River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-15
A SCORE OF SPEECHES.
Candidate Mckinley Performs q Remark
ably Big Days Work.

Candidate Mckinley Performs Remark
ably Big Days Work.
Canton, o., Oct. 12.-Neagly one-half
the states in the union had cheering
representatives here Saturday. From
early morning until after the usual
hour for retiring for the night, Maj
Mckinley was kept busy expoundiug
the doctrine of ''sound money" or shak-
ing the hands of enthusiastic admirers.
Never before in the history of this coun-
try did presidential nominee deliver
so many addresses in one day. Forty
special train loads of people, occupying
over 400 cars, came here during the day.
Merchants, workinginen, hardware
men, commercial travelling men, bish-
ops. preachers. miners, evaa5elists. pot
tiers. bankers, railroad men. southern
planters, iron operatives, moiders and
many other trades and professions each
had special parties and professions.
They came from Iowa. New York, Ken
lucky, Pennsylvania. Michigan, Indi-
una, Illinois, Missouri, West Virginia,
Maryland and Ohio in large delegations.
They came in small parties from a
dozen other states.
Calm and cool among all this wonder
of political demonstrations, Mai. Nc
kinley was in the midst of it all day.
To have given every caller a handshake
would have been a physical impossi-
bility. He made more than score of
addresses and numerous short replies
besides.
A delegation of hardware clubs
from Reading, Pa, Davenport, Ia, and
Moline and Rock Island, ILL.,, was next
addressed.
Maj. McKinley's third address was to
delegation from Louisville, KY, which
came in a special train of nine coaches.
The party was largely made up of ma
tional democrats. At the close If Mai.
McKinley's address the entire audience
united in singing "The Old Kentucky
Home" Maj. Mckinley said in part:
You are to be congratulated that you
have in the great office of the secretary OF
the treasury a distinguished citizen OF
your state. John G. Carlisle. whose devo-
ton to sound money has been demon
strated by his courage and whose stand for
the credit and honor Of the government
commands almost universal praise IL IS
cago convention makes its chief assault
not against the republican party but
against its own administration and the
high public officials who are executing its
great offices. They make no assault agains;
the republican doctrine of protection,
which Henry Clay SO long and so ably sup
ported. and in none of their speeches dc
they suggest how they will raise the neces-
sary revenue to run the government. They
assail the administration for issuing bonds
n the do.
clare unalterably against issuing any more
bonds. and give no sign of how. with the
deficient revenues now existing. they will
provide the necessary money TO pay the
expenses of the government.
las they will not borrow any money. II
will be interesting to the electors of this
country to know how they intend to get
it-whether by increasing the subjects OF
internal taxation by direct tax upon the
people or an advance of duties upon for.
eign goods coming into the United States
1t would seem that the people ought to be
enlightened upon this subject. They say
they will not seriously consider this ques.
ton, much less discuss IL, until what They
denominate the supreme issue of the free
and independent coinage of the silver OF
the world shall be settled. They must ap.
preciate, Ii they have given the subject ans
study, that the reduction of the dollar tc
81 cents or less would diminish the value
of the money received from duties on I'm.
that they reduce the dollar. In such ar
event more revenue would be required
How will they raise II? Surely no revenue
can come from the minis. no matter how
much silver we might coin. for its coinage
must be free. They must surely know that
to coin silver on account of the government
will require the government to buy silver
and where will they get the money to buy
It? The old-fashioned way, taught us by
the fathers. was to raise money by taxa.
kttf harr l,1t, n ID - a.
trine and propose to resort to the minis Of
the United States. But they can't put gold
or silver into the mints of the United States
for coinage for the government without
buying it. and where will they get the
money to buy 1t? IL is important to know
how the money is to be raised. We can get
no relief from the minis to help pay the
government bills. There is no other way
bu. to resort to taxation, and 1t seems &c
me that frankness would require of them
that we should have some Information as
to their purpose on this subject"
Fifty bishops, general conference Of
ficials and prominent members of the
A. NJ. E. Zion church, sent with the
greetings OF the centennial jubilee con-
ference now in session in New York
city, were given a most cordial wei
come by Maj. Mckinley. They repre-
sent, according to their spokesman,
Bishop George w. Clinton, nearly $780,
0C0 communicates. and, by the same
authority, 90 per cent. of the voting
quota will vote and work for the repub-
lican party.
The fifth address of the day was de-
bvered to 1000 or more commercial trav-
elers coming from Rochester, n. Y, In
dianapolis, Ind. Mansfield, o., and ter
ritory surrounding these centers.
Other delegations addressed briefly
by Mr.. Mckinley were the following.
His remarks were mostly upon lines ia
miliar to those who have read his for
mer speeches:
Commercial travellers from Rochester
n. Y; Indianapolis. Ind; Mansfield. o /:
Cleveland. o.. and st. Louis, Mo-; employees
of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Rail-
way company: Maryland G.. A. r. vet
Grams; employees of the Cleveland City
Forge & Iron company: miners from the
anthracite district of Pennsylvania: en-
ployes OF the Otis steel company of Cleve-
land, o.: Six-Fooiers' club and other citi
zens of Wheeling. w. Va: delegation OF
ministers OF the Evangelical association,
headed by Bishops Bowman. Esher. North
and Breyfogel: commercial travellers.
gold standard democrats and Mckinley
and Hobart clubs of Terre Haute. Evans
vile and VIncennes. Ind. employees of the
Cleveland Rolling Mill company; railway
employees from Cleveland and Wellsville.
o.; Commission Merchants Sound Money
club of Cleveland; British American citi-
xers Of Cleveland.