The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-20

comrades in the war, of Allegheny county
and the State of Pennsylvania / appre-
ciate the kindness and generous messages
which have been presented me in your
behalf and I am glad to be assured that
in Allegheny county in the year 1896 you
are faithful to Republican principles and
are deeply interested in the success of
the Republican cause. No State in the
Union knows more about the great doe
trine of a protective tariff than the State
of Pennsylvania. No State in the Union
has felt its benefits more than yours and
no State in the Union has suffered more
from it's withdrawal than yours and
class of our population has suffered so
much under a revenue tariff policy the
laboring people of the country. 1 think
that you want the return of that splen-
did protective policy under which for more
and under which we made this the great
est manufacturing and the greatest agri-
cultural nation of the world (applause),
and under which the manufacturers of
this country were enabled to pay better
wages than were paid in any other coun-
We're ever paid under revenue policy in
the history of our country (Applause;)
lieve that the American workshop should
be protected against the foreign work
shop Tremendous cheering) | believe
that the American workingman should be
defended by wise and Judicious protective
policy against the SaI;la Work;ngmen en- OF the the old
believe that this country is ours zap
plause), and we, first of all, are entitled
TO enjoy its privileges and its blessings.
The first thing we want in this country
is plenty to do and when we have that,
then we want to be paid in good money
for what we do. CTremendous applause)
We neither want short work nor short
dollars in the United States We neither
want free trade nor free silver in the
United States. (ApplauSe and footing of
horns.) We want an opportunity to work,
and we want when we have improved that
opportunity to be paid in dollars that are
worth as much the week after they are
received as on the day of their receipt.
Free trade has cheated yoil in your
wages Gcries of You are right, it has!),
and we do not propose to permit free
silver to cheat us in our pay. (ApplauSe.)
.sI am glad to meet nay comrades of the
war whose cause has been so eloquently
presented here this morning. We fight our
battles now with the ballot. (Cries of
Hear Hear! and hurrahs for Mckinley
The only force needed in this country now
is that of reason and intelligence and pa
triotism (applause), and with this We are
/ am glad to meet you and greet you all
this morning and | am sure you will ex-
cuse me from making a further speech.
because there are many other delegations
say a word But we have with us this
morning one of the most distinguished citi-
zens of the United States docking around)
I did not know but what he had escaped
known to Eli of you-the Hon. Shelby NJ
Cullom.' Tremendous appause)
Senator Cullom spoke briefly. He told of
the rivalry among States to roll up the
biggest Mckinley majorities and said, in a
happy way that there was nothing the
matter with the currency. and that when
the tariff was properly adjusted along the
lines of protection the country would be all
right; confidence and prosperity would be
restored and silver agitation forgotten.