The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-15
TO OLD PEOPLE.
Feeifng Address to Delegation of
Aged Men and Women

To the Early Settlers Association of
Cleveland and old people of Cuyahoga coun-
ty, Mr.. Mckinley said:
Mr.. Addison and Ladies and Gentlemen
am highly honored to receive this call
of the city of Cleveland. l am glad 10 wei
come to my home the early settlers of
northern Ohio. l welcome you NOT as poll
tlclans nor as partisanS, but as aged men
and women who bring me your wise coJn-
sci and good will and your congratulations
L thank you for myself and in behalf of
my wife and mother to whom you nave so
tenderly referred, and to whom more than
myself | 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 ascribe
to ..lro ne wife nd ,,otbar or,,,ra :, ,nos.o,
for those high moral qualities, gentleness
truth and virtue, which are so indispen-
and noble life. Our whole political faLric
rests upon the sanctity of the American
teach the boys and girls purity of life and
thought, and aim the way to Usefulness
and distinction. The world owes them more
than it can ever repay The man Who loves
mother and wife requires no bond for bis
good behavior, and can be safely trusted in
every relation of life.
1T is gratifying to me to feel that the
men who have passed through so many 70
litical campaigns, who nave fought 50 many
political battles who have reached their
three score years and ten, give me their
confidence and the strength of their sup
port-no. not l. but the cause and the prin-
cipies which / have been designated to rep
resent in this political contest. Young men
for war and old men for COUNSEL Was
wisely spoken but [ have discovered that
in this political contest the old men set
young again and manifest quite as much
animation and vigor as the boys. them
selves Among the great throns,s of people
that have visited me during the past two
months thousands of venerable citizens
have been here to testify 1her enrieg symGafhy n2
countrys history. Age may have dimmed
the luster of their eyes and slackened their
steps but it has not abated their love Of
country or their interest in preserving the
honor of the country.
who have for forty years more watched
the growth of the country and the ERECT
of national policies upon that advance
ment what is best in times like these for
the welfare of the peoples progress of the
Nation. They have seen all policies tried
and they speak and act from actual ex-
perience They are rot controlled by am
bitten or Office or the hope thereof nor
by theories but by eternal facts and their
Judgment in "a contest like the present one
is of great value. and to none more than
the young men of the country. who for the
f-st time will exercise the supreme
present who will recall the cam
paign of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler. too.
even than that; but all of them will recall
the days of the old WFig party, when
Harrison were the idols OF their party and
the leaders of its thought and when Van
Buren and Wright Jackson and Benton
we're the conspicuous and able champions
of the principles of the Democratic party
You have doubtless participated in many
presidential elections. and can witness this
year that earnest enthusiasm which you
Exhibited years ago in the 4Gs and the Sos
and in the mighty crisis of 1850 Do not
forget that the son is like the father and
he charitable to him If he gets too en-
thusiastic and participates in more parades,
proc9ssicns and meetings than YOU would
have him do / wish for you all length
ened years and increasing blessings
senator Hoar, of Massachusetts. re-
turning from a visit 10 Europe. was q guest
on last Saturday at tho Massachusetts,
club in the city of Boston. He was given
q warm. generous and royal welcome. such
as he deserved. The Senator had passed
the milestone that marked his SEVENTEEN
YEAR He said. in reply to the greeting
among other felicitious things: To an old
man who counts his thrae-seore years aud
ten the chief satisfaction OF life Is not
wealth, or power. or fame. or oNice. Ii is
friendship An English poet and essayst
George Crowley. wrote with his own hand
at the age Of eighty, an epitaph which can
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