The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-23
M'KINLEY TALKS
TO FARMERS
An Interesting Address to the Citizens
Of Holmes County.
A REVIEW OF DEMOCRATIC FADS
Glance at the Tin Plate Industry.
Free Silver the New Panecea for All
Ills Of Financial Nature..Dele.
CATION from Chautauqua Grace.
fully Welcomed.

Canton, o.. Sept. 22.-The advance
guard of this weeks visiting delesa
ions reached Canton shortly attN
loon today. The delegation numbered
,bout 800, and was composed or farm
.rs from Holmes county, Ohio. heade'
~ their own band. they marched t,
he Mckinley residence, where Or. D
!. ij!sham, of Miiiersturg. the spokeS
nan of the party. made a short address
o Major Mckinley.
The sneaker con cludUd rs follows
In the name of the farmc y u ii"ihi''
| congratulate Nod upon IN
sufficient evidence of an oNerWheiii
ng victCry.
Major Mckinley was loudly applaud
ID when he stepped forward To RESPOND
After a few introductory remarks III
said:
Ii gives me very great pleasure TO
welcome to my home the citizens Oh
Holmes county. | recall with speciai
satisfaction that in 1890. just six years
ago. by the act of the Legislature, your
county became a part Of the congress.
sional district in which ! was Il can
didate on the Republican ticket. re-
member the campaign when l ina"e
in your county with especial gratiiica-
tion and pleasure. recall your
warmth OF welcome. recall your
words of great cheer; ] recall the en-
couragemcnt At every turn ana az
though an overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic county as YOU have always betii'
il was pleasant to me in studying the
returns TO observe that ] had from
$50 TO 2J0 votes more than WAS given |"
the head of the ticket. In lSw the pro-
phet was abroad in the land. The cam
paign was one OF prediction and pre-
varication. The tin pcddler was
abroad in Holmes county. (App'ausc)
We had only just enacted the protec-
tive tariff law of 1890. and We had de-
termncd in that law that We would
establish in the United States facto-
ries that would make tin plate for the
uses of our own people. and We have
done it, and the people of Holmes
county will recall today that not a
single prophecy. not single predic-
tion made In 1870 respecting the price
OF tin. has been fulfilled or verified. "a
voice. mot one! not one"D And this
year, as in 1890. we are engaged in
campaign which is fruitful of prom
Use. Six years ago free trade. as
your spokesman has said, was to be
the cure for all our ills; free trade
was to be the panacea for all our trou-
bles. Well, We have now for four years
enjoyed partial free trade In the
United States. and especially in wool.
What effect has il had upon the wool
growers of Holmes county and other
wool growing counties of Ohio? You
know better than 1 can tell you.
THE NEW FAD.
Now it Is free silver. The silver Is
going to cure all our ills. uaughterO
Why, my citizens. 1t don't make
any difference how much free silver
is to he coined in the United States.
you will not get one dollar of it un-
less you give something for it, "a
voice: That's right" and applauseD
Ii we had mints in every state of the
Union and In every county in every
state and the silver of the world was
brought to these mints as proposed
by our political opponents. silver
won't be easier for you to get than 1t
is now. And, besides, in this country
we don't proposed to have dishonest
dollar. Great applause) We propose
to have the best money. Hreat APP
plause.) THIS Is a year. my fellow
citizens, of Holmes county. to close the
question forever. (ApplauseO II can
be so determined this year that ii Will
never present itself again In your life
time or mine. a sweeping and ex-
pressive majority against the combina-
tion of opposition will do 1t. CAP
plause.) And nothing else will. "a
voice: I'VE will do it.'D Not a bare
majority, but a mighty one. Placing
the party of national honor in control
of every branch of the government,
will do 1t; anything short of that will
leave the question to further dispute.
Let us settle it once for all that this
government IL one of honor and law
and that neither the seeds of repudia-
tion or lawlessness can nd root in our
soil or 1--we beneath our flag. ZAP
plause.) In this contest all the ban
ncr we want Is the American i1as.
tion or lawlessness can find root III our
aims. our policies and purposes. ii is
the banner of every patriot. 1t Is.
thank God, today the flag of every
section of our common country. No
flag ever triumphcd over 1t. it was
never defeated or degraded. Cap
plause) 1t was never degraded or de-
feated and will not now be when more
patriotic men are guarding it than ever
before in our history. Great cheer
ingD
DOCTRINES or FATHERS.
We have heard a great deal in this
campaign about the doctrines Of 'h"
fathers. Hamilton favored both gold
and silver as money. though he PEE
ferred gold alone himself. and the
government of the United States en-
tered upon the use of both. Hamilton
announced the great .unuamcntal
principle when he said:
"There can hardly be a better rule
for any country for legal than the
market ratio
In other words. every coin should
contain enough metal so that when
melted it will be worth just as much
as when it Is stamped as money, the
bullion or market value always to
be the same as its legal or money
value. Great applause and cries Of
'he was right.") This was the doc
trine of Hamilton and jefferson. This
has been the undertaking policy of
the government under every admins
tration, and has been the settled policy
of all the great parties of the country
from the beginning of the government.
number of 1 900 Fl ON Chautauqua cou'
ty. New York, arrived by specii
train of fifteen coaches. They We!
met by the Canton mounted troop ar
a RECEIPT on committee of citizens, ar
escorted to the Mckinley residenc
Although the members of this deleg;
tion had a long ride. many leavir
their homes as ecrly as surrise. the
were very enthusia tic. and showed b1
little signs Of fatigue.
REMARKS TO CHATAUQUANS.
Major Mckinley was greeted wit
the Ch1ut auqua salute as he st PIP;
forward to respond. The candidat
bowling his acknowledgment a,
dressed the crowd as follows:
The attempt to inflame the passion
of the west and south against the east
is mlschievous and unpatriotic effort