The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-25
One Delegation Gets to Major
McKinIey's House
Before the Family Has Had
Breakfast.
M'KINLEK APPEARS IN
JOcular Mood and He Talks
Briefly.
Compliments Indiana From
Whence Visitors Came.

Canton. O., Sept. 25.-Members of the
Mckinley household had not break
tasted when the first delegation arrived
this morning. It was from Marion.
Ind, occupied a special train of eight
coaches and represented the glasswOrA-
ers of Grant county, Indiana. The in
PRODUCTION was made by DR.. w. r.
Francis. Two bands came with the
party.
Major Mckinley said:
My Fellow Citizens of the City of
Marion and Grant County, Indiana: I
congratulate you upon being first to-
day. Oaughter) No other delegation
has yet preceded you. Laughter-) 1
give you, each and every one of you,
warm and cordial welcome to my home.
welcome the Republicans and the cit
iZens of the HOOsier state-the state Of
that grand old war governor. Oliver 2,
Morton (Applause), and that splendid
president and patriot, Benjamin Harri-
son. Great cheering) You are here
this morning, not to honor me person
ally, but to honor the cause which you
love and which you mean to support
and you mean to support that cause be
cause you believe it viii insure your
own best welfare and the best we'll
being of the country at large. Gap
plause and cries Of That's right.')
You believe in that cause because you
have tried it. and having tried il, you
know you have been more prosperous
in your occupations under the policy
which it represents than you have ever
been under any other policy. loud
cries of That's right.'O And if any
thing was needed to confirm you in
your devotion to that policy it could be
found in your experience Of the last
four years. Under no other policy, an
der no other principles have you en-
joyad that degree of individual and ma
tional prosperity which for more than
thirty years you enjoyed under Repub-
Hcan policy and Republican admins
tratiOns (Applause), and you are here
fI1i= mo 1fTnrr fO a
VOtiOn to the Republican principles and
your deep and abiding interest that
they may be successful throughout the
country next November. (CrieS of
Indiana just as we are interested here
| in Ohio, both in agriculture and in man
ufacturing. You know something in
that great gas belt of what manutac-
turing means to any community. You
know that where there is successful
manufacturing there is q prosperous
city, there is always prosperous agri-
culture. (Cries of That's right.
you are right.") The farms about
a little manufacturing city ad-
vance in value and the farm is en-
hanced every time you put up a new
factory in any community or in any
city You have in your city of Marion,
as I recall, industry which manu-
factures glass that used to be in the
city of Canton. Am I right about thatE
! (Cries of ''Yes.'O It is a good industry
Well now, that fairly illustrates my
idea That used to be, as I said. a Can
ton industry. We would very much have
preferred to have had it remain here,
but it was taken away.
However, it did not go out of our
own country. (Great applause.) It
It went into a neighboring state, and
therefore benefits the American family
American wOrkmen still do the work
We share in your good fortune and
prosperity; but we would have felt DIFF
ferently if it had gone on the other
side and out of the United states In
a word, we want to do our manufactur-
| ing at home, and if we cannot do it IN
| Ohio we are willing to have you do it
| in Indiana. (Great cheering and cries
| of Good good" and What's the mat
ter with McKinley?'O And if we can
not do it in Canton, I do not know OF
any city in Indiana in which / would
rather have it done than the city OF
Marion. (ApDlause-) I am glad to
! meet you here this morning We want
/ in this country good homes. good wages,
steady employment, a good home mar
| ket and then we want to continue the
| good sound round, honest dollars with
| which to do our business and pay our
| Ia bor Tremendous cheering.)
My fellow citizens, L thank you for
/ this morning call and bid you hearty
| welcome 1t will now give me pleasure
| to meet and greet each one Of you per
! sonalIy. applause and cries of ''dur-