The herald., 1896-09-30

insurance money paid at the rate of 50
cents on the dollar. (Cries of NOD
Nor will they be satisfied to receive
their wages in anything but currency
which will be worth full one hundred
cents. Why, they are talking about
creditors of this country. They are ami
madverting against them. Who are the
creditors of this country? They are the
men who labor in this country. CTre-
mendous cheers) The greatest credit
ors of this country today are the work.
ingmen. ASIDE from what is due to
them in investments and savings, their
current wages make them the largest
creditor class in the country. The en-
ployers of this country owe their en-
pioyes every thirty days in good times.
(Cries of Not now, though, followed by
great laughter.) More than the bond
ed debt of the United States, $500, ,0oO, 900
is paid annually to the railroad en-
ployes alone. Does the railroad en-
ploye propose to have any party enact
legislation which will cut his pay roll
from 25 to so per cent in the name of
cheap dollars? cloud cries of 'No!O
I have seen it stated somewhere that
of 100000 railroad employees in the Unit
ed States about rs per cent are voters
l cannot be mistaken when express
the belief that these men will not cast
their votes in favor of debased cur
rency and the reputation of other pub
lie and private obligations.
Nothing marks the wonderful prog
ress of this country more than the rail-
road business. In 1880 461, 900 men were
employed. In 1890 71400o. 1t has been
stated by some Democratic leaders that
the free coinage Of silver would raise the
price of silver from 65 cents an ounce,
the market price, to $1.29 an ounce, or
make SO cents worth of silevr actually
worth 100 cents. do not believe the free
coinage of the silver product of the
United States, the free coinage of the
silver product Of the silver mines Of
the world, with the fiat of the govern
ment of the United States, could make
thing worth SO cents worth 100 cents.
(Great applause.) Such proposition is
oontradicted by reason and experience
and opposed to common sense and plain
principles and old-fashioned honesty.
Much as would be glad to speak TO
you longer, must not. Other delega-
tions are coming. I thank you for the
assurances of support to the great
principles, which by the favor of great
political party 1 stand for at this mo-
ment. I am glad to know that Indiana,
the state of Harrison. (great applause)
Morton (renewed applause) will stand
this year as it has stood in all the years
past for the country and for the coun-
try's honor and for policy that will give
to the American people the largest pros
perity in their homes, the greatest de-
velopment of their resource, the highest
credit of the government. (Great cheer
ing)
Governor Mckinley said to the San
dusky soldiers delegation: 'Tt is indeed
kind and generous act of comradeship
that brings on this unpleasant day men,
bers of the Ohio soldiers from the
soldiers home of Sandusky to pay me
a visit.
MY comrades, I fully and heartily ap-
preciate it, No body of men who visited
me during the last three months has CIV
en- me more pleasure or touched me more
deeply than my old comrades of the
Sandusky home. Thirty-five years ago
y
ago most of you mustered out of serv-
ice. You were then fresh, young and
with the red wine of early manhood
mantling your cheeks. You are older
now, but your hearts warm to your
country and the old flag as it did in 61
You entered the service not for the pit
tance that it paid you, not for the glory
of popular applause, but for the purest.
highest motives of patriotism so that no
harm should come to your country That
was the motive of every old soldier.
Think what great army, of which you
We're part, was willing to do. They were
willing to give life, health and strength,
they were willing. to die that the Ameri-
can union might be saved.
So nigh to grandeur is our dust,
So near to God is man,
When duty whispers, Go thou must,
The youth replies, can.
And so nearly two millions of men
when duty called were ready to answer
the call of the country and defend the
country's free institutions. There are
now on the pension roll of the govern
ment more men than enlisted in, the war
of the revolution in 1912 and the war with
Mexico. There is within about So 900 as
many men on the pension rolls today as
there were in all the wars in which this
government engaged from the revolu-
ton to the civil war. always have been
in favor of pensioning the deserving dis
abed soldiers of the republic and favor
ing their pensions; am in favor of hav-
IN, xubo
value does not depend upon mere fiat
and which can be deprecated. l am
opposed to cutting down pensions in
that way 1 want Pensioners, who are
among the largest creditors of the gov
ernment today, as I want all the cred
itors of the government, great or small,
to be paid the best money in the world
dollars worth o hundred cents every
day and everywhere.
II am glad to have you here, glad to
have this large body of veterans declare,
as your spokesman does, that they still
favor the country and the countrys
honor A color bearer during the war.
while in front of the enemy, in his anx-
iety to accomplish something, with two
or three hundred men marched in front
OF the lines and on toward the enemys
works. The general commanding from
the rear called out: Bring those coll
org hn ri n 10 line