New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
THE HOUR AND ITS DUTIES.
ANOTHER STRIKING SPEECH BY MAJOR
MKINLEY.

FICTION PRESENTED IN A MAsrERLY
MANNER TO DELEGATION OF
GLAsswoRKERs REPRESENTING
ELEVEN GREAT MANU-
FEATURING STATES.
canton Ohio July 25.--Perhaps the most i'm
oortant delegation which has come TO Canton
,Ince the nomination of Major Mckinley was
the one which arrived this morning from Pitts
burg 1t numbered over 300. and was
made up of delegates TO the Eighth Ma
t,onal Convention OF the Window glass Work
srs Actual workingmen. delegates repre-
senting eleven States were present. These
men from the eleven great industrial States of
the Union such as NewYork Pennsylvania.
New-Jersey Michigan. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio.
Delaware Massachusetts, and Maryland. repre-
sented the real Industrial classes in those States
and not the politicians or professional laboring
mon. They we're earnest intelligent. self
respecting body Of men, and their spokesman.
Henry Rostick Of Indiana. made one OF the
most striking addresses to which Major McKin-
lev has listened in Canton this summer. He
said:
From eleven States come. representing the
overwhelming majority Of sentiment of all our
f4loy-worknen who toll in the great window
glass Industry III every factory IN the Cnlteu
States.
Mr.. Bostck then did what the spokesman for
every labor delegation which has called on Ma
yor Mckinley has done. He declared that the
issue which appealed most directly personally
and powerfully to the man who works In the
factory, foundry or shop is the tariff The
workngmen who come to Canton. and they
have been here in large numbers have the no.
tariff law is responsible for their present lack
Of prosperity. Mr.. Bostck said on this point:
We want the protective principle restored.
We are satisfied with the quality of our dollars,
and have no fear to the volume of our money
II the tariff is regulated and levied on such
principles best to protect American industries
and 10 secure sufficient funds to meet the or
dinary expenses OF Government.
MAJOR MKINLEY's SPEECH
This sentiment was the keynote OF the speech.
When Major Mckinley arose to respond he was
greeted with prolonged applause and hearty
cheers. He spoke follows:
Mr.. Bostck and Gentlemen of tho Window
glass Workers OF the United States; 1t is pc
culiarly gratifying to me to have this large
body Of the representatives or your association,
fresh from your deberative convention and
speaking for your great industry scattered over
eleven States Of the Union. honor me with this
call Of greeting and congratulation. appre-
ciate the words OF confidence expressed Dy your
spokesman so eloquently and agree with him
that there is something fundamentally wrong
which demands speedy remedy. and which can
only be had by the people speaking through the
constitutional forms az the next general elec-
ton Great applause)
You have sir alluded to some Of our difficult
ties with singular force and accuracy, demon
strating that you appreciate fully the great prob
lens which are before the people for solution
and settleruent Nothing could be better said
than that a great essential 10 the credit Of the
country is to provide enough revenue to run the
country The credit Of any government is i'm
perilled so long as it expends more money than
II collects The credit Of the Government like
that Of the individual citizen is best subserved
by living within its means and providing means
with which TO live.
Every citizen must know as you have stated
that the receipts of the United States In
for its necessary expenditures. and that
our present revenue laws have resulted in caus-
Ing deficiency in the Treasury for almost three
years 1t has been demonstrated. too that no
relief be had through the present Congress
The relief rests with the people themselves. They
are charged with the election of a new Congress
In November, which alone can give the needed re- |
lief
THE ONLY WAY TO RELIEF.
II they elect a Republican Congress the whole
world knows that of its first acts will be to
put upon the statute books Of the country a law |
lnder which the Government will collect enough |
money to meet its expenditures. stop debts and |
abor. Great cheering and applause) This
would be one Of the surest steps toward the
urn Of confidence and a revival of business pros
)erity. (Applausr)
The Government. my fellow w-citizens has not
,een the only sufferer in the last three years as
our spokesman has vividly shown The peo-
'le have suffered. the laboring in his work
md wages, the farmer In his prices and markets.
md our citizens generally in their incomes and
Investments
Enforced idleness among people has
brought to many American homes gloom and
yretchedness. where cheer and hope once dwet.
Both Government and people have paid dearly
or a mistaken polcy--a policy which has dis
urbed our Industries and cut down our reve-
lues always SO essential TO our credit and inde-
'endence and prosperity.
NEW AND PERILOUS POLICY.
Having injured our industries, a new expert
nent is now proposed; one that would debase
'ur currency and further weaken, if not wholly
lestroy. public confidence. Workinemen have
We not had enough Of such rash and costly ex-
(Cries Of we have" Eve have.') Do
not all Of us wish for the return of the economic
policy which for more than a third of a century
gave the Government It's highest credit and the
citizen his greatest prosperity? Great applause)
As four years ago the people were warned
against the industrial policy proclaimed by our
political adversaries ard which has brought such
'un upon the country and were entreated to
reject the experiment which experience had al
ways shown TO be fraught with disaster to our
revenues. emplOyments and enterprises. so now
lhey are again warned 10 reject this new remedy.
no matter by what party or leaders II may be
onered. as certain to entail upon the country
S 'niy increased and aggravated disaster and sur
'ethg and bring no good or profit 10 any public
interest whatever
- circumstances gentlemen. have given TO the
republican party at this juncture Of our Ma
s s,osai aHalrs place Of supreme responsibility
y. Gnu ou'y. Seldom II ever has any political party
,,trn.,a peu post OF such high importance as that
daaS .o ,. 10 the Republican party this year. In
htu I" may he confidently asserted that never
cIear, mas any political organization been so
So ,;o, ai,u conspicuously called TO do battle for
'iidt N best IN Government than IS this