The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-30
DRUMMERS WILL
SUPPORT M'KINLEY
Commercial Travellers Are Addressed
by the Sound Money
Candidate.
GERMANS PLEDGE SUPPORT
A Thousand German-Americans From
Cleveland Call Upon Mr. McKin-
ley and Assure Him OF Their
Cordial Support

Canton, Ohio, August IA thouS-
and German-Americans Of Cleveland
met this afternoon and made one Of the
most impressive and enthusiastic dele
cations that has yet come to Canton.
They finished In splendid style the
demonstration Of the day,
no ausplclously begun by the big com
mercial travellers party from Chicago.
The merchant travellers and their
Canton comrades. Joined by the Deu-
bcr Hampton Mckinley Club, filed a
mile Of street with red, white and blue
protection and gold standard umbrel-
las as they paraded to the Mckinley
home. The German-Americans and
the thousands that Joined them each
carried an American dag.
As Major Mckinley appeared on the
doorstep Of his home he was saluted
by his callers with such a waving Of
"Oul Glory" as he had seldom seen
before. Edward Bohm made classic
address. pledging the German-Ameri-
can support Of honest money" and
"unnlnchlng patriotism" for those
whose mother country was that Of Sci
gel and shurz. Major Mckinley made
a brief response.
In his address to the commercial
travellers today. Major Mckinley said:
~. a.. ..t ,,,t,. .a -riar.s ~ rorn-
merce. but creators Of confidence: not
only advocates Of progress, but pro-
mOters Of prosperity. You inspire eth
er confidence or distrust. for you tell
the truth about the condition Of the
country. You not only sell goods-or
used to-(great laughter and cheering)
but you disseminate Information among
your customers. There is no more GER
tain barometer Of the business of the
United States than the sentiment Of
the men OF which this body, assembled
here. is representative. You give new
hope and stimulate new effort in that
great body OF businessmen upon whom
so largely depends the revival of bus
mess in all parts OF the country. But,
above all else, my fellow citizens. is
confidence.
And We cannot get confidence by
threatening to revolutionize all values
and repudiate the obligations, 10th pub
lie and private. Policies that are good
for the Eastern and Central states are
good for the West and great Northwest,
1t never pays to buy cheap goods from
a rival whose object in selling to you
at low price is to establish u bust
ness which will in time destroy your
own. We want no cheap goods in this
country at the expense of the free and
honest laborer. We want no cheap
goods whose production would reduce
us in the United States to industrial
and social degradation.
Reciprocity. too. the gift of Blaine
and Harrison to the nation, deferred by
Garheld's untimely death, was at
length proclaimed by that great presi-
dent. statesman and patriot. Benjamin
Harrison. Reciprocity, the twin Of pro-
lection and the true handmade Of pros
perity, already has a strong hold on
the affections of our people. We will
have no policy by which we do not get
as much as we give, and will inaugu-
rate no reciprocity policy which takes
from from American workingmen q
single days work that they can possi-
bly, get. We will simply revive this
policy that put American flour in Ha-
vana free and gave Cuban sugar free
to the people of the United States on
terms alike-just, fair, honorable and
advantageous to this country and Gu
ba. (Renewed cheering) This policy
of Harrison and Blaine (applause)
means the supremacy of trade-not its
injury"