The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-18
MkINLEY SPOKE TO THEM.
BRIEF ADDRESS HE DELIv-
.ERED.
WORK, GOOD MONEY AND WAGES.
To the Mind of Mckinley They Are
the Things Invalved In the
Campaign.


works at Braddock, Pa. They came
via the pennsylvania on a special
train of three sections of twelve coach
es each. The first section arrived at
11:40 and the others shortly after
wards. Fully 1000 men were in line in
the parade which marched to the
music of the Sheridan, Sable and st.
Thomas bands. There was cheering
and hurrahing all along the line. At
the Mckinley home hearty congratula-
tons and assurances of support were
offered by j. l.. Jones, Of the clerical
force of the company, who was spokes-
man for the company Maj Mckinley
responded, and a handshaking recep-
ton followed. Maj. Mckinley said:
Many delegations have waited upon
me in the last two months. All have
been welcomed and their visits have
been inspiring, but somehow, when an
assemblage of workingmen comes to
pay me visit, it attracts my interest
and touches my heart (Cheers.) 1 bid
you welcome to my city and to my
home. I can well appreciate why the
working men of this country should
have deep and profound interest in
contest (Cries of I'VE have.") 1 cannot
fail to remember that one thing which
stands between your labor and the
labor of Europe-the one thing which
stands between your workshops and
the workshops of the old worlds a
wise, patriotic, American protective
policy. Great cheering, cries of Right
you are.'O / am very glad to have
this large delegation of the employees
at my home. applause and cries Of
Were glad to be here.'D You have
come, as your spokesman has stated,
to bring me your good will and that
of your fellow citizens whom you rep
resent. am glad to have you come
in the manner your spokesman has de-
scribed-representing all creeds, all
colors and all classes, men who belong
to the Republican party and those
who have heretofore belonged to the
other parties, now acting together for
what they believe to be the common
good (Cries Of whats the matter
with Mckinley? He's all right.")
''This is distinctively the peoples
year, when old lines are effaced and
men heretofore opposed meet upon a
common platform to sustain the honor
of our country (Applause) Political
parties are only the agents Of the peo-
pie. They are only what the people
make them, and are entitled to their
confidence only so long as they serve
their highest and best interests. CAP
plause) We are all concerned, no
matter what may ,be our occupations,
in our country's welfare. (Cries of
That's 500 Whatever political views
we may have, however we may differ
on minor questions of public policy, we
are all of one mind in the conviction
that something or other is the matter
with the country. (App1ause) We may
differ in our diagnosis; we may differ
about the treatment in detail, but we
do not disagree upon what is essential
in the first instance to the restoration
Of the better conditions Of the past.
One thing above all else that is wanted
at this juncture Is the return of pub
lie and private confidence. applause
and cries of Correct It's absence is
our fundamental trouble. Upon that
there cannot be two opinions, and that,
my fellow citizens, no class of people
knows better thanayou.
I'VE know the .vefysday and the hour
when this confdenceAwas first shaken,
and from that hour 6strust and doubt
have hung over the business OF the
country 1t has been aggravated from
a variety Of causes, but none greater
than the assault upon the credit and
currency of the country. Applause.)
This new menace must be averted be-
fore we can hope to@have any perma-
nent prosperity. We know that the
present monetary standard has not
ctr in hn of nrnGnpr1fV
the past (Cries Of NO no; free trade
has'O You know that we were pros
porous in 1892, and had been for the
preceding ten years You know that
we have not seen any real measure of
prosperity since. (Applause) Business
is so sensitive, so quick to scent dan
ger, that any legislation or proposed
legislation, or change of policy which
would derange or alter or unsettle val
ues is felt long before the apprehended
blow is given. So that from the very
hour it was determined by the Aneri-
can people that the Republican party,
which with but single interruption,
had been in control Of the government
for more than thirty years, was to go
| out of power and another party, with
a different policy was to come in, that
| moment every business man Of the
country assumed an attitude of wait
ing and of fear and anxiety. (Ap-
plause)
while business men were waiting to
know exactly what legislation was to
be, business was languishing from one
end Of the country to the other, and
labor was without work. Then we
commenced living from hand to mouth,
and we have been living from hand to
mouth ever since. Great applause and
cries OF I'VE havepo AS an old com
rade said to me few days ago, The
distance seems to be getting greater
with each succeeding year daughter
and applause.) According to a census
recently taken by newspaper in New
York, 1t appears that In July, 1892, SIT
gave work to 114,231 hands How was
it in July, 1896? fCries of mot so
good') The same employers gave
work to 1890 hands; 1851 who had
been employed In 1892 were thrown out
of employment in 1896, and put in
state of idleness resulting in a loss OF
more than 80 per cent TO labor
In July, 1892, the wages paid to the
ia, 2S1 hands amounted to 1892, coo.
In July, 1896, the earnings of the rs. 700
hands amounted to only 81, ASS, 712. a
loss to labor in a single month In those
establishments Of 81, 457 ,000 or 40 per
cent CA voice, "Pennsylvania knows
it.'C Yes, and Pennsylvania. like all
the rest Of the country, will vote this
year with knowledge. 9Cries Of Right:
right In 1892 the monthly average
of wages paid in5these establishments
was $3.50; in 1896, only $31
My countrymen, / am one of those
Americans who believe that the Amer
lean workshop should be protected SO
far as possible from the foreign work
shops. to the end that American work
ingmen be constantly employed, and 50
protected, too. as to be employed at.
American wages. Tremendous cheer
ing. and cries of What's the matter