Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
TRIBUTE FROM NEIGHBORS
A Pleasant Surprise Given Major
Mckinley.
h Working People OF Canton Pre-.
pare One of the Most Enthu-
siastic Demonstrations
OF the Campaign.

Sdttcn, ", ott. 1V.-ctSICldly WIN
NJ. Osborne OF the republican nationa
committee witnessed big delegations hi
Canton yesterday. He said he had read
OF them daily, but had no comprehen.
sionof their magnitude or impressive
ness. He spoke most confidently Of this
outlook. While there were large par.
ties from New York and Pennsylvania
the most surprising event OF the dal
was the informal call Of the working
people Of Canton. They came in thou
sands from the 125 factories, large ani
small, In this city, which employ from
twenty-five 10 $500 people each In pros
porous times. They came. many o
them with their wives and children an,
babies. They came from the forge an,
factory and mill in working clothes un
til it appeared as IL half the population
of this city OF 10000 was trying 10 ge'
within hearing distance of Major Nc
kinfey's voice. There was an unusua
tremor in Major McKinley's voice wher
he arose to respond to the sentiments oi
the venerable spokesman from local fac
tories who addressed him, and many Q
gray haired man, with benz form and
hardened hands, but tendes heart. pre-,
scented a face with tears glistening in his
eyes as he greeted the major when the
speech making waa nuan Ma ,a@afins
a affected Major Mckinley so much
as this tribute OF the workingmen Of his
home.
Major Mckiniey's Address.
Major Mckinley, after bidding the
people of his home city a warm and
sincere welcome to his home. spoke
upon national issues, saying in part:
The currency, which has been since
1874 on a safe n sound basis, is now
assailed by our political adversaries. II
involves the old question of the honest
payment Of the public debt and the pen.
siois or our soldiers and OF all public oh.
legations which the people long age de.
termined on the side OF good faith, good
morals and common honesty. But with
that settlement some people are no sat
lsfied, so we are called upon this year &c
pass upon his question. There is stll
another--the question OF protection
against free trade, or tariff reform.
In 1892 free trade as against protec
ton was the paramount issue OF the
campaign. and free trade triumphed be.
fore the great tribunal of the American
people, and this year we bring the ques.
tion TO you again. We ask you 10 re.
g 1t and 70 pass our re~considered
better n more mature Judgment upon
that issue, after three years of dreadful
experience. ] spoke in the city Of Can.
ton-and many of you doubtless were
~present-on Monday evening, November
s, 1892, in that speech j appealed td
my fellow citizens at home, as I had ap!
pealed 10 them elsewhere, not 10 overa
turn the protective policy which had
brought us such universal prosperity;
and which at that very moment was
spreading its blessings and benefits
throughout the entire country and in
every industrial enter. Protection
against free trade was the leading ISSUE
then, n in the course OF that speech J
said what was true then and what /,
true now. This is what / said foul
years ago:
But again the democrats say that 4
we have free trade We could buy cheape,
than we do at present. Yes, We nigh
while the struggle between American ant
Foreign industries was going on, but wheI
the former are wiped out the price woult
go up to whatever figure might be d.ctatet
by the foreign manufacturer, and in In,
meantime labor would be scantily EN-
ployed and at reduced wages. Free trad,
cheapens the article by cheapening the ar
t!san; protection reduces the price OF ,
product by giving the artisan just rewar,
for his labor and receiving its rewards Il
his higher skill and industry"
Free trade cheapens the product D,
ch~eapening the producer; protection
cheapens the product through the skill
the genius n the industry of the pro.
ducer. cloud a%pplause.) But, my coun.
trymen, nothing Is cheap at any pr.c.
which comes from abroad that entails
idleness upon the American people. The
maxim Of free trade Is buy where YOU car
buy the cheapest. / viii give you a maxim
worth ten thousand times more thar that
Buy where you can pay the easiest
tremendous cheer!ng.) Buy where laboi
receives rs highest reward, and that Is IL
the United States Of America, OF was foul
years ago. During the years OF protection
every manufactured product had beer
cheapened, but in that process, thanh
God, men, living men, had never beer
cheapened.
Canton, O., Oct. 1.-THE first delega:
ton to call on Major Mckinley this
morning was a party of business men,
farmers and miners from Pennsylvania
Congressman Codding, Of Tonawanda,
acted as spokesman. In responding Ma
5or Mckinley spoke at some length upon
the advantage to miners OF a settled
tariff policy backed up by a sound and
stable currency.
These conditions together with the re.
turn OF confidence to the business world
he said would restore the prosperity to
The country that had been destroyed
oy the enactment Of the Wilson tariff
Ai1l.