The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-04
For Maj. Mckinley at Canton By
Tuscarawas People,
Who Come Bearing the Largest
Sheets of Tin
EVER MADE IN THE US.
Mckinley Makes a Cheerful and
Inspiring Speech
On the Good Times Coming to
the WOrkingmen.

Canton, O., July At was 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon when a thousand
people of Tuscarawas county came in
special train over the Cleveland and
Canton road. They had the largest
sheets of tin plate ever made in the
world and largest strips of galvan-
lied sheet steel.
Col w A Bovey of Dennison was
the spokesman in response to a very
handsome presentation. Major Nc
Kinley replied:
Col. Bovey and my fellow citizens -
I am very grateful for this visit on the
part of my friends in Tusearawas
county and I thank my old friend
your spokesman, for the cordial and
generous and eloquent words of greet
ing which he has brought to me in
your behalf. This assem- blage is fairly
typical of our American communities
and it fifty represents the varied occu-
patiOns of the American people.
AS your spokesman has already
said, in this presence are farmers, la
bOrerS, mechanics, miners, railroad
employees, merchants, professional men
and representatives of every rank of
the people and you are here distant
from your home not for curiosity nor
for any considerations at all personal
but you are here, for in your hearts
you believe in the great fundamental
doctrines of the Republican party.
Loud applauSe.1
You believe that those principles
are best for you when put into practi-
cal legislation and administration You
believe that they will secure to all the
people the largest measure of good to
the largest number and you believe
that they will secure to all the people
the largest measure of good to the larg-
est number and you believe that he
cause you recall for more than q third
Of 4 century these great Republican
principles have dominated legislatio
and administration in this country and
during all that period you have enjoy
ed exceptional prosperity which You
have not enjoyed in the past three
years and a half loud applause.
You know. therefore, something of
these great principles from experience
and you are only waiting for an oppOr-
tunity to express, after all the most
unerring teacher, that experience in
your votes next Novemb er, and all
these demonstrations that have been
witnessed here for the past two weeks
are only significant because they show
what IS in the hearts and minds of the
American people, that they want an
oppOrtunity-and they want it early
to return to power that grand old
party 70 Wnlch your spokesman has SO
feelingly alluded today in every branch
or the government of the United
States. Here in this country we are
all dependent upon each other. no mat
ter what our occupation may be. All
of us want good times, good wages.
good prices, good markets, and then
we want good money always. (Vo-
ciferOus cheering).
when we give a good davis WAGE
to our employer we want to be paid in
good sound dollars, worth 100 cents.
and no less Now, whatever policy
viii bring US ack to the good times
is the one that the great majority of
the American people are in favor of.
and Will SO register their votes at the
coming election, and you seem to have
made up your minds what that policy
is. (Applause).
L am going to detain you only long
enough to say I am grateful for this
manifestation of your confidence upon
the part of the representatives of Tug-
carawas county. What 1 want to see
in this country is q return to that
prosperity which we enjoyed for 50
many years (Applause) What
want is to see idle men at work and at
American wages loud applause).
And the more men you have at work
at good American wages. the better