The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-17
THE VISITORS At CANTON.
MAJ. M'KINLEY MAKES \ COUPLE
OF SPEECHES AND EN-
TERTAINS
VISITING DELEGATIONS YESTERDAY.
G.. y. L. Men Of Stark County and Il
Delegation of 1000 From Pcnnsyl-
vania Were the Guests-Gcn-
eral Political Notes.

vania Were the GucstS-Gcn-
eral Political Notes.
Canton, O., Sept. 1J.-This was the
day for the formal congratulations of the
G.. A. Il. men of Stark county by Mai.
Mckinley. The morning dawned with
Il light rain falling and heavy clouds por-
tending bad weather. The formal open
ing of the county campaign occurs Fri
day, and the attraction of notable speak
ers and big parades appealed to residents
of the county outside of Canton to make
their visit to Canton on that day.
In view of these conditions, it was not
thought that Il large crowd of the vctcr-
ans would be present today. hut when
the dining room of Canton Post was
thrown open at noon, there were more
than could be accommodated.
More than half the membership of the
order were in line in todays parade.
j. j. Clark made the address and Maj.
Mckinley responded at some length.
Maj. Mckinley was given an ovation
and was interrupted by cheers at inter
walls. lie said:
"Fellow Citizcns--It is very great
honor to me. and one which | shall al
ways cherish, to receive this call from
my comrades of the war living in this
neighborhood. (Applausc) You are
here today, not as soldiers, but us citi-
zens-citizcns Of the best government OF
the World-made better because of the
service rendered nearly a third of a CEN
fury ago. (Appause.) 1t was Il great
thing to have been Il soldier in the late
war. Il is an evidence of the highest
patriotism ana love of country, for pat
riotism means to be willing to give IN
life, health or strength, if country de-
mandS 1t, and that you were willing to
do so. and you attested your patriotism
upon many hundreds of fields during
that war. (Appause) Happily, we are
Il reunited country Coming to this city
to give me congratulations. not only are
those who served on the Union side dur
ing that great struggle, but also the men
who served on the Confederate side. BY
having come here to tender congratulate
tons, L assume you give me assurances
OF support. Now, all are citizens of
common Union and all ready to battle
for the honor and integrity of the United
States. (Applause)
Il am glad to meet you here today. |
am proud of you when in the field. |
am proud of you as citizens of the Union
which you helped to save. (ApplauSc.)
No grander, no better nor more glorious
army ever marched to battle for noblcr
cause than the army of which you were
a part. Great cheeringD You were
good citizens before you went to the war:
you were good soldiers in the war: you
have been good citizens ever since,
standing by the same old flag. Cap
plause( 1ou were patriots then. You
are patriots now. You know ne politics
in your Grand Army posts Cries of NO,
NO.D, but YOU know patriotism when
you see it. applause and cries of You
are right.'D
Il thank you most warmly for this call
and for the cordiality Your greeting dis
plays"
The delegation from Somerset, Pa,
over 1000, was presented 10y State Sena-
tor Norman b. Gritchfcld
Maj. Mckinley, after welcoming his
visitors, said:
u do not recall time since the days
of the Civil war that there has been so
much solicitudc for the rghtful outcome
of Il national election as there is this
year. All people are reading and inform
ing themselves in larger degree than
ever before.
Popular inquiry was never so great
and popular interest was never so pro-
found. 1t is gratifying, too. that the
masses of our country are seeking the
right for the sake of right, that they may
pursue the right. They want to know
only what is best for the country, what
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insure the grandest results for the com
mon good. (Applausc.) The political
situation of the country is peculiar: We
have hui one political party which is
united and that is ours. Discord reigns
in all others. Our timc-honorcd oppo-
ncnt. the democratic party, is torn and
divided. Two national conventions have
been held by it and two national tickets
presented and their platforms are totally
different on every subject and in almost
every section. The populist party has
merged its organization into the Chicago
democratic and st. Louis silver Organi-
cations and their allies are for the most
part harmonious, except that each has
n separate candidate for vice president.
daughter and applause) The republic
can party was never more harmonious
than now. There was never greater ne
ccssity for it than now. 1t
stands, as i always stood. for
protection, for tariff which will
stop debts and Deficiencies and make
the treasury once more safe and sound
in every particular. (Applausc) 1t
stands for reciprocity that seeks out
the markets of the world for its surplus
products without surrendering a single
days wages that belongs to the American
workingman. It believes in preserving
n home market for the American farmer,
in the opening of the American factory
for the American workingman and the
opening of foreign markets wherever il
can be done with profit to all the great
interests of the United States. Cap
plauscD
1T is. too, for sound money. Great
chccring) Every dollar worth 100 cents,
every dollar as good as gold and it is op-
posed to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and the issuance of irrcdecm-
able paper money to which the allied
party seems firmly committed. 1t has al
ways kept silver at parity with gold.
1t proposes to keep that silver money in
circulation and preserve. side by side,
gold and paper, each the equal to the
other and each equal to the best, and the
best never TO be inferior TO the best
money known to the commercial nations
of the world. tremendous cheering. }
1t will continue to favor policy that will
give work to American citizens, markets
to American farmers and sound money