The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-01

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since, showed no sign OF abatement this
morning. The first delegation to sec
Major Mckinley arrived In n special OF
nine coaches ut o'clock this morning
with rain pouring down In torrents. The
party was taken TO the tabernacle,
where shortly after o'clock Major Nc
kinley went TO receive their greetings,
delivered By ". L. Gray, chairman OF
the Centre county. Pa. Republican CEN
trail committee. The party organized at
Bellcf"ntalnc, and represented the first
Pennsylvania county TO instruct dele
gates for Mckinley. Major Mckinley
spoke rs tollowa:
Mr.. Gray and Fellow Cltlzens:-It
gives mo very great pleasure 10 meet at
my home my fellow citizens OF Centre
county. Pennsylvania. Center county
has been one OF the counties OF Pennsyl-
Nanla from which Stark county, which
IL this county, has recruited a consider
able portion OF It's population. II was
| unnecessary. therefore. FOR Mr.. Cassidy
to assure me that was to speak 10 an
extraordinary body Of men, knowing as
do the excellent character OF the Cen
| ter county people who live In Stark
county. (ApplauseJ. l am glad to ad.
dress the citizens Of the county IN
pennsylvania that has furnished so
many distinguished men 10 the PUBLIC
service. il was my honor TO be peraon-
| ally acquainted with the old war gov
ernor. Andrew G. Curtain. (Applause)
| with whom | served for time in the
national house OF representatives. IL
has been my privilege to know for years
Governor. Beaver (Applau5e) rs well "a
Governor Hastings. (Renewed ap-
| plnusc). Both OF them have spoken
from this platform many, many times
| ana no speakers ever came TO this city
who have been more welcome or who
nave been favored with larger audiences
than these two distinguished citizens OF
Your county. I am glad to meet the
Republicans OF the great Republican
state OF the American union. (Ap-
plHuse). Whatever other states may
have done In the past your glorious old
commonwealth has always been true to
the doctrines OF the Republican purty.
and in every national contest has been
true 10 the Republican cause. 4 visit
from Pennsylvania IL always enjoyed BY
My ancestors came from II and have
for you feeling OF klnshIp. I know
your great resources. l know the
wealth OF your state and Its splendid
citizenship; and am glad to be assured
by PennSylYanlans that this great nn-
tiOnal contest FOR public honor, public
and private honesty, for the supremacy
OF law and order. for good government
and good politics and good morals, your
eta "a y,-tIt l.. a.
march for Republican principles. Great
applause).
WHILE YOUR MANUFACTURERS,
WHICH BENEFIT AND ENRICH
THE FARMERS, THEY HAVE AN
ANNUAL PAY ROLL OR REWARD
OF LABOR OF $l34 600 900. WHICH
WOULD MEAN THAT YOUR FARM
ERS WOULD HAVE FROM THEM.
If THEY FURNISHED ALL THE
BREADSTUFFS AND OTHER FARM
PRODUCTS THAT LABORERS CON
StME. NEARLY Sc 30 PER ACRE
EACH. AND EVERY ONE OF WHICH
ARE PROSPEROUS WHEN RTSi-
NESS IS GOOD. AND ALL ARE EM-
BAKRASSED WHEN BUSINESS
LAR REWARD 70 Hts
RANDRT is PRESENTED ANY
WHERE, AND MAKE no Apollo
GY. MY FELLOW CITIZENS. FOR
URGING y LIKE POLICY EVERY
WHERE. OR FOR HAVING ALWAYS
ENDEANORED TO THE T:XTENT
OF MY REST EFFORTS TO CONTIN-
III? THIS WISE SYSTEM, UNDER
WHICH YOU HAVE HAD SUCH
SPLENDID RESULTS IN THE
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Call II the "PcnnsylvRnia system" Ir
you will. 1t only does honor 10 Penn
sylvania and her state9manshIp. FOR It
benefits all our laborerS and farmers in
NIL parts OF the American union. Why
should We not do NIL our work and spend
MI our, own wages at home, giving TO
both farmers and wOrk!ngmcn the RICH
est rewards for their labor OF any conn
try under the sun? Answer that my
fellow citizens. applause and cries Of
give us protcctl0no. My greatest con-
Germ: my chief object In this. as In
every campaign. is 10 drive from our
shores distress and want and misery and
llft up those who arc bowed down and
bring to those who are in want, work
and prosperity. And ! Will never view
with tolerance any system which has a
different object towards any American
citizen anywhere within the limits of
our great republic.
The other QuestiOn involved In this
campaign Is tho rcaotiOnnry policy OF
free silver, which need hardly mention
to Pennsylvania audience. to the pnD-
PIE OF honest Quaker descent, who love
honesty and practice IT,
ONE OF THE INJURIOUS EFF
FECTS FROM THE MERE ADVOCA-
CY OF FREE SILVER AND WHICH
IS TOO LITTLE NOTED. is THAT
TT MAKES IT HARDER TO INDUCE
MANY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE
rN.NFTsCfr J'N1'IsD
MATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EN-
TERTRlSES.
There Is distrust on every hand. Men
do not know whut the future has In
store for them. This IL particularly Oh
eervablc In cities which are rndrav0ring
TO sell their bonds To make public I'M
provcmcn;s. Many cities anticipate the
collection Of taxes for the purpose of
making public improvements. The very
threat of free silver ig stopping the sale
Of city bonds IN every part OF the conn
try, This loss falls with PECULIAR force
upon lah0rcra everywhere. Cities can
ordinarily mike improvements II they
can borrow money: II thsy cannot bor-
row money they cannrt make improve
mcnts: II they do not make Improve
m"nta hundreds and thousands OF labor
lnE men who depend upOn this class OF
work for their daily bread lre deprived
OF employment. During, the hard times
OF the past three ycafE many Of our cit
les have takon care OF our unemployed
by engaging In mch public improve
mcntu, but this ia now brought to n
sudden stop ana is cntiling further loss
to labnrcrs and distress to their homes.
Then agaln, men engaged In great
productive enterprises nnd II difficult ir
not quite Impossible In times like the