Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-13
MCKINLEY DEMOCRATS"
Call Upon Their Patron Saint and Get
 Taffy.

Taffy.
 Canton, O., Sept. 12.-The Commercial Democratic Mckinley club of Chicago ar rived at o'clock this morning. The club came by the Baltimore and Ohio road on two special trains of ten cars each. The delegation numbered nearly 1000, and was composed of hitherto un- compromising democrats, who have never voted any other than their party ticket.
 There has been no more enthusiastic reception given visiting delegation than that accorded to the Chicago club. The streets about the Mckinley house were filled with people, who cheered and ap- plauded vigorously; and no delegation of lifelong republicans was ever more dem- onstrative than these Chicago democratic commercial men in their greeting to Ma jor Mckinley.
 When the candidate appeared on the porch he was greeted with an outburst of cheering and applause, which contin- ued several minutes. When the applause had subsided MT. Hoffstadt made an ad- dress in behalf of the club.
 Major Mckinley replied to MT. Hoff- stadt He said in part:
 MT. Hoffstadt and Gentlemen of the
 Democratic Commercial Mckinley Club
 of Chicago:
 Your call is most gratifying to me and
 
 we are jointly engaged. To have this large body of commercial men-repre- senting every branch of mercantile inter- est in the great city of Chicago, belong ing to another political party than the one With which 1 am associa ted-pay me visit is peculiarly significant, and de- monstrates in most striking manner that the great conservative force of all parties can be relied upon to unite in ev- cry crisis of country. (Cheers)
 sl,..E .rI1t lx 1ns1 a,1.x 400 miles to bring me assurance of sup port shows your deep solicitude for the honor of your country and signalizes the interest which is everywhere felt that the good faith of the nation shall not be broken and that its credit and currency shall not be degraded. Great applause and cries of "Goodw "Good!) It shows. too, that party lines, strong as they are, are not strong enough to prevail against the country's highest and best interests. What Governor Morris said long years ago is peculiarly applicable now: Let us forget party and think of our country (Cries of We will!) That country em- braces both parties. We must endeavor, therefore, to serve and benefit both. This cannot be affected while political discus sions array good men against each other. (Applause)
 q sometimes think, my fellow citizens. that possibly the dangerous menace of free silver and an irredeemable unlimited paper currency, which now confronts us, was needed to convince the whole world that the old sectional lines are obliterated and that the nomination of party is not tenacious enough to control against the country's welfare. Tremendous cheer ing and cries of "Hurruh for McKilley!) If this shall be demonstrated 1t will be worth to national spirit, to patriotism and the national honor all that this cam paign shall have cost of an anxious fear and apprehension. You have said, MT. President that you are still democrats. (Laughter.) I cannot expect you to be otherwise; but now, as in the days of the war, men of all parties are united under the standard borne by the immortal Lin- coin (great cheering), who stood for the national union and the flag of our fathers. This year, moved by the same sentiment of patrio tism, you unite with the repub- lican party because 1t carries the glori- ous banner on which Is inscribed Ameri- can honor and American prosperity" Tremendous cheering and cries of "Hur- rah for McKinley!D
 Yarmouth Changes Front.
 New Orleans, Sept. 12.--Ex-Governor Yarmouth, since the republican conven- tion a St. Louis, has been acting in har- mony with the sugar planters, or so- called Lilly Whites" He has been the principal barrier to harmony between the regular republicans and the sugar planters, insisting on an exclusively white ticket and q complete ignoring of the 'brother in black" The ex-governor is out in letter, in which, among other things, he tells the planters they cannot hope for recognition unless they accept republican principles.
 This change of front by Yarmouth causes much speculation. Captain Vim berly. the national committeeman from Louisiana, has insisted that there was no way to harmony except recognition nf the cOlOrp6 and inc aPclnt4nCo fin good faith by the planters of the regu- lar republican principles. Governor War mouths letter is. therefore. construed as ] complete surrender to Wimberly.