The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-17
To-day to Greet the Nominee.

Canton, Ohio, Oct. Congressman
James Il. Coddington, of the Fifth dis
trlct OF Pennsylvania, led Il delegation of
several hundred people from the Lehigh
Valley to the Mckinley home this morn
ing, and introduced them rs miners.
MECHANICS, business men, and other cit
liens representing that territory. A
party vas organized in the towns of
Bradford, Luzerne, Wyoming, Carbon
and adjicent territory. Their greetings
10 MAJOR Mckinley were most cordial and
their demonstration was enthusiastic.
Iylerand Wetzel counties of West Vir-
glnia sent greetings to Major Mckinley
with II delegation of representative citi.
Zens ina special train of twelve coaches.
which reached Canton about noon. Sis
terville furnished the greater part of the
crowd organized us the Elkins Invinci.
bles, named in honor of Senator Elkins.
The patty greeted Major MCKINLEY with
! cheers md hurrahs. They were intro
| duced by II. l.. Moore and p. A. Shan.
| non.
Another party to-day came from the
/ Northern peninsula of Michigan. They
were on the way two whole days, having
started from Calumet, Houghton and
vicinity wednesday. The party was
|
ton, but called at the house, where they
had Il friendly visit with Major McKin-
ley.
| Announcements made up to noon to-
day insure twenty-sevcn delegations to-
morrow, more than have been announced
In advance for any other day up to date,
! although with those unannounced several
OF the days have had more delegations.
In the course of his speech to the Elkins
Invincbles Major Mckinley said:
| There are large number of witnesses
here to-day to the promises which your
spokesman have given as to what West
Virginia will do on the third day of
! November. If you do as well as you
promise assure you the people of Ohio
and my home city will be more than sat.
isfied. l am glad to meet and greet YOU
In Canton to-day. | remember two wears
! ago to have passed through the town of
Sisterville, and TO have spoken for little
i while, together with your now distin-
gushed Senator Elllins, upon the pending
questions dividing the parties of the
country. congratulate you at the end
OF that campaign you recorded n splendid
; victory for the Republican party and
added one more vote to the Republican
strength in the United 5 tates Senate.
trust that the people of West Virginia
have net changed their minds since that
election, and that they are now, as then,
IN favor of protective tariff, of sound
money, of honesty in.public as well rs in
private transactions am glad to re-
ceive this visit from my fellow-citiZens of
west Virginia. You come not only from
the oil centre, but from two agricultural
counties OF northern West Virginia,
both, | believe, mining counties, both
widely traversed by great trunk railways
and largely Interested in the material de-
velopment of the resources of your State.
Such being the case am surprised TO he
told by one of your spokesman that one
oil these counties has in past elections
been supporting II policy which is GER
tainly opposed to her best interests. L
am glad to be assured that she means to
no longer support n policy that has re-
tarded the growth and development of
the resources of the United States; Il pol
icy that robs your farmers of good mar
kets and of good prices, and your miners
| and laborers of good wages-the reac-
: tionary and un-American policy Of free
trade. If there is farmer or laborer
here, or one elsewhere, who may read
what | say who doubts the truth of this
statement, beg him to contrast, if he
WILL first the condition of the farmers
and laborers in this country III 1892 with
that OF the farmers and laborers of other
| countries in the world; and, second, to
contrast the comparative advantages OF
protective taril against free trade pol
icy and his own condition now and dur
ing the past three years in contrast with
that of the previous. three years.
Let him but examine the prices paid.
for his products or for his labor in 1893,
1874 and 1895 under threatened or ac-
tual operation of tariff for revenue only,
with the prices or wages he received in
1870, 1871 and 1902 under II protective
tariff law; and if he does not find the
change from the old system to the new
disastrous to him, then we will be per-
fectly content for him to sustain by his
vote the present policy and cast his lot
with the party which, in part at least,
continues to uphold free trade Is it not
true that partial free trade has injured
every interest and every industry in West
Virginia? Have not the people and the
government grown steadily poorer under
It's destructive operations? Have not both
producer and consumer been injured?
The Southern in common with all the
other States steadily advance under the
protective system. If there was differ
ence between them and the Northern
States it was i'll their favor steadily every
year from 1870 to 1890, simply because
their resources were greater and their
development more general and rapid
The census of 1890 and other reliable re-
ports show the greatest gain in the South
OF any other part OF the country and her
enormous strides in the decade from 1880
TO 1850 may we'll challenge admiration
and PRIDE