The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-26
The Major Talks to a Delegation from
His Old College Town.

His Old College Town.
Rev. Dr. Flood of MeadvilIe. prominent
in Chautauqua work, introduced the Craw
ford county, Pennsylvania, delegation and
students of Allegheny College. In reply
Major Mckinley spoke as follows
DIR Flood and my Fellow citizens of
Crawford County and of the City of Mead
vile, Pa---It gives me genuine pleasure to
greet and welcome you here at my home l
remember year ago TO have visited your
city and county. and 1 shall never forget
the warm welcome which l received from
the faculty and students of Allegheny Col
lege and from the old soldiers of northwest
ern Pennsylvania tapplause), and / am de-
lighted to have portion'of you return my
call. | recall with sensations of pleasure
and satisfaction the brief time l spent in
Allegheny College. That od institution only
a year ago conferred upon me a very dis
tinguished honor. trust may never dis
appoint it's confidence. (Applause and cries
of You never wli!o recall, too, that from
the walls of the old Allegheny College Went
out the young men to do battle for their
country. and none did better service for the
Union and the flag than the young men who
other great institutions of the country and
from the schools of the land. (Applause)
(Cries of You bet. it jsr} DR.. Flood has
already stated that you have received
banner for having given the largest Repub-
lican majority. / trust that majority will
not be diminished in 1896. applause and
cries of Not any!o No matter what may
be our occupations in life. we are all inter-
ested in good laws and we are all interest
ed in having general prosperity. Unfortu-
nately. we have not enjoyed general pros
perity in the last four years. (6'ries of No,
no!) Times have been hard, business has
been depressed worklngmen nave oeen lale'
farmers We're unable TO receive just re-
ward for their husbandry, and now the
thought of the people and the desire of the
people is to return to the good times OF
1892 (appla use)-times from which we ran
away and which we have been regretting
ever since (Applause and cries OF That's
rightp1
Now my fellow-citzens, what we want
this year is to cast our ballots for that
party and for those principles which will Sc
cure and give us the greatest prosperity.
Great applause) We want no idle men in
in the United States, and to the end that
may have neither idle mills nor idle
men we must do our work in the United
States, and not outside the United States.
Great cheering and cries OF That's the
stuff,O
lieve in a protective tariff. Tremendous
applause and cries of so do we,) 1 always
have so believed. and l have never felt
body anywhere (cres of Good, good. and
You don't have tor for having been de-
voted to the great principle which promotes
ard encourages American development and
gives employment and good wages to Amer
lean workingmen tremendous cheering)
Then my fellow-citizens, having secured
a tariff that will defend American interests,
want to continue the use of the good
dollars we have had since 1879 (Applausel
States. We want no debased dollars, any
more than we want debased labor tap
plause}, and when men have given full
days work to an American employer, we
want that American employer to pay in dol
lars as good as any dollars anywhere in the
world and worth one hundred cents every
day and everywhere. (Great cheering.t
Then, my fellow -citiZens, we want an
other thing. We want peace and tranquil
lity in the United States. Loud applause)
We want it established once and for all,
that this is a government of law and by
law. and that now, as always, we are a
law-abiding people Renewed applause)
There is thing we are proud of, and
that is that the Republican party can SUBJ
nit its principles to the workingmen, to
the farmer, to the student, to the scholar,
to those of every calling or profession, with
confidence, because those principles are
right and eternal Great cheering)
Il thank you most heartily, gentlemen,
for the kindness and courtesy of this call,
You have travelled long distance. not to
see me nor to honor me- but to honor the
great cause which for the moment ] repre-
sent applause and cries of And to honor
you too.), and to testify by your presence
your devotion to the great principles of the
Republican party, in which you, believe Is
enveloped the highest prosperity of the citi-
zens and the greatest glory of the Repub>
lic." Great applause)