The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-18
BIG DAY
AT CANTON.
One of the Greatest Crowds In
Its History
Assemble to Listen to Mckinley
and CuIlOm.
A SILVER CONSPIRACY
At the Bottom Of the Silver
Movement,
So Senator Cullum Tells His
Hearers.
A SILVER CONSPIRACY

ALCGA CA
Canton. o., Sept 18.-CantOn was up
late last night looking over her ward
robe and selecting the brightest and
bes& Canton was up early this morn
ing and robed in raiment gorgeous and
elaborate. The formal opening of the
campaign in the home city of the Re
publican nominee occurs today and
zhat Canton might appear at her best
and do herself and her guests credit,
was the occasion of all the hustle and
hurry
Streets are strung with streamers
and banners and flags; arches with
welcoming notices span prominent
thorOughfares; buildings, public and
private, are draped with flags and
bunting; portraits Of Mckinley and
Hobart are displayed in thousands of
windows Nature lent her assistance
to the demonstration with a day ap-
preaching the ideal.
It is bright and sunshiny but cool
enough to prevent prOstratiOns or ser
iOus discomfort to marchers.
Many shops and factories are closed
for the day. Some of the business
houses opened only for a few hours of
early morning trade. Others closed at
noon Offices in general did not open,
and banks viii suspend for the day.
Bright and early there came from
Little Sandy township a club of 200
uniformed men and nearly the whole
population of the township.
At the square they met similar par
ties from other directions in the cOun-
ty. Then came 400 farmers from Car
roll county.
BY this time the special trains. of
which more than so are scheduled. be-
gan to arrive and the delegations from
outside the county poured in almost
faster than they could be counted The
notable uniformed delegations present
are the young mems tariff club and the
"A ATQer1CuS club of BitrSbIlTQr- o F1Tlrfnc
cadets of Wheeling; the TippecanOe
club of Cleveland and the wheelmen's
club from Toledo and Detroit.
At noon the hustle and hurry of
parade organizations began. The pa
rade moved in four divisions of foot
men and with large contingent of
Wheelmen and hOrsemen. Pennsylva-
MIA West Virginia and other states
formed the first division, Ohio, outside
OF stark county, the second. Stark
county, outside of Canton the third
and Canton the fourth. Each of the
notable delegations was assigned
position of honor. Major Mckinley, the
visiting speakers. the officers of the
day, the guests of honor rode in omen
carriages at the head Of the procession
a short line of march brought the pa
rade to a monster tent with accomTnO-
cations Cor 10000 people. Here the
nrst meeting was held, Gov. Bushnell |
presiding and making a short intro
ouctOry address. There was music bv
the combined bands and campaign
quartette and the AeoIean quartette |
Addresses were made by Senators CuI- |
Iom of Illinois and Thurston of Ne
brSska-
nations another parade will be made |
and another meeting held in the tent /
Gov Hastings of Pennsylvania and /
Congressman McCleary of Maine are to |
be the speakers The following is /
Senator CullOm's speech:
senator CullOm after a lengthy dis !
cussion of the tariff question. took up |
the money issue, saying in part:
Mr. AltgeId and other Democratic /
leaders say the present dollar is a 200 |
cent dollar, while the other dollar be- /
fore 1873 was a 100 cent dollar. In the |
first place the statement is not correct.
but if it were, which would you rather
nave a dollar worth 200 or a dollar
worth 90 cents? They say nobody ev-
er saw 80 cent dollar. Nobody ever
saw an American dollar in coin that
would not circulate anywhere in this
and in many foreign countries
at its nominal value. Suppose it is tr11e
that our dollars are 200 cent dollars
How many of these have we in cfrcula-
tion? According to the last years
statement We have more than 81 500
JOU,OO0 consisting of gold. silver and ma
per, one dollar just as good as another
a per capita circulation of nearly 500
If Bryan, Altgeld and their associates
are right, then our money in circulation
IS eQuai 10 three billion or $44 per caDi- |
Ia As their platform only calls for $50
per capita they ought to be satisfied
with S44. Let US see what would hap
pen IN the event of the success of the
nominee of the Chicago convention
Our gold would leave US. or be |
hOarded-that is certain. contraction |
OF S60O,OGOOOO- The remainder of Otl7 /
money would shrink in purchasing |
power equal to the difference betwee5 |
the par value of the dollar and the !
bullion price of silver. The difference [
s now about AZ cents. So. that our cir
-ulatlOn would be contracted to thac
extent, and we would have less than |
s. per capita in circulation of actual !
money where we now have $22.
Mr.. Bryan says we would, no doubt
have a panic at first Cafter the adop-
ion of the free coinage)
He admits that much He does NOT /
ay whether it will be just a little wave
which viii wet the toes and scare the
lmorous. or whether it will be a tidal
wave which win engulf the nation.
w e are not children in experience.
We had our fingers burned four wears
eso ana they are yet sore from the cf-
ects OF the fire William J. Bryan told
IS then that free trade was lust what
Ne needed; that our troubles were all /
iue TO the tariff He now tells rs that !
We must have free silver: that If VIII
)e a crime against humanity to longer
-eLuse H. that all mankind has been
'u41eIl IlhS untoId misery since 1873 on ac-
-Ount OIL the demOnetiZatiOn of silver
on know better Will Won take t7is
advice again? I do not think Won will
Ihere IS no use in deceivins- o1Ir-
ielVeS IN dealing with this question We /
nave more gold and more silver than
He E ever had peLore and altogether more
circulating medium than we ever had |
before and we have no money that is
lot at par w5th gold, which is the rec
'Snlzeo money Of the commercial |