Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-27
MONDAY BUSY DAY AT CANTON
Delegations Flock in Large Numbers 70
Pledge Their Support,
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES FOR SOUND MONEY
Major Mckinley Einborntcs on the
Idea OF similarity OF Interests Bcp
tween Master and workman
I'm This Campaign.

CANTON, Oct. 26.-The largest crowds
In Canton have been confined most generally
to Saturday. Today, however. was a sur
prise, even to the much surprised Can
tonians. Organized delegations came from
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois. The day was fair and the
professions OF unusual brilliancy. The Now
Jersey Frelinghuysen Lancers set the style
and the day throughout was distinguished
by the most handsome paraphernalia OF
parade yet witnessed The Erie railway
employees delegates were numbered by thou
sands. After Major Mckinley returned from
attending the funeral OF his late friend, w.
]. Miller, the paraders began their marches.
They stood In waiting on North Market
street in double line from the Mckinley
home to the court house, a half mile straight
away They gathered and packed and
swayed about the house so that speaking
from the porch to be heard by so vast a
crowd was impossible. The temporary re-
viewing platform used Saturday is not
allowed to stand after the day is over There
was therefore, no place TO speak from but
the porch. Tables had to be carried from
the house to improvsc a rostrum. so that
the people damned solid across the streets
homes might hear The women as well
as the men in the railway delegation each
carried an American flag. These were
waved vigorously. Torpedo cannons were
exploded, rockets fired and tin horns were
blown, while drums added to the enthusiasm
OF the scene. Nearly all OF the Introductory
speeches referred to the coercion charge or
Mr.. Bryan and Chairman Jones. Several
spokesman challenged the proof for a single
case OF coercion. Major Mckinley again re-
farra1 IN tho CHARGE of forcing pmplOypg.
saying: There are some people who seem
to think that the best way to get on In
this world is to be against one another, and
there is a natural antagonism between those
who employ labor and those who are en-
ployed. They are disturbed whenever they
discover that the employer of labor and
labor itself are on good terms, and when
ever that occurs they commence crying CO.
crclon. II is cooperation, the one working
with the other for the public good and for
their advantages severally." This and similar
sentences were received with tumultuous
applause. cheering and waving OF flags.
RAILWAY MEN FIRST.
This is the last week OF the campaign and
IL opened with six delegations scheduled to
visit Major Mckinley from as many states,
and this number has been much exceeded.
1t was about IL o'clock when the first ar
rived and there has since been a continuous
stream of people to the Mckinley home.
The first to greet Mckinley came from IN
Mems Gold Standard club OF Seymour, North
Vernon and Washington, Ind. The party
came In a special train OF six coaches, when
had been on the way since o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The men for the most part
were employees OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Y southwestern. Their spokesman O. II.
| Montgomery of Seymour. and Mr.. Mckinley
| made tho chief speech OF the day IN repiy-
| Io said:
There are some people who seem to think
the best way to get anything In the world
Is to be against another and that there
is n natural antagonism between those who
employ labor and those who are employee
They are disturbed whenever they dis
cover that the employer of labor ana the
labor itself are on good terms and when
ever that occurs they commence crying
coercion. 1t is not coercion; II is co-opera-
the public good and for their advantage
severally. We do not want in this coun-
try antagonism between capital and labor;
they ought to be close together all the
time. The one cannot get on without INC
other, and instead of their being enemies
they ought always to be friends. instead
of discouraging sympathy between them.
which We all ought always 10 ADVANCE
there are those who would create antip-
athy between them; for example, between
railroad managers and those VINO are en-
ployed by the railroad. Now, do not be-
iieve in any such doctrine myself, i be-
lieve in the common brotherhood of man.
| believe that labor gets on best when cap
ital gets on best and that capital gets on
best when labor Is paid the most instead
of being a natural antagonism there is q
natural alliance between them and the peo-
pie who are forever seeking to create an
tagonisms between those who employ labor
and those who are employed are the people
who never give any employment to labor at
all Now, what we want In this country
and l am addressing the Sound Money
club of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
railroad alone-is first, confidence; conf
credit OF the country; confidence in the
future; confidence in our money; confidence
that If we invest our money today, we VIII
i Id no tlaa
that kind, no one will feel like investing
money, and If money is not invested there
is no employment for labor. Then. TOO,
as your spokesman has well said, we want
n tariff that Will raise enough money to
keep this government out of debt. We do
not want any more debts or deficiencies
either in the treasury or among the people.
We must pay as we VIII go. We want
bills, and we want that tariff so adjusted
as to encourage American protection and
uphold and sustain the dignity and inde-
BEST OF EVERYTHING.
| Now, what we want to do, not as par
tlsans, but as patriots is to stand for that
policy that IL best for ourselves, our homes.
our wives, and our children, as well as
our state and country. and then we want
| to teach reverence for public law ana
to stand firmly for tranquility as, against
violence. We want to stand by the great
| incorruptble judiciary OF the country,
which Is our ,bulwark of safety, in, every
| nOur OF trouble ana peru. we DO not
want any dishonest dollars. l like tho
name of your club-"sound money" We
do not want anything unsound In this gov
eminent. We want a dollar that Is as good
as gold MS your spokesman has said and
| Just as good In the hands of the poor as in
| the hands OF the rich. The first mission
| that a poor, DEPRECATED debased dollar
| performs is to find its way into the hands
| of some poor man who cannot afford to
lose 1t. This has been the errand OF poor
| dollars ever since the government began.
| The poor dollars always eventually land in
| the pockets of the poor people, for when
| the breaker .crash comes, the poor man
| loses II. The man of capital keeps his
| finger upon the financial pulse. He knows
when money is going down and when II Ia
| going down he parts with It.
While the Indianans were being enter-
| tained a large delegation from the Cleye-
| land, Lorain Wheeling railroad shops and
| docks at Lorain and from along the line
| waited In the street at the foot OF the hill.
| This party was introduced by l.. q. Eddy, q
locomotive engineer, as being stsunch sup
| porters OF the republican party in the
| present campaign, representing all branches
OF railroad work. =
While the Ohio railroad men were being
| addressed, the shouts and cheers and bands
| Of the New Jersey delegations were heard
| approaching the house The Ohioans crossed
| the street TO the lawns on the opposite side
| to make room for the new arrivals and re-
view the magnificent parade. ia
which Major Mckinley bowed his
acknowledgment from table In
| the front yard. The conspicuoua
feature Of the New Jersey delegation was
| the splenddly uniformed and drilled march