The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-11
M'kINLEY TALKS TARIFF.
lie Nddrcsscs n his Delegation Of renns,i
Nauia Visitors.

,ania Visitors.
CANTON, Ohio, Sept 7-Twcnty-fvc
hundrcd people from Beaver county,
Pennsy lvauia, arrived here this after
noon IN special trains to visit Major
Mckinley. When Major Mckinley
appeared upon the porch to greet his
visitors cheers arose that could be
heard for many blocks, and there was
S great waving of hats, handkcrchici~
umbrellas and banners.
Major Mckinley spoke as follows:
"My Fellow Citizens: 1t gives me
very great pleasure TO receive this call
from the wording men and citizens of
Beaver county. OF the state of Penn
sylvania | greet you at my home, as
friends and as allies in the great
cause IN which the honor OF the coun-
try and prosperity of the people are
involved. You are our nearest neigh.
hors on the east aud are closely com
nrctcd socially and in business rela.
lions with the eastern part of the old
congressional district which for SO
many years | had the honor To rep.
resent.
THE people Of this country never
were SO eager To vote a. now The
last four years have been long years
the longest four years since our great
civil war. Everything has suffered
but the Republican party. Every.
thing has been blighted but Rcpubll.
can principles. And they are dcarer,
more cherished and more glorious
than they have ever been before. Tho
people of the couEtry are only wait.
ing for an opportunity to cmbody
those great principles in public law
and public administration.
81 have great affection for your old
county and your great common
wealth. Both have stood for the ma
ton and its honor In every crisis OF
our history. No State in the union
has been more closely welded TO Re.
publican doctrines and Republican
policies than the State Of Pennsylva.
MIA. No State has achieved higher
rank in manufacturing and mining
thar yours and 40 state has
been more devoted to the great
doctrine of n protective tariff
than the state from whence you
come. And, my fellow citizens,
no state exernplibed the splendid I'D.
vantages Of that great system more
than yours. l do not imagine that
you are ready to give IL up, but that
you will cling TO 10 as the Great Amer.
lean patriotic policy, the best for your
advancement and prosperity. do
not recall a time in the history of tho
country when the question Of protec.
ton was at issue that your state did
not declare by emphatic majoritics in
its favor. Two years ago you gave
to your distinguished governor. Gen.
eral Hastings, the largest ma iori,y
ever given by your state ind proba-
bly, the largest popular majority ever
given to any candidate in any state In
the union.
"My fellow citizens. I do not forget
that this delegation comes from tho
home OF that distinguished leader and
unrivaled Republican organizer.
whose uufaltering devotion to Rcpub.
licanisn Gas never Tavcrcd and whose
splendid services to the cause havo
moro than once assisted TO achieve
the mos, signal trIumphs in both your
state and the nation | remember
well that when the Wilson tariff law
went from the House 10 the Senate.
and was under discussion. Senator
Quay stood r~csolu'cly for every in.
terest in his state and prevented the
destruction Of great industries by
his famous speech, which was the
longest ever delivered upon the
tariff question IN the history OF the
republic, and which has not yet been
concluded. Wncn he was fighting for
the industries OF your state on the
floor of the Senate, IL he could not
save them In any other way. he re-
sumed his speech, which went on day
after day, without apparent diminu.
tion of his manuscript. which lay be-
fore him. ! wish he might have been
a part OF the delegation to-day. but
his absence is fully compensated by
the fact that on another part OF this
field of contest he Is serving the same
cause in whicl. you are engaged and
for the success Of which so many peo-
pie are striving.