The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

ty, Pa, delegation reached the Mckinley
home, $500 strong ut 1915 this after,
noon. They came on special trains over
the Pennsylvania road. After an enthu-
siastic march through the Streets to the
Mckinley home, the number was doubled
by acquisitions along the route
The reception given Major Mckinley
when he appeared upon the porch to greet
his visitors was one of the most enthusi-
astic scenes yet witnessed at the. house.
The cheering could he heard for blocks
and blocks away and such waving of
hats and hundkerchiefs and umbrellas
and banners has seldom been witnessed.
1t was some time before the speakers
could he heard. When ordcrwa secured
Edward n Frcthy II moulder, of Beaver
Falls, Pa, was introduced and presented
hearty and continuous support for Nc,
kinley and the Republican cause by the
people of Senator Quay's home.
Major Mckinley made an ppropriate re
Spouse, speaking at some length on the
issues of the campaign, as follows:
My fellow citizens; 1t gives me very
great pleasure TO receive this call from
the workingmen and citizens of Beaver
county, of the State of Pennsylvania.
greet you ut my home ms friends and as
allies in the great cause in which the
of the people are involved. You are our
nearest neighbors on the east and are so
closely connected socially and in business
relations with the eastern part of the old
Congressional district which for so many
years had the honor to represent. The
people of this country never were so eager
to vote rs now. The last four wears have
been long years-the longest four years
since our civil war. Everything has
suffered but the Republican party.
Everything has been blighted but the
Republican principles, And they are
dearer, more cherished and glorious than
they have ever been before. The people
of the country are only waiting for an OPP
portunity to embody those great princi-
pies i'll public law and public administers
ton. have great affection for your old
county and your great commonwealth
Both have stood for the nation and it's
honor i'll every crisis of our history No
State in the Union has been more closely
welded To Republican policies and Re
publican doctrines than the State of
Pennsylvania. No State has achieved
higher rank in manufacturing and min
ing than yours and no State has been
more devoted TO the great doctrine of a
protective tariff than the State from
whence you come. And, my fellow citi-
zens, no State eXempliies the splendid
advantages OF that great system more
than yours. | do not imagine that you are
ready to give il up, but that YOU will
still cling To it as the great American pa
triotic policy the best for Your advance
ment and prosperity.
II do not recall II time in the history of
the country when the question of protec-
ton was ut issue that your State did not
declare by emphatic majorities in its
favor
1.-TWO years ago you gave your distin-
guishcd governor, Gen. Hastings, the
largest majority ever given by your State
and probably the largest popular major
ity ever given to any candidate in any
State of the Union.
My fellow citizens, | do not forget
that this delegation comes from the home
of that distinguished leader and unri-
vailed Republican organizer, whose unfal-
tering devotion to Republicanism has
never wavered and whose splendid SER
vices TO the cause have more chan once
assisted to achieve the most signal tri-
umphs in both your State and the nation.
II remember we'll that when the Wilson
tariff law went from the House TO the
Senate and was under discussion, Senator
Quay stood resolutely for every interest
III his state and prevented the destruction
OF tins country by the greatest speech
upon the tariff question in the history of
the republic and which has not been cou-
cluded.
when he was fighting for the indus
tries of Your State on the floor of the SEN
ate, if he could not save them in any other
way, he resumed his speech, which went
ON day after day without apparent diin-
mutton of his manuscript which lay be-
fore him. | wish he might have been a
part OF this great delegation to-day, but
his absence is fully compensated by the
fact that on another part of this great
field OF contest he is serving the same
cause in which you are engaged and for
the success of which so many people are
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