The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-07
Mckinley, Iiryam and ",hc Classr..r

Of Pennsylvania mud several thousand
sturdy wage-workcrs OF tho western
portion Of the commonwealth celebrated
the occasion by making n pilgrimage to
Canton, Ohio, where they flied the air
with shouts for the great champion OF
the people whose policy Is to u up
tho mills and tho factories OF the couu-
try, 30 that the American workIngmcn
may have n chance to work und be paid
for their labor In dollars worth n hun
bred cents.
This pilgrimage was an eloquent an
swer TO the appeals to class prejudice
that Major McKinley's opponent Is
making In all his speeches. While Cam
didatc Bryan was In the northwest
making demaEoSIc efforts to array the
employee ugainst his employer, and ap-
pealinG TO the worst passions and prcju.
dices of men In the name Of false putrl-
otlsm. these thousands OF toIlers were
standing before the modest home of
Candidate Mckinley cheering his an
nounccment that Patriotism Is n
worthy sentiment. 1t exalts but never
desrndeS. Instead Of seeking TO work
the masses. 1t would be worthler on the
part OF oil OF us TO try to get work for
the masses"
Nothing" Major Mckinley was say
Ing to these men. can better stamp
with falsehOod and Indignant d~Isappro-
val the effort TO array class against
class than this great demonstration be-
fore me to-day" The presence of that
immense body Of workIngmcu In Canton
on such n mission was far more eloquent
h a nll the empty metaphors In the
Boy Orators speeches; It was n thou
sand times more significant than all the
crowds OF curious people who hocked to
witness the PopocratIc hippodrome.
There Is a bond OF sympathy between
the working classes Ot America and
their employers on one side and William
Mckinley On the other side that cannot
be broken by the appeals OF dema-
gogucs. even though the chief one OF the
latter may be q candidate for the prcsI-
dency. One would suppose that the
very character Of the crowds which are
flocking Gaily from distant points TO
assure Mckinley OF their support and
loyalty 20 the aus or sound money
and protection would be sufficient to
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canoe.
On one day It Is n great delegation Of
farmers, m another Il Is a body OF
workmen from 4 mill or n factory, on
another 1t is a train filed with DINNER
clal travellers, the barometeru OF trade,
on another 1t IS an excursion OF profess
siOnal men. on another Il similar dele
cation Of merchants, and then more
farmers and more mill workers. And
Yet all the time Mr.. Bryan Is keeping
up his efforts to array class uGinSt class,
puny attempts that are being made
every day at Canton. Ohio.
II these demonstrations mean any
thing they mean that this is not II con-
test between CLASSES. but n campaign
for the preservation OF the country's
financial honor and Industrial prosperi-
~. in which all classes alike are vitality
interested. and that oil realize that In
the Republican platform and the candl-
date who stands upon It rests the safety
OF their interests. The Boy Orator. be-.
ing n person with but one idea, may not
realize tn. truth OF this fact, but the
people Of the United States realize II
and understand 1t.