The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-16
He is A ::(LEVER POLITICIAN
MCKINLEY MADE A SPEECH YES
TERDAY,
But He Did MOI Let Us Know How He
Stands on the Financial Question.
Five Hundred Cleveland Women
Call on Him, Headed by Brass
Band-He Crates on Womanhood.

Canton, O., July 15-Despite q blind
ing rsfnstorm, five hundred representa-
tive women Of Cleveland came TO Can.
ton thls morning, arriving here at HAS.
They were headed by splendid
woman's brass band and were met by a
committee OF Canton women. Fortu-
nateiy as the train reached Canton the
sun oroke through the clouds, and form
ing In columns OF two thew IMAGINED to
the Mckinley home. There thousands
OF people blocked the streets and surged
through the grounds In great confusion.
when quiet was restored Mrs. Elroy
III. avery, In very eloquent address,
presented Major Mckinley, standing on
q chair as she said:
I'VE come from Cleveland, Cleveland
the beautiful, Cleveland that still lives.
the queen city OF the lower lakes, the
great heart OF the Western reserve that
gave Giddings, Wade and Garfield to
the nation; city OF great American in.
austries that are suffering from I'M.
American legislation, an unfcrtifled
city on the border facing the Canadian
shore, yet recognizing thu, our best
protection against foreign aggression Is
a protective tariff. Coming fiom a city
OF hundred years, to day we do homage
70 the man who best represents this
great American idea under che fostering
care OF which we hope Cleveland will
gloriously flourish and bravely cele brste
her second hundredth birthday,
1--WE come TO greet you, not Is politi-
clans, but as women, as wives and
mothers and sisters. We may not fully
appreciate man made political plat
forms, but we better understand the sig.
nificance OF current events than some
folks give us credit for. We know that
when you enter at the door otthe White
House peace and comfort will enter at
our doors; that when you receive your
hostage by the decree Of grateful pso.
pie our husbands and fathers will re.
ceive the fruits OF their industry and the
heart OF the wife and mother will be
made glad.
Among men your name stands as a
synonym for protection to American
industry; 1t stands for sound money and
reciprocity; for freedom from ocean 10
ocean; among women 1t stands for more
than matt stands for protec ton for
the home; 1t stands for right thinking
and right dwight stands for tender
ness to mother and for love to wife, for
all that makes the American homo the
DEAR 81 spot on earth"
Governor Mckinley. as he mounted a
$1,000 "a AAAS 'ShohAo RitOE tuo tuEuu-
siasm OF waving psrasols and handker-
chiefs and hsndclapping said: "Mrs.
Avery. greatly appreciate this friendly
call firm women Of the city OF Oleve-
land and assure you that 1 do not under
value their gracious message OF congrat.
ulation snd confidence which you have
SO elcquently delivered.
"ls is an assurance OF the deep inter.
est which you feel and which should be
felt by every family in the land in the
public questions Of the day and their
rightful settlement at the polls. There
is no limitation to the influence that
may be exerted by women in the United
Stases, and no adequate tribute can be
spoken OF her services to mankind
throughout It's eveniful history. In
the distant period of It's settlement, in
the days Of the revolution, in the trials
of Western pioneer life, during the more
recent but dread days of the civil war,
and indeed in any step of our progress
as nation, the devotion and sacrifices
Of women were constantly apparent and
often conspicuous. (Applsuse)
"She was everywhere appreciated and
recognized, though God alone could
place her service at It's true value. The
work Of women has been 8 power in
every emergency and always for good.
In calamity and distress she has ever
been helpful and heroic Not onlyhave
some OF the brightest pages of our
national history been illumined by her
splendi1 example and noble efforts for
the public good, but her influence in
the home, the church, thu school and
the community in molding character
for every profession and duty to which
our race is called, has been potential
and sublime.
"It 10 in the quietsnd peacsful walks
CT life where her power Is greatest and
most beneficial. One of the tendt rest
passages to mo in the works of John
Stuart Mills beautifully expresses this
thought. 1t is recorded in his autobi-
ograpby, when he paused to pay high
and deserved tribute to his wife, of
whom he could not speak too much. He
says: She was not only the author Of
many of the best things did. but abe
inspired every good thing did
MANY men there are who from frank
ness would not withhold bat com and
like expression OF obligation to woman,
wife, mother, sister, friend. Great ap-
plause.) One OF the best things of our
civilization In America Is the constant
advancement of woman to 6 higher
plane of labor and responsibility. The
opportunities for her are greater now
than ever before. This is singularly
true here. where every avenue Of
human endeavor is open to her. Her