The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
WEST VlRGINIANS ARRIVE.
Seven Hundred Voters From the Oil
Regions Among the Visitors.

Regions Anon: the Visitors.
Canton,O., Oct. 16.-West Virginia
sent a fine delegation of 200 voters to
Canton today. They came from the oil
producing town of Sisterville and the
counties Of Wetzef and Tyler. The Ell
kins Invincibles q marching club of 400,
wearing gold hats and coats, were with
the delegation and formed an important
part of 1t. Major Mckinley made one
of the most eXhaustiv, speeches to
Southern voters that he has delivered
this campaign. 1t was received with
marked demonstrations of approval.
He said:
The policy OF protection to American
a broad national policy. 1t has not a
tinge of sectionalism in 1t; it is sound in
truth and wholesome in practice. 1t is not
narrow and provincial. but wide in its
blessings and its benefits, always promot-
ing industrial growth, serving national
ends, rewarding individual efforts and ad-
vancins the just aspirations and hopes of
the American people. 1t is the doctrine OF
true patriotism; the welfare of our coun-
try and countrymen first; our home and
our families first, an ardent sincere and
genuine Americanism that loves our flag
better than any other and would rather
subserve our own interests than the in
terests of any other people, or Of any other
nation of the world. 1t is not the plea of
Olle Sltttt dSdliISl dhOlHeI, VI any group
or section of states against another; but It
is for the benefit of ALA policy that in
jures no American interests but pro-
notes them all, 1T is only perfect when
ciple that the Republican party advo-
Gates its restoration. The wisdom of Your
orators who used to tax to YOU was that
the tariff was a good thing for the Ohio
ment to the West Virginia farmer and ia
borer; as II it could benefit the miner of
Pennsylvania but iniure the miner of West
Virginia: as If the wheat and grain grow
er In Kansas, or the best producer of Ne
braska would grow rich by its operations
and the cotton and sugar planters of Tex
as and Louisiana become impoverished
under it,. Time and again you have heard
them declare that while projection must be
Il good thing for the north, II was a curse
to the west and the south. You know bet
Ter now after having had three years and
half experience under partial free trade
Great applause) In vain did Republican
speakers and papers demonstrate against
this business. but Of no avail; and so the
Is it not true that partial free trade has
injured us one and all? Is 1t not true tina:
partial free trade has injured every inte"-
est and every Industry in West Virginia? :?
grown steadily poorer under its destruc-
tive operations? Have not the producer
and consumer been injured?
The southern. In common with all the
other states, steadily advanced under the
protective system. If there was a differ
ence between them and the northern
states, ii was in their favor steadily every
year from 1870 to $780, simply because their
resources were greater and their devel-
opment more general and rapid. In Aug
ust. 1883, eight years ago, delivered an ad-
dress before the Piedmont Chautauqua
association of Atlanta. Ga. in which ]
endeavored to point out to the people of
that and other southern states the great
advantage 1t would be to their material
interests to sustain and advocate the pro-
tective policy and in that connection cited
the statistics of advancement OF the south
under the American protective system as
the best possible argument for It's con,
baan the from so 70 o
growth of the south from 1880 to 1890 Is
still more remarkable.
ATTENTION TO LONGSTREET.
Major Mckinley then called attention
to the statistics quoted by Gen. James.
Longstreet in speech at Augusta,
Ga. on the 9th day of the present
month, showing the increase in prop
erty valuations, manufacturing and
general investment and continued:
This, my fellow-citizens, all occurred
after the so-called crime Of 1873, when
the free coinage of silver was suspended.
No other section of this country, no other
section Of the world made such progress
and during all that period we were on a
gold basis, one dollar being as good as cv-
cry other dollar and all of them equal
to the best; at the same time We were un-
der q protective tariff policy that encour-
aged our own development and the in
crease of our own manufactures. Do you
want to turn your backs upon that policy.
men of West Virginia? Do you want re-
turn of that prosperity which you so sig
nally enjoyed from 1880 to 1890? Cries Of
1--WE do.O
Then, my fellow-citizens. the way to ac-
complish that Is to vote for that party
not for the individual-but to vote for
that party that has always stood for a
protective tariff and believes in protecting
our own against all the world. This has
been the principle now and our party be-
lieves now, and 1t has always believed,
that the business of this country must be
done with dollars that are worth 100 cents
In every state Of the Union and in every
rsrt of the civilized world.
Saturday promises to be the liveliest
day Of this very vivacious campaign
In Canton. Thirty delegations are