The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-09-19
THEY HAD FIVE BANDS
SOMERSET COUNTY FARMERS CALI
ON REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
Express Confidence In Major McIxfn-
ley and Satisfied He VIII BE
the Next President

Canton. Ohio. Sept. 15-The reception
of the old soldiers today was most en-
thusiastic. The Woman's Relief Corps
and thousands of Cantonians followed
the parade to the Mckinley home. Every
post in the county and many from ad-
joining counties were represented Ma
jor Mckinley was given an ovation and
was interrupted by cheers at short inter
walls. Colonel j. J. Clark presented thu
delegation in a stirring speech.
When the handshaking was reached
there was a great rush The delegation
from Somerset, Penn, over 1000 strong
was approaching, and it was feared there
would not be time for all to get to Nc
kinley. The Pennsylvanians had five
bands and many banners and emblems.
This delegation of farmers came over 250
miles. State Senator Norman b. Critch-
field made the Introductory address.
Three times Major Mckinley began to
speak, and each time was interrupted by
cheering. and when he concluded there
was unusual eagerness to shake his hand.
Critchdeld's Speech.
Norman b. Critchfield, in presenting the
Somerset, Pa, delegates, said:
Major Mckinley: L have been asked
by this delegation, with which l have
come from Somerset, to express to you
in few words our confidence, not only
in your personality, but also in the prin-
ciples you represent. The county from
which we come is a purely agricultural
country more so perhaps than most VI
the countries OF the east, and it so hap
pens that our delegation is made up al
most entirely of farmers. and as such we
are interested in whatever relates to the
welfare of those whose business 1t is to
feed the world
We know no man in whom we can re-
pose more confidence than yourself. We
have noticed with satisfaction your pub
n VA
always proven true to every trust com
mitted to you by your own district and
state, and we are satisfied that when you
are called to occupy the most RESPONSE
BILE place in the nation, as you surely will
be, the interests of the whole American
people Will be no less sacred to you than
have been the interests of the 4OOO,OO OF
your own commonwealth. 1t has not
been simply a question of who shall be
president of the great republic during tho
-FOUR years that shall follow, but the Ques-
ton to be settled is whether the depres-
sion that during the last four years has
brought desolation and suffering to many
homes shall continue, or whether the bur
den that Expresses the people of this
country shall be lifted and the light or
better days be made to shine in places
where now there is only darkness. BIZ
far the largest proportion of the money
that is employed in the business opera
items OF the country Is paid for labor, ana
from the wage earners of the land the
largest proportion in the end comes to Us
to pay for the product of our farms.
Not only must the wage earners come
TO us for the means of subsistence, but
all other classes are subject to the same
dependence. Who then can be more in
terested in keeping the money good than
We are We want dollar that will lose
none of its value in our hands, a dollar
that Will be just as good when we come
TO pay it out as when we received it. We
want dollar that can be exchanged for
any other dollar at any time or place that
we may want to use 1t. Those of us who
ar: unfortunate enough to be paying in
terest know that just as certain as the
value of the dollar decreases, so certainly
the rate of interest will Increase"