The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-19

oIiSouc t,lot cSCOrteu MChINiey 10 Tue
meeting.
Il believe in honoring a governor who
won't steal" he said, 'and no one has
ever accused Mckinley Of stealing. He
has never catered to the baser elements
Of society. That Is what our governor
has done. II this Populist crowd II
elected again they will steal the noun
tains of Missouri in another two years"
In his trip through Kansas Major Nc
Kinley spoke to l25.000 people In five
days. Once he made seventeen speeches
IN twenty-four hours. At Lincoln.
Neb., 5000 were present among them
500 cowboys who rode ninety miles to
hear him. at Omaha 1900 came out.
the largest audience ever gathered
under one roof In the state From
Council Bluffs to Des Moines he spoke
at every station, his audiences aggre-
eating 10000. Ten thousand, turned out
at Des Moines. Among the 10000 who
came to hear him at St. Paul were
hundreds from the two Dakotas. At
Duluth the iron miners came and shared
with the old soldiers the honor of es-
corting him. There were 1900 in the
audience, and afterward he spoke to
the laborers at work at the docks
Madison. Wis, turned out 5000, Mil
waukee l6.o0O. On the Saturday be-
fore the Madison meeting he spoke q
times in IL hours to audiences ranging
from 800 to 1000. Grand Rapids. Mich,
gave hin, 1000 listeners. At Peoria,
Ill.,. there We're 10000, at Springfield, the
last resting place of Abraham Lincoln,
almost as many.
Then he turned southwark, toward
New Orleans. At Lexington, once the
home of that other apostle of protec
ton, 5000 greeted him as he passed
through. At Chattanooga, Tenn, there
was mighty throng at the station.
The New Orleans Picayune, the leading
Democratic paper. said his audience
there numbered 5000. 1t printed his
speech in full and devoted columns to
description of the scenes. There a
Democrat In the audience shouted:
What about the force bill?"
Were more interested just now in
the board bill than the force BILL" was
the majors instant response. 1t was
there that he said: cleveland Is a
peace man in war, and a war man In
peace"
On his way home he had a great
greeting at Birmingham, Ala, and
then went into West Virginia, speaking
at Parkersburg, Huntington, Charles
ton and Wheeling, as well as to the
crowds gathered at the stations along
the route. In one day he spoke twelve
times, his hearers numbering in all
over 10000. In Pittsburg he had q
great audience. In Philadelphia he
spoke twice in one evening to immense
meetings. His journey through New
YORK was one great ovation. At Buff
falo he had to address three meetings.
Ten thousand greeted him at Albany.
From Dunkirk to Batavia, Rochester
Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, New
burg, Poughkeepsie, the people turned
out In thousands. On his return to
Ohio he stopped at Erie at in the
morning and found 1900 people wait
Ing to hear him. He closed the cam
paign In Ohio.
This was indeed a memorable trip. 1t
took In the states of Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin. Michigan, Ken
ginia, Pennsylvania. New York and
Ohio. On undertaking it Major McKin-
ley agreed to make 46 speeches. He
made them-and 1925 more. For over
eight weeks he averaged seven speeches
a day, ranging in length from 10 min
utes to an hour. 1t was estimated that
100000 people listened to him.
1t was a long. arduous and tiresome
journey. covering thousands of miles.
But Major Mckinley bore up under his
fbors with wonderful vigor When it
was over he said to friend:
Il have been singularly fortunate.
thank God every day of my life that
have been 80 watched over and cared
for and brought through the Iosg jour-
ney without a mishap of any kind"
After telling the story of this trip it
need not be said that he has wonderful
power as a campaigner. He IL not q
fiowery speaker. He tells no stories,
never seeks to make his audience laugh.
His language is plain, his manner sim
pie and sincere. His sincerity gives him
his power over his audience. However
much his hearers might differ from his
views, all recognize that he means what
he says. believes what he says. and
yield homage to his sincerity and earn
estness. He deals in no personalities,
utters no abuse. No opponent leaves
his meetings angered by what he has
heard.
He begins his speeches slowly, speak
ing IN low, measured tones. Then
n o.
louder until his penetrating tones are
heard by his entire audience. He has a
look of Webster. Many have spoken of
this "McKinley's eyes are not SO deep
set" says one, land his voice has not
the volume and resonance Of the Olym-
plan oracle Of the constitution, but the
periods have an earnestness, his voice
has an infection and force, his dark
eye has the glow of a living coal of fire.
No one can hear Mckinley and doubt
that his soul Is touched with the living
truth of a rule of action that has for
its object the upbulldlng of America
and the highest welfare of every Amer
lean citizen"
He has the power Of stating truth
In plain words. Here are few of the
sayings that fell from his lips on that
tour. and which his hearers understood
and remembered:
Capital won't work without profit any
more than labor will work without
wages. Yet capital can wait on it's divi-
dends, but the workingman can't wait
on i'is dinner
THE capital of the working man is
his strong right arm, and in the deftness
and skill Of his BRAIN and If they are un-
used for month, CIR three months, or six
months, that much of the workingman's
capital Is gone forever. What we want
today is to keep that capital invested.
You can't do that II you give Europe
a part of our work to- do"
"Diminution of domestic production