unds-
| preciatlns in value. UHreat applause. }
The merchant has confidence. When.
There may be some merchants in this a,i-
| di-nce today. The merchant has cont
dence when he stocks his shelves with
more goods in expectation of larger sales
| The manufacturer has confidence when he
| Increases his machinery. hires more men
| adds Il new factory, lays in his material
| in advance, certain that it will not de-
| cline before his finished product Is sold
| confident that he can pay wages to labor
and prices for his raw material. and not
! find in the end that his goods will ~.
driven out OF the American market by for
| eiSn goods under a free trade policy
| tremendous cheers and cries of That's
| the stun.D The laborer feels this conn
!
ment; he huys "A lot and starts the build
ing of II house for himself and family
tGreat applause). The farmer feels this
confidence when he plants generously
confident what he feaps Will b. in deman nd
| and bring him fair return Tor his toll
| (Applause).
OTHERS WHO FEEL CONFIDENCE
The railroad company feels 1t when il
extends its line and gets new equipments
and improves its old equipments and in.
creases its pay roll. The banker feels il
when he loans freely of his capital and de-
returned they will be in good, sound
money. Great applauseJ. And the de.
positor feels this confidence when he
takes his money from its hiuNg place
where some OF It Is today,and puts it in a
bank. sure that he can draw it out ac.
cording TO his necessity or inclination In
AS good money as he put in. Great cheer.
ing). This thing called business conf.
dence" never shut up an American mill
never reduced or curtailed employment
never refused loans; never got up a run
on bank: never stopped a mine; never
created idleness among laboring meu
| (Applause). When confidence is present
with us. the sheriff has less to do. (Grea
laughter and applause). And advertisers
few forced sales. (Renewed applause)
the court docket registers fewer argu
ments; public charity Is less invoked ant
the free soup house is unknown and un.
necessary tremendous cheering). Wher
confidence is shaken, misfortunes com,
not singly but in battalions and suffering
falls on every community. (Appausel
No part of our population is exempt. i
may come from one thing or 1t may com,
from another Doubt i'm the busines.
world Is death to business. (Applaus,
and cries Of That's right We have i
now. We know the hour it came. lGrea
cheering). We know what brought it
(Renewed cheering). And l hope we know
how to get rid of it: (Tremendous cheer
have hid it in the United States to ;
! greater or less degree from the moment |
was settled in 1882 that our protective tar
III laws were to be changed. Applause).
1t continued until the changes were ac
pie In 1894 elected a Republican nationa
house of representatives and made 1t i'm
possible to cut deeper into the industries
of our country. (Great applause). Whel
the doubt of further changes has beeI
thus removed, then came the realization
OF the destruction which the new tariff
law had done to some of our great indus
tries. entailing an injury felt in every stat
and community of our country. Then fol
lowing that was loss to the treasur.
from insufficient revenues under that leg
islation. Then the run on the gold re
serves. then bonds to make that gold re
serve good. then the obstruction In tn
senate to any emergency legislation whicl
would supply the loss of revenue entailct
by that law: and the very character O
that resistance in the senate to Legislation
which would increase the revenues onl.
increased the uncertainty. (Applausej
Then with all these burdens upon us. tn
: Chicago platform with Its reactionar.
provisions came to further fret the coun
try. The effect of this platform upon tn
business would have been characterize
not by Republicans alone, but by the oil
and trusted leaders of the Democrat
party, as menace to every invested inter
est in the United States, revolutionary Il
character and directly leading to nationa
dshonor and partial reputation. (Grea
cheering).
The people this year are engaged in
great national contest to restore the con