The herald., 1896-09-25

American worlingmen. (Crieo o1
That's right and applause.) And
that is all there is of the protective
tariff. We want enough tariff in this
country. put upon foreign goods that
compete with ours, to make up the az
ference between wages paid labor m
Europe and wages paid labor in the
United States. tremendous applausa3
We want the difference between Amer1-
can conditions and European condi-
tions made up by protective tariff on
all foreign product that competes with
with American product That Is the pol
icy pursued by the Republican party
ever since it came into power. Then we
want my fellow citizens. to restore COM
fidence-business confidence. We do
not want any cheap money, any more
than we want cheap labor in the United
States. (Cris5 of That's rightly
When the miners Of West Newton
have dug their coal by honest toll they
want to be paid in dollars that are equal
to the best dollars of the world. that WIN
not depreciate in the future, and that
will be as good as gold any day and In
any country as in another. (Cries Of
That's what we want.")
The Republican party does not conceal
its purposes; they are an open book.
Everything that the Republican party
believes in, when it has been in power.
it has written in public law; 1t has no
aim but the public good; it has ever stood
on the side of the country and the nag.
It's great central idea has been the well
fare of the people, and all the people,
and every principle that it ever advo-
Gated has embraced the highest good for
the greatest number of American citi-
zens. That has been the policy Of tho
Republican party for nearly one-third OF
century; it is It's policy today. For the
Republican party advocates principles
no less in defeat than in victory, and
those principles today are dearer to the
American people than, they ever have
been before. (Great applause.)
Now, what we want is to write on our
ballots next November what we think
best for us, best for our labor. best for
our wages, best for our mines, best for
our factories and farms, best for our
families, best for our children. Let our
ballot represent these considerations.
and the Republican party need not fear
for it's triumph on the Sd of November.
(Applause.) 1 thank you for this pleas
ant, interesting call. and it will give me
great pleasure to shake you by the hand.
(Three cheers for McKinley.)
Shortly after noon special train OF
fourteen coaches brought a party from
Oil City, Pa. to greet Major Mckinley.
They were introduced by Hon. Amos
Steffe, and a congratulatory address
was made by Hon. w. ]. Hullings. A
UNIQUE feature was that of forty-five
young ladies, representing the various
states, each bringing Mrs. Mckinley
basket of roses.
The second installment of visitors from
Westmoreland county, Pa. arrived
shortly after o'clock, occupying three
trains, bringing three bands and three
drum corps 1t represented the towns OF
Greensburg, Scottdale. Latroble, Hecla.
Ligonier, Mammoth and Mount Pleas
ant The Introductory address was made
by Congressman G. w. Huff. In reply.
Major Mckinley said:
Col Huff and Fellow Citizens:
thank you for the generous assurances
of support which Col. Huff has present.
ed on your behalf. 1t gives me especial
pleasure to welcome you, when reflect
on the long distance you have travelled
and the discomfort you have been sub
jected to, and that you come here to
testify your devotion to the Republican
principles and your desire for the sue
cess of the Republican cause. The ap-
plause I esteem, in one sense. a per-
sonal favor, but I value 1t far more
n tr-l,1 Sv,do nf he
principles which have for the moment
the honor to represent, the everlasting
principles of the Republican party.
Great applause.) Principles in such
a contest are everything; they are mas
terful, and everything else must be sub
ordinated to them. In this contest old
party lines are being effaced, and pa
triotic citizens are coming together on
one common platform to sustain the
good faith of the government. (Great
cheering.) The contest in some of its
aspects is old, yet it is the ever new and
eternal contest between right and
wrong. Standing for the right, as we
believe-can there be any doubt that
standing for national honor. national
credit, national currency and suprem-
acy of the law is standing for the right?
Can there be any doubt of that, fellow
citizens? (Cries of mo, no.') Lincoln
said in one of those debates against
Douglas: 1T is question between
right and wrong that is the real issue.
That is the issue that will continue in
this country when these poor tongues Of
ours are silent. 1t is the eternal strug-
gle between these two principles
throughout the world. They are the
two principles that stood face to face
from the beginning of time, and will
ever continue to struggle until the right
shall ultimately triumph"
The principle for which Lincoln con-
tended limiting the slave territory and
the final abolition of slavery itself, did
triumph most gloriously. to the satisfac-
ton eventually. of every patriotic citi-
gen north and south. We are confronted
this year with a question of not mere
partisan differences, but with great
moral principle. Such a question, I ad.
nit. as ought never to enter into q politl.
cal discussion. but which having arisen,
must be courageously met by the Amer
lean people and settled once for all upon
the eternal principles Of right, justice
and honor. applause and three cheers
for Mckinley And so settled, 4 trustr
that the like of 1t will never be raised