Evening star., 1896-10-29
FROM HIS NEIGHBORS
Major Mckinley Given Strong Evi-
dence of Their Esteem.
ALL THE CITY CALLED ON HIM
1t Was an Occasion Made Men,
orabIe.
ISCU SSING THE ISSUES

Major Mckinley was given a testimonial
of love and confidence yesterday by
neighbors and fellow citizens OF Can
ten, Ohio. All Canton, and that is
4o,ooO people, seemed to be either in Nc
kinley's yard or as near IL as they could
get. The enthusiasm of the crowd was
| boundless. 1t manifested itself in such
SHOUTS and hurrahs and such blasts of
trurnpets and rolls of drums that the.speak-
ing could not proceed for many minutes.
| Ii broke out afresh when the introductions
had been finished, and Major Mckinley
mounted the chair to respond. Ii inter-
rupted his speech at short intervals in sign
of approval Of what he said
Business was generally suspended at 1880
O'Clock SO as to allow all to attend the dem
cnstration. There was no organization or
classification about the parade. Merchants
and clerks marched side by side as did
manufacturers and bookkeepers, BARRIERS
and doctors, butchers and bakers and trick
| layers, all I'm one long; wide column, reach
ing from the Mckinley home through the
square nearly half a mile away. Every
band and every drum corps in the city
| volunteered for the demonstration.
| One OF the most pleas SAINT incidents OF the
campaign was the reunion in the Mckinley
library this afternoon of the five survivors
OF the first ticket on which was placed the
name OF William Mckinley as a candidate.
| 1t Vas the republican union ticket for Stark
| county in 1863. Major Mckinley is the
| youngest OF the survivors. Every one on
the ticket was elected that year. and in his
| address Major Mckinley paid to each
| most eloquent tribute.
Major MckfnIey's Speech.
Major Mckinley. in mis- address, said in
| Fart:
| 1T would be hard heart. indeed. that
would be unmoved by this magnificent
| demonstration of my neighbors and fellow
| townsmen, who nave assembled here to-
| night without regard to party, nationality
| or creed, to give expression to their good
1 will for the great cause for which have
| been designated to stand.
| Great ISSUES are involved in the pending
! struggle. The people are aroused as never
| before and l believe that the election next
! Tuesday will show much larger vote than
was ever poiled before in the history Of
| our country. We polled l2venuD votes
| four years ago and / will be surprised il
| the vote on the 81 day of November docs
| not far exceed that.
! They are not only going to vote, but they
| are going TO vote right, God gives them
| 10 see the right independent of OLD party
| or political relations. 1t is not a question
| of candidates, il is not contention for
| once; IL Is contention for country. not
| q contention inspired by sectional consider
| alton, but of devotion to the duty which af-
| fccts and inspires the great heart OF The
| American people.
| Not since the first shot went crashing
| against the walls of Sumter rudely awak-
| ening the startled nation 10 the realization
| that civil war had commenced. nave the
| masses of our fellow countrymen been
| aroused as they are now.
| TO give effect and force TO that, not
| merely By an act Of state legislature or
| congress, bad as that would be, but the
| American people are asked, they enter
| the booths next Tuesday, solemnly 10 ratify
| proposition that means national dishonor
and Reputation. 1 do not bolieve .hey Will
| ever do il.
| The issue may be obscured as ii will:
brilliant orators may weave The mos: al
Turing sophistries: but The plain, bald prop
| osition cannot be hidden.
| The voters of TIE United States are ask
| ed to say by their ballots that they are
| willing that our national obligations shall
he redeemed by the government in money
| worth only about one-half as much as the
| government received for them. and that
the pensioners of this goyernmcnt-the men
| who were willing to give the best tiioy had
| the best that any man possesses, their own
| lifes blood-shall have their pensions cut
| ir two.
THE proposition is unworthy of Amori-
| can citizenship, and is insult to the
| integrity, the good faith and the inspiring
| history of our great republic. II should
| receive, and 1 believe it will receive. fitting
| rehuke from the ballots of l5,oUa.oo0 of
| free men. 1t should he so Overwhelmingly
| defeated that no national convention of
| any great party will ever dare make so
| debasinS a proposition in any important
| political campaign again.
| Why, if it prevailed, how can the Amer
| lean name escape dishonor? What use to
| boast of the glories of the past if We dis
| credit them all in the living present? Shall
| We proceed by reason of them to cast re-
| proaCh upon the honored names of the
| past by actual dishonesty now?
| THE American people will never take SO
| raSh and wicked step as 20 inyalidate or
| impair the value of their own government
| obligations. They will never consent by
| popular vote or otherwise to the repudi-
4 Ion, far !,
| They VIII never brook the thought of not
| looking the whole world in the face and
| challenging any nation TO point to n more
| honorable or creditable record than ours.
| No Doubt of the Verdict.
| But, my fellow citizens, the arguments
have been made, SO the is ready 10 go
to the jury, and the jury is waiting i'm
| patiently 10 announce its verdict, and as
republicans we confidently submit our con-
| tention TO the great tribunal of the Amer
| lean people, the highest and best hope in
| the world They will, i am sure, give the
| most emphatic Endorsement of The great
principles Of our government and demand
| the continuance of our glorious Institutions
| unimpaired and unthreatened, which for
more than century past have made this
the most highly honored as well as prosper
| Gus nation 6f the world.
| They will be true to their time-honored
traits Of mighty people. They Will tea IA
| the world this year that they respect the
| law ana OrutT ana tnat lHeS believe IN
| public peace and tranquility and not in
disorder and chaos.
They will teach the world that they
| will support the constituted authorities
| created and sustained by their own free
| WILL They will show their reverence for
the courts of justice, their devotion TO
| the constitutional doctrines of free gov
| ernment, and their love cf home and FAM
| lily, education and morality.
| Il have always earnestly supported with
| whatever poor ability / poss ess that great
| economic policy by which not oEly Cam
| ton, but all other thriving, ente-D-ising
cities of the country have been steadily ad-
| vanced. Protection has always seemed to
| me be the true, patriotic American
| policy. al / want to il restored in the
| legislative and administrative branches of
| the government
Some of our political opponents have
| been denying that this question of the
| tariff is an issue in the present campaign.
| They will not even tell you how they pro-
| pose to raise the money with which 20 lun
| this government They will not discuss
| that at ALL and yet they have declared in
| their platform that not single dollar of
money shall be borrowed even TO maintain
| ing the credit and honor Of the govern mt
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