The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-26
THE MARION DELEGATION.
Major MckinIey's Speech to Indiana
Glass Workers.

The Indiana delegation was presented to
Major Mckinley by DR.. w. r. Francis, of
Marion, Ind, who assured the Republican
nominee that if other counties in the State
did their duty as well as Grant the Major
would carry Indiana by forty thousand. In
response. Mr.. Mckinley said:
MY Fellow-citizens of the City of Ma
rion and of Grant County. Indiana: con-
gratulate you on being first to-day. Naugh-
tero No other delegation has yet pre-
you each and every one of you. warm and
cordial welcome to my home. 1 welcome
State-the State of that grand old war Gov
ernor Oliver P. Morton tapplause), and
that splendid President and patriot, Benja-
min Harrison Great cheering.)
You are here this morning not to honor
me personally, but to honor the cause
which you love and which you mean to
sure sure your own best @ welfare and the the best est
plause and cries of That's right") You
believe in that cause because you have
have been more, prosperous in your occu-
pations under the policy which it repre-
sents than you have been under any, other
policy. loud cries of That's right!) And
if anything were needed to confirm you in
your devotion to that policy it could be
found in your experience of the last four
years. Under no other policy, under no
other principles. have you enjoyed that de-
gree of individual or national prosperity
joyed under Republican policy and Repub-
lican administrations. (Applause.) And
your devotion to Republican principles and
your deep and abiding interest that they
may be successful throughput the country
next November (Cries of That's righti)
You interested In Indiana just as
are interested here in Ohio. both in
agriculture and in manufacturing. You
know something in that great gas belt
of what manufacturing means to any com
munity. You know that where there is sue
Ina n 4ff IN
city, and you know where there is pros
porous city there is always prosperous ag-
farms about little manufacturing city ad-
vance in value and the market of the farm
new factory in any community or in any
city.
recall. an industry which manufactures
glass. that used to be in the city of Can
ton. Am I right about that? (Cries of
that fairly i illustrates u e my idea. That used used
to be. as L said. a Canton industry. We
would very much have preferred to have it
remain here. but it was taken away. How
ever. it did not go out of our own
try. (Great applause2 It went into a
the American family-American workmen
still do the work. We share in your good
fortune and prosperity, but we would have
side and out of the United States In a
word. we want to do our manufacturing at
home, and if we cannot do it in Ohio. we
are willing to have you do 1t in Indiana.
Great cheering and cries of Good
Good! and What's the matter with Nc
Kinley?) And if we cannot do it in Can
ton. | do not know of any city in Indiana
which ! would rather have it than the city
of Marion. (Applause)
we want in this country good times
good wages. steady employment, a coed
home market: and then want to con-
tinue the good. sound. round. honest dol
lars with which to do our business and
pay our labor. Tremendous cheering.}
NV feilow-citizens. J thank you for this
morning call and bid you a hearty welcome.
1t will now give me pleasure to mslt and