The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27
M'kNLEY'S DOCTRINE
NOTABLE SPEECH TO RAILWAY MEN
EMPLOYED IN INDIANA.
Unlike the Popocratic Nominee. the
Republican Candidate Believes in
the Common brotherhood of Men,
ANOTHER BLOW At BRYHNITES
LABOR AND CAPITAL ARE WORKING
TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
There Should BE No Antagonism, Nc
kinIey Says, for the Interests of One
Are the Interests of the other.
CROWDS AT CANTON AGAIN
DELEGATIONS FROM NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES.
Great jam of People at the Nominees
Residence-SOme of the Best Speech
es of the Campaign.
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CANTON, o., Oct. 26.-Indiana was well
represented at the home of the Republican
candidate to-day, the first delegation to ar
rive here this morning being one from the
southern part of the Hoosier State. 1t oc-
cupied a special train, and was twenty
hours on the road The delegation was
composed of the railway mems sound
money clubs OF Seymour, Washington and
North Vernon its members being nearly all
employees of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western road. o. H. Montgomery of Sey-
mour, made the congratulatory address in
behalf Of the delegation. Later in the day
the employees of the Erie railway paid a
visit to Major McKineys home, and in this
delegation were many Indianians from the
northern portion of the State. The spokes-
man for the Erie men was Mr.. Meinish, a
locomotive engineer living at North Jud-
son, Ind.
The day was very busy one for Can
tonians and the Republican nominee Be
sides the Indianians organized delegations
came from Massachusetts, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois
The day was fair and the professions i'm
posing The New Jersey Frelinghuysen
Lancefs set the style, and the day through
out was distinguished by the most hand
some paraphernalia of parade yet wit
messed. The Erie railway employees delega-
ton numbered 1896, and it required five
trains and fifty-eight coaches to carry
them. After Major Mckinley returned from
attending the funeral of his late friend W
K. Miller, this morning, the paraders be-
gan their marches. They stood in waiting
North Market street, in double line
from the Mckinley home to the courthouse
a half-miie straight away. They gathered
and packed and Swayed ahonf the houSa
so that speaking from the porch to be
heard by so vast crowd was impossible
The temporary reviewing platform used Oh
saturdays is not allowed to stand after the
day is over. There was, however, no place
10 speak from but the porch Tables had
10 be carried from the house to irnproyise a
rostrum, so that the people jammed solid
across the streets and crowded upon neigh
boring lawns might hear The women as
well as the men in the railway delegations
each carried an American nag. These were
waved vigorously. Torpedo canes were ex-
pioded rockets fired, bazzoos and tin horns
were blown, while drums added to the en-
thusiasm of the scenes.
Nearly all of the introductory speeches
referred to the coercion charge of Mr.
Bryan, and several spokesmen CHALLENGED
the proof for a single case of coercion
Major Mckinley again referred to the
charge of forcing employees, saying: There
are some peopIe who seem to tn1nk the best
way to get Oh in this word is TO be again.,r
one another, and that there is natural an
tagonlsm between those VINO employ labor
and those VINO are employed. 1hey are as
turbed whenever they discover that the en-
ployer OF labor and labor itself are on good
terms, and whenever that occurs they COM
mence crying coercion. 1t is not coercion :
1t is cooperation, the one working with
the other for the public good and for their
advantages severally." This and similar
applause, cheering and waving of flags
AS stated, the Indiana delegation was
received first Wnile Major Mckinley was
addressing. it a large delegation of en-
ployes of the Cleveland, Lorafn & wheeling
railroad from the shops, from the docks al
Lorain and from along the line waited in
the street at the foot of the hill. This par
ty was introduced by l.. II. Eddy loco-
N otive engineer, as among the stanch sup
porterS OF the Republican party in the
present campaign. representing all branch
es of railroad work. While the Ohio rail-
road men We're being addressed the shouts
and cheers and the music of the bands
served notice that the New Jersey delega-
ton was approaching the house The
Orleans crossed the street to the lawns
en- the opposite side to make room for tho
new arrivals, and reviewed the magnificent
parade. to which Major Mckinley bowed
his acknowledgements. The conspicuous
feature of the New Jersey delegation was
the spendidly UNIFORMED and drilieG
marching club, the Freylinghuysen Lam
GERS. of Newark. The streets were well
filed with spectators this crowd passed
and cheer after cheer was given the club.
John B. Gibson. of Newark, introduced
the New Jersey party.
Following the New Jersey delegation
F, came the employees of the Erie railroad
from East and West. They reached the
Mckinley home soon after IL o'clock and
so completely filled the yard that it was
impossible to reach them from the porch
and the speaking was done from the table.
on the lawn. Major Mckinley endeavored
to shake hands with all these visitors. and
the result one of the greatest Jams of
the campaign. The next delegation was
composed of twenty-siX representatives of
the Railway Mems Nonpartsan Sound
money League of New England. in which
all branches of railroad work were repre-
sented. Major Mckinley received the par
~ in his library, where informai intro
ductory address was made by Alexander
Robertson, of Boston. The members of the
delegation afterward presented to
Mrs Mckinley. and later took a drive
about the city. They came in h special car
attached to regular train.
COOPERATION. NOT COERCION.