The Portland daily press., 1896-09-07
PENNSYLVANIA MEN CHEER.
Mr.. Mckinley Entertains Two Th0us-
and Callers.

Mr.. Mckinley Entertains Two ThOus-
and Callers.
| We Spurn All Glass Distinctions.
| Canton, o.. Septemb Der 5.--The Beav-
er County, Pa, delegation reached the
Mckinley home, $500 strong, at IL. Is this
afternoon. They came on special trains
over the Pennsylvania road. After an
enthusiastic march through the streets to
the Mckinley home, the number Was
doubled by accessions along the route
and in the city. Among the clubs in
line were the lincoln club of Now
Brighton. Mckinley and Hobart club OF
Monaco, Mckinley club of Beaver, Re-
publican club of Rochester. The party
was headed by Mai Little of Beaver
Fails ana e. q. Thomas of New Brigh-
ton. The reception given Major Mex in
ley when he appeared upon the porch to
| greet his visitors was one of the most en-
thuslastic scenes yet witnessed at the
house. The cheering could DO heard for
blocks and blocks; such a waving of
hats and handkerchiefs and umbrellas
and banners has seldom been wit
| messed.
1t was some time before the speakers
could be heard. When order was Sc
cured Edward A. Frethy, a molder of
Beaver Falls, Penn, was introduced,
and presented the congratulations and
assurances OF hearty and continuous sup
port for Mckinley and the l3epublican
cause by the people of Senator Quay's
| home
Major Mckinley made an appropriate
response saying:
My Fellow Citizens:-It gives me great
pleasure to receive this call from this
WORKINGMEN AND CITIZENS.
of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. I greet
you at my home as friends and allies in
the great cause in which the honor of
tbs country and the prosperity Of the
people are involved. You are the near
est neighbors in the East and closely
connected socially and in business rela-
tIons with the eastern part of the old
congressional district which for SO many
years had the honor to represent. The
people of this country were never SO
| eager to vote as now. The last four
years have been long years-the longest
-FOUR years since our great civil war. Ev-
erything has suffered but the Republican
party. Everything has been blighted
put Republican principles and they are
dearer, more cherished and more glorious
than ever before. The people of the
country are only waiting for an oppor-
tuntty to embody these great principles
In public law and public administration.
have great affection for your old
county and our great Commonwealth.
Both have stood for the nation and its
honor in every crisis OF our history. No
state In the union has been more closely
welded to Republican doctrines and Re
publican politics than the state of Penn
| sylvania. No state has achieved higher
rank in manufacturing and mining than
yours, and no state has been, MORE de-
| voted to the great doctrine OF the protec-
tive tariff than the state from whence
you come. And. my fellow citizens,
no state exemplifies the splendid advan-
tages of that great system more than
yours. do not imagine you are ready
to give 1t up, but that you will still
cling to 1t as the great American patri-
and prosperity. do not recall time
in the history of the country VIII an
protection was at issue that your state
did not declare by emphatic maJoritles
in Its favor. Two years ago you gave
your distinguished governor, Gen. Hast
ings. the largest majority ever given by
| your state and probably the largest pop
ular majority ever given any candidate
in any state Of the Union. I do not
forget this delegation comes from the
home Of that distinguished leader and
unrivalled Republican organizer whose
unfaltering devotion to Republicanisln
has never wavered and whose splendid
seryices to the cause have more than once
assisted to achieve the most signal TIL
umphs In both your state and nation. I
remember we'll, when the Wilson tariff
law went from the House to the Senate
aud was under discussion, Senator Quay
stood resolutely for every interest in his
state and prevented the destruction OF
great industries by his famous speech,
which was the longest ever delivered
upon the tariff question in the history of
the Republic, and which has not been
oonfuted. When he was fighting for tine
| Industries OF your state on the floor of
the Senate, If he could not save them in
any other way, he resumed hts speeoh
which went on day after day without
apparent elimination Of his manu-
script which laid bef0re him. wish be
might have been a part of this great dele
cation today, but his absence is fully
| compensated by the fact thai in anoth-
or part of this great fluid of contest he is
are engaged. and for the success of which
SO many people ara striving.
It Is this year my oountrymen, great
cause for which we contend, command
ing the
SUPPORT OF EVERY PATRIOT
for it represents the national hoor and
stands for national prosperity It in
wolves every cherished interest of the
country and embraces the welfare of
every citizen of, the Republic. 1t in
wolves the labor and wages of the people
and the earnings accumulated and to be
aocu mulated, the honor of the country
its financial integrity, it's good name
all are at stake in this great contest.
and every lover of country must be
aroused to duty and quiokened to respon
slbility in this crisis. Our glorious
country has suffered no dishonor in the
past; 1t must suffer no dishonor in the
future. The past is secure and glorious
The present and future are our fields of