The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-24
NETNLEYS' 'NSTN
TIE Republican Candidate Adj
dresses Three Delegations,
ais ADVICE TO YOUNG VOTERS.

The Priceless Boon of Citizenship Should .
Never be Employed for Any Base Use,
but should he Exercised with Courage,
wisdom and Patriotism.
CATION, O., Sept. 24-Major Mckinley |
spoke to three delegations yesterday. |
There was large body Of Republicans |
from Muncie, Ind, and other towns in the |
natural gas belt. There were also delega- |
tlons from Wood county o., one of which !
included the First Voters club of Bowling
Green. The delegations all arrived on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, between
1880 and 80 o'clock. They occupied
thirty coaches
In his address to the Wood county dele
cation Major Mckinley spoke in part as
follows:
"The presence Of this body of young
men, who are to vote for the first time next
November, is to me an inspiring sight, and
that you are so soon to enjoy the priceless
privilege of citizenship must be to all of
you an inspiring thought. For twenty
one years you have been enjoying our free
institutions, the protection and opportu-
nifty of our laws, without any political
! power or responsibility. You are soon to
assume your share in government and
bear your share Of duty and responsibility.
| l wonder, ,as Hook into your faces, whether
| you fully appreciate the privilege and
! honor which you are so soon to have. |
fear sometimes that few of us estimate
| suffrage at its true worth. 1t clothes us
with sovereignty, 1t Is guaranty to our
| liberties and institutions, andis our surest
safety. 1t is indeed priceless inheritance,
and should be valued as such by every
young man.
"With the privilege comes grave re-
sponsibilities in its use. 1t should express
the intelligence and Judgment and con-
science of the voter H. should never be
employed for any base use. 1t should be
| exercised with courage, wisdom and pa
triotism 1t should never be thrown
against the country, and should never rep
resent public dishonor.
81 recall, young men, my first vote.
With what a thrill of pride I exercised for
the first time the full prerogative of citi-
zenship.W 1 have not realized greater pride
since. ielt that I had some part in the
government. The period and circum-
stances when l cast my first vote may have
made deeper impression upon me than
It otherwise would, but / recall it now
after thirty-two years, with sensations of
Joy and satisfaction. In the crisis of war
on the very field of conflict, my first vote
was cast for Abraham Lincoln. Priceless
memory to me that I could vote for the
martyr to liberty, the emancipator of a
race and the savior of the only free gov
eminent among men.
''You gentlemen did not have that priv
ilege, but it having been denied you there
win be some satisfaction to you to vote
for the party of Lincoln, which rallied the
b. ] ,ft hn ha
! banner of liberty, union and national
honor between 1860 and 1865, and now
summons you under the same glorious
banner. I cannot omit here to make a
: quotation from Mr. Lincoln, written to
q the young men of Illinois on June %, 1915
!. Mr.. Lincoln said:
. "'Now as to the young men. You must
r not wait to be brought forward by the
:, Older men, You young men get together
. form rough and ready club, and have
! regular meetings and speeches. Let every
D one play the part he can play best Some
4 speak, some sing and all holler.
Q 81 commend these homely words of Mr.
Z Lincoln to the young men of the country
Such organizations as he advises will have
- powerful influence in the political con
test which is now upon us They will not
only inspire the young men, but viii
Cneef Ule netlFUS Oh JHe Olu HuuTuS Oh Unt
Republican party. 1t is seldom given tC
the first voters of this country to start il
so important a national contest It is {
year, too, when old party divisions count
for little; when men of all parties arC
united in the common object to save the
. country from dishonor and its currency
from degradation. 1t is always safe,younl
: gentlemen, to arrange yourselves on the
side of your country 1t is always pa
. triotic to stand against those who are op
u posed to law and order and who woult
y raise artificial barriers between classes ol
sections in the United States.
| ~ ventured few weeks ago to sugges
|, in a public speech that l made that i
L would be better to open the mills than tt
/ open the mints. I see that some of ou,
|, political adversaries criticize the state
/ ment, saying that it is putting the car
!. before the horse. They seem to thinl
that the way to open the wooden mills
/ for example, is to start yard stick fac
\ tory. They forget that you must maxi
| cloth before you can measure it, and tina
1 the weaver must be employed before th
\ yard stick is required But they say thC
/ yard stick is too long. l answer If yol
1 make yard stick nineteen inches instead
Il OF thirty-six inches, its present length
| you will not increase the output of cloth
1 or its value, or give an additional day
/ labor to American weavers Nor will ,
4 nfty-three cent dollar increase our indus
1 trial enterprises, add to the actual earn
| ings Of anybody, on enhance the real yalu,
4 of anything. 1t will wrong labor ant
Il wreck values, and has done so wherever i
has been used'
ii Nor will short dollars from wide opeI
/. mints free to all the world, increase on
/ factories. More factories mt work viii
find work for the good dollars now in thei
| hiding places, and find employment fo
Il the good men idle at their homes. Indus
/ Try must come first. Labor precedes al
III else. 1t Is the foundation of wealth it i
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