The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-09

| u.C as gold everywhere In the world,
and weypropose to keep 1t right there,
Applause and cries of That's what
We will dol
Must Not Tarnish National Honor.
Then there is another thing we pro-
pose to do. We propose to settle IL for
AL time that this ic a government or
law-[tremendous applause]-and a
| government by law, and a government
| of honor that will not sell it's honor
and public faith for any pi -ce or consid-
| GRAFTON. tremendous applause ana
| cheers for Mcl<inley.l
There is another thing, my country
men from Indiana, that we propose to
do. We propose to stand by the honest
| judiciary of the United States [Cries
| OF That's right."] That has more than
once been our sheet anchor in time Of
trouble, the tribunal that protects the
weak against the strong; that is unin-
| fiuenced by avarice and unmoved by
prejudice.
1--WE propose, in word, to stand by
our free institutions-grand, noble in
situations they are-where every young
man has an equal chance in the race
OF life, and spurn the suggestion that
there are classes in the United States.
[Applause.l Every honest man under
our flag is as good as any other honest
man, and we propose to keep him so.
[Cries of That's right."] Every man
has an equal opportunity under our
laws to rise in this country with any
other, and I bid the young men who
stand around me never to permit any
barriers to be raised between one class
of citizens and another. Keep the gate
way wide open. Keep the door of OPP
portunity swung wide open, so that
your boy and his boy may have every
opportunity that belongs to our free
government and it's precious institu-
lions. Continuous cheering]
Now, my fellow citizens. I am done,
except to thank you for the courtesy
and cordiality of this call. have been
pleased to receive the gracious message
of your spokesman that Indiana will
give a Republican majority of $4,000.
Loud cries of 1--WE Wilt I want you
to remember that your statement is
recorded-[laughter and applause]-
and, as 1 understand it, every one of
you has Endorsed that statement.
[Cries of Yes, that's what we have."1
Therefore you will all be bound to
make it good. GCries of I'VE will, we
WILT If you will make it good, then
the patriotic people from one end of
this country to the other will rejoice.
1 thank you, my fellow citizens, and
will be glad to shake each one of you
by the hand" GLong continued cheers.]
Nominees Speech to Holmes County.
To the delegation fromHolmes coun-
ty Major Mckinley said:
MY FellowVCitizens: 1t gives me
very great pleasure to welcome to my
home the citizens of Holmes county.
recall with special satisfaction that in
1880, just six years ago, by the act of
the legislature your county became a
part of the congressional district in
which L was candidate on the Repub-
lfcan ticket. ! remember the campaign
L made in your county with special
pleasure and qualification. 1 recall
your warm welcome; 1 recall your
words of good cheer; 1 recall the en-
enlargement you gave me at every
turn; and although an overwhelmingly
Democratic county, as yours has al
ways been, it was pleasant to me
in studying the returns to observe that
by your aid and that of some of your
Democratic neighbors the result |
showed Republican gain.
THAT was the year when the prophet |
was abroad in the land The campaign |
was one Of prediction and prevarica-
ton. The tin peddler was abroad in |
Holmes county. His marvellous tales |
startled the community. Laughter |
and applause and beating of tin buck
ets.] Tin never was so high before or
since. We had only just enacted the
protective law of $780, and we had de-
termined in that law that we would es-
tablish in the United States factories
that would make tin plate for the uses
of our people. [Applause.] And we
have done it, [Great cheering.l And
the people of Holmes county will re-
call today that not a single prophecy,
not single prediction made in 1890 re-
speeding the price of tin has been veri-
fled. IA voice: mot one."l
This year, as in 1890, we are engaged
In a campaign which is fruitful of prom
ises. Six years ago, free trade, as your
spokesman has said, was to be a cure
for all our ills, the panacea for all our
trouble. Well, we have now for four
years enjoyed partial free trade in the
United States, more especially in WOOL
Laughter and cheering.1 And what eff
feet has 1t had upon the wool growers
OF Holmes county and other WOOL
growing counties ofOhio and the coun-
try? You know better than can tell
you. Now it is free silver. Free silver
Is going to cure all lis. [Laughter.l
MY fellow citizens, it does not make
any difference how free silver is in it's
coinage in the United States, you will
not get a dollar of it unless you give
for it. Loud applause and
cries Of That's right."] If we had
mints in every state in the Union and
in every county of every state and the
silver of the world was brought to
those minis as is proposed by our po-
itical opponents, silver would not be
any freer for you than 1t is now.
Tremendous cheering and cries of
you are right, major."1
Then besides, in this country we do
not propose to have a dishonest dollar.
Continuous applause.] We propose
10 have the best of everything that is
going. GApplause.] We have the best
and the best men, and we pro-
pose to continue to have the best
money. IA voice, That's what we are