The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-30

said in concluding his speech to the
West Virginia delegation yesterday
What we want in this country, my
fellow citizens, no matter where we
i've, IS a good, honest dollar that has
value in it. When we give our labor to
our employer, when we give our eight
or ten hours a day OF work to the rail-
road company, we have given them the
pest work we have. and We want in re-
turn dollars that represent the value OF
the work we give to those railroad com
panles- We want no deprecated dol
lars in the United States. We have had
short hours for the last three years and
a half. We don't like them, and DOM
want short dollars
Then there are some people who
seem to believe that the way to get on
pest, IS to have one body of our clu-
zenS arrayed against another. do not
believe that. 7 believe We are all broth
ers are all equal under our constitution
and nag, and that all of US have right
TO aspire to the highest things that
Tree government like ours gives. The
most glorious thing history has demon
strated is that the poorest and hum
biest boy, with poor surroundings, but
with clean hands and pure heart may
reach the highest place in the gift Of
the republic. (Cries of Good, good, and
applause)
Il spurn the attempt to array one
body or class of my fellow citizens
against another and I resent with in
dlgnatlon the idea that the working
men are not patriots They have been
patriots in every phase OF the history of
the country. They require no coercion
to make them love their country, their
homes, their mothers, their wives and
their children Cloud and continuous
cheering)
n am glad to know that the railroad
employees from one end of this country
TO the other, are marching this year
under the same hag-the flag of nation
al honor and public and private integri-
ty. (Cheers)
II am glad to know that the employees
of railroad lines all over the United
States, for they have visited me from
nearly every state, are standing tOgeth-
er as never before for the maintenance
of sound currency and perpetuity Of our
free institutions that recognize neither
class, creed nor condition
Il thank you, my fellow citizens for
this call. We are now so near the time
when this great jury is to render its
verdict that argume nts seem wholly
unnecessary. think you are all ready
to vote Z think you are waiting with
supreme Impotence for the hour when
you can put in the box that ballot
which win express the best aspira lions
Of your hearts, not only for yourselves,
but for your families. I bid you vel
come and give you hearty greeting to
my home. 1 wish you a safe return to
your homes and trust that after the
election is over, the voice of the Ameri-
can people viii be found on the side OF
right, justice and patriotism 1 viii be
glad to greet you all personally" Three
rousing cheers were then given for the
next president of the United States"
A small party of business men and
manufacturers of PittSburg called at
the Mckinley home yesterday. 1t was
made UP of Col. j. M Shoemaker, o.
III. Childs w. s. Abbott, Jas. Laugh
lin, E M Ferguson, A w Wood, j. r.
McGlnley, H. Z. FOrmes, w. W. Will
Ock, w. w Lawrence, w. S. Magee.
Mr.. Shoemaker was spokesman. They
were received in the library.
IL
of a dozen coaches arrived bringing
farmers, business men, WOrkingmen
and citizens in general from Hancock
and Seneca counties, Ohio The delega-
ton was headed by a band and made
very enthusiastic demonstration on the
lawn when Maj. Mckinley appeared.
Addresses were made by T. H. Nc
COnica of Findlay and w. A. Dickey of
Tiffin. -Four other delegations ar
rived during the afternoon, including
a party of women from Akron, several
from Columbus and one from northern
Residents of vinton, Huron. Fair
field and Columbus counties, coming on
one large special train, constituted one
of the audiences addressed by Maj Nc
kinley yesterday afternoon They
reached the home shortly after o'clock.
Addresses were made by Judge L. d.
Hagerty of Columbus, DR.. c. B. Taylor
of Macarthur, T. S. Churchill of Logan.
Geo. Mordon of Oakeman and w. S.
WinkOOp.
A train load Of farmers, business men
and old soldiers came from Ashland
county with greetings and assurances
Of support for Maj. Mckinley. They
were received on the lawn and intro
duced by Thos. Carey of Perrysville.
The lady employees of Whitman &
Barnes, who came down from Akron,
INDUCED in no formal speech making.
Each was presented to Maj. Mckinley
and later to his mother. They brought
magnificent flowers for the wife and
mother.