New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
A DAY OF 1NcEssANT ACTIVITY.

A DAY Of lNtESSANI .atIl'ii
Canton Ohio Sept. 2s.-Major McKinley's busiest
day of the campaign thus far began with the call
Of the Peoria Republican Travelling Mems Club
The Peoria men, 200 in number. left home at J
O'Clock Friday afternoon and reached here at $50
o'clock this morning. This delegation travelled
further than any-that has visited Major Mckinley
except the one which came from Vermont The
Peoria men were all tall and fne-looking. They
wore high black silk hats and long linen busters.
and carried pampas grass plumes Of red. white ana
blue. They were loudly applauded as they marched
from the station At the house. while the president
of the club, T. Fl. Pfefer and the spokesman. J. v.
Graft who represents the XIvth Illinois District In
Congress- were talking in the study with Major Nc
Kinley, L. Fl. Wiley. Of Peoria. entertained the
crowd with series of artstically executed bugle
calls.
TALKING TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Major Mckinley was enthusiastically cheered
when he appeared on the porch In response to the
remarks of Mr. Graf. Major Mckinley said:
am more than glad to meet at my home the
Travelling Mems Republican Club of Peoria. I
cannot refrain from congratulating you at this
time upon the splendid victory which you
achieved two years ago in electng your present
Congressman and turning a strong Democratic
majority into Republican majority for your
candidate for Congress Voices, I'VE will do IL
again!') And am glad to hear from all voices
about me that 1t is your purpose to do 1t again.
"a voice. That's right") congratulate you
upon the thriving city and glorious State in
which you live 1t is by the census the third
State of the Union Illinois has taken the place
Of Ohio. and have always believed that you
took your census while Ohio visiting your
great Worlds Exposition. Applause.)
congratulate you most heartily upon the rank
which you have taken in population, and also tho
tolxa bir t.
to few States to have furnished TO this glorious
Union the matchless men you have furnished
Yates and Oglesby, and that splendid soldier.
statesman and patriot. John A. Logan; and that
great Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, who loved
his country more than he loved his party, ana
supported Mr. Lincoln in that crucial period In
the history Of the Republic. Applause.) And
no think Of your great State without re-
calling that you furnished Abraham Lincoln the
mightiest statesman of the country (applause),
and General Ulysses S. Grant the greatest war;
rior Of the Republic (Renewed cheering) When
Abraham Lincoln issued his immortal procama-
tion of liberty, the whole world knew that what
Lincoln had decreed Grant would execute with
the thunder Of his artillery Great applause
and cries of Good good!) I am glad to know
that your prospects are so good for a splendid
victory in Illinois this year Tremendous cheer
0O0")
What a spectacle. my fellow citizens to tho
world is this Government of 70,000,0O0 Of free
people, governed by themselves and governing
themselves, changing their Chief Executive every
four years and their awmaking power every
two years. II it be their will so to do. and the
Government going on without halt or interrupt
tion working out what 7OOOOOOO Of people from
time to time believe will subserve their highest
destiny, More than one hundred and twenty
years have passed since the Government was
founded, and In every trial Of our history we
have demonstrated our capacity for self-govern-
ment and shown to all mankind the blessings and
advantages of the great Republic. Great ap-
pause and cries of That's right.')
THE PEOPLE CAN'T BE FOOLED TWICE.
Now and then in our popular elections we may
have been swayed by passion or moved by the
demagogues from our moorings; but the Ameri-
can people are not fooled but once on subject
great cheerng). for when once deceived they do
never follow the deceiver the second time (Re-
newed cheers and cries Of "Right!) 1 have
known, and so have you. times In our history
when the majority of the people were made to
believe that certain policies would serve their
best interests and when ii transpired that they
did not. they swiftly turned upon the party which
deceived them and turned 1t out Of power. and
they will do it again.
The judgment of the people Is swift and terri
bic against those who mslead and delude them.
The people never led astray by deceit or mis-
when they investigate for them
selves This they are doing this year in a marked
degree 1t is of no avail that party leaders ap-
peal to passion when the people alive to their
own and the public interests. 1t will not do to
say to the men who poor in this worlds
goods: You must get off by yourselves. form q
class OF your own; your interests are opposed to
those who employ you" That is not enough this
year. The poor man inquiries: What good will
that do me? How will that better nv conditionf
How will that bring bread to my family and
cheer to my children? Will be benefited by de-
spelling my employer? VIII It give me more
employment and better wages to strike down
those whose money is invested In productive en-.
terprises which give me work and wages?"
Four years ago It was said the manufactures
was making too much money. You remember Il.
But that cannot be said now. (Cries Of mol"
''No.) And that the robber tariff. which was
enriching him. must be turned up root and
branch. to the end that he should be deprived Of
what some people were pleased to call his Ill.
gotten profits The country seemed to share In
the suggestion and the trial was entered upon
with what result every manufacturer. CONNER.
cial man, travelling man or workingman best
knows.
II has been discovered. to our hurt and sor.
row. that you cannot injure the manufacturer
without injuring the laborer. Applause and
cries OF That's rightrD 1t has been found. too.
that you cannot injure the manufacturer with.
cut injurng the whole business OF the country.
(Renewed cries Of That's right"o You may
close the shops by adverse tariffs because you
imagine the manufacturer Is making too much.
but with that done you close the door of en-.
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