The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-30

derfui Speech to the Travelling Men OF
the Nation in Which He Dwels Partic-
uIarly on Reciprocity and just How Its
Provisions Should be Limited-TraveI-
ing Men Work the Parentheses Hard
and Shout a Good Deal.
| Canton, Ohio, Aug. 29.-Following is
the speech Of Major Mckinley in re-
| Spouse to the address presented today
by the Commercial Mems Mckinley
club No. 1. Of Chicago:
'tMr. Corey, Gentlemen Of the Com
mercial Travellers association, and my
! Fellow Citizen:I bid you welcome.
sincere welcome to my home. Thrice
| welcome you are here. am honored.
very greatly 71onored by the call OF this
assemblage of commercial men repre-
senting great commercial interests and
coming from every section Of our COM
mon country. (AppPause.) Although
you are accustomed to calling on people,
| for that, 1 believe, is chiefly your busi-
| ness, lie tine assure you that you never
made a call anywhere more agreeable
to your host than this call TO me. Great
| applause and cries of Good good and
'Hur1ah for Mckinley 1t would be
pleasant to me personally to meet you
| on any occasion, but it is particularly
gratifying to meet you now, coming
as a body to testify your united and
confident devotion to the Republican
principles enunciated by the national
Republican convention of 1896. (Cheers.)
recognize your influence as one of the
most potent factors in political contests
and / am glad to know that this year
in a greater degree than ever before,
the commercial men of the country are
united in the cause of the Republican
party. Tremendous cheerlng) You
have not always been in such close
agreement with each other politically
as you are now, but then you have had
experience and for four years or neary
so, you have been attending the school
in which all the rest Of us have been
pupils. Great laiughter.) Tt has been a
free school. Renewed laugfhter) The
tuition has been free. Continued Iaughter)
But the ultimate cost has been very
great. applause and cries of That's
right.D No body of American citizens
of equal number could probably have a
deepr interest in the success of the Re-
publican principles than you; and none,
their certain triumph as you Great
cheering and cries, we will do it all
right, Major.)
LIVE AND LET LIVE"
Those policies that are good for the
eastern and central states are good for
the west and the great northweS. Cap
plause) We have always practiced the
golden rule. The best policy is to live
n, nj L. 4
way that will best promote the good of
al. QpplauSe.) 1t never pays to buy
cheap goods from rival whose object
in selling to you at low price is to
establish a business that will in time
destroy your own. Great applause and
cries Of That's right.) We want no
cheap goods in this country at the ex-
penSe of free and honest American la
Dor. tremendous cheering and cries
of 'Hurrah for Mckinley We want no
cheap goods whose production would
require us ito Introduce in the United
States industrial and social degrade
tion (Cries of You are right; we don'tO
The commercial travellers are practical
business men and comprehend bust
ness results. They understand bust
ness; they know what viii best promote
il and they realize that IL is not what
it ought to be today in the United States
Great applause and cries of That's
right)
ADVANCE AGENTS.
You are not only carries of commerce
but creators of condolences; not only ad-
vocates Of progress, but promoters of
prosperity. You inspire either conf
dence or distrust, for you tell the truth
about the condition OF the country. You
NOT only sell goOds-or used to-(Great
laughter and cheering)-but you descent
nate information among your customers
There is no more certain barometer of
the business OF the United States than
the sentiment of men of which this
body assembled here IS a. representative.
You encourage the Respondent and also
quicken the tagging into fresh activity
You give new hope and stimulate new
effort in that great body Of business
men upon whom so largely depends the
revival Of business IN all parts OF our
country. CApplause)
What we want above all else. my |
fellow citizens, is confidence. (Cries Of |
Good .good.O And we cannot get |
confidence by threatening to revolution |
ize all values and repudiate obligations, |
both public and private. Enthusiasts |
cheering.) You know the facts of bust I
ness and can dispel the theories OF the |
dreamer and the nfs9tatements Of the |
demagogue and one thing 1 Ike about |
the commercial travellers IS that every |
enc Of them is for the United States of |
America (Great applause and cries of |
And for Mckinley, too.) And always |
stand up for America CCheers)
Is A FOUNDATION STONE.
1--WE are all members of the great /
American family and those policies
which are good for one OF US are good |
for all OF US (CT4es OF That's right. , |
read an interview yesterday with a /
commercial traveller and he said he had
been IN seven states and the reply to
his question: DO you want anything IN
my liner came the suereOtyped answer:
We don't need anything now (Cries
Of We've been there and great laugh
ter) Well, gentlemen, We need all you
have got in this line OF workers for the
country this year. Great cheering and
cries OF 'You'n get IT'D Your spokes-
man has eioQuently enumerated several
OF the great essentials TO our welfare
and prosperity. Protection, as he well
said, is the true national policy. the
stone on which must be rear
ed the great structure OF American as
and progress. the system that
Is p1eservatiye OF az business. that
steadily advances this country TO the
prouiest rank in manufacturing. min
Dg, trading and farming which Il should
always occupy-greacer than any other
nation OF the world Great applause0
You VII agree. ! am SURE. in the proud
claim of Henry Clay-for il Is Just as
true today as ever eefore-'the cause of
protection he said. IS ehe caus. Of the
country and IL mast and VIII prevail. II
Is founded in the interest and affec-