The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-19
GREAT DAY AT CANTON.


 ators Thurston and Cullom and 9th
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 Canton, O., Sept, 1S,-Canton was to- day the scene of the greatest political demonstration ever held in the state. Fifty special trains bore into the town nearly 10000 enthusiastic republicans from Cleveland ~nd other towns in Ohio, frem Pennsylvania, West Virgin la, Kentucky Indiana and Michigan. The occasion was the formal opening of the campaign in Major McKinley's own county.
 The chief speeches of the big meet ing this afternoon were made by Sena- tors Thurston and Cullom, Governor Hastings and Congressman McCleary of Minnesota. Senator Thurston paid a fine tribute to the merits and high abil- ities of MT. Mckinley, his patriotism and his noble stand for sound money and national honor against the surging tide of repudiationists, anarchists and wild and visionary populists and revo- lutionists. Proceeding MT Thurston compared the dignifed position of MT. Mckinley with that. of MT. Bryan. Bryan, nominated amid the excitement and hysteria of emotional frenzy-a tri- umph of prearranged spectacular and oratorical red fire; nomination not thought of an hour before, and regret ted an hour after; the other nominated in obedience to the rlpened and delib- crate demand of the people themselves, whose spontaneous uprising in his be- half attested and emphasized their be- lief in the principles for which he stands, and their sincere confidence in the ability, integrity, patriotism and statesmanship of the man. One noti- fled Gin accordance with his own re- quesD in the great show garden of New York city, designed expressly for circusses, menageries, horse fairs, dog shows and chyrsanthemum exhibitions, and the blare of trumpets, the glare of electric lights and the incessant tramp of disappearing hoses; the other, at his own humble fireside in an unos- tentatious manner the simple oeremo- nies witnessed only by his family ard immediate friends.
 "One, now steeplechasing through the country in a mad scramble. for place and power, fearful that some eiector may escape the wlchery of his tiuted voice; the other, dignifed Gas befits the exalted place to which he worthily as- pires) trustfully and calmly waits in his own home while the nation comes to him. One has selected for his arena the sand lots-his appeals are to the passions and prejudices of men; the forum oe the other is an American door yard; his rostrum is the porch of an American cottage;h his words, sim pie and forceful are addressed to the intelligence, the conscience, the pat riotism and the common sense of a brave, thoughtful, just and hopeful people.
 My countEymen, these comparisons are not unjust, nor are they over- drawn. They measure the infinite dis tance between the party and plat form of Altgeld, Tillman, Pennoyer. Llewellyn, Waite, Coxey and Bryan, and the party and platform of Harri- son, Allison, Reed and Mckinley.
 This is not an issue between repub- licanism and democracy The Chicago convention Is not the council chamber of the democratic party. The nominee of that convention carries the regular banner, but it was wrested from true democracy by populism and the com mune If true democracy lives it's fu- ture historian will trace it's title through the Indianapolis convention. It true democracy dies, it's monument will declare: 'Assassinated at Chica- go,
 Senator Cullom said; We want neither free silver nor free trade. We have had four years experience of what we may expect all the time under free trade. God alone knows what will become of the country if we try the experiment of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to L With the election of MT Mckinley prosperity and confidence will speedily return.
 Let us see what would happen in the event of success of the nominees of the Chicago convention. Our gold would leave us to be hoarded-that is certain "a contraction of $600,000000. The re- mainder of our money would shrink in purchasing power equal to the differ ence- between the par value of the dol lar and the bullion price of silver. That difference is now about 47 cents. So that our circulation would be con tracted to that extent, and we would have less than $9 per capita in circula- tion of actual money where we now have $22."
 Pittsburg, Sept. 1S.-Fully 5000 en- thusiastic citizens of Pittsburg and vi- cinity left for Canton on special trains this morning to cheer Major William Mckinley and assist in the opening of the Stark county, O., campaign. The prominent uniformed organizations which left at 9:30 a. m. were the Young Mems Republican Tariff club. with c. L. Magee as chief marshal; the Ameri- GUS club, with Major $. D. Hubley, who is a member of the club; the Lincoln club and John Dalzell club, with large delegations. Hundreds of citizens ac- companied the clubs on their special trains.