The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-18
WORKINGMEN
VISIT M'KINLEY
Immense Excursion Of BraddOCk Steel
Workers to Canton.
THE CANDIDATES. SUPERB SPEECH
He Makes an Eloquent and COnvinc.
ing Plea for Protection and Sound
MOney..Emphasizes the Need OF u
Prompt Return Of Public aud Pri.
Vate Confidence.

| ley's mail was exceptionally heavy thi:
! morning. Besides the usual large mum
| ber of letters containing expressions o
best wishes, assurance of support. ant
congratulations upon the Maine vic
tory. there We're advices from numer
Gus political organizations. clubs ant
| individuals throughout this and ad
! joining states OF their intention To par
ticpate i'm the big demonstration To bt
| held in this city tomorrow.
Should the weather prove favorable
ii is. expected that the opening of the
campaign in Stark county tomorrow
will be the greatest political gathering
in the history of the state. The rail-
roads centering in Canton have ar
ranged for the reception of fifty specia
trains of excursionists which will come
from all directions.
wORKMEN FROM BRADDOCK.
A large and enthusiastic delega ton
composed of the employees Of the Edgar
Thomson Steel works, at Braddock, Pa
arrived on three special trains oveG the
Pennsylvania railroad shortly aftei
noon today. The visitors were accom-.
panied by the Sheridan Sabre and St
Thomas bands. There We're fully 3,5OC
persons in the party. At the depot the
visitors We're met by the Canton mount
ed troop and large crowd of citizens
When the last of the three trains had
pulled into the station the line was
formed and the delegation marched to
the residence of Major Mckinley. The
spokesman of the party wac John l..
Jones. He said
Major IcKinley:-We come from tht
town of Braddock, Pa, as a delegation OF
employees of the great Edgar Thomson
works. of all classes. colors and cretds
not as Republicans or Democrats. We
have thrown old party aftiliations ASIDE
as in the days OF II and 10. Judas SOLO hi'
Master for thirty pieces Of silver. ratio
unknown: Arnold tried 10 sell his countr.
for prize and we recognize the fact tht
We have men in our country tOhay VINO
would bringsruin and dshouor on our ole
flag and nation for II ounces OF silver
Ma jor, We will not have It, No party tha'
will degrade the honor of the nation shai
have our votes. no party that says that IN,
national government is not supreme shal
have our support, and the man who tries
to array masses against classes viii bt
treated with the contempt he deserves
We recognize no man as our superior. we
look to you, the soldier. statesman and
true pariot. one who has always been the
true friend OF the workinsman, one who
knows their wants who has said that hon
est labor should have Il chance through
hones1tol to earn an honest dollar.
With our trienG and comrade, william
MCKINLEY, In the presidential chair.
loyal congress 10 hold up his hands. ant
II strong protective tariff In working order
the crown of thorns and cross of golC
and IS TO J. buried in Potter's field forever
then will peace and prosperity reign.
Major -av b,inley had been received
with a storm Of cheering when he ap.
peared on the porch. This appiause
was renewed when the spokesman had
| finished his introductory remarks ano
the nominee had mounted a chair to re.
spond. He said:
MAJOR McKINLEY'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Jones and my fellow w-citizens MANY
deleg cations have waited upon me in tn,
last two months. All have been welcomcC
and their visits have been inspiring: bu
somehow when an assemblage of work
ingmen come TO pay me visit, IL attract.
my interest ana touches my heart
Cheers.J bid you welcome To my cit!
and TO my home. | can we'll appreciate
why the workinSmen of this countr,
should have deep and profound Interest
, in the outcome or the present natlOnd
contest. We cannot fail to remember thai
the one thing which stands between youi
labor and the labor of Europe the on.
thing which stands between your work
shops and the workshops of the old world
is a wise patriotic American prot ectiv,
policy. Great Cheering.J ! am glad Il
have you come In the manner your spokes
man has described-representins al
crecds. all coiors, and all classes, mel
who belong to the Republican party anc
those who have heretofore belonged t,
other parties now acting together for wha
they believe to be the common good Gap
plauseJ
This is distinctively the peoples year
when old lines are effaced and men here
tofore opposed to meet upon common
platform to sustain the honor OF oar coun
try. 'ApplauseJ We are all concerned
no matter what may be- our occupations
in our country's welfare. Cries of that
so."J Whatever political views We may
nave, however. We may differ on mino
questions of public policy. we are all u
one mind in the conviction that some
| thing or other is the matter with tn,
country. tApplause) We may differ il
our diagnosis We may differ about IN,
gree upon what is essential in the first in
! stance to the restoration of better condi
| tiOns Of the past
NEED OF CONFIDENCE.
! One thing above all else that is wante,
\ al this juncture Is the return of public
and private confidence. (ApplauseD IT.
| abserice Is our fundamental trouble Upo,
| that there cannot be two opinions, AN,
| that. my fellow-citiZens, no class of peo
| pie know better than you. We know tn,
very day and the hour when this conf
| dence was first shaken and from that hou
| Gistrust and doubt have hung over tn
! business of the country. 1t has been az
| gravated from variety of causes, bu
| none greater than the assault which ha
been made by the allied political organic A
| tions upon the credit and the currency c
the country. (Applause) This new men
| ace must be averted before we can hop
to have any permanent prosperity.
| We know that the present monetar,
standard has not stood in the way If ou
prosperity in the past. Cries of mo. no
| free trade has.'D You know that we wer
prosperous in 1892 and had been for tn
| preceding ten years. You know that W
have not seen any real measure of pros
perity since. (Applause) Business is -
sensitive. SO quick to scent danger, tina
any legislation or proposed legislation o
change of policy which would derange o
| alter or unsettle values, is felt long befor
the apprehended blow is given. So tha
from the very hour 1t was determined b.
the American people that the Republica
party. which. with but single interrup
ton. had been in control Of the govern
ment for more than thirty years. was to g
out of power and another party with
different policy was to come in, that mo
assumed an attitude Of waiting and O
anxiety. Applause.) While business me
| were waiting to know exastly what tina
| legislation was to be, business was Ian
gushing from one end to the other an
labor was without work. Then We com
menced living from hand to mouth and "
have been living from hand to mouth eve
since. Great applause and cries of wv
AS TO CHEAPNEss.
My countrymen. I am one Of thos
Americans who believe that the America
workshop should be protected as far a
S1snd the end that % American wcrkinsmen. tAp
plause) may be constantly employed. an