The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-13
INVASION OF CANTON.
No Cessation in the Influx Of Re-
publican Delegations.
MORE PENNSYLVANIA VISITORS.

Men from tho Monongahela Valley Greet
Major Mckinley and Listen to an Adj
dress In Which the Candidate Pays a
Tribute of Respect to James G. Blaine.
CANTON, O., Oct. 13.-The two delega-
tons announced for yesterday came in on
special train of eleven coaches. Tho
party came from Roscoe and the Monon.
gahela valley of Pennsylvania, and was
made up of citizens representing the va
rious interests of that locality. They were
very enthusiastic and organized with
marching clubs, mostly uniformed. Sew
eral bands and a Colorod glee club fur
nished the music. Owing to rain the dele
cation was taken to the Tabernacle, whero
Major Mckinley responded to the intro
ductory address Of the venerable George
T. Lawrence ex-member of congress and
an octogenarian. Major Mckinley spoke
in part as follows:
Western Pennsylvania Is filled with
many proud and historic memories 1t
registers the birthplace Of that splendid
parlinmenthran and gifted statesman,
James G. Blaine. 1t is very gratifying to
me to receive from the hands of the Fay
ette club this beautiful cane, made out Of
wood from Mr.. Blaine's home, In which
he was born at Brownsville and l assure
you that 1t shall always be preserved and
kept in my house AS precious souvenir.
You nre fortunate, toO in having at ono
time among your citizens of Fayette
county that illustrious tlnancer, Albert
Gallatin, who became the first secretary of
t1a tr,aalry urGes Thomas Jefferson in
1901 and who filled that great Office for
twelve years and is known in the history of
the country as one of tho groatest secretn-
ries we ever had. Ono of the greatest mon
umGnts that he left is that during his adj
mnistration as secretary of the treasury
he reduced the national debt from $50, ,OO0,-
0OO in 1902 to about $5OJO0O0 in 1912
1T was his proud bonst when he made
his report to congress that this wonderful
reduction of the public debt had gone on
without resorting to internal taxation,
either direct or indirect but that this vast
sum of money was provided for by duties
upon imports. This bit of history sug-
gests the condition of our own treasury
and the condition of our own people. For
three years and half tho government has
Dttl bbIIbWlHS IlloLcl W INV upOA, UNI
the people have been doing likewise very
largely.
I'VE want, my fellow citizens, some
how to stop that, both as to government
and people, We may not be able to do it
at once When we arc sick it takes long
time to recover our normal vitality. But
there ought to be no question that there
rests upon the American pooplo ind those
in charge Of public affairs to adopt somo
policy and that right speedily, which
would first provide enough money to run
the government of the United States. We
ought not to resort to tho issuing of bonds
in time of peace except to preserve the
credit and honor Of the government That
opens up the question as to what policy
will save Us from that. l do not know Of
anything that will do it better than pro-
lection, for it is Il proud fact in American
history that Of all tho years, at least for
the most part, under which we have had
u protective tariff we have always had
ample revenues to conduct the expenses
of the government.
Now that policy, wisely and judic-
iously applied in public law, is one Of the
first and most important acts for the con-
gress to perform. They cannot perform
it, however, without a Republican con-
gross and Republican administration.
The only power that can make Il protec-
tive tariff congress resides in the Ameri-
can people, and the only power that can
make u protective tariff administration
resides in the American people BY your
ballots three weeks from tomorrow you,
in con junction with your fellow citizens
in every part of the country, will deter
mine whether or not that policy shall pre-
vail for the next four years. Your old
valley, to which your spokesman has re.
ferred to 50 eloquently, as far back as in
the days Of Henry Clay, was pointed to as
typifying the magnificent blessings Of u
protective tariff.
"Ihcre is II notion in some quarters that
what we need to bring about prosperity is
free silver. do not believe it would bo
any frcer under free coinage to you than
tits now There would be just uiiv VIZ r,,
for the workingman to got it, and that
would be to earn it, There would be iust
one way for the farmer to get it, and that
would be to sell his products There would
be just one way for the merchant to get it
the good old fashioned way - which
would be to sell his goods over his counter
md SivO something for the money. That
is the only way you could get it if we
coined all the silver of tho world.
when you have received for your labor
dollars worth one hundred cents in pur.
chasing power you want to know that
they will not lose, but keep that one hun.
dred cents worth of purchasing power
That is the kind Of money we have now,
and that is The kind Of money we propose
to kesp The money that will buy tho
most is the money you wnnt, and what
you want now Is an opportunity to earn
it. You cannot earn ii through tho nliuts,
but through the mills mines, factories
and by honest toll.
Besides, did 1t ever occur to you TINT
money does not make work. Work makes
money. There Is just as much money in
this country today as there was from 1879
to 1890, and more. 1t is work that puts
money into circulation. Money does not
want to be idle any more than labor wants
to be Idle. The man who has money wants
that money to be earning something, and
the only reason he does not put it out now
is because he is afraid he will never get 10
back, or get it back in depreciated cur
rency. And when he docs not put it out,
and 1t does not circulate, then there is no
work. When you have idle men and idle |
money distress and suffering prevail
with returning contidonce-and con-
fldence is half the capital Of the world
money will come out from Its hiding place
be invested in enterprises all over the
country and put idlo men to work, and SO
believing, l stand for that policy which
will most surely restore confidence.
II desire to thank the glassworkers for
their gift, which highly value-for any
thing that comes from the hands of labor
is always cherished by me- There Is moth.
ing In all this contest that has given mo
so much satisfaction and encouragement
as to feel that l have the workingmen OF
the United States voting for the cause
which represent"