The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-09
ISSUES TERsELy STATED.
speech to Delegation OF Italian
Americans from Pittsburg.

Speeen TO IN Delegation OF ltakaan-
Americans from Pittsb,grE.
Major Mckinley in responding to the
congratulations of the Italian~American Re
publican Club of Pittsburg, said:
My Fellow-citizens-I am indeed glad to
meet my fellow -countrymen of Italian birth
ana descent who have honored me with
this visit here to-day. / thank you for hay
ing brought the sunshine. daughter and
applause.l / appreciate this visit because
it means that your have an interest in
common with all your fellow-citizens in the
welfare of the country of your adoption
(cries of We have and applause). and be-
cause you feel that in the campaign now
upon us there is much involved in the
rightful settlement of the questions which
are presented. We are nation of work
ing people; we recognize no caste, and
will tolerate none beneath our flag. "a
vpiee; We know It. iafa{ and great aPpiauTTfto Ttao
voice Of one citizen is as potent as the
voice of another; and their united voice,
when constitutionally expressed, is the law
OF the land. The great English statistician,
Mr.. Mulhall. declares that: No other
civilized country (but the United StateS)
could boast of forty-one millions instructed
citizens in a total population of less than
seventy millions, all OF whom are equai
sings and opportunities of free govern
ment.' ! may be pardoned If / recall his
words uttered about a year ago from the
standpoint of a dispassionate stu6ent Tor
they well so point TO the United States as
the most favored nation Ia the world. L
hope you have found it SO in your own ex-
perienee. cloud cries Of We haveD lie
says:
If we were to take. a survey of man
kind in ancient or modern times, as re-
CARDS the physical, mechanical and intel
lectual forces of ma ations. we find nothing
to compare with the United States. The
physical and mechanical power which has
enabled community OF Wood-cutters anu
dred years the greatest Nation iii the world
is the aggregate of strong arms OF men
and women applied to the useful arts ana
sciences of everyday life. The power that
traces a furrow in the prairie, sows the
seed reapS and threshes the ripe grain;
the power than converts wheat into hour,
that weaves wool or cotton IN textiie SUITS
and garments; the power that IItS the
mineral from the bowels OF the earth ana
forges iron and constructs railroads.; the
power that builds up towns and cltlesIn
a word whatever force IS directed Tor the
production. convenience or distribution of
the necessary comforts or injuries OF me,
NAV he rnt;l lStlred at each national census
with almost the same precision as that
which the astronomer indicates the dIs-
tance of the heavenly bodies. -, :,
given than this, and less could not be ac-
corded in justice to US. II IS TINS attract
tive spectacle which invites the men OF
other nationalities and lands to make TINS
free land their home. We have made mar
velous strides in every chanhel OF com ,a
merce. We have suhdued and changed the
voice of the wilderness. We have trans
formed great plains and pralrles from
their primevaI verGure into fields of beau
teous grain This has not been the ac-
complishment of a century; II mas peell
really the work of a third OF century;
since we entered upon our most remark
able development. The only limit there IS
to American progress is the limit Whlch
Americans themselves Will place upon
themselves by the ballot
'.rThe issues of this campaign cannot be
overstated in their Importance. What are
they? First. shall We sustain law ana
order and uphold the tribunals of justice
which in all the trying times OF the past
have been our greatest safety and our
pride? Shall we do this men of ltahan
birth and descent? Shall we continue a
financial policy which is safe and sound,
and gives TO a money with which to
do business that is stable in value ana
which commands respect. not only at home,
but in every commercial nation of the
icy by which this Nation has become
mightier than all the other great CONNER
cial. manufacturing. mining and farming
nations of the world? On these questions
there should be no two opinions and be
lieve this year the peop1a of this country.
of every nationality. of every race ana
clan. loyal as they are to this government
of their adoption, will unitedly sustain In
the authority of law and the Constitution
(cries of We will and applause), and con-
secure work and wages and employment
and comforts for labor, good markets for
the farmer, in which all the people will
participate. (Cries of 'Hurrah for McKin-
ley.O
generous welcome to my home. / es
pecially gratifed to be assured that our
Italian fellow-citizenS are enrolled this
year in the ranks of the great Republican
party. Great applause and cries of Good.
GoodD and that they are enlisted in a pa
triotic effort to achieve a victory for them
selves, for their labor. for their occupa-
tions and for their country. (Three cheers
''for the next President were given)