The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-14
SPEECH TO oHIoANs.
Major Mckinley Tells what the Peo-
pie of the Country Want.

pie of the Country Want
To the Sandusky county, Ohio. delegation
Major Mckinley said:
''Mr Dewey Ladies and Gentlemen and
my Felow-citzensI give you warm well
come to my home. You are not strangers
to me. For more than once, indeed many
times, l nave met you in public discussions
/ remember with gratitude the fact to
which your spokesman refers. that one of
the earliest victories for your county was
one with which L was associated. Ohio is
full of glorious memories, and the words OF
mind. L know of no State in the Union
that has contributed more TO the honor
and glory of the Republic than the State of
that carries the ashes of more noble deao
than Sandusky county, which you repre-
friend; he was my boyhood friend; | met
him for the first time on the field of bat
tie when the country was engaged in the
mightiest war OF human history. and no
braver man ever lived that Rutherford B.
Hayes. Continuous cheeringD He was
not only my boyhood friend. but he was a
constant friend until the day of his death
and / cherish his memory as an everlaSt-
ing and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. one. 1 re
call, too that other name distinguished in
Gen Ralph ?. Buckand 1 recall, @ IL too that
for the cause OF his country-Gen. James
r. Mcpherson (great applause)--ll of
them glorious names All of them lived
for the young men not only of Sandusky
county, but for every county in the State
to emulate and follow.
But you have come here. my fellow
citizens, to give me assurance of your de-
votion to the Republican cause and pleas
ing as it would be to me to indulge fur
ther in these "reminiscences. 1 must call
your attention in the briefest manner to
at this moment the most earnest attention
of the American people. The condition of
thinking about, every woman is thinking
about, and wondering how we are to i'm
prove that condition.
Il read to-day in the North American
Review. an article from the Secretary of
the Navy, Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama whom
| long knew as a member of the national
House of Representatives. He has iust
visited Europe, and he describes the busi-
ness condition of Germany and England
ana france as possessing a degree of activ-
lty and prosperity, the like of which they
never enjoyed before. He closes by say
unprosperous as it is to-day and then
makes the inquiry: Why is not the United
states states and its working people, with all our
natural resources, enjoying a share of the
prosperity that is enjoyed by England and
Germany and France?
We are in the midst of depress ion now and
think we know why these great nations
of the world our competitors are nrosner
GUS We are doing less of our own work
and they are doing more of it for us (ireat
applauseo Everybody admits the condition
step TO discuss with you the cause Eyery-
BODY knows its source. The question in
every American mind is how to remove
Ihe cause and how to get back the old
prosperity which we had enjoyed for more
than a third of century. We must have
confidence in the first place. (Appiause.@
How can we get that confidence? Can We
get II by degrading our money? {Cries of
NC, NO no no.o Caa we get it by depreciat-
ing our currency? tCries of 'Nbi') Can
we get it by threatening TIE regulation or
partial Reputation of public and private
restore confidence by destroying conf
9ence: Can we get 1t through turmoil and
d1Squietude and public disorder? Can we
restore confidence by monthly and yearly
deficiencies in the public treasury? We
CT only get back confidence my country :
en. by letting the whole world know that
of people. and that they propose to paw all
their debts in as good moncy as the World
kl ows anything aboIt. Great cheers And
when We have established that which we
will do three weeks from to-day (tremen-
business at home. (ApplauseO If we do
not take care of our business nobody will
take care of It for us (applause) and if
" e do not use the power of the ballet which
we possess to subserve our own best inter
ests then we do not use the ballot to the
best advantage.
We cannot improve the condition of this
country by decreasing the value of our
money and ma king believe Ihat ~ cents,
worth OF silver is a .toIlar 0aughtor and
applause.) The only way to improve our
condition is to increase business Let u>,
dc our own manufacturing. Let us do our
own mlnlrg. Let US preserve our own home
II afket-the best in the world. Let Us dedi-
cafe ourselves as p2tflOtS to the promotion
Of the highest interests or the American
people. | believe in a tariff tremendous
applauSe), and II we ever reeded tariff in
The world we nj ed il new. We want 70 stoD
borrowing and We want to stop having
things charged at our stores Naughte~ and
applausel. and the only reason why we ever
have anything charged UP against us al the
stores is because We have no work Con.
tinuous applause)
Nov. what we want in this country is n
restoration of confidence. of credit the
confidence OF an unquestioned dollar. ana
then we mt to adopt an Industrial policy
that will raise enough money to pay the
expense of this government every day
-(Grealt appsuse) And in doing this we will
protect American industries and defend
American labor"