Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-10-30
" HE BEST OF MONEY
HOW OUR PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS
HAVE BEEN PAID.
Gold Candidate Says We VIII Not
Begin Now to Repudiate Our
Obligations.

cheering and shouting by men marching
and parading, and large and enthusiastic
crowds on and about the Mckinley lawn
marked the opening hours of another big
| day of the campaign. Special trains be-
| gan arriving before daylight and are
scheduled at short intervals during the
| afternoon. Many delegations have been
| formally announced and arranged for
| Others are coming without warning. They
are all received at the depots by citizens
OF the reception committee, detachments
of Canton troops of horsemen, bands and
escorts, and taken to the Mckinley home,
where there Is almost continuous speak
| ing. The weather Is delightful. Mr.. Nc
Klnley did a great deal of Handwriting
during the day, but, as on previous Sat
urdays since the pilgrimage began, the
crowds soon became too large for this.
Hon. Charles Emery Smith of Philadel-
phia spent some time on the stand and in
his study with Mckinley today.
The 10th audience to surround Major
McKinley's home today came from Allen
and Henry counties, principally from the
towns of Lima and Spencervile. 1t was
| made up of farmers, business men and
citizens Of all vocations. The introduc-
| tory address was made by George r. Da-
| Wis.
Glad to Meet Old Friends.
| Major Mckinley responded as follows:
my Fellow Citizens: 1t was generous
on your part to come and see me, mas
much as 1 am not doing this year what I
| formerly did, in going about to see you.
| am glad to meet my old friends of An
glaze, Allen and Henry counties, before
whom l have stood many times, speaking
for the cause, for the same glorious cause
| for which our party stands this year. The
difference between the contest now and
former contests is that we can count On
our side hundreds, thousands and even
! hundreds of thousands of good old-fasn-
Toned democrats, who are with us in the
| fight to maintain public order ana the
| financial integrity of the United States,
! (Applause.) We are glad to have them in
association with US. Patriotism is never
partisan; 1t is above that plane.
"One thing has never been said and
never will be said of the government of
| the United States, and that is that 1t IS a
government of reputation. We have al
ways paid every dollar of our public OBJ
| legations. whether contracted in peace or
war, In the highest and best form of mon
| ey known to the civilized world. We
OF the contract might be. We only knew
that any agreement by the United States
government meant that it must be paid
in 1oO-cent dollars at the time it came Tue.
We do not propose to commence now, af-
ter 100 years of glorious history, of eslori-
Gus life and glorious achievements, to re-
pudiate our obligations, public or private.
| (Cheers.)
No Other EiDnh oiaI efau6.rd
we do not propose to attempt to ever
do business with a dollar l cent short Of
] 100 cents. We do not propose to accept
our financial standard from either Mexico
| or China. We propose to run our finances
exactly as we have always run them, with
| the fairness and absolute integrity on the
| part OF the government and people, and
we propose another thing, and If the peo-
| pie are with us we shall realize it, We
| propose to protect ourselves against the
products of the old world, to uphold cur
| own factories, rather than build up fac
| tories for any other nation on the face of
the globe.
THE American workshop, the American
farm, the American factory and the
American people. of whatever Occupation
or calling, are our chief concern, and we
must see to 1t that there is no idle man
in America, and that none of our work is
done In Europe so long as there is a man
In this country who wants to work. 1t Is
a policy of honesty, of patriotism and Of
intense Americanism that our grand cd
party steadfastly maintains.
Il am glad to meet you and to greet
you; am glad to know that this vear
as in the past the republicans of your
county are enrolled in the ranks and tbe
sound democrats from every walk and
calling in life are with you. We welcome
them as valuable allies in this great con-
test for good money and the supremacy
OF the law. am pleased that you have
made this call and l bid you hearty vel
come, but as another delegation is wait
ing to see me, must bid you good after
noon." Continued cheers)
Delegations began to arrive early this
morning at a rate calculated to make this
Saturday at least equal in volume and
variety of demonstration to earlier Satlr-
days of the campaign. The first delera-
ton came from Lebanon county, BerJ<s
county, Schuylkill county and contiguous
territory, Pennsylvania. They arrived
about $3.50 on special train of seven
coaches, but did not go to the Mckinley
home until .. There were Introductory
ny CA-oldgOT j. IA. Kennedy |
for Reading and by ]. v. Yellowsmith |
from Lebanon.
In his speech to the Pennsylvania dele
CATION Mckinley said that the democratic |
party "can hardly expect us to have con- |
f1dence in their present prescription, wnsn
the prescription they gave us in 1899 |
which they insisted was a cure for all orr |
troubles, was SO complete a failure
Great laughter and applause.)
AS soon as the address to the Pennsvl- |
vanlans was finished, members of the |
Hardwood Lumber Exchange and The
Builders and Trades Exchange, who had |
arrived on a special train in three puu- |
man cars, were introduced by Harvey
Sheridan and addressed by Mckinley.
Mckinley made his third address to \.
delegation from New York. representing
the towns of Elmira, Corning, Bath. uor-
nellsville, Cuba and jamestown, coming
on a special train of dozen coaches. and
to several hundred from McKane county.
District Attorney w. w |
Clark spoke for the New Workers and W
W. Proud for Pennsylvania.
The fourth audience of the day was
made up largely of railroad men in The
employ of the Rock Island road, coming
from Horton, Kas: Eldon, Iowa; rr,n-
ton. Mo-. and Fort Wayne. Ind The In
troductory address was by Major T. J.
Anderson, general ticket and passan xsr
agent OF the road.