The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-01
NATIONS HONOR At STAKE.
The Two Debts Growing Ont of the
War Are Sacred Obligations.
a Delegation From Guernsey County,
Ohio. Pays q Visit to the Candidate
tnder 6. A. II. MISUNDERSTANDING
: Under an American Flag, He Greets
Them FeelingIy.


Sas al the Mckinley home was today's
rN1slt OF farmers. worklngmen and old
4 eolalers OF Guernsey county. who arrived
ghesa shortly before noon. The delegation
{ 3eft Cambridge, and IN short time stra,k
tfe Hooded lowIaads. For seven miles,"
said ex-Congrsssmaa J. c. Taylor. "the To-
fomotlse pushed Us way through water
hserfio.iTg the Tuscarswss river. aud il
I. fas fight 10 get through"
: At the Mckinley residence Ar Taylor
Acied as spokesman for the party, which
was under the @. A. X. auspices. He
spoke OF tin plate and OF Cambridge.
Saaplain w. Mcfarland OF the United
presbyterian church OF Cambridge. fol-
lowed. saying: II came not 10 speak, but
20 see and hear and think. and TO grasp
the hand OF the most illustrious friend OF
lsbor IN the United States or in the world
Karning to Mr.. Mckinley, who was stand
Mg under the folds Of an old fiag waved
Ahoye hsxn by an old soldier. the chaplain
eraspei McKinley's hand and. trembling
NTH emotion. said: Il know of no man
Eho has done more 70 elevate and dignity
fsoor than you. l know OF no man who
has put brighter crown of glory on the
hTox OF honest toll than yourself
Tears came 10 many an eye. and Il was
With visible feeling that MT. Mckinley
sadd:
.'Col Taylor. Dr. Mcfarland. Ny COM
great gratlflCa ton TO receive this call from
my old friends and neighbors and fellow
citizens of Guernsey county. have made
many visits To your county in years gone
BY, and know most of YOU personally. /
know something of the quality Of your
reputation. ] know something of the spirit
Of your people. know something of your
loyalty and devotion In war. and ! know
much of your loyalty and devotion to
patriotism and government In peace.
NCheers.) And, knowing You as we'll as
10 know you. / am certain that no flood or
FIRE would stop you from doing what You
proposed 10 do. daughter and applause)
am glad TO meet the representatives OF
labor who are assembled here this MORN
ing. ! congratulate them upon the ad-
vance that has been made In the tin plate
Industry. TO which Col. Taylor has re-
ferred am glad to know that Republican
segis4a ton gave TO the country an Industry
that gives work and wages to American
workingnen and brings happiness 10
American homes. Great cheers.)
81 am glad. my fellow citizens, to meet
my old comrades of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. my comrades OF thtrty-hve
years ago. for the war commenced thirty
- years ago. and u u 9ear!L sniftyyiwo m s.s
Years since It's close. II seems not so
long nor so far away. but as i look Into
the faces OF the old soldiers before mo
today see that age Is stamping IT'S llpes
of care uI,on them. Their step is no long
er as steady and as firm as 1t was thirty
six years ago but their hearts are Just
as Ioyal TO the old flag Of the Union ftre-
mendols cheering), and they are Just as
layal 10 the national honor today as they
were loyal 10 national unity theh.
Applause) When the war CLOS
Cd there were two great oeo's
resting upon this government. One
vas ibe debt 10 the men who had loaned
the money with which 10 carry on It's
military operation The other debt was
due to the men who had willingly offered
their lives for the preservation OF the
American Union tCheersO The old sol
diers waited on their pensions untu tnis
great debt OF the government was well
out OF the way. They waited patiently
TIL the government Of the United States
had reduced nearly two-thirds OF that
great money debt. They wanted every DOL
lar OF the debt paid IN the best COIN
known to the commercial world. cSfeat
applause) And every dollar Of that debt
up 10 this hour has been paid In gold or
Its equivalent, the best recognized money
OF the world. and every dollar or that
debt. my comrades, yet 20 be paid viii be
paid in the same unquestloned coin Gre
mendoGs cheering) Most Of that DEBT IS
out OF the way. The great dent OF tAis
government Is now 20 the surviving SOL
ds0S OF the republic. ! mere aFt Ffps''t - -
sioners on the honored pension roll OF this
government today, and the government
pays out OF is public treasury In pensions
over $40. 900 GO every year 10 the so4dlers
and sailors, their widows and their or
phans Every dollar OF that deot must
be paid IN the best currency ana com N
the world. Great cheering and cries OF
''The Republican party VIII see 20 that.
There is nobody more interested IN main-
saining a sound and stable currency man
the 0li soldiers OF the republic tcries OF
sfYou are right. maior'D, their widows and
their orphans.
'sYour old commander, Gen. Grant,
whose memory - cherished by all OF you,
performed two great and conspicuous acts
while president OF the United states one
was the vetoing Of the imitation blli tadt
would have east us upon the sea OF a de-
prcciated currency. and The other was the
signing OF the act for the resumption OF
specie payments. that placed every doiisr
OF orr money upon the sound foDhaail9h
oe6naucIathonora and unqgestionsd nat1on-
al honesty. and the old soldiers this year
as in an the years of the past. tolloSihg
their old commander. viii stand - me
financial honor of the government. ana
VIII no more permit our nations integrity
70 he questioned than they wo1ia permit
that flag fpointlng 20 an American nagl
10 De assafied. tkpplauSe ana cries OF
"You are rlght"l
II thank you. mv fellow citizens. for
this casl. expressive OF your good VII and
CONCENTRATIONS. and assure yoa thar =
wiR afford ne much pleasure 70 meet "a a
ore Of you personally" (Applause ana
cbeersD