The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-01

thuslastlc delegation and most affect
ing greeting at the Mckinley home
was today's visit of farmers, working
men and old soldiers, of Guernsey
county, who arrived here shortly before
noon. The delegation left Cambridge
on the Cleveland & Marietta railway
and in short time struck the flooded
lowlands.
For seven miles, said ex-Congress-
poked its nose through water over
flowing the Tuscarawas river, and it
was fight to get through"
At the Mckinley residence Mr.. Tay-
lor acted as spokesman for the party
which was under the G. A r. auspices
He spoke of tin plate, of Cambridge.
TWAS TAFFY.
Chaplain W. Mcfarland, of the
United Presbyterian church, Cam
bridge, followed, saying:
Il came not to speak, but to see and
hear and think, and TO grasp the hand
of the most illustrious friend of labor
in the United States, or in the world ="
Turning to Major Mckinley, who was
standing under the folds of an old flag,
chaplain grasped McKinleys hand and,
trembling with emotion, said:
Il know of no man who has done
more to elevate and dignity labor than
you. l know of no man who has put
a brighter crown of glory on the brow
of honest toll than yourself"
Tears came to many an eye and it
was with visible feeling that Mr.. Nc
Kinley said:
Colonel Taylor. Doctor Mcfarland,
my comrades and fellow citizens:
TT gives me great qualification to re-
ceive this call from my old friends and
neighbors and fellow citizens of Guern-
sey county. 1 have made many visits
to your county in years gone by and
know most of you personally. L know
something of the
QUALITY OF OUR POPULATION.
l know something of the spirit of your
people. I know something of your
loyalty and devotion to patriotism and
government in peace. (Cheers)
and knowing you as l do know you,
am certain that neither food nor fire
would stop you from doing what you
proposed to do. daughter and ap-
p1ause)
II am glad to meet the representa-
tives of labor who are assembled here
this morning. l congratulate them
upon the advance that has been made
in the tin plate industry to which
Colonel Taylor has referred. l am glad
to know that REPUBLICAN legislation
gave to the country an industry that
gives work and wages to American
Workingmen and brings happiness to
American homes. Great cheers0
Il am glad, my fellow citizens, to
meet nv old comrades of the Grand
Army of the Republic (applause) my
comrades of thirty-five years ago, and
it is nearly thirty-two years since its
close. 1t seems not so long nor so far
away. but as [ look into the faces of
the soldiers before me today l see that
age is
STAMPING ITS LINES OF CARE
upon them. Their step is no longer as
steady and as firm as it was thirty-siS
wears ago, but their hearts are just as
loyaG to national honor today as they
were loyal to national unity then. Gap
/ plause.) When the war closed there
were two great debts resting upon this
government. One was the debt due t6
the men who had loaned the govern
ment money with which to carry on its
/ military operations. The. other debt
! was due to the men who had willingly
4
/ of the American union. (Cheers)
The old soldiers waited ON their
! pensions until this great debt of the
4 governments was we'll out of the way.
They waited patiently until the gov
eminent of the United States had re-
duced nearly two-thirds Of that great
money debt (Applause.) They wanted
every dollar of the debt paid in the
besc coin known to the commercial
world. (Great applause.) And every
dollar of that debt up to this hour
HAS BEEN PAID IN GOLD
or it's equivalent, the best recognized
money Of the world and every dollar
of thar debt, my comrades, yet to be
paid, will be paid in the same unques-
toned coin. tremendous cheering.
Most of that debt is out of the way
Ire great debt of this government now
is to the surviving soldiers of the re-
public (Applause.) There are &c. 00(
pensioners ON the honored pension roll
of this government today and the gov
eminent pays out of its public treas
| ury in pensions ov ar $140,000O00 every
year to the soldiers and sailors, their
widows and their orphans. Every dol
lar of that debt must be paid in the
best currency and coin in the world
(Great cheering and cries of the Re-
publican party will see to that)
There is nobody more interested in
maintaining a sound and stable cur.
| rencv than the old soldiers of tha re-