The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-20

CANTON, Oct. 1s.-The booming of
cannon at o'clock this morning an
nounced the opening of the meeting at the
tabernacle of the Union generals. under
the leadership of General r. A. AIger
In spite of the early hour for which the
meeting was called. the hall. was filed
with an enthusiastic audience
The members of the party were pre-
sented by r. A. Cassiday. of this city.
Short speeches were made by Generals
Howard, A-ger. Marden Stewart and
Sickels and Corporal Tanner. AS each
speaker concluded his remarks he was
presented with a basket of choice flowers
by the members of the Woman's Relief
corps OF Canton. After the meeting the
visitors were escorted to the depot by
large number of citizens. Major Nc
Kinley drove down to the depot from his
residence to see the generals off.
CONFIDENCE"
A delegation of business men from
Sewickley, Pa, arrived here at 11:30 and
called On Major Mckinley at his residence.
Sound Money" club of Sewickley was
George r. Wallace. He reviewed the
alleged effects of the Wilson-Gorman
tariff law upon the industrial and COM
mercial word, and said that the growing
belief in the election of Major Mckinley
was beginning to restore confidence.
Major Mckinley made a short speech in
reply which was received with applause
and much cheering. Mir. Mckinley said
II am glad 10 have the assurances of
your spokesman that in this crisis of our
history you are standing for national
honor and for the preservation of our
free institutions. The Republican party
has always occupied a post of great
honor From the time of its organizat ton
down to the present moment it has been
4 - 1aqdHr or-T1.
ment. 1t was born in the interest of
liberty and the rights of humanity. 1t
has never struck blow that has not been
for freedom and our glorious flag.
OUR INTELLIGENCE.
land in every great emergency that
party. not so old as some other parties
in this country, has led for the right, for
justice, for good morals and for public
! honesty. 1t has not been at a higher
! post of honor than it has today. Glorious
as the past has been, it never carried
| a flag which involved more to the in
name as the flag which 1t carries today
and | am glad TO know that from one end
of this country TO the other the inteilt
gence and judgment and conscience of the
| American people are not appealed to in
vain. Some people seem to have the
notion that the Republican party has
made a new departure; that IT occupies
| different position today from that which II
ever occupied in the past. That is a
mistake We stand where we have al
ways stood. not only upon the money
question. but on the tariff question, and
want to call your attention 10 Whdt may
have escaped you. When the war closed,
/ the great problem before the American
people, after the reconstruction OF the
Union. was whaf- should be done by way
of maintaining a sound currency IN the
/ United States. In 1865, the great soldier
OF the war who had led the mightiest
armies that were ever engaged in sustain
I -fa+ rr~1r
nominas ed for president. Let me read
YOU two planks of the platform upon
which he stood, and you can see then
whether the Republican party has
1--we denounce all forms of repudia-
ton as national crimes, and the national
honor requires the payment OF the pub
/ lie debt IN the utmost good faith to all
creditors at home and abroad, not only
/ according to the letter but the spirit of
the law under which it was contracted
THAT was when we had that enormous
war debt of over s. 100000, and the
( it. but the Republican party stood up, as
: 1t always has, and insisted that every
dollar of that debt must be paid in the
| best currency of the world. and under
4 that policy we have paid off more than
two-thirds of that great national debt
/ ard paid every dollar of it with honor
and IN the bes. currency
ASSURANCES OF LOYALTY.
Another party of political pilgrims,
also accompanied by a large number of
ladies. journeyed up the hill 10 Major
McKinley's Market street home about 2
o'clock Ibis afternoon They came from
! Mogadore. Summit county, o., and
brought the candidate assurances O. 10y
atty and earnestness in support of the
ticket from the Republicans of that sec
ton The visitors were introduced TO
| Major Mckinley by State Representative
+. Meyers. In Responding, Major McKin-
ley spoke in a neighborly way to his
former constituents, and babe them re-
| member that the nations superb record
! Of progress in the last 30 years was
| made under a policy first of a protective
! tariff and second under a sound none