Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-26
Mckinley Deprecates the Stirring Up
of Popular Passion.
THE PRIVILEGE OF EVERY MAN TO RISE
Address to Commercial Travellers
From Peoria, III.
Ct r REETED WITH CHI EE RS

noon, a special train bearing several hun
dred commercial travellers from that sec
ton reached Canton at o'clock this morn
ing The men were uniformed in light-col-
ored linen busters and black silk hats. and
each carried a large bunch of red, white
and blue plumes. They went direct to the
Mckinley residence, where they were pre-
sented by j. V. Graft, Congressman Of the
fourteenth Illinois district. Major McKin-
ley responded follows:
Congressman Graft and my Fellow Citi-
zens: 1 am glad to greet at my home the
Travelling Mems Republican Club of the
city of Peoria. 1 cannot refrain from con-
graduating you at this time upon the
splendid victory which you achieved two
years ago in electing your present Con-
gressman. and turning a strong democratic
majority into an overwhelming republican
majority Great applause and cries of
1--WE viii do it again.
Pleasant Words About Illinois.
"And L am glad to hear from SO many
voices about me that it is your purpose 20
do il again. / congratulate you upon the
thriving city and glorious state in which
you live. Illinois is now by the census the
third state in population in the American
Union. 1t has taken the place of Ohio,
but 1 have always believed that you took
your census while Ohio was visiting your
great metropolis SettlnS rtduy loi tiie
worlds fair. Great laughter and cries Oh
'Hurrah for Mckinley-O
Il congratulate you most heartily upon
= the rank Illinois has taken in population
and in also the rank she has taken III
craftsmanship 1t comes to few states TO
have furnished to this Union the grand
men you have furnished-Yates and Ogles-
by, and that splendid soldier, patriot dnd
statesman. John A Logan great applause,
and that noblest of democrats. Stephen A
Douglas. who loved his country far more
than he loved his party, and gave the Wnoie
weight of his mighty influence to Mr Lin
coin In the crucial period in the history of
the republic. Great applause) And no
can think of your great state without
recalling that you furnished to mankind
and the ages Abraham Lincoln, the great
est statesman of this country or any other
in the worlds history tremendous cheer
irg), and Gen- Ulysses S. Grant, the first
Acaptain of the republic. (Renewed cheer
hgJ
when Abraham Lincoln issued his i'm
mortal proclamation of liberty the whole
World knew that what Lincoln had decreed
Grant would execute with the thunder of
his artillery. Great applause and cries
Good. good.D 1 am glad to know that
victory in Illinois this year. TREMENDOUS
cheering and cries of We will give Nc
Kinley 1JO.O0-D
What a spectacle, my fellow-citizens. to
the world is this government of seventy
millions of free people, governed by them
selves and governing themselves, chang
Ing their Chie1 executive every IOur years
and their law-making power every two
years, if 1t be their will so to do, and the
gov eTnment going on without halt or i'll
terruption, working out what seventy mil
lions of people from time to time believe
will sub5erve their highest destiny. More
than one hundred and twenty years have
passed since the government was founded,
and in every trial of our history We have
demonstrated our capacity for self-go,ern-
ment, and shown TO all mankind the use
and advantages of the great republic.
Great applause and cries of That's right ,
Now and then in our popular elections
we may have been swayed by passion, or
moved by the demagogue from our moor
ings. but tie American people are not
fooled but once on a subject great cheer
ing), for when once deceived they never
follow the deceiver the second time. Re-
newed cheering and cries of 'Rght.o
have known, so have you, times i'll our
history when the majority of the people
were made to believe that certain policies
would serve their best interests. and When
1T tTanspired that they did not, they swiftly
turned upon the party which deceived them
and turned 1t out of power. Cries of
Good, good.D
Judgment of the People.
"And they will DO il again. The judg-
ment of the people is swift and terrible
against those who mislead and delude
them. The people never led astray by
deceit or Misrepresentation when they in
vestigate for themselves. This they are
doing this year in a marked degree 1t Is
of no avail that 2arty leaders appeal tC
passion when the people are alive to theil
own and the public interests. 1t will no
do to say TO the men who are poor in this
worlds goods. You must get off by your
selves, form a class of your own; your in
tereSts are opposed to those who employ
YOU That is not enough this year. The
poor inquiries: What good will tina
how will that bring bread to my family
ard cheer to my children? Will l be bene
fitted by despoiiing my employer? VIII Il
give me more employment and better
wages to strike down those whose none.
is Invested In productive enterprises
which give me work and wages?'
-Four years ago it was said that the man
ufacturer was making too much money
You remember IL. But II cannot be sal,
now (cries Of NO. no.'D And that the rob
Der tariff which was enriching him mus
be turned up, root and branch, to tn
end that he should be deprived of wha
some people are pleased to call his tll-g
ten profits.
Effect of Tariff LegislntIon
1.-The country seemed to share in the sug
gestion. and the trial was entered upor
with what result every manufacturer, com
mercial man. travelling man working
nan best knows. 1t has been discovere
to our hurt and sorrow. that you cannc
injure the manufacturer without injurin
the laborer. (Applause) 1t has bee
found too. that you cannot injure tn
manufacturer without injuring the who
business of the country. (Cries of That
right.') You may close the shops by at
verse tariffs because You imagine tn
manufacturer is making too much, bI
with that done you close the door of en-
plcyment in the face of the laborer who's
only capital is his labor. Great cheering
You cannot punish the one without pun
ishing the other, and our policy would nj
infiict the slightest injury upon ethe
(Applause and cries of That's right.')
I'm such a case getting off together doc
not do either any good. Arraying labt
against capital is public calamity and a
: Ereparable injury to both. Glass appea
are dishonest and dishonorable. They ca
culate to separate those who should
united for our economic interests are con
mon and indiviSible.
The Duty of Every Man.
Rather, my fellow citizens. teach II
doctrine that it is the duty and privilege
every man to rise. That with honest II
dastry he can advance himself to the be: