The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27

with the corresponding election of 1892, of
IL ,26S, and an increase in the Republican vote
OF nearly 5000. [Applause.l Yet there are
some people who pretend to think that the
gallant Republicans of that splendid State are
going TO let it declare for those twin delusions
free trade and free silver-next November.
[Cries of "No, no.'1 do not believe it, but on
the contrary believe that Oregon will con-
tinue in the place where she naturally belongs
and deserves to belong, in the Republican
column. [Applause.1
Vermont voted on September 1. Her Re-
publican vote for Governor in 1892 was
38.3I8; in 1896, 53,5o5, gain of 4.567,
while the Republican plurality this year was
the greatest in the history of the State, being
39.053. as against a little more than 10000
four years ago.
Matne-the glorious commonwealth of Ham
lin, Blaine and Reed-MaIne held her election
on the 14th OF September, and gave the Re-
publican candidate for Governor SO, ,749
votes, as against $1,000 given the Republican
candidate for that off ce in 1S92-an increase
of 5000 in the Republican vote, while the
Repu blican plurality this year was nearly four
times great as then-4S, 500 in 1896 aud
1880 in 1892, a Republican gain in that
State OF 30, $50 votes. The combined vote of
the three States shows Republican pluralities
OF 10Y 1857, or $1,000 larger than they gave
at corresponding elections in 1892, an increase
in the Republican vote of 3S,0S0, while the
Democratic vote decreased 8S, ,49S, indicating
just what is happening all over the country
that the thousands of "honest money" Demo-
Gratis In that party, law-preserving, patriotic
Democrats, will not follow the Chicago con-
yention.
The crowd in the front part of the yard
was so dense at this time that the John
DalZell Club OF Wilmerding, Pa, COM
posed of employees of the Westinghouse
Airbrake Company, could not find stand
ing-room. They were marched on the
lawn in the rear of the house, and when
Major Mckinley finished his speech to
the delegation in the front yard he passed
swiftly through the house and spoke from
a side porch near the kitchen. Major Nc
Kinley said:
am glad to fnd you interested this year IN
politics. 1 am glad to note that you, with the
rest of the people of the country, are making
politics this year q business, because you have
discovered during the last four years that poll
tics is business and II you want good business
you must have good politics. lGreat ap-
plausel l observe in this audience many
young men. There never was such cause 10
fight for since the days of the war as that
which appeals to the young men and the old
men OF the country today cause which in
vokes patriotism, Nation honor, public
faith, law ana order-all of which we value in
government OF Tree people such as we are.
lAppleuse1
Major Mckinley had hardly seated him.
self in the house before delegation from
Piqua and other towns in Miami County,
OHIO, arrived. The spokesman for the del
eeation was Z. NJ. Kyle OF Troy. Major
Mckinley responded briefly as follows:
recall as 1 stand before you to-day that it
was in the city OF Piqua that an industry was
established in 1891 for the manufacture OF
tin. l recollect 20 have been in that factory
and dipped one of the first pieces OF tin that
was made there. You remember that a. that
time they said we could not make tin plate
Tlaughterl but we do make it now, as every
body admits. There is nothing the people in
do, and one OF the things they propose to do
this year is to restore the policy OF protective
tariff and continue the doctrine OF sound
money. lGreat applause.l
Following he Piqua delegation came a
fine body OF men from Buffalo-the Real
Estate Mckinley and Hobart Association.
The president of the association, Henry s..
Hill, made one of the most carefully con-
sidered speeches of the day. Major Nc
Kinley's response was spirited. de said:
There is nothing more vital to a government
like ours than the sanctlty of the law. [Great
applause.l 1t must be over all, above all and
observed by all. [Great cheering and cries of
''Good, good."l Acquiescence in public law
which he people themselves have made and
ordained is the highest obligation of citizen
ship and the chief source of safety to the Re-
public. [Applause.l The courts which inter-
pret and execute the law must be preserved
on that exalted plane OF purity and incorrupti-
bility which have so signally characterized
the American judiciary. tGreat cheering and
cries OF Good
These courts must be upheld for the safety
and defense of the citizen. [Applause.] When
the laws and those whose constitutional duty