The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-23
MAJOR M'KINLEY
IS STILL ELOQUENT
lns piring Addresses Made to Delegations
Yesterday.
ARGUMENTS BASED ON SOUND SENSE
Legislation Cannot Create Values.
The Only Wav to Get Wealth Is by
LabOr..Prcsent Affair Is Not Far.
tisan Campaisn..The Issues BE.
fore the Voter.

ton to call ON Major Mckinley today
was from CreSton, Ohio. 1t came at
1890 and numbered about 900. Major
in addressing this delega-
tiOn, said
| see you have not lost your earnest
ness and enthusiasm for the great doc
trnes of the Republican party. We can
not by legislation in this country make
values; we cannot by any legerdermaih
of finance make something out of moth
ing. The only way 10 Se- wealth Is by al
Dor, and anybody who teaches any other
doctrine is a false teacher and not the
friend of American citizenship, or OF our
American homes. There Is no such th!nS
of congress. Congress can do good many
things, but 1t cannot make you rich py
debasng the money of the country, anu
1t cannot make the country rlch by giving
us dollars that are only worth % cents
each and stamping them dollars. Cap
plause.)
Now, congress can helm the country,
but ii must be by wise legislation, caring
for the products, the labor. the farms ana
the men of our people, by protecting
them against the products of people nv
ing in other lands. Great applauseD
A large delegation from Medina coun-
ty, Ohio, numbering more than l,0oO,
called at 1880 There We're bands and Il
good slee club with it. which sang pop
ular campaign songs while the throng
was marching into Major Mckinley's
yard. The delegation was an enthusi-
astiC one. and gave Major Mckinley
rouSng reception when he rose to speak.
TO MEDINA COUNTY DELEGATION.
In addressing the delegation from
Medina county and Beret. Major Nc
Kinley said:
This is notsa partisan campaign, II rises
altogether above that, 1t Is a campaign,
as | view il. for the United States, its
honor, It's crcuit, It's currency, lts WI
fare. and | welcome the assistance which
comes to our cause from every quarter
Of the country from men who hereafter
have mol been identified with us in party
association.
NV fellow citizens, there is more in
vOlved in this campaign than the question
of currency. There is the question OF
whether it is 10 be government by law,
whether the law is to be supreme over
all whether the courts of this country
which are II shield ana anchor for us in
times of trouble, are sustained or become
the mere creatures of Il party caucus.
Away with 1t. ApplauseD This Is gov
ernment of law and the people will render
Il verdict on the third day of November
sustaining both law and courts.
From Barmesvillc, Belmont county.
some smaller towns in the neighboring
counties of Noble and GurnSey, the
next delrea ton came. 1t was made up
of Workingmen, farmers and miners,
and it contained nearly Il thousand Not
erS.
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
In addressing this delegation. Major
Mckinley said:
Briefly stated, my fellow citizens. what
is this great contention about that Is en-
gazing tine attention of seventy million
of people to the exclusion of everything
else? What is ii all about" First. shall
we have an honest dollar worth 100 cents,
or shall We adopt as our standard a dollar
worth only - cents?
SecOnd-Shall We pay the obligat tions of
the government as We have always paid
thcm--in the highest form of money known
TO the civilized world?
Third-Shall we now enter upon the is
suancc of n deprecated paper money as
proposed by the Chicago Democratic plat
form
Fourth-Shall this government by law
be sustained under the law and through
the courts created by law?
Fifth-Shall We continue the partial free
trade policy which was inaueurated by the
election of 1882, or shall We restore that
grand protective policy under which for
more than thirty years we lived and had
such great prosperity?
. | take 1t the people about me are OPP
posed to debasing the money of the coun-
try, and | take it no man in Ohio wants
the obligations of the United States dis
honored TO the extent of single farthing.
The GAINESVILLE delegation was close.
ly followed by great one from Ma
rietta, Ohio. which included some Wis
itors from Morgan county. The Ma
rietta delegation coming from the first
settlement i'm the whole northwest aad
a county rich in historical associations
and suggestion, caused Major Nckin-
ley to recall some names. incidents and
events of the past. He further said:
Ny fellow countrymen, may u, 81! be
inspired by the same blessed ap',i. o, pa
trotiSm that moved the grand a,l ""g1t
men who founded our government, and We
have in the contest now upon Us that
which commands the highest patriotism
and noblest aspirations Il OF American citi-
Zcnship. our honor is impuGned; our cur
rency is threatened: our courts are as
sailed: the very fabric OF our government
is involved in the controversy which we
must settle one week from next Tuesday.
This is not a partisan contest; il is "A con-
test built upon genuine patriotism ana
looking to genuine American.sm. No dan
ger can ever come to this republic so long
as We carry the American flag in Our
hands and keep it in our hearts. and |
speak to all my fellow citizens of Ohio
when say that this is the year when you
are to determine, each for himself, whether
or not he wants a 52-cent dollar or n 100.
cent dollar: whether or not he wants a re-
turn to that prosperity from which he ran
away in 1892, and whether or not he wants
increases the debts Of the government and
debts of the people and want and destitn-
tion for all of our people: Cries o. I'VE
want protection" and I'VE want Mckin-
ley.'o
In this great contest the Republican
party has been designated to carry the
banner that represents those. great princ'-
pies, Ia voice. GLORY to God'o and men of
all political parties this year are rallying
around that banner because 1t embraces
what they believe is for the best OF the
people and the glory of the great re-
public.
Not one third of the Marietta people
had moved away when a delegation of
seven hundred voters from Guernsey
county Indiana, marched up.
QUESTION OF MONEY.
In addressing the Indiana delegation
Major Mckinley spoke as follows:
y government Tor the people which rests
upon the consent of the government Is a
government that can be made by the peo-
believe will best subserve their own in
terests. You will have an opportunity
one week from next Tuesday to express
by your Individual ballots what you think
of the great questions that divide US this
year. They are questions which ought
not to be troublesome in rightful determi-
nation. The question as to whether good
money or poor money is wanted should
not create doubt in any mind. We want
good money, good at home and good
abroad. and good all the time. and when
we have parted with our work and labor,
or. our products. we want something in
return of stable value. and that is the
kind of money we have now-gold. sill
yer and paper all alike. all equal in pur-
chasing and debt paying power. made
good by the goyse,rnment g,s,l r. OF the United
% 4; thai ~ ..ant something to do. 1t is
los, Jgb we. want back. (Cries OF