The herald., 1896-09-24
STILL Dragging
THE DELEGATIONS
TO Listen to Mckinley's
Dreary Drivel
1HE AUDIENCES MUST Be FOUND
Though Transportation Is Rath'
Or Expensive
FIVE EXCURSION COACHES
Chartered to Carry Seine Unwilling Men
From Muucie
N Crowd Eked Out by Other People Liv'
Ing Nearer
The Candidate Repeats His Well-worn
Assertion That Prosperity Lies
In the Election of the Napo.
FIVE EXCURSION COACHES
Chartered to Garry Seine Unwilling Men
From Muncie
N Crowd Eked Out by Other People Liv'
Ing Nearer
The Candidate Repeats His Well-worr
Assertion That Prosperity Lies
in the Election of the Napo-
leon of Protection.
Associated Press Special Wire


ley addressed two delegations this after
noon, the first from Wood county, Ohio
the second from Muncie, Ind. The latter
came on a special train of five coaches,
Including four bands, the First Volunteer
club, Prosperity Mckinley club and the
veteran soldiers. The addresses by the
Wood county delegates were made by
Attorney R. D. Parker of Bowling Green
and for Muncie by Attorney e. A. Need
ham.
To the Muncie delegation Governor
Mckinley said:
"Fellow Citizens: 1t is needless to say
1 am greatly honored to receive this
call from my fellow citizens from Mum
Gle, Indiana. I am glad to meet the
First Voters, old veterans and citizens
generally who called tc give me their
assurance Of support and to tender ex-
preesions Of congratulations. I must
congratulate this assemblage Of Indian
ans upon the selection of their spokes-
man, who delivered before me SO able.
eloquent and telling speech. (Applauseo
He said 1t Is understood that l am an
American That is altogether true.
(Applause and cries of 1--WE all know
that") I believe in America for Ameri-
cans, native born ard naturalized.
(Cries of "Good.") l believe in an Amer
lean pay roll. (applause) and do not be-
lieve in diminishing that pay roll by
giving work to anybody else under an
other flag while we have idle men under
our flag. tremendous applause.)
-Four years ago the laborer was agi-
tatirg the questito of shorter hours. We
then had so much to do that heard no
discussion for four years. daughter and
applause.) But never heard of a labor
Ing man discussing the desirability of
having short dollars. The chief cause
of complaint by our opponent is, first,
that there is not enough money; second,
that our money Is too good. daughtero
= ITO the first complaint answer that
the per capita circulating medium of this
country has been greater since the So
called crime of '73 than ever before Cap
plause.) And that it has been greater
in the last five years than it was in all
our former history. We have not only
the best money in the world, but have
more of 1t per capita than most Of the
nations. So that some reason rather than
lack of the volume of money must be
found to account for the present condi-
ton of the country.
ITO the second complaint, that our
money is too good, 1t would seem to be
enough to say that the money of any
country cannot be too good; and that nc
nation ever suffered from having it's
medium of exchange of the highest and
best quality 1t has been poor money
not good money that has been the cause
Of so much loss and ruin in the past, both
to individuals and the NATIONS. Cap
plause.) The older men of this audience
will remember that before the war we
did business with an uncertain, fuctu-
ating currency known as state bank
money. Many of these banks and their
notes were absolutely sound; but for
the most part they were subject to dis
count. The total number of banks in
1860, exclusive Of state bank branches,
was 1870. OF this number, the counter
felt detector," then in constant use re-
ported 1872 as broken, closed, failed,
fraudulent and worthless The notes
Of these banks were in circulation among
the people, and had been received by
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products. They were absolutely.worth
less, and Of no more value than the paper
on which they were printed. Upon whom
did this loss fall? There is scarcely an
old gentleman in this audience who will
not recall that it fell upon the laboring
men and farmers. (Applause.) 1 allude
to this only to show that those who suf-
fer most from poor money are the least
able to bear the loss. 1t is the history
Of mankind that the least valuable mon
ey which will pass current is the money
that at last finds its resting place among
the poorer people. and when the crash
comes the loss must be borne by them.
And doubt II there Is man in this au-
dience who has not among the belong
ings of his family, or the family of his
father, some Of that old bank paper as
reminder Of what they lost. 1 cannot
imagine any interest that can be per-
manently subserved by having poor
money. The bare suggestion of that
proposition to a man or reason meets its
instant rejection. You will remember
that from 1862 to '79 we did business with
paper money exclusively, SO we had
neither gold nor silver. And you will
remember that gold was constantly at O
pgsmtum ranging from 10 to 100 per cent.