The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-23
Free Silver Will Amount to That,
Says Mckinley.
IF DUTIES CAN BE PAID In DEPRE-
GATED DOLLARS,
They Will Be Practically Reduced-Free
Coinage Will Make Money No Easier to
Obtain-Telling Points Made by Ohio
Statesman

Canton, September 22.-The advance
guard of this week's visiting delegations
reached Canton shortly afternoon today.
The delegation numbered about 800 and
was composed OF farmers from Holmes
county, Ohio, headed by band. They
marched to the Mckinley residence
where DR.. J. J. Bigham Of Millersburg,
the spokesman OF the party made short
address to Major Mckinley. Major Nc
Kinley was loudly applaudsd when be
stepped forward to respond.
He said, SIT doesn't MAKE any differ
enoe how much free silver is to be coined
in the United States you will not get one
dollar OF 1t unless you give something for
it. If we had 1t in every state in the
union and every county in every state,
and the silver of the world was brought
to these mints as IS proposed by our
political opponents. silver won't be any
easier for you to get than Il is now. And
besides, in this country we don t propose
to have dishonest dollar. (Great ap-
plause.)
1--WE propose to have the best Of every
thing that's going. We've got the best
country and best men and we propose to
continue to have the best money. The
contest should be settled this year So no
party hereafter can alarm the business
world, and shake public confidence by
proposition to scale our debts either pub
lilo or private. We oannos afford as
nation to have the question raised every
four years whether the nation will re-
pu5iate Its debts. -
At a delegation OF 1000 persons from
Cattargugas and Chautauqua county, N.
Y. arrived and called upon Major Nc
i,lo
man. Major Mckinley WAS greeted with
tho Chautauqua salute as he stepped for
ward to respond.
Mr.. Mckinley said: "The people are
only waiting for an opportunity in 1896
to vote back the prin ciples and policy
they had four years ago. We want no
free trade duties we want the American
workshop protected and defended against
the foreign workshop for the benefit Of
American workmen. Free trade means
free silver. Suppose you pay duty
with 81 1-2 cent dollars, you would reduce
the protection you now have one half.
''No matter how much money we may
have in this country, there ia but one
way to get it, that is to give something
for it. (Applause.) There is nothing
SO well calculated to injure labor In the
United States as a deprecated currency" J"
Three cheers were given for Major Mo-
kinley when he concluded.
At O'Clock the last delegation for
the day arrived. 1t was composed of 600
members of Mckinley Clubs OF Elkhart
county, Ind. JamessDodgs, an Fkhart
attorney, made brief address to Major
Mckinley, and presented the Major with
a bust statue of the candidate.
There was great cheering when Major
Mckinley came to the front of the porch.
He said in part: eve want and mean to
have in this country dollar worth 100
cents, each dollar ms good as are found
anywhere in any country in the world
We also propose to settle 1t for all time
that this is a country Of law tremendous
applause) and a government that wonld
not sell it's honor and public faith for
any price or consideration.
Eve propose to stand by the honest
judiciary of the United States. sWe pro-
pose In word to stand by our free insti-
tutions and scorn the suggestion that
there are classes in the q nited States" Z"
(Applause.) At the conclusion of his re-
marks Major Mckinley was loudly
cheeIed.