New-York tribune., 1896-10-31
crAND UP FOR AMERICA,
Continued from First Pare

rhsre would be something comical about ALL
,.,. trayesty Of common-sense. II It were not
-. the fact the serious fact, they present. Of
...ovinr the bitterest feelings Of each commun-
zee. the arraying of labor against capital: Of
49,. moor or less fortunate, against the rich
- more fortunate: and the creation, for the first
.,r,e in our history. of harmful and destructive
.o.,al divisions. II the teachings Of these men
.ra followed to their logical conclusions, they
.orh threaten the very foundation Of the Gov
.-,ment But they are all wrong f,ndamen.
..,v. cruelty wrong: for there never was a time
nd never will be or can be time when the in
.ssts of labor and capital were not identical
.,d mutually beneficial.
SPLENDID EXAMPLES FOR THE YOUNG.
Young men OF the colleges. adture YOU. de-
.ounce these things wherever you encounter
.,.n. Speak against them and vote against
,,.m teach your children to abhor them: for
,h.y are opposed to American institutions This
sorious Republic Is full Of splendid examples
A. the poor young man. who
Has made by force, his merit known:
And lived 10 clutch the golden keys
That moulds mighty States DEGREES
And shapes the whispers of the throne.
II gave us Andrew Jackson a young hero Of
m. Revolution. and Abraham Lincoln. the mar
,vr TO liberty. Their names will be repeated
Nth honor so long as the history of the United
s.ates Is read. One the son OF a poor widow;
the other born in poverty and o5scurity and
both without the advantages of early education
Zach young man in the hearing of my voice has
.s good chance in life to-day under our free
,nstitutions-aye. better chance-than either OF
these men had at his age; and yet there are
man 50 reckless and wanton to say that the
children Of the poor have no opportunity to
rise Out upon such a gospel It.is opposed to
every National instinct II is utterly unworthy
n, any self-respecting American citizen. Teach
r.h,r the doctrine of jefferson: THE cement of
,bs Union is in the heart blood Of every Ameri-
can
Young men, ] congratulate you upon the
,pendid opportunities secured by our American
eiyization and by virtue Of our free institu-
TONS and I assure you that with honesty and
Industry. pure lives and noble aspirations you
will make names for yourselves and glory to
the Republic. Guard your own lives from i'm
pure thoughts or unworthy ambitions and you
Will be the better equipped for the sacred trust
which in a few years will be imposed upon you.
The visit Of the school-chdren Of Canton was
beautiful incident OF the closing days Of the cam
paign Three thousand boys marched in line, each
carrying small flag. The girls with their moth
ers clustered In dense groups about the house and
in all the neighboring yards. When the boys
marched up they waved their handkerchiefs ana
shouted: "Hurrah Hurrah. Mckinley is the man.
] can't vote. but daddy can" The air was hlied
with the music Of fresh young voices. The boys
cheered Justify for several minutes and then three
of them mounted the stand and told Major Mchln-
ley that all the boys were for him. and that 1t was
the chief regret of their lives that they were not old
enough to vote Haskell Koobs. aged thirteen. intro
duced Robert Jeannero, aged twelve. who spoke
for the primary and intermediate departments. ana
William Jahn who spoke for the High School
pupils.
MKINLEY'S TALK TO SCHOOLBOYS.
Major Mckinley addressed the children as fol-
lows:
NV Young Friends: have witnessed a great
many interesting incidents about my house IN
the last two months. but have seen nothing
40 beautiful or more inspiring than the spec
tacle that is before me to-day.
1t was very good and thoughtful on your part
20 pay me a visit and give me assurance of
svn,pathy and expressions Of good cheer. like
the BOYS There is nothing so nice In the world
as a boy-except a girl daughter and ap-
plause) And il the girls are not here to-day
they will be here tomorrow. Here is specta-
Gle of 5000 or 1000 boys and girls that have
all the years OF their lives before them, with
all the possibilities and opportunities which
every American boy enjoys, with their hopes.
wishes and aspirations to become good and use
full citizens Of this glorious country. The best
advice I can give to a boy IS the homely advice
that he shall be a good boy. "a voice: And
vote for Mckinley" followed by cheering and
waving Of hags) Be good boy at home
good boy in the school; good boy on the
streets: good boy everywhere.
@,iu d,ca ttara ic
In this world that you may aspire to that You
will not get for II Is the proud true boast OF our
great country that the poor boy as we'll as the
more fortunate boy. has the same chance in the
race of life Don't let the fact that you are poor
embarrass you at all; 1t should only act as n
spur to greater effort your part. Just have
pure hearts, keep yourselves clean. and then
bright future is before you and trust and be-
l.eve that all Of you will realize in years to come
the fondest ambitions Of your boyhood.
II was dark when the children. after listening 70
Major McKinley's pleasant. fatherly talk. marched
away behind their band and drum corps.
VISITED BY COLORED REPUBLICANS.
The first delegation to-day was the Original Nc
K.ney Colored Republican Club OF Cleveland. II
was the NTH original Mckinley club that has vis
tied Canton. There were 100 voters In the party
], r. Benson was the spokesman for the colored
men. and Walter Brooks. president OF the club, In
troduced the members Of the delegation TO the can
didatA Tho club organized on September 16
1893
Major Mckinley addressed them briefly. He said:
have been glad to note In this political cam
paign that the colored men OF the United
States. from evory section Of the country, have
demonstrated their zeal for the triumph OF Re
publican principles You. in common with all
your fellow citizens, believe In liberty, and you
believe that liberty should be regulated by law
You believe that this country should have as
the medium OF exchange for doing Its business
collars that good, not only in the United
mercal centre of the world You believe also
tnat the courts Of this country. which are our
safeguards in every time Of peril should be
SUSTAINED In their dignity and incorruptibility
am glad to count YOU and those whom you