, 1896-07-13
WHAT M'KINLEY SAID.

A dispatch from Canton, Ohio, says:
1t vas less than an hour after the ad-
tournment Of the Chicago convention
when the Twenty-second Ward Fora
ker club Of Cleveland arrived in Can
ton. 300 strong, with their wives and
daughters. They marched at once to
Governor McKinley's residence. After
President H. d. Lucas had made a pre-
sensation address, Governor Mckinley
addressed his visitors. In the course
Of his remarks he said:
my Fellow Citizens: Recent events
have impressed upon the patriotic peo-
pie Of this country a responsibility
greater than the civil war. Then 1t was
a struggle to preserve the government
OF the United States. Now it Is a strug-
gle to preserve the governments honor.
(Cries OF Yes and %applause.) Then it
was a contest to ave the union. Now
1t is a contest to save spotless its credit.
(Great %applause.) Then section was
arrayed against section. Now men Of
all sections can unite and will unite to
rebuke the reputation Of our obliga-
lions and the debasement of our cur
rency (Applause.) In this contest pa
triotism is above party. and national
honor is dearer than any party name.
The currency and credit Of the govern
ment are good now and must be kept
good forever. Our trouble Is not with
the character of the money that we
have. but with the threat to debase 1t.
We have the same currency that we
had in 1S92-good the world owe and
unquestioned by any people. Then, too.
we had unexampled credit and prosper
ity. Our difficulty now is to get that
money in circulation and invested in
productive enterprises, which furnish
employment to American labor. Great
applause.) This is impossible with the
distrust that hangs over the country at
the present time, and every effort to
make our dollars or any one Of them
serves to increase distrust. What we
want is a sound policy. financial and
Industrial. which will give courage and
confidence to all, for when that is done,
the money now unemployed because Of
fear for the future and lack Of conf
dence in investment, will quickly ap-
pear in the channels of trade.
Gentlemen. the employment OF our
idle money, the idle money that we al
ready have. in gainful pursuits, will put
every idle mar in the country at work.
and when there is work there is wages;
there are consumers who constitute the
best market for the products Of Jul
soil. Having destroyed business and
confidence by a free trade policy. it is
now proposed to make things still
worse by entering upon an era Of de-
preciated currency. Not content with
the inauguration Of the ruinous policy
which has brought down the wages Of
the hborer and the price Of farm pro-
ducts. its advocates now offer a new
policy which will diminish the value Of
the money in which wages and products
are paid. (Applause.) Against both Of
these we are opposed. Our creed en-
braces an honest dollar, and untarnish-
ed national credit, adequate revenues
for the uses Of the government, pro-
lection to labor and industry. preserva-
ton of the home market and recipro-
city, which will extend our foreign mar
kets. Upon this platform we stand,
and submit its declarament to the sober
and considerate judgment Of the Amer
lean people" Great applause.)