The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-23
Major Mckinley Was Visited By
Three Excursions.
He Pays Some High COmpli.
ment to Every One.
HARRISON EXTOLLED.
The Major Throws a Gorgeous
Bouquet at Him.
His Administration Praised
New York State EulOgized.

Canton, o., Sept. 2S.-Three organized
delegations had appointments with
Major Mckinley yesterday. The first
arrived over the Valley railroad just
at u o'clock and was scheduled as Re
publicans and friends of Major McKin-
ley from Holmes county, Ohi0,'' one of
the strongest Democratic sections in
the country and a part of the majors
old district. Local committees took
charge of the party and conducted it
to the Mckinley home, where an ad-
dress was made by DR.. Bingham of
Millersburg and responded to by Major
Mckinley, who, speaking Of his cam
paign in that county in 1890, said:
This was the year when the prophet
was abroad in the land. The campaign
was one of prediction and prevarica-
ton. The tin peddler was already in
Holmes county. His marvellous tales
startled the community. daughter and
applause and beating of tin buckets.)
Tin never was so high before or since.
We had only just enacted the protective
law of 1890 and we had determined in
that law that we would establish in the
United States factories that would
make tin plate for the uses of our own
people. (Applause.) And we have done
it. Great cheering) And the people
not & single prophecy, not a single pre-
diction made in 1890, respecting the
price of tin, has been verified. CA voice:
OF One.O And this year, as in 1890,
we are engaged in a campaign which is
fruitful of promises. Six years ago
free trade, as your spokesman has said,
was to be a cure for all our ills; the
panacea for all our troubles. Well. we
have now for four years enjoyed partial
free trade in the United States, espe-
cially in wool daughter and tremen-
dOus cheering) Now we have a new
promise by the advocates Of free coin
age.
But the people have no patience with
those who would violate the plighted
faith of the nation and stamp its obli-
cations with dishonOr. They will not
tolerate reputation of public law or
private dealings. They will not coun-
tenance the clipping the coins of the
country and will never consent to clip
ping the currency in any form which
may be proposed. (Cheers.) The con-
test should be so settled this year that
no party hereafter can alarm the bust
ness world and shake public confidence
by a proposition to scale our debts,
either public or private. We cannot
afford to have the question raised every
four years whether the nation Will pay
or repudiate it's debts in whole or in
part. applause and cries of 'GOod.D
This is the year, my fellow citizens
Of Holmes county, to close that ques-
ton forever. 1t can be so determined
by you that it will not present iteself
again in your lifetime or mine. A
sweeping and impressive majority
against the combined opposition will do
it, and nothing else viii. (Applause.)
Placing the party of national honor in
control of every branch of the govern
rnent will do it. Anything short of that
win leave the question open to further
dispute
Let US settle once for all that this
government is one of honor and of law,
and that neither the seeds of re-
pudiatiOn nor Iawlessness can find root
in our solid soil or live beneath our flag.
CVociferous cheertng.) In this contest
all the banner we want is the American
flag. That represents all our aims, all
our policies, all our purposes It is the
banner of ever patriot; it is today the
flag of every section. No tag ever
triumphed over it. CApplause.) 1t was
not now be, when mora patriotic men
are guarding it than ever before in our
history CONTINUED applause)
At O'Clock g special train of twelve
coaches on the c. c. - s. road brought
a large delegation from jamestown, n.
Y representing ChautauQua and Cat
taraguas counties. The delegation
brought two bands and notices. At
the Mckinley home a congratulatory
address was made by \. c. Wade Of
Jamestown
In the course of his address Mr. Nc
Kfnley greeted the visitors as citizens
of the first and greatest state Of the
Union. He said he sometimes thought
that the country does not realize that
as immense as the agricultural re-
sources of the west are, yet New York
is still the first state in both the value