Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-24
RAILWAY MEN FROM KANSAS
Santa Fo Employees Pay Visit to MajOl
Mckinley at Canton.
SPEECH ON THE coUNTRYs REQUIREMENTS
sound Money Candidate Asks His
Guests whnt Benefit Can Accrue
to Them from n Change TO
the silver standard.

CANTON, Oct. 23-Kansas came smil-
ingly into Canton several hundred strong.
Employees OF the Santa Fe railroad and
others made one OF the most enthusiastic
delegations that has yet visited Canton.
Some OF the party we're two days on the
road. They were headed by President II.
d. Morris OF the Emporia Railway Mems
Sound Money club. The singular crowd OF
the day was the party OF poor supervisors
OF Pennsylvania, who came to Canton from
Pittsburg, where they were In convention.
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, was rep
resented by several thousand people. From
10 o'clock this morning until this evening
the streets were again crowded with vis-
itors Major Mckinley was visited by five
delegations, and to every one he spoke.
They were from four states-Pennsyvani
sent two. Indiana one Ohio one and Kansas
the other. The first lot Of callers was the
Indiana company that arrived here before
daylight. They waited at hotels until $3.50
o'clock. whom a formal call was made at
the Mckinley residence. The second was
the party of railroad men from Kansas.
Tho third party OF the day was about 100
from Pittsburg. They were residents OF
Pennsylvania who had been In the Iron
f City as delegates 10 tne aHnual HnVetiuB VI
the poor and charities. Ohio then had It's
inning and sent a large party from Van
Vert and contiguous territory. The next
delegation was the largest OF the day. "
came from Armstrong cn-nt- Ponns"'"ani-.
and was made up largely of iron, tin and
glass employees. This delegation presented
~ .IaIor ..cnInley handsome mirror. the
product OF a glass factory OF Armstrong
county.
Major Mckinley was in good health and
spirits this morning, and Mrs. Mckinley
was at the breakfast table after a slight
indisposition yesterday. The majors first
response today was to Mr.. W. II. Elliott,
who spoke in behalf Of the delegations from
Newcastle end Logansport. Ind, who
rec chnd tho HrNin'au homo ahnr' nco"
Three hundred railroad men OF the Atch-
ison Topeka & SaB,a he raifoad ai.er
travelling 1000 miles, reached Canton to-
day They went to Major McKinleys home
and tho major made a magnificent address
in response to the presentation talk OF H.
y. Morris, president of the Emporia, Kan
Railway Mems Sound Money club, under
whose auspices the excursion was given.
Archie NJ. Baird also spoke for the Topeka
railway men Major Mckinley said In re-
ply:
I have heard 1t said a thousand times
from the public rostrum that while the tariff
might help the men engaged In the fac
of men who were engaged upon the great
transportation lines, OF the country. II
%
years ago. you do not believe II now, be.
cause you know that upon the general
perity OF our great railroads., and upon
their prosperity depends your employment
and wages. You viii have nothing to do If
there Is to haul the more and .steadier EN-
pioymcnt you win have. and the better
families. In the last three years and a
half no character q property has suffered
have been eoyapeiled 70 go into 6anxruptey,
or the interest on them: and that is only
because the change of 1892 settled paralysis
upon the business of the United States.
Now. what we want TO do Is. to get back
our prosperity. Whatever will do that Is
tions and employments. number OF rea-
sons are offered for this congested condi-
tions are offered for It's cure. The most
prominent one is that we can all be made
our mlnts to the coinage Of all the silver
In the world.
WHERE is THE BENEFIT?
Can any worklngman or employe of the
Santa Fe system tell me how the free coin
age OF the silver of the world Will benefit
@ VIII frfSf Il spease sp%r ereT % % II
The east. or the products OF the west? VII
labor anywhere? VIII 1t Increase the wages
of any workingman to have this govern
ment declare that pieces OF silver you car
shall be coined dollars by. the govern
ment Without expense and we fSI f1oi 3urseveSi 1--we
HySodyYF sH So@F VIII VIII tha ncp W any sn s
interest anywhere. All 1t will. do win b,
to to Grs fse ba 9 ts
tion of silver will come its certain depre
ciaiion, and with the depreciation of silver
silver coins of the United States.
Surely no man wants that. 1t is not the
mints we want to start; 1t is the great in
dustrial enterprises of the United States
that you must start. You are prosperous
when every factory in the country is busy,
and every worlIingman at work, making
products In the east that are shipped to the
west and growing products In the west that
is first, a market for these products of
the great west; so you can haul those
products from the west TO the eastern
from the other side OF the Atlantic. You
want that as Interested railroad men, but
YOU do not want n cheap dollar anyhow.
This Is not cheap country "a voice:
And this Is not cheap crowd')and as my
friend says, this Is not n cheap crowd. A
crowd that viii journey more than ,000
miles, giving up more than twenty-four
hours OF time to make the trip. is crowd
that Is interested in the future prosperity
of our common country. which all of us
love so well. do not know of any patriotic
citizen who wants us TO acopt the financial
system of either Mexico or China. We
have today the best money In the world
the gold dollar. the silver dollar, and the
paper .dollar-each worth 100 cents, because
encn mas lne OF tne united
States behind 1t. Such money is good
enough OF itself but the trouble is II docs
not circulate. Everybody that has 800 is
boarding II today for he does not know
what the future is going TO bring. There
is not man in the audience who having
500 is willing to loan II out unless he Is
certain he viii get II back principal and
interest. Is not that sor There Is not a
railroad man who has laid aside 500 that
will not hold on to It until he knows what
the future currency of the United States
is to be. AS you feel in regard to your
savings. so the men with thousands and
millions OF dollars under their control are
unwilling to part with that money so long