The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-26
Cohesion, Not Coercion.

To delegations of the British Isles-Amer-
lean Mckinley Club, the employees of the
Standard Sewing Machine Company and of
the Standard Tool Works, of Cleveland. o..
Mr.. Mckinley said:
MY Fellow-citizens-I give hearty well
come to my fellow countrymen, descend
ants of the people of the British isles, but
now free and independent American citi-
men, Welshmen or Scotchmen, We are all
for the great American Union and the
glorious old stars and stripes, that float
above us. Yielding none of the love We
have for the mother country, we love this
free government with its glorious 1nsttu-
lions, which has become not only the coun-
try of our adoption, but the country of our
love. l greet you all to-day. lou are the
descendants of men whose blood has been
shed upon many battIefields of this glori-
GUS Republic; men whose blood was shed
in the first great contest for independence,
and in every crisis of American history
the men from the British isles or their de.
scendants stood for the indissolubility OF
the Union and the perpetuity of American an
liberty and free institutions. We follow the
flag our fathers established, the same they
bore, the same our grandsirss lifted up IN
many a battles tempest, and what Coo
hath woven in his loom let no man reno
in twain.
deeply interested in the rightful settlement
of the great questions that confront US this
year. i am glad to welcome in the same
body the employees of the Standard Tool
Company and the Standard Sewing Ma
the city of Cleveland. You are here. and no
matter from whence your ancestors came,
no matter in what occupation you labor.
you are all here moved by one common i'm
pulse and purpose-love OF country. You
are here because you will never consent to
have our national honor trailed in the dust
and this Nation set down as faVorlng re-
pudiation. The Standard Sewing Machine
Company and the Standard Tool Company
believe in sound machines and sound tools.
and they believe also in sound money They
want a sound government, sound laws, and
they propose to use their good sound sense
this year when they deposit their ballots
week from next Tuesday.
What are you Interested in? interested,
first, in the prosperity of this country; in
terested in it's honor ind its future glory.
The past is secure. Our fathers did their
whole duty and they have transmitted to
us the best fabric of government known
among men, Shall we preserve it unim-
paired to the latest generation? Tire
mendous shouts of Yes! yes!' followed by
applause.), 1 know. you can be counted
test; it is no party contest, it rises above
party and personality and places 1T upon
the plane of patriotism, for patriotism
knows neither party nor nationality. 1t is
the noblest sentiment of the human soul,
for it is love of home, wife, mother and
children.
with those blessed flags in your hands
and all that they represent in your hearts
no danger can ever come, TO this great
guide you into the paths that will give
to you and your families and to posterity
the highest destiny attainable, under our
waiting, for this year there is no end to
the army which carries the old flag.
''They talk about ccercion-the coercion
the spirit of the campaign. 1t is not coer-
cion, but it is cohesion-cohesion between
employer and employe, made stronger by
a common interest and a common expe-
rience.
Il thank you for this call and your gen.
erous greetings and wish you all good