The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-15

CANTON, o., Oct. 15.-The Early Sot-
tiers association of Cuyahoga county
came to Canton yesterday to greet Major
Mckinley, his wife and mother The
party occupied a special train OF six
coaches Mother Mckinley was at the
majors home TO receive the greetings of
tho party. Introductory addresses were
made by Father II. NJ. Addison, the vet
eran journalist of Cleveland, and by Rev.
Mr. Cooley, chaplain Of the Early Settlers
association. Another visiting delegation
was the Cleveland Street Railway McEin-
ley club, and still another delegation was
from the oil fields of Mcdonald, Pa
To the Early Settlers association Major
Mckinley said in part:
II am highly honored TO receive this call
from the old folks of CuyHhoga county and
of Cleveland. l am glad TO welcome you,
not rs politicians nor as partisans, but as
aged men and wonRn who bring me your
wise counsel and good will and your con-
gratulatons. l thank you for myself, and
in behalf of my wife and mother, TO whom
you have so tenderly referred, and to
whom, more than myself, l am indebted
for this generous and agreeable call. 1t is
a proud pleasure to me to be able to credit
to them whatever good things my fellow
countrymen ascrhe TO me.
"To wife aud mother mankind is in
debted for those high moral qualities.
gentleness, truth and virtue, which are so
Indispensable to good character good cit
iAchS,l p anu hoplo me. Our Wh9le po-
liUlcal lapfic rests upon Jne sahcJlty oI Ihe
American nome, Wneto WHO anu IloOhtr
preslue' lhey Jeacn JhN ooNs anu ElrlS
purify ol ne anu VnouEuu anu am lue
way 20 usefulness ana ulSuhcIloh' Inc
Worlu owes UheIn moro 'hlh II Cah ever
rep"S' Inc man WH" loves iloVher anu
Wlle requires no poIiu loF ms goou pe-
huNior' "Ilu can p1 9alcly Uru7'eu III every
relatloh OF me
III Is gratifying Tor me to feel that the
men VINO nave passed through SO many
PollIic"l cailp'iEhs, VINO nave Iou@ht SO
many poH'lc"' ""'lleS' VINO nave reached
thelr Uhree score years ana ten give me
uhelr confluence anu Jhe strehgth OF thelr
suppoft-no not j. hut the cause ana the
principles which have been deSignate9
TO represent in this political contest.
Young men for war and old men for
counsel was wisely spoken, but l have
discovered that in this political contest
the old men get young again, and mani
TEST quite as much animation and vigoras
the boys themselves.
mo one can know better than the men
who have for forty yenrs or more watched
the growth OF the country, and the effect
OF the national policies upon that advance
ment, what is best in times like this for
the welfare OF the people and progress of
the nation. They have seen all policies
tried, and they speak and act from actual
experience. They are not controlled by
ambition or Office, or the hope thereof nor
by theories, but by eternal facts, and their
! Judgment in contest like the present one
is of great value, and to none more than
the young men OF the country who for the
first time will exercise the supreme act of
citizenship,
10 the Cleveland street Railway Nc
hlnley club the candidate said:
cannot conceal my pleasure in meet
ing at my home the employees of the Cleve-
lanu street hallway company, You are
here today because you are Interested in
the country IN which you live, You are
here because the contest which is now less
than three weeks away from its conclu-
| sion Will settle, trust fOral time, num-
Der OF Important aud fundamental ques-
! tlons l take 1t that Gru are interested in
| these questions being settled on the side of
right and justice, and to the honor and
| glory of the republic.
zone of the things that we will settle is
that this is government under law and
by law, and that this is government of
| honor and integrity; that it would spurn
to repudiate any of its obligations, public
or private; that it would spurn to estab-
lish currency that was not good and
sound in all commercial transactions in
every part OF the world
Then we Will settle another thing this
year-and that Is whether we are to con-
tinue the policy OF tariff reform, or free
trade, n the United States, or whether
we WI discontinue 1t, We have had
nearly Tour years OF experience under it
and we know something of its results.
| We have had nearly four years of unprece-
dented business depression, disorder, the
hardest times IN the recollection of the
men who stand about me today. be-
| lieve that policy ought to be reversed. l
think we ought to go back to the protec-
tive policy, under which the people have