The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-10-24
THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTS
HIGHEST And NOBLEsT AsPIRA-
TIONs or CITIZENSHIP.
Gold Nominee Says 90 the Citizens
of Ohio That This Ii Not a
Partisan CoRtest.

Canton. Ohio. Oct z.-It was glorious
summer weather In Canton this morn
Ing. Large delegations OF farmers first
called at the Mckinley home. They
were from creston. Ohio. Major McKin-
iey responded to A l. Richards, who
spoke on behalf Of the delegations, as
fellows:
remember when the republicans OF
erosion and Wayne county were among
the most earnest and enthusiastic In my
oid congressional district. and i see you
nave not lost your earnestness and en-
thnsiasm for the great doctrines of the
republican party. We can not. by legis-
iauon In this sOuntry. make values. We
can not by any ledgerdemain of fin
anee. make something out Of
nothing. The only way 10 get
wealth Is by labor. Anybody VINO
teaches any other doctrine Is a false
teacher. and not a friend Of American
citizenship. or our American homes. (Ap-
plause)
Congress can do a good many things.
buf II can not make you rich or the
country rich by debasing the money Of
tht country. and II can not make the
country rich by giving US dollars that
are only worth bs cents each and stamp
Ing them dollars. Great laughter and
opplause.) Congress can help you, but
II must be by wise legislation, caring
i1f products. labor. farms and manu-
features Of our own people. by protecting
them against the products OF people lIv.
ing IN other lands.
We'll now. the best thing for the
farmer. after good crops and good mar
kets' Is good money, and when you give
Icur recks for d bushei and sell your
wheat by the full bushel you want TO
be paid In dollars worth fully 100 cents
each. not only today. but every day and
everywhere. This is what the republican
party stands for this year-these two
things above all others. But the republi-
can party does not stand alone
for them. The greater part
OF the democratic party, the greater
leaders OF the old democratic parry.
are one with US in the struggle for ma
tienal honor and prosperity" Rousing
CT GERS were given the next president"
Medina county. and Borea. IN Cuyahoga
county. cent d delegation of q thousand
people TO gree; Mckinley today. Ne
dina county was in the gerrymandereo
district IN which Mckinley was defeated
BY the late Representative Warwick
The BOrea crowd contained hundred
students from Baldwin and Wallace COL
leEes Professor N. r. Warner OF Bald
win college presented the Borea crowd.
and Charles u, Ttghtman the Medina
delegation.
In his address to the delegations from
Morgan and Washington counties and the
boys brigade from Marietta. O.. McK.n-
ely referred TO the fact that yesterday
was Illinois day. and Said that today
seemed 10 be ohio day"
After naming the various delegations
that had called during the day, he said
IN psri-
Not a Partisan Contest.
My fellow countrymen may well b.
inspired by the same blessed spirit Of
patriotism that moved the grand AMI
great men who founded our government,
and We hsve in the contest now upon Us
that which commands the highest pa
,riot!sm and mobiles: aspirations Of Anc~-
lean citizenship Our honor is impugneI
our currency Is threatened, oar
courts are assaulted. the fabrc 81
oar government is involved !a
The controversy which We must set
tie one week from next Tuesday" (Grea;
applause and cries OF We yiu settle it
and we Will vote the right way.'O
This Is not partisan contest, IL Is a
contest built upon genuine patriotism
and looking to genuine Amerlcanism.
speak 20 all my fellow citizens OF o. O.
when ! say that this year Is the year
when you are to determine, each for h.nI-
self. whether or not he wants a retain
from what he ran away from In 1889 aad
whether or not he wants to continue the
policy which increased the debts OF .,,e
government ana the debts of the people
and brought want and destituuon Tor @
Of Us. The republican party stands toy
sustaining the public faith, for sustaining
.ncorrupdbe the courts OF the coun .ry,
and FOR proclsIming 10 all the world that
II is a government OF law. and that the
LAW must be supreme over all. In th's
great contest the republican party has
been designated TO carry the banner tina,
represents those great principles. md
men OF ali political parties this year are
raliylnG around the banner because 4
embraces what they believe 20 be Il e
highest good OF the people and the glory
OF the great republic"