New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
A CHEERING HOST IN CANTON
,Coutinucd from First PngcJ

tho payroll (applause and cries OF i"a'
right.") and trains are never taken oi WIZ
they have any business 10 do. None vi 70"
want to be sidetracked (great laughter ana
cheering) and every one Of you wants 20 oe o'
the payroll "a voice 1--WE want 10 be on the man
ur.,m, ara On tho main line too. daughter ana
cheering) You are the main line 'h's se"''
(Applause and cries of You're right we are
THE WAY TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE.
Coercion. Why. you would have 10 coeioe M"
from thinking, reading and feeling to Keep 'hei''
away from this cause of country ana P"''N
honor this year. You would have to make 'hen'
,nsensib,e to what they have experienced in their
own lives under this policy. Now. what we are
IN favor Of Is getting back confidence. whlch lies
at tho foundation Of all business and without
which il is stagnated. We have had niue OF l'o
confidence during the last three years ana d nail
and as though partial free trade ana business
paralysis were not enough. they now 'aNe '"e"
shibboleth that what we want IN TINS county,
Is 10 adopt the Mexican or Chinese s!s'e'' vi
finance (Cries of Never, We won't nave 'ha'
No, I answer. forever no. We want 'nat conn
dence that will lead the business man 10 tius'
I'm the future and make plans for his year "olh'
We want that confidence that will induce the
men of capital to put their money ont haN'hS
faith that it will be paid back TO them IN as sooa
... ~ ,hav loan. prjncipal and interest: and
until YOU get that. you VIII nave no Pc'
prosperity or business activity
We have in this country to-day the pest
money in the world. but the trouble IS we %
not get enough of it individually; ana the lca-
son of that is because we haven ""lh' nv
thing the people of the country are iooAi"h i'i
this year is the lost job tvocifcroUs cheeiiHs''
and Won can't get back the lost job py oesti''
ing business You destroy business "he" W"
DESTROY confidence and YOU destroy cohHuenVS
when you defantly propose to pay OIL oep's'
pubc and private. in a deprecate" currency
New what will Missouri do this year tShou'S
=. .r,.ct NcK,nlev,c What will Kansas do
.h,. veor? f"Cive YOU 10000 majority"D what
u,,, Iowa do this year? TREMENDOUS ye'hns
md cries of Give you 100000 majority
ALL FOR THE SAME CAUSE.
ra oil lighting in the same cause You
are all moved by the same conslderations' you
are all inspired by the same splendid pr'hc'-
r,.. You want this great Government oi ours
the freest and the best in the world, the Gov
ernnoent that for nearly a third or century
after the War has made a more spendlu pIos
ress and matchess advancement thah any o'hei
nation Of the world; that gave more to lapor anu
industry than under any other system since ."e
world began. We must get back to that PoilcE
of ronfdence-confidence in each othef' coi"-
dence in the future. confidence in our country
and spurn that doctrine that would array c'"Ss
against class the rich against the poor u ''e
employe against employer. When you support
such doctrines then there is chaos ana ous'-
mace nara,vs,s I would rather teach the doc
,r,n. NJ the common brotherhood Of man. we
are all eoual equal under the law. equa' III
privilege beneath that starry banner OF 'he lIee'
enua, in possibilities and equal III opporiuhiS'
r. the older men in this audience have not
realized all they hoped for in theW OWN H'eS'
they have boys and girls for whom the! want
10 realize them in the future beg you' siiu'
no, the door Of opportunity in their young iace''
Encourage their ambitions; inspire 'Hein ~
strugele 10 the front Under our form OF govern
,nent they can get the highest title which " 10
.possible TO achieve that OF being an Ai'e''oai''
tremendous applause) You are prouu o' sou.
states and you justly have right to be prou1
Of them but you are prouder sun 10 De c'''%oii'
-of the greatest Government in the worIa'
= ,bsnt Won for this call 1t is an inspiration
IN the cause which represent; 1t Is an encour-
aroment not only to ne. but to every patriotic
citizen everywhere that you men should traVei
thousands OF miles that you might give eVi-
dences of your devotion TO this great cause Vi
Protection. Reciprocity, Sound Money the su-
premacy OF law and the public hohor' a'i'
Vary glad to meet you. and II VIII give me ca
.reme pleasure TO grasp these western Hlehus
of mine Democrats and Republicars-for they
are all patriots this yearly the haho' 'Loua
cheerng)
Pennsylvania sent the first Delegation IL ""'
comnosed Of representatives of BerKs. Chcs'eT,
seh,r.lkill and Montgomery counties f'edu'.is anu
ahanon were the principal towns represented. lS-
Mayor j. r. Kenney OF Reading. spoke for the
Reading and Berks County visitors whi'e inc pl,.
grims from the other counties were lntroouceu u!
j. Victor Smith, Of Lebanon
FIRST SPEECH TO PENNSYLVANlANS.
In respondins Major Mckinley said:
The heart Of the American people is always
right You can safely submit any great pubic
question with confidence 10 the American peopie.
Mr. Lincoln once said that there was no safer
tribunal on earth than the American people,
and III the Almighty Ruler OF the universe '1S was
an our side or on your side that side wouid
surely prevail. The aspiration of the American
people is for advancement for advancement III
the march OF progress toward the . reaI,"1,lon .,
ernment on earth. What our people want is an
opportunity for work, an opportunity 1or hohest
labor an opportunity to develop the great re-
sources which God has given US, an opportunity
20 work out a high and glorious destiny, not
only for ourselves. but for all mankind: for the
highest destiny we achieve iof ha rano 'n ~,
better and the more we Oehe'' iii 'he 'a'o' u
Now II occurs to me that before the people of
this country can be expected 10 have commence
IN that wing OF the Democratic party that is
now in control of its organization before we
can be expected to intrust 1t with further power
or with control Of the Government. and accept lts
promise that with free silver will come better
times to all Of us-before we do that 1t seems 10
me the Democratic party ought TO naXc sooo
the loss II has entailed upon in the last three
years and half (Applause) They can hardly
expect US to have confidence In their present
which thew gave us In 1892. and which they in
sisted was the cure FOR all our troubles, was so
complete a failure. They now say the present
!. prescription. far different from the old one Will
cure all our difficulties. and it does seem 10
me that they are asking great deal OF con