The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-04
TIN PLATE MAKERS
VISIT M'KINLEY
C1e Thousand Wage.Earners from Tus.
carawas Pay Their Respects.
ESSENTIALLY A LABOR DELEGATION
Their Banner Il Large Sheet of Tin
Plate..MajOr Mckinley Delivers
One of the Longest Informal
Speeches Made During the Present
Campaign.


about 1000 that called on Major Nc
Kinley this hot July afternoon. In the
midst of the procession was borne aloft
a huge sheet of American bright tin
plate manufactured in one of the mills
at Canal Dover. 1t Is the largest sheet
of tin plate ever made I'm the United
States. its dimensions being 80 by l44
inches.
The delegation was essentially a la
bor delegation. w. A. Bovey, of Den
nison, spoke for the visitors and his
earnest remarks were cordially
cheered The appearance of Major
Mckinley was the signal for pro-
longed Outburst of cheering which
lasted for several minutes. After quiet
had been restored Major Mckinley
made the longest informal talk he has
yet addressed to a visiting delegation.
He said:
MAJOR M'KINLEY'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Bovey and my Fellow Citizens:
am very grateful for this visit on the
part of my friends In Tuscarawas coun-
" and | thank my old friend. your spokes-
man, for the cordial and generous and
eloquent words of greeting which he has
brought to me in your behalf. This as
semblage Is fairly typical of our Ameri-
can communities. and 1t fitly represents
the varied occupations Of the people. AS
your spokesman has already said, i'm this
presence are farmers. laborers mechan-
les, miners. railroad employees merchants,
professional men and representatives of
every rank of the people. And you are
here distant from your home not from
all personal, but you are here because In
your hearts You believe i'm the great
fundamental doctrines of the Republican
party. loud applause). You believe
that these principles are best for you
when put into practical legislation and
administration. You believe that those
principles will secure to all the people the
largest measure of good to the largest
number, and you believe that because
you recall that for more than third
of a century those great Republican prin-
ciples dominated legislation and adminis-
tratiOn in this country, and that during all
that period you have enjoyed exceptional
prosperity which you have not enjoyed
In the last three years and a half. loud
cheers).
You know, therefore, something OF
these great principles from experience,
which, after all. Is the most unerring
teacher, and you are only waiting for an
opportunity to express judgment based
upon that experience in your votes next
November. And all these demonstra tions
that have been witnessed here for the
past two weeks are only significant be.
cause they show what Is in Tile hearts
and minds of the American people; that
they want an opportunity-and they want
II early-tO return to power that grand
old party to which your spokesman has
so feelingly alluded in every branch OF
the government of the United States
Here i'm this county we are dependent
upon each other, no matter what our oc-
equations may be. All of us want good
times. good wages, good prices, good
markets and then we want good money
always. Vociferous cheering).
SOUND DOLLARS WANTED.
When we give a good days wage tc
our employers we want to be paid in good
sound dollars. worth 100 cents and nc
less. Now, whatever policy will brine
us back to these goods Is the one that the
great majority of the American people are
in favor of and will so register theil
votes at the coming election, and yor
seem to have made up your minds what
that policy Is. | am going to detain yol
only long enough to say that am grats,
dence upon the part Of representatives O
Tuscarawas county. What I want Il
see in this country Is return to tha
prosperity which we enjoyed for so many
years; Qoud and continuous applause)
what | want Is to see idle men at worl
and at American wages Qond apDlause)
and the more men YOU have at work a
good American wages, the better markets
will the farmers have and the better
Every one of you farmers know mat from
experience, and now, after expressin.
my gratitude for the assurance you hav,
given me of your friendship and sup
port, and welcoming you with an over
flowing heart to my home city and to m,
own home. II will give me very grea
pleasure to meet and greet each of yo,
individually. tremendous cheers an,
applause).
From advices received here tonight, 4
is learned that a number of delegation.
composed wholly of women will visj
Canton for the purpose of calling OF
Major Mckinley within the next tw,
or three weeks. The first delega ZION O
women will probably come from. Cleve
land or t. Louis. 1t seems to De agreed
on all sides that the Republican ma
tional headquarters will be in New
York.
Steamship Arrivals