The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-24
KANSAS AND MKINLEY.
Delegation Of Railroaders from
That State at Canton.
VISITORS FROM FOUR STATES,

NlplAVh0 uVm 1OOH u n LII
Besides Kansas, Indiana, PennsylvaDia and
Ohio Send Delegations. to All Of Whom
the Republican Candidate for President
Delivers Addresses.
CANTON, O., Oct 24-Major Mckinley
was visited by five delega tions yesterday
and to every one he spoke. They were
from four ates-Pennsylvania sent two,
Indiana one, Ohio one and Kansas the
other. The first lot of callers was tho In
diana company that arrived here before
daylight. They waited at the hotels until
$50 o'clock when formal call was madd
at the Mckinley residence. The second
party came from Kansas. This consisted
OF several hundred railway men. They
had travelled twonty-four consecutive
hours to reach this city, and arrived al
the Mckinley home unexpectedly.
The third party of the day was about a
hundred from Pittsburg. They were resi-.
dents of Pennsylvania who had been in
the Iron City as delegates to the annual
convention of the directors of the poor
md charities. Following this party, Ohio
continguous territory. The next delega.
tion was tho largest Of tho day. 1t came
from Armstrong county, Pa, and was
made up largely of employees of iron, glass
and tin mills. 1t was u very enthusiastic
party, This delegation presented to Nh
jor Mckinley handsome mirror, the
product of glass factory of Armstrong
county.
To the Kansas delegation Major Nc
Kinley said:
'Thero was time when some men were
in the habit of saying that it did not make
aly difference to tho railroad men Of tho
country, whom you represent, what kind
of financial legislation wo had or what
kind of tariS policy we pursued in the
United States If any of you believed
that statement four years ago you do not
believe it new, because you know that
upon the general prosperity of the country
depends the prosperity of our great rail
roads, and upon their prosperity depends
your employment and wages.
I'm the last three years and half no
character Of property has suffered mora
than the railroads. Many Of them have
been compelled to go into bankruptcy,
have been unable to pay either their bonds
or the interest on them, and that is only
because the change of 1892 settled paralysis
upon the business of the United States.
Now, what we want to do is to get back
our prosperity. Whatever will do that is
what all of us ought to be in favor of, no
matter what may be our several occupa-
tions and omployments.
you are prosperous when every factory
in the country is busy and every working
man employed making products in the
east that are shipped to the west, and
growing products In the west that arc
shipped to the east. And what we want
is first n market for the products of the
great west, so that you can haul these
products from the west to tho eastern
shore, and not have products sent them
from the other side of the Atlantic. You
want that as interested railroad men, but
you do not want cheap dollar anyhow.
ut Is our business to make our homo
an ideal ono and for third of century
the United States was an ideal home for
all our people, engaged in every occupa-
ton. We abandoned that splendid policy
three years and u half ago. and when we
and good times. What we want to do to-
day is to got them back again. How can
we get them back? You can got them back
by steadily and firmly setting your faces
against the doctrine of repudiation."
10 the Pennsylvania supervisors of tho
poor the candidate said:
sit does credit to our citizenship, civili-
zation and humanity that we spend 50
much for the unfortunate of our popula.
ton. Your spokesman has very well said
that the way to de crease the poor list Is to
increase the opportunity for work, and il
there is one thing more than another that
the Republican party desires it is tha,
every man beneath our flag who wants to
work shall have an opportunity to work.
When the opportunity is given him to
work the Republican party means to see,
too, that he shall receive payment for his
work in good money We want every
honest days work to he paid for in honcs5