The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-05
Acres of Enthusiasm For the
Republican Standard Bearer.
Thousands of Visitors From
Beaver Co., Pennsylvania
ON SPECIAL TRAINS
Reach Canton Today and March
To Major McKinley's Home.
The Cheering Can Be Heard For
Blocks.

Canton, O., Sept 5-The Beaver coun-
ty CPa.) delegation reached the NfcKin- ,
ley home $500 strong at 1915 this af-
ternoOn. They came on special trains
over the Pennsylvania road. After the
enthusiastic march through the streets
to the Mckinley home, the number was
doubled by acquisitions along the route
and in the city. Among the clubs in
line were the Lincoln club of New
Brighton. Mckinley and Hobart club
of Monaco, Mckinley club of Beaver,
Republican club of Rochester. The
party was headed by Maj. Little of
Beaver Falls and E. E. Thomas of
New Brighton.
The reception given Maj Mckinley
when he appeared upon the porch to
greet his visitors was one of the most
enthusiastic scenes yet witnessed at
the house. The cheering could be heard
for blocks and blocks away and such
a, waving of hats and handkerchiefs
and umbrellas has seldom been wit
messed. 1t was some time before the
speakers could be heard. When order
was secured Edward A. Frethy, a
mOu1der of Beaver Falls, Pa, was in
trOduced and presented the cOngratu-
latiOns and assurances of hearty and
continuous support for Mckinley and
the Republican cause by the people of
Senator Quay's home.
Maj. Mckinley made an appropriate
| response, speaking at some length on
I
My Fellow CitizenS:-It gives me
very great pleasure to receive this call
| from the workingmen and citizens of
Beaver county of the state of Penn
| sylvania. 1 greet you at my home, as
| friends and as allies in the great cause
| in which the honor of the country and
| prosperity of the people are involved.
You are our nearest neighbOrs on
| the east and are closely connected so
| cially and in business relations with
! the eastern part of the old congression-
al Ife-&14 lot foT7
! had the honor to represent. The peO-
| pie of this country never were so eager
| to vote as now. (Great cheering)
1.-The last four years have been long
| years-the longest four years since our
| great civil war (Cries of That's SOD
! everything has suffered but the Repub-
| lican party. (Laughter.) Everything
has been blighted but Republican prin-
| cipIes applause and laughter) and
! they are dearer, more cherished and
| more glorious than they have ever been
| before (Cries of That's right.O The
| people of the country are only waiting
| for an opportunity to embOdy those
| great principles in public law and pub
| lie administration. (ApplauSe.)
! I have great affection for your old
| country and your great commonwealth
| Ccries of 'Hurrah for Mckinley and
Beaver countyD both have stood for
| the nation 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 pol
| icies than the state of Pennsylvania.
| (Cries of Hurrah for Pennsylvania
mo state has achieved higher rank
| in manufacturing and mining than
yours and no state has been more de-
| voted to the great doctrine of a pro-
tective tariff than the state from
| which you come, tremendous cheer
| ing) and my fellow-citizens, no state
| exemplified the splendid advantages
| of that great system more than yours.
I do not imagine that you are ready to
| give it up, applause and cries of No,
| no, neverO but that you will still
cling to it as the great American pa
triotic policy the best for your ad-
| vaneement and prosperity. (Cheers
and cries of We will do that all
right.D
I do not recall a time in the history
of the country when the question of
| protection was at issue that your state
did not declare by emphatic majorities
in its favor. Two years ago, you gave
to your distinguished Governor Gen
eraI Hastings, (applause) the largest
majority ever given by your state and
probably the largest popular majori-
! ty ever given to any candidate in any
state of the union. applause and
cries of We will make yours bigger.D
My fellow citizens. I do not for
| get that this delegation comes from the
| home of that distinguished leader and
unriva1ed Republican organizer, (Cheer-
ing and cries of Quay, Quay) whose
| unfaltering (Cries of Mckinley, Nc
| Kinley) devotion to Republicanism has
never wavered and whose splendid ser
| vices to the cause have more than once
assisted to achieve the most signal tri-
umphs in both your state and the ma
| ton. Great applause.)
| Il remember well that when the Will
son tariff law went from the house to
the senate, and was under discussion,
Senator Quay stood resOlutely for every
! interest 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 (Great
| laughter and applause) when he was
| fighting for the industries of your
state, on the floor of the senate, if he
| could not save them in any other way,
he resumed his speech CLaughter)
which went on day after day CRenewed
1aughter) without apparent diTninution
| of his manuscript which lay before
him. Continued laughter and cries OF
! 'Iurrah for Quay.O
II wish he might have been a part OF
the great delegation today, but his alb
sence is fully compensated by the fact
that on another part of this great field
of contest, he is serving the same cause
in which you are engaged and for the
success of which so many of the peO-
) pie are striving (Applause.)
1t is this year, my countrymen,
, | great cause for which we contend
commanding. the support of every pa
triOt-for it represents the nationa
l honor and stands for national prosper
ity. (AppIause and cries of That's