The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-24
THE CANDIDATES SPEAK
Major Mckinley Addresses O Del
egation from Pennsylvania.
BRYAN TO RURAL NEW WORKERS.

BRYAN TO RURAL NEW WORKERS
Blk Thousand People Crowd tho Lawns Of
the Mckinley Residoncs-Mr. Bryan Dis
ousses tho Chicago Piutfcrm-Brya to
Lunch with Senator Hill.
= CANTON, O., Aug. GA delegation of
1000 tin workers from Newcastle, Elwood
and Wampum, Pa, called on Major Nc
&inley Saturday, The delegation was in
many respects the most interesting that
has yet visited Canton. They came with
Bands, steam calllope, cannons and tin
horns, and while here they owned tho
town. The crowd was augmented to about
1900 when the Mckinley residence was
teaChed Colonel o. l.. Jackson acted as
spokesman for the party, and after the in
PRODUCTION Major Mckinley spoke, in part,
as follows:
"Mr, jackson and My Fellow Citizens:
It gives me very great pleasure to welcome
the citizens of q nelghboring state to my
city andTo my home l note with great
satisfaction the message which your elo-
quent spokesman brings me, that the peo-
pie Of Pennsylvania have lost none of their
devotion to the great principles Of the Re-
publican party, and that this year they
will give to the Republican national ticket
On unriyaled Republican majority. We
have had three years of bitter experience
pnder policy which the Republican party
has always opposed, and there has been
soothing In thas experience to win us to
that policy, but everything to increase our
devotion to the old policy Of protection,
which stands opposed to it.
"The earnest thought Of tho people this
year Is directed to the present condition Of
the country and how best TO improve it.
This is the thought Of every mind and the
prayer of every soul Nobody is satisfied
With our unfortunate business condition,
ahd the great body Of tho people want and
mean to have a change. What shall tho
change be? Shall it be the continuance Of
the present Democratic party under an
other leadership--a leader advocating all
the policies o. the Democatic party which
have been injurious to the American peo-
pie and patriotism and which have re.
csiyed the dlsapproval Of the people of the
cdpntry9
'The wing of the Democratic party
which controlled the Chicago convention
Is Just rs much in favor Of frce trade as
the wing of the Democratic party in con-
troll of the national administration. Most
of those prominent In that convention
were conspicuous lenders in the assault
upon our industries and labor made by
the Fifty-third congress. They are de-
Voted to this isun-American and destructive
policy. 1t stands opposed to reciprocity,
TOO, the splendid results Of which were so
dgnally manifest during the adlninstra-
eoh Of President Harrison.
IF there was, therefore, but one quc5-
zion, that of protection against free trade,
we would have it just rs sharply drawn
and as distinctively presented through the
Chicago convention wing Of the Demo-
cratic party as we had it through the
united party In 1892, and triumph this
gear for the Chicago platform would be
Eignal victory for free trade and for tho
continuance Of free trade legislation. This
wing of the Democratic party believes not
only In free trade, but It believes In FREQ
kilver alta ratio of IS to /. Having dimin-
ished our business, they now seek to di-
mnish the value Of our money Having
cut wages in two, they want to cut the
money, in which wages arV paid, in two,
end we will isot have either the one or the
other.
i.The othor wing of tho Democratic party
Is patriotically striving for the public
honor, End Is opposed to free silver, be-
cause 1t believes thatsnch policy would
disturb existing values, contract the cur
rency of the country by depriying us Of
the use of gold and putting US upon sill
yer basis thus creating widespread panic
ond bringing to every Am Jrican interest
serious injury.
- "Gentlemen, confidence lies at the foun-
cations of active and successful business
operations We cannot restore confidence
by n proposition to debasa the currency Of
the government and scale down public
and private obligations Such PROPOSE
ton strikes at tho very life Of credit and
business 1t makes it harder to get money
for legitimate and worthy enterprises by
deliberately proposing to pay back what
has been already borrowed in a depreCi-
Eted currency. The people want neither
free trade nor free silver. The one will
degrade our labor; tho other our money.
We are opposod-unalterabl opposed-to
both Of them. We have tried the one in
modified form with disastrous results to
every American home, and we aro strongly
opposed to making an experiment with
The other.
"My fellow citizens, the people have a
thnncs this year to take tho Wilson law of
The statute books and put good Ameri-
con protective tariff law in it's place which
will provide adequate revenue for the gov
ernment and gladden. the home of every
American workingmun. They have q
ahance this year to prevent the free silver
law from going on the statute books, and
thus koep our money Of eyery kind now in
circulation as good as gold, and preserve
our national name above reproach"