Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24
TO OLD SOLDIERS.
ANOTHER PATRIOTIC ADDRESS DE-
LIvERED BY MKINLEY.
tie Tells Old Soldiers That All e
tiOnaI Lines Have Been ObIiter-
Parts OF the Country, Though
Having Differed In the Past. Are
Marching Under One Banner In
scribed National Honor, the

Canton, Ohio, Sept. Il .-The reception OF
! the old soldiers to-day was most enthusiast
tic. The Woman's Relief corps and thou
ssEds of Cantonians followed the parade 10
the Mckinley home. Every post In the
county any many from adjoining counties
were represented. Mai. Mckinley was
given an ovation and was Interrupted by
cheers at short intervals. Col. j. j. Clark
presented the deleg alton IN a stirring
speech. Maj. Mckinley responded as fol-
| lows:
1T Is a very great honor TO me and one
which l shall always cherish to receive calls
from my old comrades OF the war living In
this neig hborhood. You are here to-day
not as soldiers but as citizens-citizens OF
the best government In the world-made
better beca ise of the services you rem
dered Ii nearly a third Of a century ago,
/ bid you welcome to my home and express
to you In response to the generous and
grateful message delivered by Col. Clark
my most profound gratitude and thanks.
1t was a great thing TO have been a sol
der In the late war. II Is an evidence or
the highest patriotism and love of country.
I for patriotism means to be willing to give
up life, health or strength IL our country
demands 1t, and that you were willing TO
do and you attested your patriotism upon
many hundreds OF fields during that war.
Happily, we are a united country. Coming
(, to this city TO give me congratulations,
not only are those VIII served on the Union
side during that great strug gle, but also
the men who served on the Confederate
side. Roth have been here to tender con-
| CALCULATIONS and give me assurances of sup
port. Now all are citizens OF "A common
Union and all ready TO battle for Union
and for the honor and integrity of the gov
eminent of the United States. Thank God,
all sectional lines have oeen obliterated.
and men from all parts of our common
IA.-N a. .tVA.z1
In the past. marching under one banner,
upon which is Inscribed National honor, the
| maintenance OF law and order
~ ain GLAD TO meet you here to-day. I
was proud OF you In the field. | am proud
OF you as citizens Of the Union which you
:, helped TO save. No grander, no better, no
more glorious army ever marched TO battle
! or for a nobler cause than the army of
which you were a part. You were good
citizens before you went TO the war; you
were good soldiers In the Wa; you have
been good citizens ever since. standing by
the same old flag. You were patriots then.
you are patriots now. You know no poll
tics In your Grand Army posts. b. you
know patriotism when you see it,"
Tales TO Farmers
When the Manufacturing was reached
there was a great rush. A delegation from
Somerset, Pa. over 1000, was approaching
and II was feared there would not be time
for all to get to Mckinley. The Pennsyl-
vanians had five bands and many banners
and emblems. The trip was arranged by
the Lincoln club OF Somerset. This dele
CATION of farmers came over $50 miles.
State Senator Norman y Crltchfield made
the Introductory address. Three times
Ma. Mckinley began TO speak and each
time was interrupted by cheering, and
when he concluded there was unusual
eagerness to shake his hand. Mai. Me-
Kinley said:
ut gives me sincere pleasure TO meet
my friends aad fellow citizens OF Somer-
set county In my st>te, my city and my
home. You have travelled more than go
miles TO bring to me assurance of your con-
tidence and OF your purpose TO give to the
Republican party and its glorious prlnci-
pies your united AMI hearty support. Ii ia
difficult TO appreciate until the fact Is
known what this great audience coming
from a sister state represents. You have
here In this assemblage one-fourth OF the
voting population of the Republican party
and one-ifth of the entire voting popuIa-
ton of the county. 10 means, my coun-
trymen, not that you are Interested In me
personally, but that you have a deep and
ever abiding Interest in your country and
your country's honor. Ii means, too, that
you are deeply interested in the rightful
settlement OF the great national questions
which divide us and which are to be set
tied by your votes and those OF your coun-
trymen next November. l am especially
glad TO welcome the citizens of Somerset
county to my home. ! recall that In the
years of the past / have visited your noun.
tainous homes and enjoyed more than
once your generous hospitality. and I
trust that the future will permit me to
again visit that delightful spot and renew
our former friendly relations. Your
spokesman says that the people OF your
county are devoted 10 farming. Looking
over this vast audience and remembering
how faT you are from home l should think
you were devoted TO Republican politics.
II do not recall a time since the days OF
the civil war that there has been so much
solicitude for the rightfui outcome Of a
national election as this year. All the
people are reading and studying and In
forming themselves In a larger degree than
ever before. Popular inquiry was never so
great and popular interest was never so
profound. IT Is gratifying, too, that the
masses of our countrymen are seeking the
right for the sake of the right. that they
may pursue the right. They want to know
only what Is best for the country. what will
truly promote their own welfare and insure
the grandest results for the common good.
The political situation or the country Is
peculiar. We have had few parallels to
our present political condition. We have
but one political party which Is united,
and that Is ours. Discord reigns In all
others. Our time-honored opponent, the
Democratic party, rs torn and divided. Two
national conventions have been held by IL
and two national tickets presented. and
their platforms are totally different on
every subject and In almost every section.
The Populist party has merged It's organ!
sation into that Of the Chicago Democratic
and st. Louis silver organizations, and their
allies, are for the most part harmonious
except that EACH one has a distinct and
different candidate for Vice president. Hap
PLY, the Republican party was never more
closely united than now, and there were
never better reasons for such union and
never greater necessity for IL than now.
1t Is welded. devotedly welded, to party
principles. II stands as Ii has always
stood. for an American protective tariff,
which shall raise enough money TO conduct
the several departments OF the govern
ment, i%ncldding liberal pensions TO the
Union soldiers. A tariff will stop debts
and deficiencies and make the treasury az
the United States once more safe and
sound In every particular. 1t stands for
a reciprocity that seeks out the markets
OF the world for our surplus agricultural
and manufacturing products without sur
rendering a single days wages that be-
longs TO the American workingman. 1t
believes In preserving a home market for
the American farmer; In the opening OF
the American factory for the American
workingman. and tia opening up OF a for