The record-union., 1896-09-06

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resenting the professions; William A.
Carney, representing the laboring men;
Samuel Hamilton representing the bus
mess men; j. F. Burke, Captain William
Fulwood and T. W. Nevin, editor of the
Leader" They were taken into Major
McKinley's study and presented to the
candidate.
few minutes later when the COM
mittee appeared on the porch with Ma
Jor Mckinley there was demonstration
which lasted several minutes. Men
cheered and tossed their hats in the air,
women waved their handkerchiefs and
applauded, and the young men blew tin
horns
When the noise had subsided Colonel
Stone made a short speech and intro
duced William A. Carney Mr.. Carney
is a typical wOrkingman, and is highly
esteemed and trusted by his fellow tolls
men. He made one of the most stirring
and effective speeches that has been ad-
dressed to Major Mckinley. He said
among other things:
THE Republican party has never
been unfriendly to the cause of labor,
and is not to-day. Some workingmen
may have been led astray by the prom
ises of false prophets, but the great
body of laboring men want work and
honest money, and believe that the sue
cess of the Republican party will bring
them prosperity"
Samuel Hamilton also spoke in be-
half of the business and commercial
classes.
Replying to these speeches Mr.. Nc
Kinley said:
This assemblage thoroughly typifies
the national idea of a great American
commonwealth in this, that it repre-
sents the equality of all which lies at
the basis of popular government
After speaking in earnest terms of
la Dor to-day, and all its typifies, Major
Mckinley continued:
THE country by vote this year Will
either continue the present industrial
and financial policies of the Govern
ment or abandon them. The Republican
party stands to-day as it has always
stood, opposed to the continuation of an
industrial policy which cripples indus
tries at home robs labor of it's just re-
wards and supplies insufficient revenues
to run the Government. (CrieS OF
Good, Good.O 1t stands opposed to any
change in our financial policy which
would put US upon a silver basis and
deprive US of the use of both gold and
silver as currency. (Cries of That $
right.'o
Involved in the contest, too, is that
fundamental question of whether we
are to have Government by law. The
Republican party stands now as always,
for the maintenance of law and order
and domestic tranquility. Great ap-
plause and cries of That's right,
Major.') There are two things which
deeply and personally interest the
workingmen. They are work and wages
They want steady work at good wages
They are not satisfied with irregular
work at inadequate wages. (Cries OF
NOD They want the American stan
dard applied to both. They are not sat
isfied with steady work at poor wages
They want regular remployment at re-
munerative wages, with steady work.
They want to be paid in sound money
(Cries of Good, goOd.'O They do not
wart to lose any part OF their hard
earnings through poor dollars. CAP
plause.) And they do not want to be
paid in dollars whose value can only be
ascertained by the daily market reports
Great cheering) Whatever work they
have now is paid in good money, and
therefore no complaint is made on that
score They are satisfied With the
money, but they are not satisfied with
either the scant work or the reduced
wages (Cries of That's right, Major. }
They are satisfied with the present dol
lar bill, but they are not satisfied with
the present tariff bill. Tremendous
cheering and blowing of tin horns)
I'VE have learned from experience
that we cannot increase work at nome
by giving it to people abroad. CCries OF
That's right'D, and it is poor policy to
keep our own men in idlness while we
furnish employment to those OUTSIDE Oh
our own country, who owe no ailegl-
ance to this Government and VINO ac-
knowledge no loyalty to that nag
(pointing to the American f1ag). CGreat
applause) Washington said: Ihere Is
no doubt of the wisdom of the policy OF
giving protection and encouragement
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nestic industry. There is not work
ingman in the United States who has
not learned in the past three years the
wisdom of Washington's utterance. He
annreciates il now more than ever be-
fore.
Now. another experiment is to be
tried. (Cries of I'VE don't want any
more experiments.O No, never, say
never. Your spokesman gave the Whole
philosophy Of 1t when he said that no
matter how much money was coined
YOU would not get 1t if you did not have
work to earn it, Great cheering ana
cries of That's right.'O Some people
seem to think that a cheap dollar is the
best thing for the workingman. The
waee-earners are creditors. Their
wages are paid to-day in money whose
purchasing power is good for 100 cents
on the dollar everywhere on the earth
VIII wages be raised to meet the in
crease in the products he buys? (Cries
of mo. Give US a Republican ad-
ministration with Mckinley for Presi-
dent" followed by great cheering)
"The mints, If they were thrown wide
open to the coinage of every character
of metal and were multiplied hum
dredfold in capacity, would neither fur
nish the workingman Job, restore his
exhausted savings or give him credit.
Great applause and cries of You are
right, Major") Nothing my fellow
citizens. will accomplish that but work
work at fair wages. and that will only
come through confluence TtSloTeO ny q
wise financial and industrial policy.
| Cheers and cries of "Hurrah for Nc
Kinley.")
I'VE cannot have work If we do not
have wealth somewhere, and we cannot
have wealth without work. for work is
at the foundation of all wealth. Great
applause.) The power to get hold of
money! do not care what business we
are in-depends upon whether the man