The Portland daily press., 1896-10-05
Major Mckinley Made Speech After
Speech,

spokesman for the party.
Tho second delegation, which arrived
at Z. Is, came from Athens county, q. .and
it's caption Is the "Sunday Greek Valley
clubs.' One of the features
is a glee club quartette OF ladies.
Other trains arrived soon afterward,
the railroads having about 25 specials
scheduled for the day.
At about o'clock the first party went
to the Mckinley home. Addresses were
made by Capt. VIM. J. George Of the
Harrisburg News for the Pennsylvania,
and by J. NJ. Allen of Gloucester for
the Sunday Valley people.
In his speech,
MAJOR M'KINLEY SAID:
"My Fellow Citizens-It gives me
great pleasure to receive at my home my
fellow citizens of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the state of Ohio.
Whatever injuriously or benefcially
Affects the people Of Pennsylvania alike
affects the people of Ohio, and could
not bnt be struck by the similarity of
tho messages which have come from our
respective spokesmen as to the condition
How similar they were. 1t 10 the cry of
distress going up from every part of our
common country. What men want Ia
business activity. What laboring men
want Is work.
I'VE have discovered In the last three
years and half that we cannot increase
the output of the mines or the wages of
the miner by decrease of the manufao-
turing in the United States. We have
discovered that less American coal is
required, if we do any part of our work
in Europe rather than in the United
States. 1 favor that policy which will
give the largest development to every
American interest; that gives the wild
est opportunity to every American citi-
zen; that gives most work and best
wages to every American laborer and Sc
cures TO our people the highest possible
prosperity in all their occupations.
~ cannot but appreciate most highly
this visit, made at such Inconvenience
and from SO great q distance to my
home. The message which you bring
me OF your regard and good will, I will
always remember and cherish. 1t is with
peculiar pleasure that ] welcome this
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Com
ing as you do from city Of great rolling
mills and other manufactures, having q
product in value of more than $12, 600, 600
annually, when your establishments are
all running full time. and from one of
the greatest manufacturing states Of the
country,I need hardly be told of the deep
and the rightful settlement of the issues
presented in this campaign.
both of the leading issues are of suff1-
oient Importance to your industrial life
and prosperity to command your unre-
uniting labor and efforts. Nor need |
remind you that the issue which involves
the restoration of cur protective policy,
unhappily and unwarrantedly abandoned
in the presidential campaign four years
ago, is to he settled this year, as we'll as
that other issue of continuing safe
monetary system, resting OH the best
money Of the world, and guaranteeing
to our people the use of all the forms OF
m oney now in circulation to be Of equal
value and purchasing power. The mis-
take of 1892 needs no elaboration. It has
been felt and realized in every section of
our country, and this year, 1885, is the
first time since 1t was made that the
whole people have had chance to cor
rect it. What will thoy do, my fellow
citizens of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
(Ories of ''We will elect Mckinley, ~ fol-
lowed by tremendous cheering
A Buffalo contingent of wheelmen
called at the Mckinley home. They had
with them three
HOMING PIGEONS.
which Mrs. Mckinley released with the
following message:
Canton, October 3.-The Wheelsmen
and Hobart Republican club Of
Buffalo, NY, arrived this morning and
requests me to send greetings to their
(Signcd) "WM. M'KINLEY.
Major Mckinley thanked the Buffalo
delegation for its call and excused him
self from making formal speech for the
reason that he was scheduled to address
all the wheelmen in a body later in the
day. Following the Buffalo men came a
OF $50 employees of the STAN
dard Manufacturing Company of Pitts
burg. +. j. Torrance, spokesman for
this delega tion, said most of the men in
1t were Democrats who proposed to cast
their first Republics vote this year.
Six men bore on a gilded platform
with and mounted In gold which was
presented by the Standard company to
Major Mckinley. Major Mckinley was
heartily cheered when he rose to speak.
His speech was impromtu and uncom-
monty spirited. While the Major was
speaking delegation from Barbeton,
Ohio, 300 strong, marched up to the
uOuso oIlO uitu lu6O bu6 y6tQ. AS soon
as Major Mckinley finished his remarks,
o. q. Barber, the great match maker.
introduced delegation of his employees
and Major Mckinley addressed them.
Five hundred workingmen from the AL
leheny shops of the Pennsylvania lines
pressed closely behind the Barbeton del
egation and Major Mckinley scarcely
had time to sit down before the railroad
men massed themselves in front of the
porch. W. B. Kirker was the spokes-
man. Major Mckinley happily respond
ed. The delegation changed places and
in less than seven minutes Major MoKin-
ley was
BOWING TO A NEW AUDIENCE,
There were upwards of 500 men I'm IL
aud they came from the works of Mo-
intosh, Hemphil & Co. and the Star Tin
Plate company of Pittsburg. The men
brought with them the largest sheet of
tin plate ever made in the world. The
spokesman, l.. B. jackson, said the tin
plate industry which had come into ex-
istence within the last four years, now
gave employment to $1,000 men.