The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-27
MANY TRADES REPRESENTED
Speech to u Mixed Delegation =
PennsyIyanians.

Pennsylvanians.
To a delegation representing various in
dustries in Pennsylvania, Mr. Mckinley
said:
My Fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania: +:
For you seem to be all here to-day.
daughter and applauSe.) Those who are
not in this audience were in a previous
one, and those who are not here now or
were not then are to be here later in the
day cloud laughter and applause)
bid you all warm and hearty welcome. L
am glad to meet the miners, the steel work
ers and other representatives of the ioco-
motive machine works (applausel of the
Spang- -Chalfant Company and the Crescent
steel works (applause) and all the rest OF
you who have honored me with your pres
I bridge works WORKS yeIed out: tn .pont n forset the
bridge works. amid laughter and ap-
plause.) And the bridge works. tRenewtd
applause0 | am very proud Of the State
of Pennsylvania. proud of her workshops,
of her workingmen, her farms, ter mines
and her Republican majorities.
Il have known Pennsylvania people for
many, many years, and have known the
workingmen of Pennsylvania | remember
the first Congress in which l served to
have received a large delegation of w. rk-
ingmen and miners from the State of Fem,
sylvania. who came to Washington TO pro-
test against the passage OF what was known
as the Wood tariff bill. remember to nave
met representatives OF labor from yopr
passage of what was known as the Mo-
rison horizontal tariff bill; and later on
met the same industries protesting against
the passage of what known a. the
Mills bill Happily we were able to defeat
every one of these bills because we he
| lieved they were opposed to the bes; in
tereStS of American labor and American de-
velopment. We were not able to defeat ;he
Wilson tariff bill, and you have i,eeh suffer-
ing ever since as a result thereof.
Now, don't care what may be your
occupations; you are not prosperous unless
there is a demand for your labor. InieSs
somebody wants what you have, you VIII
not be prosperous. and unless somebody
wants coal, coal will be mined; and If
coal is mined miners VIII Dc en-
ployed. And the more coal that is de-
manded, the more miners will have work
in the miners homes. The more steel anC.
iron and locomotives and (turnins TO tl,at
part of the delegation composed OF bridfra
workers. bridges you make the more coai
you want Isn't that so? (Cries cf Yes,
that's right!o But you don't want and
won't want coal unless somebody wants
your steel and your iron and your lncomo-
tives docking at the bridge workers. and
your bridges. And we want the least Of all
those things when are the least pros
porous, and we are the least prosperous
when we are under free-trade policy and
when the business confidence Of the coun-
try is destroyed. That's what is the matter
with now: 1t has been too long 81
now is d restoration of hat Confidence and
the way to restore confidence j. to retire
the party and reject the principles that de-
Now. my fellow-citizens we net only
want good work and good wages Lot we
want good money. The miner WHO is here
this morning cannot sell a ton of coal that
he has mined under weight. and he Gon't
propose to receive a dollar in pay ynent- Or
dollars in payment-for that Ion Of coal of
undervalue Do you get my idea? tTries of
You bet we do!O And So when the work
ingman, no matter in what occupation he
may be employed. works his full day work
he wants to receive in return l0n-ecnt dol
lars that are not deprecated and never to
he deprecated. / thank you for this call
I am pleased with the kind and generous
and gracious messages brought to me by
your spokesman, and l must thank you
and say goodbye"