The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-30
QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.
Speech to Delegations from Two
Counties in the Buckeye State

Counties i'm the Buckeye State
Major Mckinley. in response to Hon. T.
H. McConica, of Findlay. o., who spoke in
behalf of Hancock county. and DIR. William
A. Dickey, of Tiftin, O., who spoke on be-
half of Seneca county, said:
MY Fellow-c w-citizens-For more than
twenty years l have journeyed throughout
my native State speaking to the people up
on public questions, that / have become
personally acquainted with large part of
the population of Ohio I see in this audi
eEce many faces that | have often met
and an l. addressed befqre-both from the county
as Senator McConica has told you, for
more than ten years ! have visited your
tied the other county that is represented
in this yard to-day. I bid you all welcome
to my city and home We have indeed
splendid achievements of our State and the
grander achievements of our. country. We
have been blessed other people in
the world have been blessed.
am glad to meet this representative
tiops and professions from these two coun-
ties. and / am especially glad to meet the
good women who honor me with their pres
wrong if it has the approval OF those who
preside over the American home and we
would all of US get on better, both in pub
more with our wives. mothers and sisters,
and took them into our confidence. I am
gsad to know that the women of this coun-
try are as deeply interested the men in
the rightful settlement of the public oues-
tlOnS that upon US.
What is all this contention about? What
does 1t mean, that from one end of this
country to the other, in every State and
Territory of the American Union, there are
assembled to-day millions of men discussing
Questions of great national importance?
what IS the contention about, my fellow
citizens? 1t is question to whether
we are to continue doing business with
good money or commence doing it with
poor money. This is the plain. simple
question, touching the great problems of
finance. We have to-day in this country as
good money as can be found anywhere in
the world Every dollar of 1t is as good as
gold and passes current everywhere. 1t is
now proposed that we shall change this
splendid financial system and enter upon a
programme of irredeemable paper dollars
or debased silver dollars 1t seems to me
that the naked statement of the PROPOSE
ton should bring its instant condemnation
II there is anything that the merchant
wants; or that the farmer wants that shall
be stable, fixed and unvarying in value it is
the money he takes in exchange for his la
Dor or products. As said a moment ago,
this is the. sort OF money we have now. and
is the sort that next Tuesday we mean to
decree shall be continued
hat is the other question: my fellow
cltlZenS? The other question is one of tax
alton 1t takes money to run the govern
ment and our political opponents say they
they do not tell us how they will run it. "a
voice: They don't know.) They will not
discuss eei the tariff at all (voices: They're
AFRAID of it!) They say it is not in the
campaign. l can imagine nothing more i'm
portant than a revenue system that will
provide money enough to run the govern
ment We have not had enough money TO
run this government for the past three
years under false system of political
economy. So the question is how shall we
raise that money? Do you want to raise
1t by direct taxation, by taxing the prom
erty and lands, the incomes and wages
or the people? (Cries of No, no,O We'll
tnen, the other way to raise it is bv taxing
the products that come here from Europe
in competition with American producfs
RMS Is the way, l believe, to raise If: ii
is the old-fashioned American wav of rails
ing IT; 1t is the way Washington pointed
out as the way to raise the money TO RIM
this government When we have agreed
upon the tariff as the way TO do it then 7
would so adjust the tariff upon foreign
products that compete with American nrod-
ucts. the products of our factories and
protection to every American producer
This is the other contention upon which we
must speak next Tuesday.
1nen. therc is another contention We
propose TO have no stain of Reputation cast
upon the American name; and we propoSe
TO stand by law and order and by the CON
sututed authorities of the State and M
have no other rag the United states hmt
the glorious stars and stripes.
L thank YOU fer this call from the hot
tom OF my heart. Take back to those Won
nave left behind my message of good will
and regard to your friends a home r hao
the spokesman from Seneca county esne7
clally. to carry back TO that venera bIe Iadv
the widow of that distinguished general
William II. Gibson. wnom we all loved so
much and who loved his country so ,nI.cb
the best and warmest regards both of Mr.
Mckinley and myself -' .