Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-10-01
MAI. MKINLEY ON TIE SUBJECT.
Addresses a Large Delegation of
Holmes County, o., Farmers on
Democratic Promises.
Wants the Silver Craze Buried So Deep That II viii
Never Again Alarm the Business World
Stand BY Our Institutions

Three delegations called upon the re-
publican candidate Tuesday. To the
first delegation to arrive Mai. McKin-
ley spoke as follows:
"Fellow-Citizens: 1t gives me great
pleasure to welcome TO my home the citi-
zens of Holmes county. i recall with spe-
cial satisfaction that in 1890 Just six years
ago, by the act of the legislature your
county became part of the congressional
district in which was candidate on the
republican ticket. l remember the cam
paign that 1 made in your county with
special pleasure and qualification I re-
call your warm welcome; / recall your
words of good cheer; 1 recall the encour-
agement which you gave me al every turn
and although an Overwhelmingly demo-
cratic county, as you have always BEEN
! IL was pleasant to me in studying the re-
turns to observe that by your aid and that
OF some of your democratic neighbors the
result showed a republican gain.
THAT was the year when the prophet
was abroad IN the land. The campaign was
one of prediction and prevarication: the
tin peddler was abroad In Holmes county
His marvellous tales startled the commu-
nifty. Tin never was so high before or since.
| We had only Just enacted the protective
law of 1890. and we had determined In that
law that we would establish In the United
States factories that would make tin plate
for the uses of our own people, ZAP
plause) And We have done 1t. Great
cheering). And the people of Holmes coun-
ty will recall to-day that not a single
prophecy. not a single prediction made in
1890 respecting the price of tin has been
verified.
Another Campaign of Promises
"And this year. as in 1890, we are en-
gagged in campaign which is fruitful of
promises. Six years ago free trade, as
| your spokesman has said was to be cure
for all our ills, the panacea for all our
| troubles. Well, we have now for four years
| enjoyed partial free trade in the United
States, more especially in wool O4augh-
teri. And what effect has it had upon the
wool growers of Holmes county and other
wool growing counties of Ohio and the
country? You know better than / can tell
you.
Now II is free silver: free silver is
going to cure all our ills. My fellow-citi-
gems, il does not make any difference how
free silver is in its coinage in the United
4 States-you viii not get a dollar of it IN
less you e something for 1t Cloud
applause). II we had minis in every state
4 in the union and in every county Of every
\ state, and the silver Of the world was
! brought TO these mintS, q S is proposed
| by our political opponents silver would
not he any freer than it is now Then.
! besides, in this country we do not pro-
/ pose to have q dishonest dollar. We pro-
| pose to have the best Of everything that is
/ going. (Applausel. We have the best
/ country and the best men, ard we pro-
pose TO continue TO have the best money.
There Is another thing. my fellow-citi-
| zcns this year the people mean to put a
rest tho question of their honesty, which
! was never doubted either at home or abroad
until put into controversy by the allied
| parties in this political contest. say allied
parties-the one a new party assuming
an old name the other a little older and
| also claiming to he the neonle's uarfv It
! Is to the credit of the country that the time
| honored leaders of one of the parties have
/ Indignantly repudiated those who have as
| s1med to question the public honor ir
the name OF democracy. (Anplausel. The
/ people in November viii repudate the
I other party OF the combination for as
! Stunning the role of dishonor In their sacred
name. The people have no patience with
| those who would violate the pliphted faith
| OF the nation. and stamp its ohligatio
! with lishonor. They win not tolerate re-
pndiatiea ~ public law or private deal
| ipgs. They win not countenance the clfp-
! ping Of the coins of the country and viii
never consent 70 clipping the currency in
1 any form which may he proposed Cen
/ tinuous eheerng)
should he settled for All Time
THE contest should be settled ills year
] that no partv hereafter can alarm the
business world and shake public confidence
/ by a proposition TO scale our debts either
public or private. (Applause) We cannot
! AFFORD to have the question raised every
/ four years whether the nation viii nay or
/ repudiate its debts in whole or in part
| Tremendous applausel This is the year,
my felow-citizens of ITolraes county, to
close that question forever II can be So
| determined this year that it VIII never.
| present itself again in your lifetime or
| mine sweeping and impressive major
| ity against the combined opposition viii
| do II (applausel. and nothing else will
/ "a voice; We VIII Do il all rght0 Not
a bare majority, but a mighty one. Placing
the party of national honor in control Of
| every branch of the government will do
! II. Anything short OF that will leave the
question open to further dispute Let rs
| settle once for all that this government is
one OF honor and OF law and that neither
the seeds of reputation nor lawlessness
| can find root in our soil or live beneath our
flag" (Nociferous cheering
A special train arrived at two o'clock
with large delegation from jamestown,
n. Y, representing Chautauqua and Cat
taraugus counties with two bands At
the Mckinley home a congratulatory adj
dress was made by A. C Wade. of James
town, TO which Maj. Mckinley responded
as follows:
MIR. Wade and My Fellow-Citizens: It
is especially gratifying 10 me to welcome
to my city and home citizens of the great
Empire state of New York. 1t is a proud
thing TO be a citizen OF the first and great
| est state IN the American union hut IT
is prouder stll to be a citizen of the mighty
| American nation,
Your cali az any time would have been
most welcome. but your coming SO far on
such an inclement day to testify your de-
votion to repuhlcanism Is most impress
sive and significant act l thank YOU for
: Ii on behalf OF the republican cause ana
congratulate you and the great people and
state that YOU for the time represent upon
; the splendid prospects for local and ma
! tional success. (Applausel. Il is difficult
to realize-and ! sometimes think that the
country does not realize-that as immense
as the agricultural resources Of the west
are, yet New York is still the first state
in both the value Of her farms and farm
among the most northwestern in that
splendid group OF magnificent agricultural
: counties stretching across your state. hav-