The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-18

CANTON, o., Sept. IA large and
enthusiastic delegation, composed OF
the employees of the Edgar Thomson
steel works at Braddock, Pa, arrived
on three special trains over the Penn
sylvania railroad shortly after noon To-
day
The visitors were accompanied by
the Sheridan Sabre and St Thomas
bands. There were fully $500 persons
in the party. A. the depot the visitors
were met by the Canton mounted troops
and a large crowd Of citizens. When.
the last of the three trains had pulled
into the station, the line was formed
and the delegation marched to the
residence of Major Mckinley The
Jones. He made a brief speech TO the
candidate, in which he praised the
protective principles of the Republican
party and declared that his people were
SOLID FOR SOUND MONEY"
Major Mckinley was received with
a storm of cheering when he appeared
on the porch. This applause was re-
neWed when the spokesman had i'm
ished his Introductory remarks and the
nominee had mounted a chair to re-
spond.
Major Mckinley said:
| MIR. Jones and my fellow citizens:
| Many delegations have waited upon
me in the last two months. All have
been welcome and their visits have
been inspiring; but, somehow, when an
assemblage of workingmen come to
| pay me a visit, it attracts my interest
and touches my heart. (Cheers) l
| bid you welcome to my city and to my
| home. l can well appreciate why the
workingmen of this country should
have a deep and profound interest in
the outcome of the present contest.
Cries of I'VE have.'') We cannot fail
to remember that
THE ONE THING
which stands between your labor and
the labor of Europe-the only thing
which stands between your workshops
and the workshops of the old world
is a wise, patriotic, American protec-
tive policy. Great cheering and cries
of Right you are.D
Il am very glad to have this large
delegation of the employees of the
great Edgar Thomson steel works of
Braddock. Pa, at my home. applause
and cries of we are glad to be here }
You have come, as your spokesman
|
and that of your fellow citizens whom
you represent. L am glad to have you
come in the manner your spokesman
has escribed-represent all creeds,
all colors and all classes; men who be-
long to the Republican party and
those who have hitherto belonged to
other parties now acting together for
what they believe to be the common
good applause and cries of What s
the matter with Mckinley? He's all
right.'O This is distinctively the peo-
pies year, when old lines are effaced
and men who heretofore opposed me
are upon common platform to sustain
the honor of our country. (Applause.)
PARTIES ARE ONLY AGENTS
of the people They are only what
the people make them and are enti-
tied to their confidence only so long
as they serve their highest and best
interests. (Applause and cries of
That's right.O We are all concerned,
no matter what may be our occupa-
tons, in our country's welfare (Cries
of That's 500 Whatever political
views we may have, however we may
differ On minor questions of public
policy, we are all of one mind in the
conviction that something or other is
the matter with the country We may
. differ in our diagnosis; we may differ
about the treatment in detail, but we
do not disagree upon what is essential
in the first instance to the restoration
of the better conditions of the past.
One thing above all else that is wanted
at this juncture is the return of public
and private confidence. applause and
cries of 'Correct'.) Its absence is our
fundamental trouble. Upon that there
cannot be two opinions, and that, my
| nj oil Of 1o 1nrxy
better than you. We know the very
day and the hour when this
CONFIDENCE WAS FIRST SHAK-
EN-,
and from that hour dfstrust and doubt
have hung over the business of the
country 1t has been aggravated from
a variety of causes, but none were
greater than the assault which has
been made by the allied political organ
izations upon the credit and the cur
rency of the country. applause and
cries of That's right') This new men,
ace must be averted before we can
hope to have any permanent prosper
ity. We know that the present money
standard has not stood in the way of
our prosperity in the past. (Cries of
No, No; free trade has.O
you know that we were prosperous
in 1892, and had been for the preced-
ing years. You know that we have not
seen any real measure Of prosperity
since. applause and cries Of That's
right.) Business is so sensitive, so
quick to scent danger that any legis-
lation or proposed legislation or change
of policy which would derange or alter
or unsettle values, is felt long before
the apprehended blow is given. So
: that from the very hour it was known
by the American people that the Re
publican party, which, with but sim
} gle interruption, had been in control
of the government for more than thirty
years, was to go out of power and an
other party with a different policy was