Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-30
.MKINLEY AND MINERS.
Fine Record Of the Next Presi-
dent Of the United States.
REPRESENTS THE TOILERS
In the Great Cause of Protection
to American Industries.

In the 6roat Cause OF Pf0tectlon
to American Industries.
COMPARED WITH BRYAN.
aeKi.lsy Won nis First Public Reeogni-
tion - the Defender Of the Coal Miners.
While MY. Bryan Won His First Public
Recognition In . Speech I'm Favor Of Free
Trade and Equal Opportunity for Euro
pean Industries in American Markets.
Voters Take Your Choieei
The Democratic managers arc seeking
to represent Mr.. Bryan as the especial rep
resentative of the toiling masses. But
Major Mckinley Is, in fact. q better repre-
sentative Of the men who toll on the farms
and in the shops than is Mr.. Bryan He
represents the cause Of protection to Amer
lean industries, while Mr.. Bryan repre-
sents the cause Of free trade In labor on
American soil But outside Of the eco
nomic politics represented by these presi-
Dental candidates, Mckinley won his
public recognition rs the defender Of the
coal miners, while Mr.. Bryan won his first
public recognition in . speech In favor Of
free trade and equal opportunity for Euro
pean industries In American markets.
Major Mckinley came by his present
position not only through brilliancy OF
achievement, but through
fidelity to . dxed principle. His recon-
to public Office was a defense
Of laboring men who were on trial for
burning the works of coal mining COM
pany at Massillon, o. The miners were
on strike, and during the strike some one
fred the works. Moro than q score Of
miners were indicted and placed on trial,
charged with incendiarism. Major Nc
Kinley was young attorney at Canton.
He had mover been thought Of for public
office and had no ambition for any other
success than TINT Of lawyer. He was n
friend of tho miners on trial and he was
engaged to defend them. Public opinion
the men without trial, but
William Mckinley took up their cause
with such earnestness and made such Il
defense that the majority OF the men were
acquitted and those who were found
guilty escaped with very slight punish
ment.
Old lawyers In Ohio who heard McKin-
ley's defense OF these men predicted bril-
liant future for him at the bar, and the
mine owners who had the men arrested
felt that this young man was moro dan
gerous to their interests rs the champion
of labor than was the miners orgariza-
ton that hnd brought about the strike.
The miners Of that part OF Ohio looked
upon Mckinley Us their champion, and
that speech mado him the Republican cam
didate for prosecuting attorney of Stark
county There was n large Democratic
in the county, but Mckinley =
of the miners broke down the OPP
position and gave him the election by n
good majority.
AS the public prosecutor Mckinley was
the friend Of the laboring men, not in pre-
tense, but in the honest and fearless judf.-
ment he used in refusing to allow his
office to be used to intimidste men in the
free exercise Of their rights As citizens.
When he became q candidate 10 con
gress the laborin9 men looked upon him
as their true friend and hundreds who had
voted the Democratic ticket helped elect
to congress and for many years
helped him there in spite of the Demo-
cratic gcrrymandcrs Of his district.
Mckinley became the champion of pro-
lection to American industry, not because
he WAS a tariff expert, but because no was
Interested in tho cause OF labor, and he
. district which Ind many In
dustries where wages were dependent on
the protection given them in our tariff
laws. One of his first arguments in favor
Of protection was that 'the right Of labor
and Of labor's best reward is not only IN
alienable, for In it lies the power to pur-
sue happiness, but 1t is n right protected
in terms by the constitution" In con-
grcss he devoted himself to study Of the
tariff that he might lift the scale Of wages
for the men in the factories Mt his own
home, md help the wool growers on the
hillside farms Of his own district. He
framed the Mckinley law with the ons
purpose of protecting American labor and
to build up new Industries for the em-
ployrcnt Of moro labor at home. He Is
the hest champion OF American labor, be-
C1ubc ilr ilthS uCNoto'a hao ihAo ~ sAo SesuSS
Of protecting American industries.
As governor OF Ohio Mckinley was the
friend Of the lnboring men. When the
Trades Labor union sent to Govcrno.
Mckinley m appeal for immediate relief
for the destitute miners IN the Hooking
Valley district tho telegram reached him
Mt midnight. He did not wait until the
next day. bt,t dispatched messengers to a
wholesale grocer. 4 dealer in four, another
IN meat. 1. transfer company and the
officers Of the Hooking Valley Railroad
company. 9'h.sc gent!c:rr,, came to his
roonIs In ,hc hotel .sf.,r midnight, and
the result WIS a sI-''I,i ''''r loaded with
supplies started for Tho destitute miner:
TT ; n'ci,ck ,hc n"xt morning. Governor
Nr,liniry I.'id f"r those supplies out OF
his own private purse, an'l the next day
he presented the ci.;Isc af the miners tC
the legislature aud TO the public In q
message and - proclamation to secure
more ample relief fer tho suffering miners
The miners OF Ohio have never forgotten
that Mckinley is their friend, and the
miners Of Illinois also know why theJ
call Mckinley the champion of labor.
What has w. J. Bryan done to entitlt
him to stand as the protector Of labor, IL
lift the crown Of thorns from his head2
The prospect for Bryan in Pennsylvania
B,ust be still worse than 1t is generally
imposed to be, when even Tillman ut last
confcsscs that the Democrats have nc
chance to carry It.
Almost the only relic in existence o
the battery that was established in thi
city during the Mexican war is an ole
cannon that is at present doing duty q
q curbstone fender. AT the time the bat
terry was constructed it was ON the edg