The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-30
ENTHUSIASM GROWING AT CANTON
AS THE END DRAWS
NEAR,
FIVE FORMAL ADDRESSES
TO FOURTEEN PARTIES OF
VISITORS.
HUNDREDS LrNGERED TILL NIGHT
All Anxious Not Only to Hear Nc
KinIey, but for an Opportunity
to Shake Hands.

CANTON, o., Oct. 29.-Historfans of
the campaign of 1896. will record Thurs
day, Oct. 20, as one Of the red letter
days at Canton. Maj Mckinley was
kept busy from early morning, and WIS.,
itors came SO fast about the middle Of
the day that he could not find time to
lunch till after o'clock. One party
was in town before o'clock, but con-
| siderably delayed their call till the
major had finished his breakfast.
| Others came at short intervals during
| the day and the crowd became SO large
| that the speaking had to be transferred
| from the porch to the reviewing stand.
| Every caller was intent on shaking
| hands and so far as possible the op-
| portunity was granted, though it was
a herculean task, At one time the
| crowd became so large that ii was i'm
| possible to organize a line for hand
| shaking reception. But hundreds in
| that party fingered about the house
waiting for the major to re-appear and
| toward evening he came out upon the
porch to meet them.
! Mai. Mckinley made five formal ad-
| dresses the last to seven car loads OF
| people coming from Fulton and Will
| Jams counties Ohio, and DeKalb and
| other northeastern counties of Indiana.
There were two Introductory addresses.
| The five audiences addressed were COM
| posed of fourteen delegations, in which
| there were railroad men, business men
| and manufacturers, farmers, mechan
| les, miners, Oil men, glass workers, iron
| workers, bankers, professional men,
printers, men and women office en-
| plcyes, coming from four states, West
| Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
! Ohio.
| Besides making the five speeches,
| Maj Mckinley received large num-
| Der of individual callers from all over
! the country; shook hands with a large
| party of women stenOgraphers, from
| Akron, who had a tally-ho parade, and
who were afterward received by Maj.
| McKinley's mother; met and spoke in
| formally to the directors and officers of
| the German Deposit Bank of Pitts
! burg. and made a. brief address. re-
| spending to the greetings of small
| party Of business men and manu-
facturers of Pittsburg.
The first visitors to arrive this morn
| ing were the employees Of the kenaWba
| & Michigan Railroad company. The
party left Charleston, w. Va, at
o'clock last night and travelled all
| night. At o'clock the visitors were
escorted to the Mckinley home and
were there introduced by w. w.
| Brown, a conductor on the road.
A small party of business men and
manufacturers Of Pittsburg called next.
It was made up of Col. J. L. Shoon-
| maker, O. w. Childs, James Laughlin,
e. M Ferguson, A. w. Wood, John B.
Mckinley, H. G. Formes, w. W. Will
lock. w. w. Laurence, w. 8. Magee.
Mr.. Schoonmaker was spokesman.
They were received in the library.
| Shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon
1 IL IrxrvAv Or
rived via the Valley, bringing the
| farmers, business men, workingmen
and citizens in general from Hancock
and Seneca counties, Ohio. The dele
CATION was headed by band and
made very enthusiastic demonstra-
ton on the lawn. when Maj. Mckinley
appeared. Addresses were made by L.
II. McConican, of Findlay and w. A.
Dickey, Of Tiffin. The other afternoon
declarations included the party of
women from Akron, and the visitors
from Columbus and Northern Indiana.
In responding to his visitors today
Maj. Mckinley said in part:
It is the proud boast OF our American cit-
zenship that every one Of lis is equal before
the law; that our constitution and our laws
recognize neither creed, color nor conditions,
but all alike amenable to the constltu-
ton and laws; all alike enjoy their blessings
and benefits and all alike are equal In the
exercise of that great sovereign power, the
ballot which next Tuesday you Will | trust Isl
interests Of your state and country.
Some people seem to think that the way to
get rich in this county Is to cd dne
people have gone far as to say that It
does not make any difference about the
QUALITY OF MONEY.
so we have the quantity l think some of
the men standing around today who were
across the river during the late civil war,
do with the. valueIof money, and that while
there was quantity in plenty Of a certain
kind of money, the quality OF it was so poor
Longstreet recently said in a speech at
1T was said of the Confederate money dur
sent to market for a basket full of supplies
for daily family use. The last breakfast /
had in Richmond before Gen. Lee pulled us
away from there, was small steak, plain bis
cult and warm water that had a faint sus-
pieion of coffee about i, and an0 this sumptuous
money and 1 felt then 1 was swindiing my
host as Grants guns called me to work
on the field. 1 have heard poor private had
to pay $200 for a still scantier meal"
What want in this country, my fellow
citizens. matter where we live, no matter
what our occupations may be, Is good,
honest dollar that has value in it. When we
give our labor to our employer, when we give
our eight or ten hours work. we have given
the best have, and we want in return
QO1laIS that represent the Valu6 OF the Work
we give. We want no deprecated dollars in
the United States. We have had short hours
for the last three years and half. We don't
like them, and don't want short dollars
Then they are some people who seem
to believe that the way to get on best Is to
have body of our citizens arrayed against
another. I don't believe that I believe we
are all brothers. all equal under our constitu-
ton and flag, and that all Of us have a right
to aspire to the highest and best things in
free government like ours. The most glorious
thing our history has demonstrated is that the
poorest and humbiest boy with the poorest
surroundings, but with clean hands and pure
heart, may reach the highest place in the
gift OF the republic. (Cries of Good, good
and tremendous appiause.) 1 spurn the at
tempt to array one body or class Of my fellow
citizens against another, and I resent with
Indignation the idea that workingmen are
not patriots They have been patriots In every
crisis of country. They require no
coercion to make them love their country
their homes, their mothers their wives and
their children Cloud and continuous cheer
fngD l am glad to know that the railroad
employees, from one end of this country to
the other, are marching under the same flag
the nag of national honor and public and
private integrity. Renewed cheering)
Il believe that the people everywhere be-
meath our flag are ready for the contest.
believe that there. has been no time since the
war that the people were so anxious and i'm
patient to vote and SO decided in their con-
viction as to the character of their vote as
they are this year. Il believe that on Nov.
the verdict of the American people will be
for sound money public faith public morals
and protection and reciprocity. It seems al
most incompreheusifiar that tho nrs,norifion