The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-12

this moment is how you can best use what
you have-your labor, your farms your
pr roducts In word all you want is an OPP
portunity to work. and when that oppor-
the labor, and there are not enough mints
in the United States or in the world to
give employment 10 the miners of Penn
therefore my fellow-eitizens, you must
not be looking TO the mints for the money
which you need. You must look to the
mines, the mills and the factories You do
not mine coal unless somebody wants to
use that coal. and the more users of coal
there are the more miners there will be
and the better will be their employment
philosophy of this business: when YOU have
opportunity to work you want to be
paid in dollars that are as good as any in
the world: when you have given your good
hard blows in the mines or in the factory,
given the mine owner or the factory owner
paid in good honest dollars that will not
depreciate over night. So what the coun-
try wants IS work and the continuance of
the good money we have and the prev
alence of law and order. We want peace
and tranquility In this country; We want
and we will renounce reputation in every
form.
Il am glad 70 meet my fellow-citizens
from the State of Pennsylvania. We have
In this county miners by the hundreds: l
the only aim they have is an honest one
to stand by honest things; and l know how
the farmers of Stark county are benefited
ming. thank you over and over again for
this call. =! must now turn to the other
delegation, the members of which have the
same purpose in their hearts that you have
victory for the principles of protection;
honest money and good government. I
thank you and bid you good afternoon
To employees of the Cleveland wire mill
and Cleveland Rolling Mill Company Major
Mckinley said:
"Fellow-citizens-I wish 1 might make
to Il
low-citizens. Nothing touches me more
assuring me OF their support the working
men of the United States. They are the
bone and sinew of the country, the mighty
conservative force which in every perilous
crisis of our history must be relied upon
to preserve national honor and supremacy
of law. am more than glad 20 meet at
my home the worlingmen of the Cleveland
rolling Mill Company and of the wire mill
company; | have met you before. l have
VINO stand about me to-day at their homes
In :. Newburg and Cleveland, and L
would say that I ever sought to deceive
or mlslead them | have stood in the past
fellow-man, to roll the weights off his
shoulders and give him a fair and equal
chance In the great race and contest of
life. believe in the American home as
the cornerstone of our liberties and in
stitutions, and have believed always that
the head of that home had plenty to do.
1 have ever stood for a governmental
pollcy-not one that would prohibit goods
for policy that would protect the prod
ucts Of American labor against the prod
| believe it is our duty to guard and de-
fend the American workshop. and when
ae care dbong bo thdt we are the Amer fo
protective tariff, but an honest dollar,
based upon the best money OF the the world
We have had some experience with short
hours in the last four years. We don't
want to experiment with short dollars now.
When l addressed you last, four years
ago, in the old tent at Newburg, a commit
tee waited upon me to know if was in
were discussing the wisdom and advisable
ity. of shorter hours for their own comfort
est. To them said Yes, both voted and
spoke for an eight-hour law IN ,she The service
not heard a word about shorter hours from
the American workingman. loud laugh
tero They are all to short. and, as my
employment. Whatever will bring you first
the true governmental policy, and when
you have that then you want to be paid
in dollars worth one hundred cents, good
not only under our flag, but good in every
civilized nation of the world.
Il thank you for this call. You have,
In common with seventy millions of people,
that supreme and majestic right of ballot.
from next Tuesday l bid you exercise it
in the interests of your own country, your
own own mllls, your own communities ,les and your your
evening.
In responding to the greeting of DR.. Clin-
ton who presented the delegation from the
"A. M. Z. Zion Church Conference of New
York. the Major said:
DR. Clinton and my Fellow-citzens-
That you should have journeyed so great
distance as that from New York to Canton
to give me your assurances of good will
and to express your devotion to the Repub-
iican cause and principles is an honor and
a compliment which / shall always value.
cannot refrain in this connection from
congratulating you as members of the A.
M. Z. Zion Church upon the splendid prog
ress you have made in the first century Of
our existence. Every agency for the public
good, every agency which looks to the bet
terment of humanity and civilization, to the
of the people, has my approval. ] bid you
Godspeed in the noble work in which you
will brng to t Your ehurch even NUS greater
b had in the the past and bring to al al
prosperity Your race has made wonderful
progress since it was made free. Progress
in all that goes to make men better; all
that goes to make better citizenship, better
husbands. better fathers and better men.
in science in the arts, in education, and
you have not only demonstrated your
ability to mproye Sho IN these but
the great crisis of American history. ZAP
plause.
the first black brigade was enga ged. The
colonel a white man, called the color bear
er to his side and in the presence of the
regiment handed to him this glorious BAN
ner of the free, and said to him. Color
bearer. take this flag, fight for it; yes, die
for It, but never surrender it into the hands
of the enemy" and that color-bearer.
whose face was black my hat said
to him: Colonel, / will bring this flag back
to you in honor, or / will report to God the
reason why. (Applause.) l thank you for
this call most heartily and sincerely, and /
bid you bear back to your BILE bishop
my personal good wishes and my desire
for his long life and continued good
health. Applause.)
To delegation composed of employees of
the Cleveland. Akron & Columbus railway
and sound-money clubs OF Akron, o. Major
Mckinley said:
MIR. Sampson and men OF the c., A. & C. |
Railroad Company and the Sound-money
Clubs-I give you cordial welcome to my |
home l am glad to have the assurance
through your spokesman that you believe |
that the triumph of the principles for which |
the Republican party now stands will be |
best for you and so believing you intend
to vote the Republican ticket. L thank you
all for this greeting. | feel that you are
not strangers to me. / have been riding |
over your lines for more than twenty years |