The herald., 1896-10-20
A FEW FRIENDS PAY FARE
Hoping to Be Reimbursed Wnen Pat Is
Distributed
Though All the Adjoining States are
Drawn Upon, Such Audiences as
Bryan's Cannot Be Obtained.
Associated Press Specia! wire


Hobart Sound Money club of that city
The visitors were happily introduced
by Attorney George r. Wallace. After
the address Mrs. Mckinley received the
ladies and the whole party was photo
graphed, with Mckinley in the center
Of the group.
The regular afternoon train on the
c. c. and S. railroad brought a party
of friends and admirers of Major Nc
Kinley, of whose visit no announcement
had been made. They were cordially
received upon the lawn and were intro
duced by State Representative F. w.
Myers.
Speaking to the allegation from Sc
wickley Pa, Major Mckinley said:
Some people seem to have the notion
that the Republican party has made a
new departure; that it occupies a diff
ferent position today from what it ever
occupied in the past. That is a mistake.
We stand where we have always stood,
not only upon the money question, but
upon the tariff question, and I want to
call your attention to what may have
escaped you. When the war closed the
great problem before the American peo-
pie after the reconstruction Of the union
was what should be done with the great
debt that had been occasioned by the
war, and what should be done by way
of maintaining a sound currency in the
United States In 1868 the great soldier
of the war, who had led the mightiest
armies that were ever engaged in sus-
tanning a cause, General II. 8. Grant,
was nominated for president. Let me
read you two planks of the platform on
which he stood, and you can see whether
the Republican party has changed its
position:
I'VE denounce all forms of repudia-
tion as national crime, and the nation
al honor requires the payment of the
public debt in the utmost good faith
to all creditors at home and abroad. not
only according to the letter but the spir-
it of the law under which 1t was con-
tracted.'
That was when we had an enormous
war debt of over two billions of dollars
and the country seemed to be stagger-
ing under it, but the Republican party
stood up, as it always has and insisted
that every dollar Of that debt must be
paid in the best currency Of the world,
and paid every dollar Of it with honor
and in the best currency.
Then let me read you another plank in
that platform which so we'll applies
to our situation today:
"That the best policy to diminish our
burdens OF debt is to so improve our
credit that the capitalist will seek to
loan us money at lower rates Of inter-
est than we now pay and ISust continue
to pay, so long as reputation, partial
or total, open or covert. Is threatened
or suspected"
The way to restore confidence and the
way to get capital to invest at lower
rates of interest is to give confidence
to the business Of the country, not by
repudiating the debts of the country
and by discrediting it's currency but by
lifting up both credit and currency, and
thus commanding the confidence of the
business world.
In that same year the Democratic ma
tional convention that nominated Hora-
ito Seymour for president Iad this ut
terance on the money questions which
was sound then and Is today, and COM
mend it to all Of you: "One currency for
the government and the people; for the
laborer and the office-holder, the pen
sioner and the soldier, the producer and
the bond-holder" That's the kind of
money wehave today, just as good in the
hands of the poor as in the hands of the
rich and we propose to pay the obliga-
tions of this government in the future
as we have paid the obligations of the
government in the past-in the best
money of the world.
CAMPAIGNING GENERALS.
CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 19-The union
generals, who are speaking for McKin-
ley, made lively trip through Ohio to-
day. Leaving Canton at o'clock, the
first stop was New Philadelphia where
speeches were made to large and en-
thusiastic crowd. The next stop was at
Dennison. From there the special train
ran to Steubenville. General Sckles
made the chief speech to big meeting.
The potters turned out at East Liver
pool to greet the party and much en-
thusiasm was displayed. At Youngs-
town there was the largest meeting of
the day General Howard made the
principal speech and was loudly ap-
plauded. The next stop was at Warren.
The train arrived there two hours late
but the big audience which had assem-
bled in Cent? al armory, waited patiently
until the old soldiers arrived and gave
them great ovation when> they made
their appearance. The meeting was an
enthusiastic one, two other big mass
meetings being in progress at the same
time. the Republicans having prepared
for the demonstrations with an enorm-
Gus parade. in which $4,000 men partici-
pated in the afternoon. All the members
Of the generals party made speeches
VISITING FRIENDS.
CANTON, O., Oct 19-Col. John Hay.
who was President Lincoln's private
secretary, arrived in Canton shortly
afternoon today and was mat at the de-
pot by Major Mckinley. IIe expressed
his surprise at the campaign as he has
personally viewed 1t and as he has read
it. There has never been anything like
it, he says. Probably the nearest ap-
proach to 1t was the campaign of Mr..
Lincoln when the nominee received at
his own home a large number Of visitors
But they did not come in any such num-
bers as they are coming to Canton, and
Mr. Lincoln made no speeches.
1T has always been regarded as un.,
safe for presidential candidate to dis
cuss public questions continued Col.
Hay. "but Major Mckinley In all his