The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-09
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Major Mckinley Addresses His Early
Callers from Indiana.

Callers from Indiana.
A delegation from Marion and Grant
county, Ind, called upon the candidate
Friday before breakfast. Major Nc
KinIey addressed them as follows:
MY fellow citizens of the City OF
Marion and of Grant County; I con-
graduate you upon being first today.
Laughter.) No other delegation has
yet preceded you. (Renewed laughter)
/ give you, each and everyone of you
warm and cordial welcome to my
home. I welcome the Republicans and
the citizens of the Hoosier state-the
state of that great old war governor.
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that splendid president and patriot.
Benjamin Harrison. Great applause.)
you are here this morning, not to
honor me personally, but to honor the
cause which you love and which ron
mean to support; and you mean to
support that cause because you be-
lieve 1t will insure your own best well
fare and the best well-being Of the
country at large. Applause and CRIES
Of That's rightly You believe in that
cause because you have tried 1t. and
having tried 1t, you know you have
been more prosperous in your occupa-
tions under the policy which 1t repre-
sents than you have ever been under
any other policy. cloud cries of
That's rightly
IF anything was needed to confirm
you In your devotion to that policy It
could be found In your experience OF
the last four years. Under no other
policy, under no other principles, have
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or national prosperity which for more
than thirty years you enjoyed under
Republican policy and Republican ad-
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here this morning to testify anew your
devotion to Republican principles and
your deep and abiding interest that
they may be successful throughout the
country next November. (Cries of
THAT'S rightly
"You are interested in Indiana just
as we are interested here in Ohio, both
in agriculture and in manufacturing.
You know something in that great gas
belt Of what manufacturing means to
any community. You know that where
there Is successful manufacturing.
there is a prosperous city; and you
know where there is a prosperous city
there is always prosperous agriculture.
(Cries Of You are rightly The farms
about little manufacturing city ad-
vance in value and the market Of the
farmer is enhanced every time you put
UP a new factory in any community
or in any city.
"You have in your city of Marion,
as I recall, an industry which man
ufactures glass, that used to be In
the city of Canton. Am 1 right about
that? (Cries of "Yes.") 1t is a
good industry. Well, now, that fair
ly illustrates my idea. That used to be.
as said, a Canton industry. We
would very much have preferred to
have had 1t remain here, but 1t was
taken away. However, it did not get
out Of our own country. Great ap-
plause.) 1t went into a neighboring
state, and therefore benefits the Amer
lean family-American workmen still
do the work. We share in your good
fortune and prosperity. but we would
have felt differently If it had gone on
the other side and out Of the United
States.
I'm a word, we want to do our manu-
featuring at home, and IL we cannot do
It in Ohio, we are willing to have you
do II in Indiana. Great cheering. ana
cries Of Good. good" and What's the
matter with McKinley?") And, II we.
cannot do it in Canton, do not know
of any city in Indiana in which would
rather have it done than in the city Of
Marion. (Applause.)
1--WE want in this country good
times, good wages, steady employment.
a good home market, and then we want
to continue the good, sound. round.
honest dollars with which to do our
business and pay our labor. (Tremend-i
Gus cheering)
my fellow-citizens, thank you for
this morning call and bid you hearty
welcome. It will now give me pleas
ure to meet and greet each one of you
personally" applause and cries Of:
''Hurrah for McKinley.")
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